Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-08-21
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cnuND VIEWS.

we ev,ract from the New York Mir:oFi -
trail paper. The following sensible ren'a'hs.
the MASSAGE o; The Tariff OF 1912, the wss' H4'
been going gradually over 10 rec .raus ,ha,
ples-and there is very little pFooao''''y 'A4s
erea, sra;n.srowing section will see any e"us'
to change its ground. The more fenloys Wv ~
nehls of reduced dulles, in widening int o"''I 49,.
its produce for foreign consumption anu y. 49,
nishipe cheaper manufactures Tor lis use'
stronger will become is opposition 10 'ne Pm I'm,
tive system. It's political power, TOO -.
increasing. and wall, in few years co''''o' Wv
East. We therefore, lcok upon 'ec'' ''''N'
a .,rro,cc,irc' system as utterly out oi 'ie lns~
lion. The present Jealous advocates q d NJ"
Tariff will hereafter, think ii strange 'ha' ~
public like our own, whose interest II Il " ."1o
unrestricted commerce with The whoie "oi'' 49,
the ni,Iars Of whose Constitution are piah'eu up'
ON inst and equal laws, should ever nave sahe-
,;onod ca mons,rons and mischievous system
as we bav we seen in ,hisc country But wha' WIZ
nore.se their wonder will be the reflection, tha'
il was for such artificial laws, in utter perVer>''n
Of The snit Of our institutions that Tie TWO Sfsn'
divisions of The country were al enc moment ~
., Imminent, state oil hostility. Such gloomy
ncricd will never return again, we are conha'h''
The restrictive system has been shaken 10 lis BASE
and can never be ie-estabIished.
Referring 10 The repeal Of the new law, wnich
The Wings ayow TO be their great object, The mif-
ror says:
SIS i, thought the Western members OF Inc ne1l
Congress will be found more ia'oraoief ~ d
yery singular and marked contrast, The year ioi2,
which saw our Tariff made much more res'fic-
live. saw great relaxation IN Thai OF our Sied'
trans Atlantic rival, but no less pro'olype man
rival. Peel came into power in Al, ana olousn'
forward bis free trade measures IN ~; oh' tney
were so nearly simultaneous win our ieeisialo"
on The same subject as TO have no influence upon
il What did the West see in our greatest GUS
TONER abroad in '4a2 An almost total exclusion
Of her products. A nation which look IRON
,ur,y 10 fi.ty millions OF cur goods, coun'ed
among Them only some six or seven pcJ ccn! oil
The productions OF that immense and leenns re-
eion. What does the West see now I The same
great market thrown wide open 10 nearly all Inc
product OF her soil, and millions hndins iheiT way
instead of The hundreds OF thousands only, which
went there previous 10 1912. The balance oil
trade between this COUNTY, and Great Britain was
last year ID 600, 900 dollars against The latter
The West cannot bu, perceive IL 10 Dc Oh great
importance 10 cherish such an cutie. for her sur
plus.
There is no douhr in any quarter that the re-
suit of the new Tarif'wlll be 10 lessen he prices
Of manufactured Articles. This will have had
one years operation before lie meeting Of The
Congress o! iSf7. What possible arguments
can there he addressed 10 The West sufficiently
strong 10 induce ii 10 iorcgo the advantage oil
cheaper goods, Of which il will then have had
wears enjoyment II will have some manuiac'
lures, bu: these will be Of The cheaper and hea-
vier SORT, Tor which the then Tariff, and their re-
mote interior position, will amply suffice. we
shall support these views by other considerations
on Monday