Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-02-04
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.

At the request of good Wing Tariff friend. we puolish
another column long, well written and ingenious a'
from the pen OF Messrs. Cooper d Hewitt, IRON hu'
turers The diagrams compelled to omit as VIC nav
NOT Tho nla,es 70 reprint then 1t strange 'hePe
ent moment when Wing papers at the South anu wing '''
Der. of Southern Legislatures are throwing co'u ~
the increase of the Tariff that Democratic paper
mnde the medium for the circulation oil laii arg
We never fear however lei such questions be
the ties, of examinaiion-satisfed that the peoPie ~ ~
lIeen enough st the truth and arrive al just
The article from the Journal Commerce Is 80 long mat
re have no room for any comments of our
"a we have 10 give place extended extract rom e iaS
powerful letter of "Prence" in the Onof =" m se"eia'
subject of higher duties on iron he piee" eo".e very
strong views and an array OF facts WHICH eeay uehoh
srate the impocy Of eevating the duties on ron. also
shows tina, the rapid increase OF es'aos
ments has been of the pregnant caSe o tue present
depression The elevation OF the farm now: ny aahca
stimulation would blu, extend the evin increasing the num-
embellishments and crent financial CONFUSION would
be the natural consequence SucA mas oeen the experience
8 t .o,,,rv-such will continue 10 be The result.
p, os, did we not entertain these decided opinions on
rho general high duties in deprivng the mass
Of the people of reasonable pces and in tending to an u
mate explosion of the manufactures themselves we couo
~, q. yirrnians consent at this particular moment TO the
increase Of pro,econ which must give vastly more en-
10 the North than to the South As long as
over the Union from the anaticu movements
Of The Northern Aboonss agree TO be instru-
mental in strengthening their hands for nvasons on the
rights of the South the integrity of the Constitution the
safety of the Union.
The letter of "Pcntce," which give below, destroys
most of the positions in the letter OF Messrs Cooper
Hewitt, The statement in the Union published by de-
fn;np Ro j. Walkers views of the Tariff amendment lately
Notwithstanding the very proposition urged by those
emen-shows that they have entirely mistaken the opinions
of Mr. Walker who regards the proposal in conflict with
the principles CT his report sanconng fulbooded pro-
tec,on" and destructive of revenue. prentice" in the
Union thus yields the of fact and arguments
The rumored design of changing the duties particularly
that on ron has excited great deal of surprise al the bold
the best interests of their constituents in so foohardy
manner The great iron and railroad well the agcu
ura depend upon low duties for from and TO en-
hance the duty the pohbive rates OF the rumored pro-
posa is 10 strike every railroad in the country inter-
es, connected with their operation and majority OF the iron
works the country. This matter which appears to DC
but little understood among those who the dupes OF the
TO this country is railroad iron, being single description
which requires immense capital produce Every Ion OF
such iron imported demand for five tons OF Amer
can iron for locomotives cars &c. &c. used In connexlon
with the road Nineteen out OF twenty Of the furnaces IN
the country supported by this demand and the impor
uton of rails should be prohibited i'll order TO enable few
gentlemen Of nordnate wealth in Pennsylvania 10 make
rails at profit here, large proportion of the railroads
would be s,raneled and all those interests ncludng the
ronmasters dependant upon them would be ruined The
imports of iron into the port Of New York for the past three
wears were as follows: