Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-23
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

Correspondence Of tie Richmond Enquirsr.I
WasHlNdroN CRY, Feb'y 20, 1876.
The news by the Cambria (from Liverpool
u7 10 the 4,h insl.) reached US by 10 o'clock
his morning that is spirited summary OF
It leruhlished by the Baltimore Sun from Will
nst & Smiths Liverpool Times II was i'm
msdiaely disseminated throughout the city by
the jndefaligabe news boys Of Washington,
wao, though the business with them is scarcely
year old are not behind the Graf, in New
York, in enterprise. lis tenor must be sufficient
i convice you, that by The Democratic party
,s;e il is hailed with Joy. regret that lcannol
aii;e you thai the Wings, with one accord, are
Is much gra,ifed Men who openly denounce
sar 10 sustain our rights, if it should unfortu-
lately be necessary 10 tina, end, and yet hesitate
nv 10 own willingness 10 plunge the country
mo il rather than see the Tariff of 1872 alter
ed, as nigh, be expected, are not pleased with the
.oreign advices, the burden OF which is strong
guarantee that The Oregon question will be ami
ably adj usled, while at The same time much
more extensive, and therefore, necessarily, a
teuer foreign market will be opened 10 our agri-
cultural products, prorided our revenue laws are
> altered as to give the English chance OF pay
ing Tor what they buy, which, OF course, must De
Gone in the fruits OF their own lab0r-manuiac-
.lres, such as We need. The English do not
grow gold and syer. All they getfrom abroad
hey paw for in their wares; and no man OF
common sense, who knows any thing OF the or
:inary operation, Of trade, can doubt that those
who will take their merchandise, in pay for The
p:oyisions which they are about 10 import in SO
much larger quantities when the Corn Laws are
repealed, will reap almost all the advantages
iha; are TO result 10 foreigners from the now Ger
TAN change in the commercial policy Of Great
Britain You and your readers mas, excuse me
loT referring 10 The fact, that Immediately after
lie reception OF The news by the last steamer,
1eyoied two or three of my letters 10 the work
Il showing thar the result Of the English
Cabinet explosions. changes, &c, would be
strengthen The policy OF Peel, which, when
IS. agitated in council terminated in the
ASgnaiion Of himself and his colleagues. As
ien,ively as read the newspapers, could find
.lne coinciding with Inc in The opinion expressed
N the Enquirer, that Sir Robert Peel, on the
meeting Of Parliament would find his policy
Sufficiently strong to be proposed and carried our
Without delay-bu, so il is.
The Wings in this city are already declaring
inat they regard the movements Of the British
Ministry upon The subject OF unrestricted trade,
a gull trap, 10 induce the United States to do
away with The Tariff Of 1912. They say, that
whenever the American Congress come to the
CONSIDERATION ofduties on imports, Britain always
Desns 10 talk about free trade. They thus essay
70 terow cold water upon the advantages which
every rue-hearted American must hope that his
co1nrymen will realize from the privilege otfur
alshhs The English millions of mouths with food,
.. low duties. Before this argument Is entitled
sen 10 consideration, they must pr0re the fact
.-ai such has heretofore been the course, not Of
british Ministry (ior that position is loo nom
S:al TO be a,empled) but of respectable por-
~ o. the English press or people.
70 mus attempting TO oppose even so feeble a
t'fier against The crushing effect on the princi-
= OF protection" in The United States. which its
-'wntail in England is producing-and that effect
most evident here-they evince an utter reck
'essaess as 10 truth, or total ignorance OF The
safe OF things in Great Britain, which has result,
:, hna'ly in the overthrow of the corn-laws-
ney necessarily assume, that the millions upon
Millions spen, by the League, TO impress upon
Shgilshmen The great advantages to accrue 10 the
a4ion az large, il bread for the poor should cease
De taxed heavily-thal the potato rot which
-'uoled The price of The provisions Of The mil
~ Tor The time being, and sent lean, gaunt IA.
-,ae stalking abroad throughout The length and
,,saclh OF The land-and that the noble hearts
=: lervd eloqnence of Hume, Charles Butler
a. !, Cobden-and The powerful intellect and in
Mr.. Me- laoors Of Adam Smith, Say, Ricardo and
!, 1,euiIough. were brought into operation solely
s,,;.. ss The United States into relaxing their re-
m, s,,oAs on foreign commerce for a few shor,
l s,S a As no reasonable statesman in Eng
NM .oaid imagine that relaxation in our reye-
i, ivy senlured on on,p because il WA thought
VIZ fival was about TO adop. the same poll.