Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-10-02


the market come what may" me Hoi'h 1A"
rican jus,ifes its correspondent IN STATING ~"A'
was never denied, and adduces The following at
eumen,s. which we set forth at large, because
they go to corroborale our poslIion'
II. was no, anticipated that reduction, naio o.
wages in New England would take place o.iu ,ss
The British Bill went into operallcn, MOI na. ~.
policy would fall with The same crush'hs ~.,sn'
upon her more confirmed and wealthy es,apil:n'
menis than il will upon those OF Pennsylvania.
We have always urged, as the worst feature oi
Locofoco reachery, that The blilefess cup was
mixed by the administration ior inc osa'e' "no.e
vote, procured by guilty irauu, ia.seu = ~
power. The facts stated by our co,lsspo" Le,h
were distinctly asserted in the arm aeoae, oot.
in the Senate and House MT. meo..s' 80,
ton. said the Other day that should not lake up
the New ENGLAND case She would be injured
injured 10 a certain extent unqueslionaoiy; 0Ie
she ,coad not be injured so much as me 7e1o estdo
hsIments ofbe Sonh, Mr. Stewart OF the House
was still more explicit. He said the people Oh
PENNSYLVANIA and the South most wanea pfo,ec-
lion. Ne7r ENGLAND cou'd do 1ctthont II. VIZ
einia wanted il nd North Carolina wanted u; so
did Sonlh Carolina and Georgia, ana all Tue
West. They wanted protection 10 ou.iu .he,n
up in New England the Tarln mao Gone Tvs wols,
il had fulfilled its office New Ens'ana n,,sn n
of age; am on my own feel; ] can make my
way through The world | have met John Bull and
beat him; thank you very much lot Wna' you
have done for me, and will be burden on you
no longer. No,c lake care Of the younger branches
Of The familv." There is therefore, In The IAN
guage of Independent nothing inconsistent win
The Uniform positions of the friends OF protection.
alt may be remarked that nothing can be more
credilabIe to New England Than her dislntefesteo,
ardent and almost unanimous support oil Inc ID
riff; nor can there be much stronger argument
in favor of that policy than the fact that people
so Intelligent, who have in many, perhaps most
branches OF manufacture, outgrown protection,
and who have so fully tested its advantages, should
yield il such support. The repeal OF The tarin
is regarded by some as Advantage 10 the capital
isis Of that seclion who have made investments IN
certain manufactures. Ii gives them monopoly.
II discoursges the competition which must low
er prices and profits, and leaves business which
has been sufficiently protected 10 become thriving,
TO the uninterrupted possession oil those now en-
gagged in it, OF course this remark applies only
10 certain branches OF manufactures"
Take all these conflicting Wing statements TO-
gelher, and the absurdity of high duties for "pro-
lection will clearly manifest themselves
The Express says, that Pennsylvania will
need protection" against the cheaper slave
labor OF Virginia. The North American de-
clares lhatIhe new Tariff will be great benefit
TO New England, while it will PROSTATE all the
other States Mr. Webster thinks that the manu-
facturers OF cotton in New England will be nju-
red, but not so much as the establishments OF The
Southland here we would ask, why The cheaper
slave labor Of The South does mol also form an ele-
menl OF the calculation Mr.. Stewart says that
New England can dO witdout protection; but that
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, and all The West require it-of course, 10
guard them against the competition OF New Eng
land, with her superior advantages. Can any
Congress- then, pretend TO regulate protection"
so as 10 secure The diversified interests OF thirty
sovereign Slales2 Will not the people Of each
Stale know better than Congress, what occupa-
ton TO pursue, what enterprise 10 encourage Z
The South is opposed to protection" on princi-
pie and Tor her own safely, however Mr. Stewart
may kindly interpose 10 counsel her To different
course. We admire the enterprise and industry
OF New England, but we cannot believe that her
citizens are quite so "disinterested" as TO give her
"ardent support" 10 the Tariff policy, because OF
lis benefit TO her sister States although it Injuries
herself. That is stretching our creduity little
too lar.
Lei individuals regulate their own afairs-that
is The only successful plan Of doing justice TO all
and injury to none. All sections will cheerluly
sustain Tariff which is laid for revenue alone
TO maintain an economical government The
doctrine of "protecion" is based upon grounds,
both mischievous and absurd and has wrought
out its own downfall. II will be labor oil Sissy
phus 10 at,emp, TO revive such IN "obsolele idea
The truth strongly and clearly sci forth in
the following sentiment oil Lord John RUSSELL
will spread over the whole country, and by
wa,ch-word of victory:
at is not, he said as some choose 10 represent
il, ncw.lansled system, and a strange and fan
ciiu theory; il is nothing more than saying, hum
bly, and modestly, there are questions OF legisa-
ton which we are competent 10 decide: but as 10
directing The industry Of The country ofdiveTling
the markets OF the country, aud of telling the peo-
pe how they shall employ their labor, when they
Shall buy, and a, what lime they shall sell, that
is subject upon which the legislature car do
no,hing [cheers;] and upon which The wiscs
House Of Lords, or the most virluous House of
we'll as the butcher, the farmer, and The artisan,
in their own markets, and in their own Shops
| Loud cheers.