Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-23
Pa tic Engitifr.
",T4 CLAY ON THE TARIFF"

"af3 CLAY ON THE TARIFF"
The above Is tie heading of short paragraph
in the Wing oi lie 9Th ins, Publishing an extract
from a letter ui The great embodiment" showing
how The prediction Of ruin in consequence Of the
TART, Of 1916, has Jailed in ulfilmcnl. To The
wonde, OF all must i, BIZ. 10 fins! This great light
Of lhe American system, who in his course upon
lhe Tariff whether purely revenue Tariff, or a
high protective Tariff or a revenue Tariff with
incidental protection, has exhibited as many pha
seS as another great luminaty in another system,
accounting for this 10 the Wings unexpected
failure, on The very grounds which heretofore con-
sl;uted their strongest appea for protection. The
inability of our we'll paid and rel Esd operatives
competing with Tie slaryelngs Of the British iac-
tories unless secured in the home market by high
duties, has been, as every child knows, The most
effective argument ct The proiecionisls. Now,
Notwithstanding gTealIeduclion in duties, and The
favorable opportunity Tor the display OF This COM
pelilion between we.fed and half-icd woTkmen,
our manufactures are in as Furnishing condition
as ever known. and Mr.. Clay ereit@s our not be-
ing ruined by The fact that"lhe Struggle has so far
been between we'll fed and iIl-ied operatives. -
Truly may il be said that circumstances alter
cases." when fact is used BY The Wings 10 prove
one thing, and when The opposite turns up, they
whip around Immediately and assign to This resu Ii
cause that they swore positively would produce
another This doubtless is the highest conss!en-
c. in The meaning of Wing logic.
MIR. Clay says he has "been very dcslrous 20
learn the cisci upon American manufactures
produced BIZ he last Tariff" Surely he has not
been an attentive observer, or lie would have
known that numbers Of new factories had gone
into orcration in every pail OF the cnuntry-lhat
The n anufaciuling interest is thriving apacc; and
il these facts had escaped his notice. he might
have teen assured that The "last TART" had pro.
duced no ruin, else The g.oans OF the Wings, and
their denunciations Of MIR. Polk, would have
clarified The echces in The remoi1sl wilderness oil
our land. Lei these glorious facts he ascribed 10
whatever cause they will; 20 the famine IN Eu-
rute, 10 The Mexican war, or any other unheaId-
Of chimcIa; all The dire caamilies predicted by
the Wings, as abou; TO aow from The reduction
Of that bill Of aho1iinalions, the Tariff oil ~
have been avel:cd. Whether accideni, or the
administration, can Justly claim lac merit Of Ibis
great service, The Wings have mere, and me re-
pea!ed failure of their prophecies onsh, 10 teach
them, az The people already know, that They are
no, MECH wiser than other people. Our country,
10 spite of them, is happy and prosperous nj
home, respected abroad and powerful every
where.
npu, Enrorc has leen sooccupicd in Supplying
| herself with necessary food" &c. Does this as
sisl The Wings out OF their dilemma, or show thai,
the teffccl unon nerican manufactures produced
by The last Tariff" has not been legitimate onef
b. no means On The contrary, the crcumslan-
ccs alluded TO are just such as 10 afford The iii
fed operative" of England all The advantage
which cheapness, growing out OF low wages, low
diet. and a scarcity OF that can possibly give him
in competition with our welpad and "wel!-ied"
operative Bu, they have been working "short
time" and We dull time" What effect has this
had? The statistics OF trade show, in spite Q!
"shor time" working, that the mpoTta,ions 10 This
country have greatly increased. No inference
therefore, can be drawn from that circumstance
10 account for the non Accomplishment OF our
ruin which The Wings ioreIoli 10 DC inevitable II
Mir. Polk was made President and The IaIii las
a necessary consequence reduced. Inc only
check the manufacturing in.eres! has felt for
years, grew Gu. OF the panic It's dear friends Inc
Wings. created, Just before the finishing blow was
given to The Tariff OF 40. And now that il is
growing and prosperous under Democratic Ad-
mnislralion and It's Tariff, contrary 10 their pre-
dictions and their pushes, manifold are The apollo
gies and excuses GALL absurd) they make 10 their
peculiar and chosen ward, because lie is not in
fact ruined. Tha, lie has not leen, is IN no wise
due 10 their agency; and this The manufacturer
himself begins 10 discover. One Of Them, some
time ago, seeing thai all the paroniziDg care pro-
fessed by The Wings for his class was Only loI Inc
sake OF popularity, and did him an injury oy
making great national interest party question,
warned his friends agains, permitting themselves
any longer to be used as instruments Tor The eie
WALTON OF particular man or party 20 power.
lam deceived if they are blind enough, whilst
enjoying so much prosperity under The "ast Ia
rif'to risk all by being drawn in 10 sup.
por, Mr. Clay, or any one on whom his man.
lie may fall, BY promises 10 restore the
Tariff Of 1912, or one more abominable STILL
Mi Polk richly deserves Inc appreciation,
manner in which he has administered the Gov.
erumep,-look;ng 10 The welfare and The interests
ot the whole country, and not conrting populari.
~ or power by assuming the special guardian.
shin Of great interests in particular ocali,ies.-
This is grsa, distinction between Democracy