Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-02

n,nIrTu WELL. SPOkEN.

C,e of the b.ndsomest tributes the WISDOM OF Demo
cratic policy is the following article Oh inc
News Wing paper whose raukness anu poiuhess We 1'
always appreciated in ac cuiogisuc exposition oi e
policy OF The pcscn, administration, the kepuoc enpoycu
the following language:
"1be Democratic doctrine of tho Administration ana Inc
Win n,rIy 10 rho reverse of all this 1t nrors the protec
ton of home labor and domestic industry against the pane
labor of The rest of the world II knows that when ms Ia
bor and industry protected ny Iuolcous ie@isiaoh-
~ ,lc ara ROT driven ruinous struggle with the sarv-
ing millions Of favored lands-the country IS thriving
and PROSPEROUS productions are rarVenusV auSHen
cd Tho mass ri the people wced, wcl-cothcd we'll
rrd comfortable and contentcd Undcr the opposite poll
cy of buving every thing in the cheap labor markets OF Eng
land and producing only what labor equally cheap can pro-
dncr AZ home the country anguishcs the foreign debt accu
INITIATES and term of false and hollow prosperity Is oiow
ed bv commissions paralysis and general depression we
en,can no doubt whatever that on the issue OF Tree trade
and moderate or what Gen Jackson styled udcious ia
riff LARGE majority Of the American people are on the Side
al Inc Whins and the Administration and that the policy
which they advocate Is lic true De'ho1' po".y - NV
country"
The News Wing though be- quoting the above passage
sorrv to take issue with our ts) respected contemporary
Of the Republic upon this question: It, then, in few words,
as follow utterly cxplodcs the wedawn theories and rdi-
cu,ouslv boosted advantages Of 'proteclon We howev-
believe that American ingenuity and enterprise can avora
by compete with the industry OF any pcope-aa, we doubt
not will be shown the London Worlds Fair We rejoice
10 have on our side SO efficient champion of liberal COM
n,crcn between the nations Of the carh as the
News has come out:
is very true tina, Factories and Mines and FORCES and
Fundes will stop under low tariff and the pauper labor
of England be brought in competition with the Tree LABOR OF
America Is il right il should be 80? Inc history OF
protective Tariffs will this question Mr. Jefferson
first commended the principle Of protection he thought
nation 10 be free must be independent and TO be independent
nus manufacture for herself This could not be done With
out the protection Of the government in the infancy OF the
system Protection for twenty years asked In that
time it was contcnded should become skilled IN the art
and able compete with Engands superior facilities Tor
manufacturing The proposition was acceded TO- ana pro-
lection given In 1916 the first Protective Iar was enac,
led. In 1924 sill higher one. In rs another-in ~
another unit, the duties so high that intercourse be-
tween the two countries had almost ceased
Twenty had passed and Still the cry was lot proec-
ton Instead of competing with The pauper labor OF In.
gland and their superior skill we had only simulated inc oid
Mother country increased energies until she MANUFACTURE
ed superior article and sold it upon better terms after pay
ing the duty could after all the hot-bed nursing
which had been bestowed upon IT, 1t was demonsraby pro-
we'd utterly compete with foreign factories
We had most conclusirey tested the experiment, and
found an entire failure We have the ~ years protection
and arc still discriminating in favor of such articles as the
pubic exgences demand Wehave done all this with
oul accomplishing the end for which the American system
las it has appropriately tcrmcd established
and al the end of tyre years find protection clamored
for as much as at the beginning. 49,
And out of whose pockets has this duty comet Was it
the manufacturer the importer the consumer The most
ingenious sopsms nave been put forth 10 prove the iome
with such absurdiy we have thought the argument I'M
worthy of reply No contends the importer pays IT.
or course upon the consumer necessarily falls Inc South
(bnp an agricultural and not manufacturing pcope)
The consumers and therefore bear the burthen Of this tax
Morris this ALL II destroys the foreign market for cotton
and brcadsuls Prohibit by exavagant duties, The npor-
ron of English and French silks and broad cloths DC and
with what these counties purchase our Corn nanc
Flour! We must not only pay for indifferent New Eng land
fabrics any prices they may exact but be shut out from
these markets which cighttenhs of our agricultural pro-
ductIons now carried.
With these views opposed to further protection and
should rcprc that administration in which we have great
confidence should urge policy which experience has prov
ed 10 be both oppressive and unjust.