Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-09-15
RICHMOND, VA.

| are confident OF their doiii'y ~ 'o'' -,
ground The calico printers, 100, VINO nave pee :.
very hardly dealt by, as Shall Plesen'ly sno"
calculate to continue their business, being able y
| snffer a considerable dimnution OF their prohl
Of last wear. which printer lately stated, IN m
hearing 10 have amounted 10 loiy per cent. j.
works cheaplv put up, aud conducted 10 good ad
| vantage. The iTon-lnasleIS, at the high price
| now ruling in England, owing to The lminens
| demand for railroads, ought TO be able 10 max
their business profitable with duty OF thirty pc
cent, which, with freight and charges from III
rope, is increased 10 protection OF my per cent
\ il they cannot, il argues want OF skill IN IN
| manufacture lille creditabe 10 them, and 10
| which The community ought not to be taxed.
! sThe prognosticS oil rum 10 the manufacturer
seem not likely 10 be realized-shoud They, II
any instance, prove true, il will upon inve>llsa
lion. doubtless, be found 10 arise from 100 much
instead OF TOO little protection. Our manulactu
| rers have set their shoulders 10 The wheel lik'
| men; and do not doubt their ability TO MAKE
their business prosperous by their skill, unde
lower rates 81 duty than those now levied, II th'
raw materials employed are admitted FREE
Every day brings forth new proofs that The al
tempt OF the Wings TO humbug the people int
the belief that The new Tariff would ruin The ma
nuiacurers, and. indeed every class in The com
muuily, has utterly exploded. The beneficial op
eraon OF the liberal commercial movements
in England has begun TO make itself ieit.-
The fact that the products OF our farmers nave
risen in price since the last news from Europe
will 90 farther 10 convince the people of The bles
sings Of Free Trade than all The sophstries and
parlizan appeals ofevery Wing orator and press
in the nation. Their predictions of "ruln" have
heen falsifed The manufacturers have moi been
broken up, but are prepared 10 prosecute their
business, though their profits should not be as
enormous as under system OF high protection
Agricultural products, which under the "hlessed
home market" OF the Taritioi 1912 were dep!ess-
ed 10 The lowest scale, have taken bound up
wards under the revviiyins influence OF more IL
beral trade on both sides of the Atlantic. The
raven noles OF distress" poured out BY the Wing
politicians for party effect, are dying away upon
the wind and every thing looks bright Tor the
farmer, and consequently Tor every other great in
lerest. For, argue as You will, The wealth and
prosperity OF nation are based upon its agrcu-
lure.
Tie banner OF "Repeal," which the Wings, with
Webster al their head, 50 proudly Haunted in The
face OF the country, droops at haltmasi. The
effort TO raise popular breeze, 10 expand lis
folds, has eminen,ly failed The people arc moi
made Of such piable stuff, as 10 disregard The
plain lessons OF truth and experience, al the bid
ding Of Wing partzans whose leading motive
was 10 gain party triumph, and secure the no
nors and ''de,cslable spols" OF power. Al one
time il was feared that The panic cry OF rum
might have produced the very mischief, the loss
OF confidence, which they protested 10 deprecale
as The fruits of Democratic policy. But the ma
nufacurers, seeing the injury that The artlhcial
alarm might inflicl upon their business discard
"a their mischievous i'irends," and made up theli
minds no, TO be 'ruined" for the eralhcal'oh o.
oarlv leaders-and, though they cannot gel all
thai an exorbilant Tariff had poured into their col
fers, they mean 10 continue their business anu Sc
cpre The diving" returns for their labor, which Inc
new syslem extends TO them. The great mass
the people, who hold in their hands the desi
MES Of the nation, had too much good sense
and nrulence 10 be madly carried away BY
tho frantic movements OF the Wing pollll
clans They saw the folly OF denouncing mea
sure which had not been tried, which had no
even gone into operation. They had seen TIT
genial effects Of the reduction Of high duties up
on the physical, moral and pecunary condition
Of England. They read in The simple and clio
ouent exposition Of Sir Robert Peel, how The re
,noval Of The shackles from trade had impaired
"salient prosperity" 10 every class and every ou
siness. They saw in the repeal OF The br'lisl
corn laws the prostraion OF The restrictive sys
tenn. in The face OF obstacles mountain hIgh--an
,bev looked with interest 10 the effect Of this grea
measure. not only upon the British Kingdom
but upon our own vast granaries, which N
ubome market" could consume. With all lhes
Eoh,s before them, il would have been extreme
folly in them 10 oppose, without trial, CONNER
cial reform, which, based upon The principles
equality and justice, must naturally produc
benefits analogous TO those which we have vii
messed in similar movements in Great Britain
Those benefits, which Wing politicians have ri
diculed as mischevous theories, are now begin
ming TO develope themselves. Time will demon
strale the permanent advantages of the Demo
cratic policy OF the las, Congress, and in FEY
wears, we predict, The high protective notions
the present day will become by-word, as is a
present the "obsolee idea" of "great Regul7
tor"a National Bank The march Of liber;
principles is onward. True in theory, II is fort
fed by facts OF daily occurrence-and the pei
4 Ho
duced 10 sustain the doctrines of restriction, whic
become the barbarous and dark ages better lha
the present enlightened and liberal century.
In confederation OF our views, we group II
eelher series OF facts, which we find in the p
pers. They are stronger than words, and wi
make the most Jealous Wings hesitate, beio
they denounce a revenue system, which ever
sign indicates, will rebound 10 the benefit of Il
whole country.
From the Journal OF Commerce we extract Il
following clear and comprehensive statement
facts:
FREE TRADE AND THE FARMERS
Facts multiply upon US, demonstrating The emit
falsehood OF the theories OF The prolectionlsiS.-
They assured the farmers that protection and
home market were lne only Sudidu'ees vi Ais
prices Tor farmers products, and that after Il
passage of The ad vaiorem tariff OF 1916, uuivers
ruin would spread over the country. But sin,
the passage OF that tariff, -four has risen half
dollar barrel, wheat in the same proportion, col
five cents, and rye one or Two cents. They 10
us ha, they would be ready 10 adopt Tree lraC
when other nations would do so; and, especal
if England would take our bread SUITS and pr
visions, we ought 10 trade freely with her. Whe
Great Britain adopted The liberal policy, and r
duced her duties on all things 10 revenue slan'
ard, and on most Of our great articles of tarmir
produce abolished them entirely, the protection
lists, false 10 their pledge, declared that Englar
was selfish still; that she only took what she W;
obliged 10 take, and especially that hel repeal
duties was Of no value 10 US, for her ma
Ike, would be supplied from Germany, the Ba
tic and the Black Sea, cheaper than it could
done from the U. States. They have evidenl
been lying to us, honorable gentlemen thong
they be, all of them. Most of the recent al
vance in our bread sluffs has been caused by 4
news from England by The last steamer. Q
Monday the English market lifted -four 10 "a 81