Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-02-29

uno-nartvn Convention in a very nauuSo"l
.ruo,ons STYLE. The satire, however eu"''s'
:, uox, delicate and respectful. The immense
audience received it with undated sa"s,a'''o.'
We took notes of MIR. P.'s remarks, ana feg1e'
no, mo canno, present them 10 our readers 'h''
morning. They shall appear very soon'
we have received The first number OF inc
o;n;a Patriot, published at Lyhcnou's' =
sd;,.d with ability by our friends, Mess's' J. ~
Irving and William NJ. Burwell; ana We W.
,he nronrjetors success, in a personal ana PEI
r;.ry noint Of view. We must express our '0pe
ovid belief. ,ha, the principles they advocate wiz
never receive The support OF the maJo'"S
people in this Old Dominion.
We reciprocate the good wishes the Eohoi'
,re,s for The courlesies and amenities Oh Pioe'
-, ;r,arconrss. We observe that they advocate
more principle. than were presented oy Que u
,hs;r leading speakers (Mr. Hunter Of Jehefson)
IN ,beir ano.par,y" and no.principles Convention.
BE said tina, he was for three pFinc'pies-ts
,r;o,ism. honesty, and that independence ~h'cn
never surrepders." We can offer these, ana aoo
- ham onr glorious Tariff, and its great Twin
naosrre the Constitutional Treasury, ana a riga
cons,rnc,ion of The Constitution, which shuts 'he
door II LEGISLATION against a United States Bank
and a ~prodisal waste OF the peoples money IN
extravaganl and corIupting expenditures upon
works OF internal improvement! by The General
Government.
We ,bipk Mr.. Hunter abandoned one OF his
nr;nciples; as The action Of the "no-party" Con-
vso,;op surrendered Internationally 10 cur iasin
and The Constitutional Treasury, and there were
none so hold as 10 assail either Of those great ana
beneficial measures BY speaking out in an ad-
dress against them, though we look out ir a
Guerrilla war aeains, them after they have over
thrown the Wing army, and routed 1t SO, ihat the
only means eft, is 10 play Padre Jarauta against
Them.
pcrbaps if the Patrio, had moi declared lis prin-
c;o,ss opi,e so soon, i, might have been satisheo
with those. which one Of The prominent leaders o.
e., par,y was content with; though we think lna'
if he had supposed that he could have goeen "eie'
he would have taken a United States Bank, d
piob Protective Tariff, the distribution OF Inc
sales OF Inc Public Lands amongst Inc States anu
all The Other nice little dain'ies which were won
10 set off The Wing table of principles" Win 80
much beauty in Whis eyes.
We clip from the Patriot an extract OF Two
touching The Tariff of 1916, with its reasons iol
sustaining \ protective tariff, and its specu'at'ons
respec,inc a U. S. Bank. We rust lnat II WIZ
continue It's advocacy Of a Protective Iaf'n, anu
.on Time 10 treat the question OF q U. ,. banh
M, ,.an obsolete idea; and that lis assaults on
tho Constitutional Treasury will continue as oe'
c;ded az The one it has made, and lhaI II VII
s,.nd mn 10 every inch of ground ii now lake
,n,;ns, The Mexican war. If il does, 1t VII
have to become the Ajax OF its party, as us Whis
associates in this Gibraltar OF Whlseery nave
shown that they are very "iender-ioo'ea" aoou
making 6gh, asains, The Tariff OF 1886, and ART
shy of a h,h, againstihs Constitutional Treasury
and are disposed to give the u. s. Bank quesiol
the cut direct-and the rumor OF peace makes then
less warlike against the war than they FUSED Il
wasn,bo' they may vet want 10 know where San
,.anna Is. The las, that was heard of that srea
Wbie General. Gen. Lane with three tlnd'ed ar'
fhy officers and men, was hunting him having rui
him Out OF Tehuacan, q Mexican lown oil s'oo'
Inhabitants; sihe General, who strikes Annie on
oil chaos,n not even standing q single shot. az
did not take time TO carry Of even his cosby
walkipg-canes, and they were seized as trophies
by The general with his HANDFUL OF men. If Int
Wing General does not show more generalship
the Wing leaders will lose all interest as 10 hi:
whereabouts. The sound of a bug'e appears Il
have The same effect upon him that the hunter:
horn has upon a grey fox. Vamos is the wore
with both, as soon as they hear the sound OF dan
ger. But 10 the extracts from The Patriot:
"The Virginia Wings have advocated a Pro
iectiye Tariff, 10 secure 10 manufacturers person
ally unknown 10 them, excessive profits, 10 be
maid for by the Southern consumer. None could
imnu,s 10 them such blindness, or indifference tc
,heir own interests. They have advocated il be-
Gauss thew believe and contend, lha, a system Of
duties is the best mode OF raising revenue, and in
LAYING those duties a Just discrimination should
be made 10 favor OF any branch OF our Industrial
system, subject TO foreign competition.
awe be!ieye that The boosted Tariff OF 1886,
has never yet been fully tested-thal, The revenue
arising from il. has exceeded the calculations OF
It's opponents, we are free 10 admit; and that no
considerable injury has thus lar resulted 10 the
manufacturing system. That extraordinary eau
ses have produced these results, we are confident.
We lhall endeavor in future numbers 10 main
taia The position assumed above. that The tariff of
46. ha. never yet been subjected 10 a full and tair
test, as a financial aud commercial measure; and
though no prophets. We venture the prediction,
tina, the protective principle will be recognized in
some mod lfcation OF The tariff, by al least, a large
portion OF the friends Of the administration, du-
ring the presen, session OF Congress. We are
NO, Of the plumber OF those who regard 1t as an
obsolete question, and we are prepared, and We
believe il, Is the ssn.imen, of The Wing party ge.
nerally, 10 maintain 10 the utteEmos', The position
we have ever occupied.
"ln reference 10 the Bank of the United States,
we consider ii The almost, universal sentiment, OF
the Wing parly-tha', divided, as The people are
iu opinion bolh as To It's e1pediency and consiitu.
,%ionaiily, it would be unwise TO create such an
institution at this time, when The discrepancy oil
opioion in reference TO IL the asiialions and COL
li,ions 10 which it would give birth, would OF
themselves render il Inefficient both as a CONNER
c;al and financial agent. But We avow enphati-