Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-11-08

"a itidl lnoHoPoIi vi tHe drtlcle IN this I'nio,
ana maj Congress had granted their prayer-lpy
oeiiei was stagSered-l doubted il ii could I've N
But a few days afterwards, obtained a copy al
Mr.. Saltonstall's Report, as Chairman of The
Committee on Manufactures, in which that emf.
nent Wing and Tariff leader OF Massachusetts.
presents The memorial itself, of the Louisiana
Legislature, TO which our ey-Congress. man had
referred. Instead Of COO planters, the memorial
states them Ii. e. the sugar estates. 10 BE- only 525.
and their capital 10 be 50 millions Of dol ars The
men interested, - te1rer, and their wealth ira
millions greater than the ex.member had stated
They asked duty on foreign brown sugar. Of
two and halfcenis pound; and Congress eran,'
ed il by the Tariff Of 1912
Now take the general truth conceded by
Messrs Clay and Adams-lha, such duty Ell,
ters INTO, and enhances the price; and what case
is presented!
Five hundred and twenty-five men, each wo.h
NINETf-NiNE THOUSAND AND FoRTY-sEvES DOLLAR,
and some cents, say 10 Congress, 1--WE have all
this weath-each OF US has about 20. 900 dollars
IN real estate, % or 10 slaves, and 10 horses or
mules, with which we are trying 10 make sugar
But our climate is less friendly than The climates
OF some other countries, so that we cannot CARY
on this business, unless you continue 10 make our
country people pay us much higher price
! than they can get sugar Tor, in those other
countries. And Congress grants their PRAYER
Enables them to levy upon their counrvmen. II
admitted by MesSrS. Clay and Adams, Two ana
half cents Tor every pound OF brown sugar they
Use made by those planters Yes, and makes
US pay the same sum upon all The foreign sugar
used And cent more If We count the impof.
ter'>, the wholesale merchants, and the retailer
profits upon the ?! cents. Three cents ana
( halt pound, upon l50,000000 pounds Of sugar.
/ make hre millions and quarter OF dollars paid
/ every year b. consumers OF brown sugar in this
country, in order that 525 nabobs may realize
larger profits than they would do by differeus
| employment Of their wealth.
Suppose they were moi INDUCED in their expen.
size within OF sugar-making al the COS; OF their
poorer countrymen: suppose they were left 10 EN-.
! ploy heir lands, and slaves, and wcik beasts. n
! different manner. Wha, would resull Tho>e
lands are among the hes, cotton lands in tie
world producing 500 or 1000 pounds Of pickle;
! cotton 10 The 2cre-worth, eveu in these lowl
s OF cents pound, or from 80 Ia 90 dollars per
! acre, o Sc Tobacco-planers, Whcat.erowers-.
Farmers OF every kind who Of Bor makes 81
much money? Yet these sugar men, not >a;i>lie.,
with that profit, demand Of Congress forced cor
! tribution iroln you, 10 aid them in more ucra.
I tive pursuit; and Congress, 10 make Louisiana 4
helper in the Tariff scheme Of plumber, promptly
/ comply with the demand
| The sagacious people oil these Noyih.Weq
ern States, thank Heaven. see through the sal.
fish and rotten policy Of The Leaders in hatsrhelnf
| and stand ready to Tcbukc il III The Noyembe.
! polls, as il deserves.
| The way IN witch The sugar-masiug in;crc,,
| has been seduced into The support al Tia, 20licy
and the small numbers Ci those who are 10 ,e
benefited are Just OF piece with the stratageg.
and the partially that peryace the whole system
! The lron the wool-groWiLg, and The suGar making
Interests besides many smaller ones, lave been
4 -. Ia 81 -.
! share in The plumber OF the unprotected classes
But al,er ALL The yral!y protected are only lean
minority ct the whole community. To make ~
the 79l 600 hands engage in manufactures, &c.
cordirg 10 the last census, carpenters, btcklayer
and many o:her kinds OF people, whom the Tariff
does not profess TO ''protcct," are included The
men, women and children. ACTUALLY employed IL
/ the 'proccied" sorts Of business. 90 lot 10 sci,
| exceed 100000. And when the details u. ,le
| system are examined. they are found 10 IL 81 al
/ lusted, as in reality 10 burlhen many Of those
wEo seem TO be protected" The more numerous
! The classes taken into the conspiracy. The moe
frequent and The more palpable will these case.
! OF seeming protection, but OF real opTresslou be-
come. The great mass OF the conspira,ors VII
| find al last the truth OF what boys say in lbeII
games, Cheating never thrives' Some Of hoee
who thought 10 be rluckers will prove 10 r
| pigeons. Some who went to shear Will 20 hoirc
! shoTn.
have never Ioined in the prevailing Southern
cry agains, the North. am habilual ami sea
dy defender OF tie Northern people, against mo.
the impn,ationS current among us. We South
rons wrong them by many prejudices and, SOON
to say, they pay us back in kind. So earnest ari
50 frequent have my rndications OF them tecn, ].
Southern society. that some ormy friends have
said was "more than hall 4 Yankee" ar
therefore entitled 20 disca i'm all sectional illh,
ray in This matter. Those who talk Of ca
country - a 1rhOlc and say that che portion
ought not 10 complain OF policy which bears =
little hardly upon il for the benefit OF another por-
lion, il the WHOLE will thereby gain i'll The long
run-lhat we are all brethren &c.-need not ad.
dress themselves To me. | have been earlier >ea.
dier. and more Jealous than most OF ihrm, in che
rshing hrotheriy and catholic feelings towards
all onr connrymen But as 10 this So-cal!cd
Protective roIicy-in The first place, the WHOLE
cannot be heneiiited by il, unless 90 quote again
Col. Taylo!'s expressive illus,ralion) a mau can
"be iaI,ened by feeding him on slices cut from f'>
own body" and, secondly. those are not my trr't-
ron, who get undue advantages from me. rs el-
tonion, or by legislative fNcSN | deal with lhr
merchant Shoe maker and tailor in my own
neghhorhood, rather than 90 To Richmond of
Philadelphia, though may not gel Guiie a. goo!
bargains from them, partly through neishtoFs
good feeling and partly because they are, OF mas
be, ma customers in their ,urn. But, II itey
sought 10 r0sr|c me into dealing with them. c'llrg
by legislative intervenion or otherwise, erery
principle OF freedom and Of independence wahin
me would rise up against the imposition -
il is with the favors which the manufacturer
ex'or, through Congress, By the Tariff Law. |
cannot feel n single broiheilv emoIion towards
them. However | might prefer them 10 t.
resner, il they appealed purely to my own Wt
Tor favor, all is changed, wien they re>oll 3"
force and fraud. The motto Of 10 lhcn, j. minc
"Mlllions Tor defence, but not cent for uibuc
In rowing among these plain ana .trong-min3tt
Northwestern people, and hearing their yicws %
he Protective System, as affects tie relation
between the North and the Soaih, am strucs
more than ever before with one great, Vet con-.
monty overlooked, objection 10 that system,
tendency 10 INCREASE EXISTING ANIMosITlrS ~
TWEEN Tuc TWO SECTIONS OF oUR CocSTRY IN
the Ehinuurg Review, long ago saw noted the
powerful effect Of the same policy among Euro
pean nations, in es,rangipg and embroiIing them.
No man can visit The opposite portions of III,
Union, and observe, with heediul eye and cal, al
The outsivings Of sentiment and all the pracl'ra.
workings Of the policy without seeing teyora
the possibility Of daus,, that next 10 the slavz1
question il Is tar the most pregnant, with ml.ua
dislike, and with disunion. L., him sec, 20
Northeastern papers, no,ices OF IL, % and ~
per cent. yearly pFoh,s upon immense hiarui"f'
turing capitals, 81 hal! million, a million. TT
a million and half hear Inc manufactrre.> ~
their Undcl!nGs, talk Of new enterprises: tea'
their boasts Of having nearly the whole worli icf
their marker, while the hOme marker vii! go 'ai
the farmers and planters; see and hear Of scheme
Tor strengthening their conspiracy. by allnrss
new Interests into il; and witness the prinee!'
magnifcence Of their mansions and eqnipase>
then come TO the Nouh-wesr, and see tbe CABIN
holder with his scantg accommodations ard 'o
Some life, receiving but 50 ceas bushel .or m
wheat: OF, go Son,hwar', and sec TIC universe
dropping of agricultural prosperity, under the
vampire system, and hear the deep curses OF tho,e 4
who are drained hv it OF their subs,ance-and nc !
the howl oil Aboi,ionism itself can excite N tne
bosom much deeper fears for the continuance Of
This Union. :. '''''
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