Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-23
Yours truly, SC, w. II.
HillsyiIle, March 4Ih, lS49.
JOHN TYLER IN FREE TRADE.

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The Louisville Journal publishes a l,uer rom
John Tye! on the Tariff which We copy, [says
me NASHVILLE Union |, is rn- OF the plalnes
and most tori lille arguments in iayrr Ot Tree trade
which We have seen Tor many = Jay. Mr. Ty
Ter thinks that The cotton manufactures ale
placed on a ioo:ing no longer 70 he influenced b.
me movements II Washington These cotton
maDuiac cries, however, We Inns, influence
the>c movements The love OF money as re
morscless AZ the last u power, and bOln are COM
niuct ia Ne@ Englan "a uphold at all hazaics,
the protective roiicy. How completely these go
vern tho late Presidential election mas shuvn.-
EnIaCrt beyond m"asufe al The nomination =!
tne s!avenctef ard cotton Plen'ef ana en:eoped
III he 1hfiwina til lneir own Free Soil acia-
hon. vet he people Il New England were no
,oone. satisfied that ia he election u Gen. Tay
lor they hal hope OF he restoration q The Tariff
of 1912, rhan the whole pro ective party united in
his support Fana,ic,sln i,sci iorsUok the allars
OF The Fures and rushed . The temple OF Nam
mon:
SHERWOOD FORREST Va, Feb, 5, ls49.
Nv Dear Slr,-Yuur ielieT ot tie 5 January,
with lis enclosure, du!y reached me, and have
read b II he one and tie other win much inter
est N late year. !; mas become manifest that
whenever an increased demand Tor brradsufs,
Tlich is necessarily attended wsh increased pri-
ces takes place n foreign countries there !
ptupouioaale decline IN IEr price q cotton Men
must eat-lhat Is primary necessity which can
MI be dispeGsct wi.n-anc when they are driven
10 purchase breadstrf, al high price, They are
forced into cunallmenl oil expenditure in pre-
viaiug themselves witt The maIeIla !or Clothing,
which is also necessity under The Influence Of
organized and civilized society, but necessity
neither so pressing mol urgent One may we'll be
content 10 wear patched Goa, in preference TO
gong supperless 10 bed. Ii is obvious here is
but one remedy or The cotton planter in the con-
tineency mentioned, and that Is 70 multiply, AS
lar as possible, the markets Tor his cotton. To
depend upon The market OF single country,
Great Britain for example. is 10 incur The oer-
tainty ot a periodical pfos,ralion OF The price.
The failure OF single crop OF corn in that coun-
Try would spread ruin o-ef Inc colt, n-erowine re-
sio4. But with other markets - supply, al.
itoueh undoubtedly iflsc!rc ~ ilc loss Of any
single market, ye; the Planters Praa's would con
linue 10 be !emuneIaiiLe. Hence The great I'M
por.aIce Of tree iniefchapge with all the ma
lions Of The eaith, which, in yiew oi Tue immen-
shy Of the Production, invites The constant and
INC easing efforts Vi he sOvern,n en y attain.
In this view ci tie sutlsct, he home ,DsTke, is
undoubtedly OF The sreaies Importance. Cons-
delins the eylen; OF cur country, lis shores now
washed By the waters Of Two oceans-the rapid
increase o. lis population, population which du.
picaes in a series OF tUenly-three years, and
all Tie wants OF refined and enlightened socie-
" in still greater ratio-along with IFS almost
preiernaturaI deyeloImen 81 power and strength,
The cay may he red AS ueat al hand, u X
has not 10 rafl come, When The plough and SPIN
die must and viii be in the cleses, proximity,
and when the American market will De oil vast
ly greater importance 10 tie cotton planter than
that OF The world beside. This stale OF things
may be upduiy fastened or delayed by The action
of The Federal Government bu, il will finally