Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-08-07
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we're read was the property OF a gentleman ~. a
member of the Senate, VINO mao ieit II Lev.
before application cou'u 0' ="
niI", y ~ cav one word (Mr. Med. added) on
,h;s snh;oc, ri The revenue. / had very sllons
,,;eus IN Thai subject, bnt my desire to see u
vote taken led me 10 refrain from prescn.ins
,bcm 10 The Senate, and SO prolonsing the ulseu.
sion. will take the article OF wool, ana I'D 49,
a view which seems TO be entiTeiy W. and
He then went ON TO show, that oil woollenIa hs
co,tons the increase OF iniporla,ons IN" orup he
very great under The new Jaw, anu y II in.
correspondinely augmented. The amoonl " = !,
crease from, The destruction OF The minimum ~
WAS ;mnnssible 10 calculate. lie had a. no
room an article of shirling made IN Manches.',
which sold for seven cents. IL Is III 10, u -,
of any gentleman, and was as sood as 'ha' 'o'1 =
Lowell for fourteen cents. 400
Mr.. Davis remarked, that about TWO ses'a he :
The manufacturers of Manchester wen1 oeto' n,an,
Honse NJ Commons, and p%etitioned fal'idne".
- ,aI.o or no duty on the raw material, as lney
were undeIsold by the manufacturers
States in those very articles; r,l coar.e
M McDufEe. know that IN seVeId, coarse
,r,;oi.. ,e in South Carolina can beat bos'oh'
a. 80 ny w,sv here. passed by The factory OF a
s1;snd IF mine, who told me that for The last eign'
mon,hs he had realized forty per cent. on n1seap'-
cal healing nj The same time England, hos'on'
Lowell and all The WORM. rho rosolr.
nr Webster then rose and SAID Inc resolu-
- rc.a cannol be The one referred IN BY The Sc
na,or remember that meeting in Faneuil ran.
I :, re cav that NAV be the regular account oi Inc
nrncaedinos. If il be, il cannot be the full &C.
count. because there was another resolution
nassed al The same time, 10 which my a,lenhoh
has been frequently since called IN Inc Senate,
and which has not been read IN thai series o. {
solutions. However. | attended a meeting. WheI
Their | drew The resolutions, or assenlea u 'he"i;
do M, know. Whether | made a speech on me
occasion | cannot tell. But | yield ii all TO the
honorable member. Consider me as having
Ara wn every word of these resolutions, and as
having urged their adoption upon the people as
sembled. Supncse that 10 be, any way. Inc
frs, thing | have got 10 say now IS, mat Inc
honorable member from South Carolina VIII ad-
mil that such is The intrmity OF our nature, mat
an honest man may change his opinion, ana ne
NAV change il in Two or iniee' as wei do
,pentv wears. think the mcsl powerful areu-
men, ever addressed 10 the people OF The United
Sra,es AGAINST the annexation Of Texas, was
rom The Governor OF South Carolina; and !
think The greatest speech in favor OF II, was
made ty The Senator from South Carolina ,dem
perSoncm
MIR. McDufic. The best speech lever made.
MFR. Webster. Yes; and | quote it, for the
purpose OF showing that an honest man may
change his opinion. We'll, Sir, | believe The
| honorable member from South Carolina was, al
The Time | had The honor OF being associated in
the House OF Representatives, a most powerful
| advocate Of Internal Improvements, and raised
his voice in iaror Of that principle.
Mr.. McDufie. Not in favor Of the exercise
power.
Mr.. Webster. Was The power, then, 10 be barrenl
Mr.. McDufie. Only to make surveys.
Mr.. Webster. Why that was the first step.
He that can make a survey for Improvements,
can make improvements. ! believe the honor
able gentlemen, also, al one lime entertained a
very favorable opinion Of the Bank Of The United
States, and, al another lime, quite The contrary.
Well, then, | sta nd before The Senate as a man
who has found occasion TO change his opinions.
MIR. McDufie. ! made no unkind impulalion.
Mr.. Webster. Certainly not. A word, sir,
about these resolutions of 1921. | remembe The
state of things very well. The commercial peo-
pie Of New England in 1891 were in a considera-
he state Of alarm. They had all over
The world. They thought that a policy had been
begun at Washington which would interfere with
their and il was Of that that they were
afraid. How was this great evil, Of which they
had become afraid, fastened upon them? By the
minimums put upon them by South Carolina, 10
cut off the New England India lrade-thats all.
The minimum principle, so odious now, was
moved in Congress By a most respectable and dis
tinguished member from South Carolina, not now
living. Ii was carried by South Carolina against
every vote of Massachusetts. l do not think there
was a vote of Massachusetts, not one, in favor OF
the measure. Well, then, il is not because The
minimum principle is bad in itself. Why, sir,
minimum is now spoken OF here asit il were a
Pawnee Indian, or one Of The Camanches, that
eats up and destroys every body and every thing.
Mr.. McDuflie. So ii Goes.
Mr.. Webster. Well. bad as ii is, it was intro
dnced BY South Carolina against every vote oil
Massachusetts. We all now see that the Sena-
Tor from South Carolina is against il. Well,
then, in 1920, or Whereabouts, an eminent mem
her Of Congress from Pennsylvania introduced a
high protective tariff, bearing, among certain OH
er things, especially upon iron. | refer 70 Mr..
| Baldwin, afterwards Judge of the Supreme Court.
That tariff went TO protect every thing oul OF New
| England. Well, here was New England be-
tween the upper and neither millslone-between
| The South Carolina tariff, with its mininums on
cotton. which Gu, of The India trade, and the
| Pennsylvania tariff. | wish The gentleman had
| dwell a lillle more. in his address 10 The Chair,
On The effect ui This bill upon the iron and coal OF
Pennsylvania. But now, sir, ] agree that whe-
Their il be owing 10 change Of opinion, wrought
by circumstances, by a change in the condition
Of things in The country, or otherwise, ] am oil
opinion, that in The present stale OF things which
has existed since 1924, there is no going back
from that principle OF protection which was
established in 1924. The law OF 1924 did
moi pass with the consent of Massachusetts,
1t received but one vote, l think, in the
entire delegation from Massachusetts in both
houses Of Congress. As | said the Other
day, New England had been addicted 10 COM
merce. But she supposed The lime had come
when she must conform herself 10 The law Of the
country, and invest her capital-ior her labor
was her capital-and direct her industry 10 such
pursuits as The country had promised 10 project
and uphold. Now, sir, il there be anything incon-
consistent in that, | admi, the inconsistency take
il in the broadesl sense, and | agree 10 every word
of the resolution Of Faneuil Hall Of 1921. In The
present state Of things, there is An essential i'm
poriance-an absolute moral necessity Tor main
tanning those habil.,p pursuits, business, and en-
m into which men entered twenty-five
years ago, upon the faith Of the declared senll-
mcnts and policy oi a majority OF both houses OF
Congress. Now, sir, in regard 10 the assessment
OF taxes, in the great measure proposed By This
bill, | confine myself 10 The substance nf Inc in
siruc,ions given 10 the committee Yesterday, and
from which il is now proposed 10 relieve
lhem-,hat is, raw material. The honora-
bic member says, that in most cases, lhis
imposition is small, only FIVE per cent. Well,
wha, is thar? Why, five per cent. is enough
10 put an endto a great many Of The emrloyments
ofihe United States. II lhey had not competition
from abroad, it would be a different thing. But
when you tax The raw material and admit the ma
nufaclured article tree, or al a lower rate OF duty,
if anybody will go into the manufacture nnder
these circumstances, it will very soon be found
that The lax on the raw material Of i've per cent,
which the honorable member from South Carroll
ma considers a small matter-a very small mat
'er-is enough 10 decide The competition between
The American and the English manufactured
England lets in the commodity free. She is full
of skill and capital. Money can be got at 4
much lower rate Of interest than here, and labor
al less than half price. How, then, can you ex-
pect the American manufacturer 10 be able 10
compete with England, when, with all these dis
advantages against HIM, you lax his raw materi-
al, and admit the commodities OF his rival at a
low rate OF duty? How is he 10 contend, rot on
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