Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-02

ensure its passage tiuinphalitiy ~ sds : W
"And I've il further enacted, thai from and altei le
Isl day of Seple,nler in the year Aforesaid. 80
much of the 10Th section (ot tiie aet VI ioi-i
which directs the manner III Wt'ch .iic MAJ ~,
value or wholesale price OF %o'Hs' maie>, "nI
merchan3;2e ;,nnoytei into the United States, and
subject 10 ad yalolcm duties, or ouhes nasea Oh
the value otlhe square yan orany Specllicd guam
tily or marcel of such Goods shall hc asceitaiieu
be and The same i, hereby so Tar modiIiea lha'
10 said value or price Ia be asceltalned as Prov,
ded far in said section shall be ArpED O-NLi /
THE COST AND CHARGES waiah stat haze
ben incurred 10 AMI at ne aiGde q e;i"Im''n' ;.
bcSeech every one oi your readers 10 look aus
passonatelv upon this "plctuie ana 'sa' anu
place the seal Of condemnation upon 'hc I'u,mi'
man who hadihe iemclity tooppo>e d chdi'Sc. ~
Act OF 1928 was less ohl6ctloiidDie i'iiii'' a.
il was than that Of Isle, as Tar as concerns tiie
valua,ion az oonds because il was uniform III us
Notwithstanding in all cases dulles accoiaiis
10 the actual value of The goods imported; d' lhe
time purchased and the places from winch liey
were shipped. IL made no provision lor aulies Oh
commissions which were not actually pad IL was
also free from that pccwm protection WIFI
distinguishes the one now IN force. II SinPH
enacted section 3 That dalv ON conc" o"S,
eiae of FOUR AND A HALF cents per square y'iu
shall be collected until me SUN uay Oh 'ulo
1929, and afterwards duly OF FIVE ceh's
per square yard" whilst The Act oil lof2 eA-
acts ION cotton bagsIns FOUR GEMS pei squirt
ward on ann o,acy manufacture mol Otherwise sle-
c;Gei <y;tojLs G- N, ass 10 ntch CotOH tagging
* oDplied 1rbeibey foaDatd IN rdo9, or ~ i"l7 of
he,gD ar dar ., ann oisr mdtcri0t or impaired an
der he desjrnati0u Of gaaRg ciod ar any otfer az
oeuaion and ,ritho rssard 10 The lrc7ght or 'rGtf,
q duiv of FIVE cents pr SgNare gerd" Now, al
though The duty ON cotton baS@lnS proper Is less
than lit was under the Act o ISIS, YET no al'efila-
tive is left 10 the planter but 10 buy OF inc manu-
tacturer at the price that may bc dciilahueui NC
cause under dv OF five cents every Diner ma
nut,c,,ren "snitable for the uses Ia which cotton
bagging is applied Is prohibited lroin entering
our markets. The favored people OF The United
StateS-,he "chosen Jew" by Cons!eSs--ale as
| sllredly the hemp-groweTs and ba@ShS Wea YVES
Under a ble-rcfined clause Of The IaliH: ihey
are spyo;ected' against the face ana spiri' OF thc
Constitution which declares, that "aL eutleS iiii-
| nosrs and excuses shall be uniform. Snch TAXA
hon as The above is beautiful specimen oil ."f-
to,,.jtu truly The saSacity OF Henry. Ma
snn NV = Gravson could moi have distinctly fore
soon thc ou,raaes which have been committed on
individual rights under the power bestowed Oh
conor.ss-"To lay and collect taxes, duties, M
nosts and excuses, 10 pay the debts and provide
lar the common defence and general welfare oil
the United States.
Cana bill be rejected By an American Con-
oress which has tendency 10 remedy, al once
the evils which have described and which are
so severely felt! Will not the friends oil FMff-
ton be satisfied with the anty proposed ny IN
| Chairman ofihc Committee Of Ways and Means,
ot 3O ner cen,um ad valorcm, ION tarrcd ana
un,aued cables and cordage. yarns, tw!ne, pack
| broad COTTON BAGGING OF whatever ma
tprial COMPOSED and on any other manufacture
no, Otherwise specified, suitable 10 The uses TO
which cotton bagaing is applied OF whatever ma
,,rial rompoSed and whether imported Under inc
DESIGNATION Of gunny cloth OF any oiher aplella-
ton! ...;,..,, :, ,n5
4 disposition has been manifested hoiii IN ana
o,,, - Compress by distinguished individuals, 10
discontinue our rec,wocuy Treaties ol N'visa-
t;nn mon the alleged ground that they are Ge-
s,rucive 10 our shipping interest. That our great
,naycontIe navy is oppressed. 10 some extent, can
NV, hc denied and that this has been occasioncd
hv niudcio,,- legislation is equally certain. IL
| has been effected by the high Tariff system. Inns
| i The source from which proceeded the injuries
!, has sustained The Tariii bill before Congress
is calculated Ia give il immediate ltiiei, ana III
| Inc vcas and NAYS, when the vote is taken upon
! !, the ship-owner will discover The names OF his
! frnc friends He will afterwards look upon pro
,essious as empty sounds, let them proceed IRON
Whatever quarter they may
Under the act OF 1872, aduly Of % per cent. is
collected ON paving tiles aud bricks 1hus' me
articles necessary for jaiioI 10 our vessels are
prohibited from being imported. The proposed
deduction of duty on them is nol siincienl LOOK
ing at their Importance 10 our shipping interest.
they should be admitted free; bit Ginihnlioh oi
10 irr cent, in duty, will relieve or vessels con
siderabiy The vessels which enter me ports OF
the North Sea, t.om the United STATES WIN TO-
bacco. Sc. cannot now take any thing else as
6alaa but sand which they have 10 purchase at
high prices. and which cannot be disposed oil,
when they return, Tor 4 cent Their ballast Is
clear oss-->av $3.50 10 ship Of 500 tons. iiles
and bricks if hey were not taxed. they could car
re- 81 rs 10 at least gsi he cost oi then--and they
are Infinitely preferable 10 sand. ON account ol
,hcjr hcino les, injurious To the ship. Al such
n,.fi, 81. fiambursh and Bremen, heavy ire's'ts
are rarely ever procured for American Dol'o'i'S'
C0a too. is 100 much burdcEed Si'A GUY 10 tio-
nit of It's being carried. liwonid DC 81 singular
benefit to our shipping employed III NE ,,eii''dii
and Baltic seas, II could take lhiS aitirie iiu'
New Castle. ON It's homeward voyages. But Tins
is wholly oul Of the question under The eAis'iis
Tariff The high Tariff men place uamnels
unnn commerce and nav ealion, and then, IN or
her IA remedy the chief if not the sole evil under
which these interests labor, they are clamorotis
against the reciprocity treaties ana propose iheir
ahrooation-lh,ls showing theirreadiness 10 levy
an eTaoyt uly on the products OF the a@rlculturls'
Rui my Letter is already sufficiently long, and
I will resume this subject in my next
Yours uuly AGRlCOLA.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.-No 49,
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
FRANKroRT-oN-TnE-M MAINE, April ~, lSH.
J5tie Editors of The Enquirer:
Dear Sirs:-I observe that a resolution was
odon,ed on the 25h February, in the House of
REPRESENTATIVES. insirUcn9 The Committee on
Commerce TO inquire into the eNpedency oil aho-
l;>bino the treaties of navigation or RECIPROCITY
Treaties with certain European powers. The
n,nnr, Of the Committee and the farther action
of CONGRESS on the subject if any has been had,
have mol rs vet been received by me- am ioos-
ING for them, however, with intense Anxiety; ana
sunpose that they will arrive by the Boston steam
or of The 18th April In the mean time, can
no, believe otherwise, than that II is Impossible
for the Committee 10 report iavorably on mea-
snrc so directly adverse 10 American interests,
os would be that OF disseminating those Urea
ties
In a speech, which Mr. Webster made al Bal
,;more N NAV asl, lie remarked. "a do, gentle
men. entertain the strongest belief that all tins
| i" principle of Rcdjwociig, acted upon by the Go
a yernment is wrong-a mistake from the begin
ming and injurious 20 the great interests oi the
i" country What IS II! BY every RECIPROCITY
/" Treaty we give to The nation with which II rs
" concludcda right 10 trade between Us and other
!" nations on the same terms as we trade our
q selves. we give 10 the l1ansc Towns and
other States of the same class the right 10 fetch
and carry, between US and ali the nations OF the
q world on the same terms as We do, and pracli-
cally, they can do il much more proii,ably In
" mn opini6u, tie hNc yriGciae-Me philosophy n
poi,ifs on his snLjccf, IS crtijted IN Tie oM ma
/" rjgotioa lar Of Eacitad, mtfedaccd ty somc II
nc Aoid seniuScsof CromHeNStime, amt acted up
on grer ssnce The principle is lhis-hc rule is
" this: ANY nation mag bring commodities 10 us
" in their own vessels, and carry our corn 10 her
own ports, we having the like privilege; bat no
na,jea MaH dring he projects Of a hird nation,
" or carry between us and that nation
The celebrated Navigation Act" alluded 10 hy