Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-23

administration.
The Democrats Of Grccnsglle lock upon the
lc,ler OF Justice as an uata ir attemp! 10 affaisl
The different paris OF The District aga M eact
Other, and our people have sci The seal q hei
disapprobalon upon the paltry effort.
In the language OF the Fac'otum Of modern
Whiggery, "be him Wing or be him Demcc.al,
he may rest on his laurels. ".
We commend The following article for is sound
sense and enlightened views. The Rescrc. in
vain endeayurcd 10 teieal lne com.-ercisl reel
prosy between The two great naIloEa-tn! Iheii
aniieluyian notions were pu' 10 fighi b. The
existing laws, the fruits OF Tie vision Of Their
predecessors. However willing, lhey could not,
with any show Of deceEcy, arrest movement 10
throw open most extensive field 10 American
enterprise, which must yield rich profits 10 The
skill and energy Of our counrymtn:
From The London Chronicls. OFT. 80
THE ENGLISH NAVIGATION Laws
AND TIE UNITED STATES.
The proclamation jus. issued by The President
Of Inc Uoired States is equivalent 10 the COM
pIete ami faa! discount ure oi that small aad is-
noble rarly which demands legislative protection
Tor he home industry Il The Union. WnaIeTef
resneclabily attaches 20 lie defence OF prc!ec-
live system in ola countries, arises, We pl,s:nie,
ifoii the magnitude aud aniquiiy oi me mono
p.lirs defended, and rom the humble! o! Ihe pefs
sons 70 whose proiii the mistakes ri former ages
have rcdouaded. BuI, in North America, he
most har!,wurling anc sensible race on The iace
Of the earth Is called upon to buy 10 maj whicn
is 10 them. The deaIesr, and 10 SILL in thai which
. a. haa g.I pf n UIII
or me s.k. e ih,arl.:. :. New nng Id nj cotton
spinne!s the uIdes. u whose mills has mi Sod
a rte, vi 4 century, aad d lev prop ,etuis
OF coal and iron mines i'll Pennsylvania, which b,
under liberal tariff may, perhaps, be worked a
hundlod years hence with legitimate pfuil' ~ The
vwcers ard win real Advantage 10 the uEfy.
The Eight vi laonopoiy asain,' ice iiaae, in Anne
RIGA. has been one ri Wiilul blindness 10 The plain
est Interests Il d nation against Inc common sense
and par>oicacity t.: WHICH that Eaien IS p!c-c mi
pcn;jy distinguished Il would hardy have been
co lU0g II HE cause vi interested opa-
city had not been strengthened by adventurous
alliances The American pEoieciionisls coBiriyed
10 enlist on their side that Gawhoesome spun, Il
national pride ard national exc'usiveneSs, whi,h,
ami; /. .aorsdad epncmeIal ami imma;etla. chat
acefis.IS i..s alone; perhaps, deserved th2 E'er>
ciiess ca!Icalnrins il has received. ihe n!iish
can whip tie world, aai We car waip ihe SFl,-
i.s"- 50 ran The popular aposhesn, and me pro-
,rcianiss ADDED the coroary In manufactures,
as we'll as everything else" And they had, more
over, The dexelly 10 identity Tue selves win oEe
OF he great paliies into which Americans are, OF
ra her were, divided. To Ire cotton exporting
: a,es OF the South Tree trade 10 necessity u
first Importance But these States have ever been
Democratic, or locoiocu. The conservative wings
,h.,al,rs nchoo.p hiac fnWaYds DruIrr-
,ionism; and So elisclually tld the New Eug land
cons:,ue o: lie paIty Improve this inclination,
ina. the indemnity Of Wing ana pfoeli'oGi~ls
has becn deemed, OF late years, in America
As pa:ura! and necessary as once was The ANA
cevus connection, now hapniiy severed, On
ms side Of the allanuc. Fortified by hesr et-
nenis oil Strength, TIE hEcf'can ?roieclionis's
were able 20 nod the .foaaa CONCEDED 10 them
o. The mistaken legislation ot a pir economical
era until lneif opponent were hearty ioic'd 10
tall back o: the ultimate eYp'cien, oil CIV War.
Il was no ill totally new power made is Pre-
seGce lelt in AmcTicaa politics, hal Their posi- ION
was materially weakened aEer the election Il
President Polk, and that 81 he legislatures "iic"
synchrun:zsd with his presidency, u newer graft
pred icing Stales il the West anu Norlhwc>i, tel
he !ir.! ,iue c1erc;s very seiioUs llh1e6cc
over ihe policy e.! The cca;Iai government. Inc
wr.shI OF .hee STATES was ilroN = vno!iv, WI n
thai oi lie South into the Scale OF free Trade
A bout The same Time, TIE reaction which 'oiJw
d the cooiins down Of the Oregon war cyrr pro.
.aced more kindly feeling towards GrcaI BFl>
tain. Bob circumstances contrihu,rd 10 .aci''
ta,e tn. nac.n nj Of ...e present American tariff
law with The exception 81 our uwa, The most
liberal OF ,nu'cfn commercia! CODES.
President Taylor, til ugh mainly elected by
Wh,s volels, came toswa.d originally as the caa.
diiate ot neither party. lie had eInrhauclily
declared that, il eeya;ra 10 the caic i.iasi racy,
he would b. The P!esiI; o. no ony u ahy pa:tl
Or section, bul D, he who.s nation. ms very
declaration seems IL have raised the hopes oi 'h-
American p:,irc iJniyis much more than would
have done formal Wing prcte:sioa GejOi 10,
'erpfeled ia;o Their Iacl.e Jafsnn, The P,esiit 81
the whole nation was construed 10 import Pc
,ilcui UhJ wa Il Iocct the national injus.ry
against foreign inlcI,upers. II was, therefore,
coniie ntly anli-ipa;ed by The New Eng.and ma
nuiac,ufers, snl not litlc feared by Tree ia
ieis, Iha, General Taylor, VINO, from the cir
cumsl ,nces II his lie aid p,o.essica, could
hardly be regarded as deeply vers-i 10 economi'
cal science, would not inpGuhlbly be- II q ic"i 10
impede the operation Of th'se wise Prospective
provisions introduced INFO the MERCANTILE codc by
The las, Congress. The occasion which has
elicIre! the late proclamation was tnet .reciec Ia
les, his inclinaions. By act If Ccn2rs', lie
President was enabled, on lie abr CATION by any
foreign power OF restrictive regulations ike The
BRUSH navigation laws, 10 place the ships OF the
country, thus modifying its system, IN the sam
footing as the ships OF The United Sahs Bu
The President was empowered, and moi directly
commanded TO issue proclamation 10 hi, IN
tent-a variation from the ordinary course q
American procedure, which was supposed tC
give him he means VI consulting his PRESUMED
r,pusnance 10 a Tree trade move ment u "a
pefscvetinely suggested tina; hi ought 81 notify
The repeal CT he British nayiga!i % laws o Con
gress, and request lis ADVICE as 10 The seps u b:
hereupor taken. Now, though Considering III,
imminent dIs.:plion o! American parties, veiJ
much cannot be certainly pIedicated CONCERNING
the Congress, which meets al Washington 10 De
cember, yet, as il nominaily stands comps sed b.
Senate is Democratic, while 10 The Lower Hvus
III. Wings have a majority Of che. l night
therefore, prove impossible 10 obtain that COM in
resolution OF tie two Houses, which W0u!j Il
the proper an,wer 10 the Presidents Application
and thu, General TsyiUr VOID nave ben ur
nished i'm az excuse lor not issuing his iIuc'a
nation al all. But those wto ayfare"d 'bi
sshrme tor he solder p.esiirnt, rsu"r - h"v'
greatly underestimate his clcafats. IL h.a
and souCdaess oi judgment. LIE has not '"Oosh
Fl, 10 continue To Ihe mercantile and shipping il'e
rests 81 he UDiled States hal embarrassing pro
lection Tor WEIGH they have, over and again, o.
their recognized organs, espresso lheif aeshes
be relieved. rhe American Navigation laws ar
de- Ja:tO repealed from the frs day CT he ns'
II i. were requisite to pu, case as The 'elil:
no I'D a5;urdum OF the system OF warning lanlis
we should De inclined 10 susses: HAT o! Urea
Britain end The Hailed States The two coun
,rirs arc now knit together, by the mole thai
Siamese su,ure olmulual nee-s, Ike Geen
na,,s Of he same organization. AS surrey a
an incIemen, season in he valley OF ihr alsss's
sppi or on The shores Of The Cult oi Mesic
spreads desolalipn through hundreds ot IN o
sands of English homes-as surely as year
social co.vulsion 10 England would reiard ey
score Of wears The advance OF he Union in ma
leriaI pIospeii.y-as surely as The ills Of on
| nsooJe re The ills Of the oheT, SO surely al,