Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-10-05
RICHMOND, Der. Sd, 1876.
To lbe Eassn Of ,h. WIZ

To the Editors ofihs Wing
Genuemen-I,is perhaps my duty to set myself night. in
reply % some structures made upon one Of nv leuers by the
Editors OF the Southern Standard" ana "Fredeucksburp
Recorder - and ! shall respectfully invite attention 10 m,
defence. The public will bear me on, in the declaration,
that not one statement that | have ever made in the numer.
Gus letters 1 have spread before il, mas ever been contradict
ed. IhaVe been attacked only by low nblldry and mean
InslnuauOns. The attempt was once made BY the Engui-
rer but II soon hauled Of with burnt fingers. IL promis-
ed TO reply, three months ago, 10 my first article on the coal
trade-but afterwards chose the Letter part OF yalor" and
closed up Ike a clam, and never has fulfilled, nor does il
intend to iulhl, its pledge. But the Enquirer TO use is own
words "wiI huTt nobody" and | don't wish further 10 die.
turb is nerves. The attempt Il now made by tao OF the
small Try" to show the inaccuracy Of the statement | pre-
senicd OF a wool grower in Western Virginia, and TO show
that wool j. better protected under the tariff OF 10 than
under the tamil OF ~. Granting the proposition TO be rue,
(which, however, Is false, and | will show it, what do these
two orthodox "temOcfats' meant While 10 one breath
they advocate protection, in the other they repudiats il -
They nov admit lbat protection should be secured 10 wool,
and refuse It TO coal and iron, and to other articles in
which Virginia Is deeply concerned. Their principles are
never understood 10y themselves or any one else. They
seem 10 be held together alone by the cohesive power Of
public plumber Like the skin Of the chameleon, they
are red to-day and green Tomorrow. II the most Of Them
arc not "bypocrt,s and unbelieyers" in their own dogma.
they have a poor way Of showing their faith.
The tamil Of ~ laid a duty OF 30 per cent. ad valorem
and 9 cents per pound on all wool costing Ouer SIREN eeats
per pound, being an average duty OF about forty pen cent.
The tauti Of 40 lays 4 duty OF 80 per cent. on the latter
and on all other kind. making no discrimination, aud re-
duccs the duty on al wool costing over seven cents Dor In.
ten per cent. On all wool costing five cents per pound, the
tariff Of ~ laid o duy OF five per cent, and TIE tanT of
| &c, 80 per cent. The effect Of this laundering arrangement
u this There - no wool, comparatively, grown IN this
country which can be sold al hve, seven or eyen ten cents
pc! pound. The only wool grown in Virginia il included
10 The wool costing 0rsT screen cents per pound, and on
ihs there has been a reduction OC ten per cent, and a far
ther reduction on wooicn goods, in the manufacture OF
which the wool of Virginia u used. II this u not On i'll
Jury 90 the wool grower, what ~ Wool costing five cents
per pound comes to Us nearly altogether from abroad, and
- used here IN the manufacture OF tho conrsest kind %
wooiens for the poorest and the most hard-worsing port m
Of our fclIow-uuIcns and on this kind Of wool the Loco
iocos lof which the Standard and Recorder are both a fair
ssmpIeJ have laid o duty oi thirty per rent, thus laying a
heavy duty 10 the face Of al the principles on which they
profess ~ advocate free trade Putting MiriV pr cent
duty on an article entirely for the poyrisborer. and on which
the Wings had imposed a duty Of only fee per cent -
What a blessed set Of patriots they are Their love for
the poor works a very strange gsmo on their pocket
The tariff Of AZ Disseminated ~ behalf VI the poor-the
tnfiff OF '46 against them. The tariff Of ~ Disseminated
in behalf of the Virginia formers who grow wool; and the
tariff Of &c against them On the very article Of clothing
which was intended Tor the poor, they have raised the pnce;
and the material from which il is made they have prohbii-
ed from being imported! Can wrong and outrage bo more
| papable than thIsf
Neither Of them, ] imagine, h1s read either the tariff oil
" or 40 and both seem % be unacqgantoi with their up
phcnuon 70 tho many pursuits Of the people otherwise
they are deceiying their reodcr, and their statements arc
entitled 90 no rospcct Il they have not road the tariff bills
or ID they nave read, aud cannot understand them, why q,
they thus publicly expose their ignorancol Let Mr.. BOm
aud his liable cOsdIutor' Of tue Recorder hereafter under
stand what they IRE talking about before they coll me "a
account and ] request that they will not again hold M
responsible if their own want u undertaking. A. q
my being 'JouLm0Vhsd" Of b. be soJ it's "tle pot call
ing Tho kettle bIack !" End a. 20 Dsrgeify, | ON very wiilini
to institute q comparsOn. ! an neithefa ~'Tsa,gads Yen
kro' nor % TcHsg1fs NirRini1n. They sl1Ii not have IN.
pleasure Of "laying this ALTERING JUNCTION ~ their souls.
Bot Mr. B0us need not be lnshing his sable coadnfgr" q
the Recorder over my sh01.defs-hs ~ a YgHksS but OF
that account none the worse Bot as 70 hs sincerity 81
adopting oil toe absimcuous OF the state r. gbts-Locooco
Republican Democrats of Virgins, no ono believes b, NO.
even be- hIm'oi-ttOuan DO msy oct as thoif %!ug.oman-
] DO not believe that any Northern man can come her
ngd take such ultra grounds, 20 contrary 90 ihe whole tono
OF hs education, ond be sincere. I should not feel fUi
pt.el f Doc makes a Trip from Fod.ncksbIfR before man.
years. and lakes the back track for The North, and turns
rb.d "vost-~ pulling" Aboiu0nst. ] ON now dIno Wit
these "smslI potato" politicians, and will leave them here
after o. themselves aud thor wits. OH SMITH.