Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-05

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n,ese,, rcvsnue tariff many new manulac'olie'
nave sprung into existence in virginia o'a
soutb. and are fourishcg, as far rs VIC eaN -
ybv ,ben. swell the duties; the effect oil WHICH
mil, be az MANY manufacturers say, 10 o'e'n
u.em down by excessive competition Inc r''
..,, ,,,;6 has been tried and found successful
Wbv change in Here is another proof Oh inc
,ous;aeuev OF mo party" professions and uIfa
psrizan practices. Virginia wlIlnot LOOK 10 suc',
humbuesine counselIors-sbe can saae care y,
herself without falling on her knees, seri-hke, u
,s,;s,,,;ve fyors from the General 10
vernmens. -.
Ridicule Virginia as the tariff organs may sne
-, n;e,ts an immense moral influence in the
u.;on-bcr honesty and elevated bearing are ad'
mited by her most inscriptions enemies Inc
Uh;os wonld have asurrendered" several oil their
sm.,ler Sales. 10 have been enabled to crown
heir ,iamph with the Oplnua sp0I1a Of Inc o'd
Dominion.
[trou The Philadelphia North dH'e'teanl
PROTECTION IN THE SOUTH.
Tho Richmond Wing, in calling attention 10
an advertisement, offaring employment 10 re
snecfable country ells and boys 10 iae'oi y
makes The following sensible remarks
General Tailor is elected President o. 'ns on'
Ted States. The laborins CLASS, oo." NJ 49,"
- .,o,, eyneet p,otee,ion and not be thrown
!, nsri'ion win the pauper labor OF England
u,sa,a = man has 10 work for 81 per day lnere
no.. srrsral aclc factories in This clly maj VIII <"
;,,o oneration The next year, which WIZ no aouo'
,ro rY from 500 10 1000 hands. II we can ge'
a Tariff 10 protect our labor, IN lew years n'e"
mond will become one OIL The largest mahuidc.u-
r;,s c;,,es in Inc Union. The snh-treasuIy, maj
r.I;c ri barharism. which can only operate with
on, mischief in lime o! war, when tneie Is no
.oscie 10 90 into is yaus, and which, IN TIME oil
psace when The receipIs are heavy, must DC 'he
EVERLASTING paren; OF commercial Crisis inc "a
r,fI ui 40, with lis countless ab,utdit.es, Us ~
ducemens 10 ifauis, us iesruc'iSe ense'S "Po"
N. industry II tie county ALI, all may DC
rrckuned among The things thai haps 0een. " "
wondered al b. pp,seliy as monuinea's .. "nI'
lral stupidity, but never more 10 nave e"'' ~
as actua. systems. !, CD
This i The doctrine 10 which the whO'e SCUM
wiIl subscribe. Whenever ilrecovefs from The pc.
Ii, cal ipla,ualion which has so long clogged us
cnereie, and re;arted lis prosperity. Virginia
in particular, mas been he victim Of Tins foliy.
Win natural resources equal 10 almost any olh-
er Stale in the conederacy,- with immense wa,
Ter power. vast mineral wealth, leflile SOIL ana
eouable climate, she now, from being Inc mo
Their OF STATES" occupies secondary grade, ana Is
even inferior, in The Development oil het ih'efha'
resources, 10 new States which, within few
wears have sprung into existence. There must
he some ereaI Cause for this degeseracy and re-
,,oeressi,n. II does ne, Ii: in the people 81 VIZ
oioa. or in heir want Of enterprise; but IN inc
political oaacsery with which she has been phys
icked for more than Il generation. Tier poieul
zeal philosophers have preached Free Trade and
the resolutions Of '9S until every man-lna' Is,
every Democrat has considered hlmseh eoin
p,iiician and TEL, il IL he his duly Fa'nef 70 spii
hairs, than 10 ill the sol and apply The gus OF
nature IN his advantage
Virginia, in consequence, has been growing
backwards or downwards while her iaVorile
nol.cy has been maintained, in the government
Tor nearly twenty consecutive years. She mas
been dosed with nostrums, until nausea mas al
last succeeded, and now she is prepared 10
adopt any change, since none can DO Tor tne
worse. The day is not distant when The people
of Virginia, with one voice, will be knocking al
The doors of Congress for protective tarih
higher inan Pennsylvania will demand II "
her only hope Of regeneration.
What is true Of Virgin a, as to her present
condition and future prospect. is also true oil
large portion Of the whole South. me Ameri
can protective system is the only one lhal can
stand the test of experience that can lurhlsn a
steady and sure market and just reward Tor
labor. Sooner or later, we must all come 70
il, and that section which rejects II now, only
retards It's own advancement-and thereby, TEN
pofarily, checks the onward march OF the ma
ion 10 wealth and greatness.