Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-08-28
WOODEN MANDATORY AT
TREpERICKsuU

JoHs M HERsDos, Esqr.. Of Fredericksburg,
has purchased the sod Foundry" at that place,
and will proceed Immediately to it it up as wool
en- factory under the direction of Mr. Kennedy,
whose experience and skill 10 that branch of man
uiacture, sord the most ample guaranty Of success
Upon the announcement Of this intelligence, the
Richmond Enquirer uses the following language;
1--WE congratulate our friends ia Frederick burg
upon an undertaking, which, if properly carried
through, must give new life to their trade and
all their energies"
Pretty well spoken for journal, anti-larf ab
imo, and advocate of the rerSnae standard
that great humbug Of Modern Democracy!
But the Enquirer, moreover, says:
'We like to see this spirit, which, instead Of
0astiag aseY in useless grumbtings, puts the
shoulder to the wheel, and works out its own pros
perity."
If the Enquirer is opposed to gtumbIing, why
does it spend much time doing the cerJ Thing
over that beneGcent Wing measure, the Tariff
Does not the Enquirer very well know that the
Tariff is the shoulder" which alone can set the
wheel in motioni Can itexpect a wooden
ufactory 80 work out its own prosperity" with
out the aid Of governmental protectionf The
"Enqurer" cannot surely be ignorant Of the fact,
that the of its party, in clamorug for re-
peal of the Tariff, has seriously discouraged the
growth Of wooden manufactures in the North, by
creating a want of confidence in the stability OF
that branch OF industry. And yet we see it en-
coursgng the citizens of Fredericksburg. to en-
bark in employment, which it is daily striving
to render unsuccessful by every means in its pow
er.
Appropos to the rerenue standard, we would
enquire whethsr the opinions of JAMES MADIsoN
have ceased to exercise any influence upon the
minds of the politicians of Virginia. We are
perfectly aware that James X. Polk is a very dis
tinguished indvidual-the very fact Of his election
over Henry CLAY will give him paragraph in
history, in which the nnnast will illustrate the ac-
tion of the people by reference TO the example OF
Nero, rho raised has horse 10 The Consuiship-yet
we have still to learn that his opinions entitled
to as much weight az those of the Father of the
Constitution" What said JAMES MADisoN con-
corning the revenue Standard By reference TO
his old fashioned ideas will be found expressed in
the following language:
'If revenue be the sole object of legitimate
impost and The encouragement Of domestic arti-
cles be not within The pOteer Of regulating trade
IL aoouid .Jollow that no monopOhzing or uaequal
regulations Of foreign nations could be counter
acted; that neither the staple articles of subsis-
tence, nor the essential implements for The public
safety, could, under any circumstances, be ensured
or fostered at home by regulations of commerce,
the usual and most convenient mode of providing
for both"
But, why quote the opinions of JAMES MADISON,
when James X. Polk has declared that the Tariff
must be reduced to the rerenue Standard that is,
provided Mr. Secretary Walker, in the course of
his Investigations, should perchance stumble upon
ii!