Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-02
FOR THE E.rQUiRER

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addressed 10 The leOmanry Of ne La"d 'oh1ter h's
or Dem0cratic farmers and Planters Of ITSh'4.
You are acknowledged by universal consent, and Gu
logged by ALL being the bone and slnew oil the lana
II truly sald that all other occupations are iosefeo
and supported by your labor. THIS general acknow-
ledgment would imply, that you are and ought 10 oe
the governing power, and not the governed. Have
your ftll1wlaborers, the Democrats, any interests
which not common and dear to YOU Are not the
honest productive Wings brave and chivaltous as
their Democratic fsllowlaborers? And in spite OF your
clear and common Interests, you do permit yourselves
To be divided and misied by designing and often very
igooent men--and for other purpose than to submit
que;y 10 be pundered by the agents and advocates oil
tie protected manufacturers, both III and out oil Con-
gress Why Go yug not uE;le IN protecting your Dear
est rights and interests which are the true and just IN
,erests oil glorious Unon-to sell where you can
the best advantage and, matter OF course, 10 buy
where you can the cheapest. This is right which
none can deny You This is your own interest and IL
the interest Of the nation. Are you not aware, that
the combined capitalists who are engaged IN manuac
tuTrs are ruling The destlnIes oil our Unlon Are you
not more Ike oyerseers to them, than free and indie
pendent turner's and planters yourselves You are
divided while the combined capitalists, corporate
and incorporate, are united equally powerful as kings
princes and poentaes, who, with thirty or forty
thousand regulars, enabled TO keep in subsection
fifteen twenty millions OF Their subjects They have
become so ayarcious as not to be satisfied with Ta
ilH VI ~ VI ~ pei wv a"ey iaNe tue piuLeh
efontery 10 insult you by telling you the higher the
Tariff the cheaper The soods-as II the more difficult II
was 10 obtain thing, The easier II is 10 acquire it; in
Other words, to tell you, that the lower the Tariff the
higher the prices. They strongly opposed to free
trade, and equality of rights, your constitutional
rights when maintaned by ycu Then, cay, lay The
10 the root Of all privileged ORDERS corporate and
incorporate. They are more corrupt and demoralsing
aud opposed 10 the prosperity OF our Institutions
than The principles which! govern wel!-ordered
narchy.
The Of the Revolution drsamt that
there wouli arise in short time, 50 powerful mo-
med combination, the lords of The shut and The
loom, who 1T this time turning The labor. ,oiling
community in isnfold degree oppressive than
our old tax-naser, George the Third ever d,d How
ridiculous the idea, and yet how lue, that party may
be employed in rvettng the very chains which ensave
tlem while nations less blessed than We, are bursting
their bondage asunder. If the people but par
tally acquainted with the odious aud inquitous system
of taxation, they would not have submitted for long
time TO such an easy method as the manufacturing
capitalists have, Of putting their hands into their peck
e,s and drawing from the people not less than 90 10 80
per cent of their labor, while The great farming and