Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-08-04
THE SPIRIT or THE PRESS.
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.


The frmnesS which the Senate has shown
amid the circumstances has filled every friend OF
the bill with The highest satisfaction. This is
rendered still more intense by the decided and no.
bic course OF the Vice President who, unsway-
ca by any mere Personal considerations or sec.
tional Interests, mas ems, his vote in such a man
Ter as was required 5y the great body OF the pco-
pie, whose general representative lie is.
This bill Itself, considered as 4 law, will re-
ceive The appreciation Of large portion even ot
The manufacturers. Very many Of them neither
need or desire the high duties exacled under the
piesen! law, and il is with perfect indifference,
except as party measure, that they witness lis
repeal. II is only The few whose Interests are SO
highly protected, and whose profits have been so
enormous, that made the loudest opposition 10 the
repeal OF the pre>en! law. With the mass Of the
people this bill will win high favor 1t enlarges
The field Of their industry; il presents new and
unlimited opportunities for the exercise Of their
enterprise ard energies; il annus The restraints
oil The act 0! 1912, which limited The profitable
pursuits Of all classes pad ,1,-""s'' 'ieiii ~
lew fields ul lapo! reduced the profits OF each
man. which are his stimulanls 10 eSert!oD; TIE
peais an act which has enriched the government,
bu, which has, like an incubus, pressed upon the
energies al the mass Of The people.
Bnl how will The Wings receive the repeal OF
the acl OF 1922 Just as they received The veto OF
The United States Bank Ruin is already their
cry On every side we are saluted with prcdic-
lions OF ruin TO the manufacturer, ruin TO the
farmer and laborer, ruin 10 The merchant, and Ut
ter ruin 10 The home market. Like deluge, they
saw one scene Of entire and complete ruin will
spread over the land We are forced 10 Join in
his cry o! ruin. We predict overwhelming ruin
to the unjust and enormous profits Of The manu-
iac!urcfs: ruin 10 the immense buunics On The tx
ru,ialun oi rriloci sn.a ruin 10 the pr!ncey
gains ui those who have no;hins 10 sus ~ them
bu, The munstrous protection nEJusiiy afforded by
The present law. Lei there be 90 Wing amend
meni To this bill, says Senator Crltenden. Let II
have no Wing traits about il. and then. in the on
sci before The people, The Wing Party will be
more united.
From The Ncw York Journal Of Commerce.
NOW FOR A PANIC.-On referring 10 our
Magic Almanac for all Times and Seasons, we
find written agains. The presen, period, "A grand
Tariff Panic about these days" We mention ii
here. that The public may be prepared for the phe
nnInrnnn. and not be taken by surprise.
Looking further along find ralnrd,- TO-
the world is not coming 10 an emf Just Jet, not
wthslanding hc ellor> 10 he made Tor that Object.
Some Of The Philadelphia papers are rs certain
that the country is ruined, ashley were when The
U. SlateS Bank was 1nl III ul lucy dig "a
ceedingly severe upon The Vice President, and pre-
dict the most dlreiul consequences TO him person.
ally, as we'll as 10 the country. Says the North
American
against those who have dishonored them
selves and ruined Pennsylvania, the agents Q!
this scheme Of guilty oppression there comes q
reckoning that will make them cibhet warnings
TO future politicians q! the same false school
Calmly, bu, firmly, the people Of Pennsylvania
will proceed 10 do them justice. In her cup OF
Bitterness the hi;ieres drops have been mingled
by those whom she mos, trusted ; they will not
he forgotten in her lay Of desolaiion and ailicIion
To he nation al large, this bill Of denominations
promises evils which Tie patriot shutders 10 an
ticIpate. 1t finds rs prospcrous-it will leave Us
desolate. The maiediciicns of Impoverished mil
lions will fail upon lis authors; aud The South,
the houghless and arrosan, South, will find is
riumphs ever 'the white slaves Of the North"
turned into deep and bitter repentance before the
history Of this bill shall have been fully written"
(Onul
From The Pennsylranian.
Aswe shall have in all probability, something
10 say upon the subject hereafter, We refrain ex-
tended comment al present, with the mere ex-