Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-12-09
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

ind that lhe report OF the Secretary OF Tie
Treasury is creating a sensation Throughout inc
coun,ry. only second to that produced By the
message. Tae D. n~ocra,ic ana neutral papers,
every where, appear hardly 10 be abe 10 lno
words sufficiently strong tocxpresS their S~aiisiac-
lion with il; while, on the Other hand, he Federal
press are either silent, from The overwhelming
force and Yerspicdily with which lis irrel'asaole
positions are presented and maintained, OF cap.
tiously c~avilling in general terms, without daring
10 assault, any one Of the principles and deduc.
tons ~ which it is 50 marked. A document has
meyer before enina.eA from an Executive depart
ment Of our Government, destined 10 produce
such an impression, not only upon the public
mind, but, VIVA, is Of more Importance, upon The
commercial polly and prospects OF the country.
Mr.. Polk, in that part OF the message devoted 10
the subject of the Tariff, has c%oncisely stated The
points 10 which the investigations Of the Secrela-
~ Of The Treasury had brought him. The latter,
in this elaborate Stale paper, has presented The
statistics and train OF reasoning leading 10 these
results, of which, by the bye, the New York
"Courrier Des Elats UniS" says: " cannot
follow him in his skilili and deadly assault upon
the Tariff Of 1912, and We mus, cohtlne our
selves 10 expressing the opinion, that, never have
the true principles, which ought 10 serve as a ba-
sis Of the establishment OF import duties, been 80
powerfully and SO logically developed. Mr..
Polk has placed his finger upon all The won Is,
and all the sores, and all The remedies OF The
| existing fiscal system" Like lhe skilfui ANA
! romical dernuns;raior, Mir. Walker has ei-
posed these wounds and sores - the public
view, and by a series Of tables, based upon the
commercial statistics oil The country, from Inc
| establishment OF the Government 10 the present
day, shows conclusively where and how the exist-
ing system is radically wrons-whata are It's in
furious effects generally, and particularly upon
The true Interests oil the country ana classes-and
what principles are % be followed, and measures
10 be adopted, no: only 10 eradicate The mos.
! ~grievous evils, but 10 give all, under the pfolec-
lion of our Constitution, The full benefit o! our re-
markable national advantages. The reputation
won BY the Secretary OF the Treasury, By his
celebrated Texas letter, will be thrown in The
| shade by thai, which will follow this mastery
Production. Not, Jess than che hundred thousand
| copies will be sent 10 III from this City; Tor, in
| addition 10 the number 10 be disseminated, by or
der OF either House Of Congress, | learn that The
! members are ordering thousands upon thousands
OF copies 10 be printed, al their Individual ex-
pense, for distribution among their constituents.
Ipresumc, OF course, il will grace your columns
aud trust that il YOU Go re-publish il, nolwiin-
standing its length, You will present i, 10 your
| readers IN 4 single numher; ana tha; The Republi-
| can members of The Legislature will subscribe
Tor, and send copies 10 all Of our opponents, "ho
are willing 10 read so importan! and interesting a
documents
The truth IS, the system which Mr.. Clay
while acknowledging that he borrowed il from
En.landl styles p,otectirc, bur which in Europe,
its birthplace, is called resr,ci,e, is The han,-
ing oil other ages. |! suited well enough when
and where citizens regarded themselves bur a
machines 10 be worked for the benefit Of The privi-
legged few. Blu, in The nineteenth century, and
in free America, it will not answer. Already
has the march OF mind rendered il odious. even
in Europe, where those for whose particular a..
vantage The different governments are Instituted,
lrembe in the conviction that lis downfall, which
they see approaching, is 10 be the lorerunner OF
a radical change that is 10 sweep away special
privileges Of all descriptions. ! can al leas, re-
specl the boldness of The European claim 10 spe-
cial privilege. There. it rests solely upon The
venerable dogma, "the grace Of Goo" which,
rendered into plain, ol!-fashiored, bull-headed
English, means nothing else, as applied. than the
possession Of money enough 10 ksep in paw q sutf-
cieni number of bayoae;s 10 restrain The masses
from demanding their rights. Here, il is differ
rat. h0 ouiiN ~ ipNS uuC CSNuNNd W tC
grated on our institutions under The specians pre-
exl Of protecting domestic industry. There is
an engraving in the print shops otthis city, which,
without design, illustrates most ~torcibly the Fe-
ieral trick, dubbed protection" II is 4 picture
of a Jew pedtar, selling a watch.guard 10 a Pari-
sian petit The Jew, with his lefl hand.
is dangling before the dandy's eyes a iinsel guard
with which the latter appears SO asionished and
delighted as not 10 perceive that, with his right
hand, the rascal is picking his pocket of The very
watch, The sew gaw is recommended 10 protect.
The report Of Mr.. Post Master General John
son is a State paper, OF no ordinary interest, as it
is perhaps The best summarY OF The business ofhis
depar,men,thal has ever been spread before The
country. From il, perceive, that, lrueto his re-
nowned reuenching pledi!ections. the P. VI. Gene
raj has already managed 10 reduce The annual ex.
peniiture iorlranspoItins The mails in The New En-
gland States, in The sun Of S252, 732. This saving
ne has effected, without diminishing in any re-
spect, either the efficiency or The amount Of SER
vice performed by the contractors.
talso shows thai, after all The slang-whang Of
the Federal press, relative 10 The proscrip,iveness
of The present admins TT on. but 1873 Pos, Mas.
lers (onI Of The IA, 1873 in Office at the commence.
ment of the last official YEAR, have been removed;
fourteen oi whom were succeeded hy others on
the regular expiration ii their commissions. |
trus, the Feteralisls, every where, will compare
these removals in the course of a year, with the
hoasted LOO i believe il was) made By Granger
in some two months. If the editor of the Rich
moad Wing IS capable of blushine, a recollection
of his Trades and homilies during The last seven
months, upon the subject ofremoyals. will surely
cause his ears 10 Jingle.
From the returns Tor tic qua Ter ending on the
3oih OF September last, already received and ex-
amined al The department, il appears that the
deflci, oecasloned by the change in The rates Of
postage will be about lortv five per cent. Of the
amount OF The revenue Of The department FOR
the last fiscal year-or som sl.323 49,, which
is TO be supplied directly from The treasury =
This, of course, must be raised by duties on i'm
ports; and applying the general rule, 10 be found
in the reportof the Secretary of the Treasury,
for estimating the amount paid 10 capitalists
in the way Of protection, you will perceive that
thcy must be paid - GA, 300 incidentally, 10 gel
The first named sun into The public Golfers. The
ageregate-S3,96S ,3S6-is the amount which The
change in the post Office laws is really TO cost the
laboIing millions OF the country during the first
yearof the operation OF the new system. They
are paving Tor their whistle, are they moi? IL is
bad enough TO make those who reap litle or
no advantage from the change, pay their large
portion OF The sum going directly into The treasu.
~, but 10 subject them, atthe same time 10 The
enormou tax of 81, G44, 297, solely that a favored
few already overlooking with wealth, NAV re-
ceivei dividends ranging from 10 10 40 per cent
ION capital invested in manufacturing stocks) is
as gross an outrage on The principles OF our
Government, as The pretext that this system OF
robbery is designed 10 protect The industry OF The
masses is insulting 10 The understanding OF The
humhlest citizen.
Messrs. Jefferson and Robinson, signers 10 The
late memorial before The House Of Representa-
lives, upon The subject of The printing, published
a card IN Yesterdays ln,elligencer, in which they
aver that neither OF them have ever made cath in
any mannsr. and al any time, IN relation 10 The
public printing. Mr.. Jefferson, | understand,
states, that when The memorial 10 beg forty thou
sand for the Federal press. was brought TO him
TO be signed, he declined doing so. The other adj
mi,s that he signed The memorial, but attempts 10
creep cut OF the dilemma, BY saying thai, he
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