Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-09-06
EREE.TRADE FIGURES.

The time was when the Democratic doctrine OF Tree trade
10 the opinion Of intelligent PERSONS was no better
than vain aud imprnc,cabe dream That DAY OF dcuSo
a nas The th oy stood the of experiment. and IL now
the geabu pulley OF the government Inc example
of Ensisud and of this country It's WISDOM aud no
adhereut Of exploded alnccs will pretend 10 saS
ges, return 10 the ancient system of restriction and pro
lection The annual reports of successive Secretaries OF
rho rraasprv since The feeade tut Of !Sa6 concurrent
10 hear in some cases but in u emphatic tes
,mony 10 the successful operation OF that great measure oi
revenue reform.
In another column the reader will find statement OF The
revenue from customs und indeed OF the total revenue
the government for tho fiscal yoar ending on he SUN u
June, 1853 These figures present grand to'a' o'
s6l 0OO OO8-o which very nearly sixty millions were ue
,v.d from customs alone The calculation of Mr. Corwln
was exceeded BY twenty cent the wants OF inc
ent under ordinary by just lUO per cent
The tariff AZ but The first step towards ireetra
Rome was not built in day, could the Democratic par
" realize their splendid theory by solitary achievement
II was work Of timo and OF progress successive au
vances were made tho onworks were taSen' una ho" we
may begin 10 nuke preparation for The final ASSAULT on 'n'
fortress of error the perfect confidence oil glorious
victory
Tn. present tariff is tariff only by comparison
and we appreciate Of ills operation by CONTRAST
with the deadening and poverishing effects OF the resre
tive duties Of 1872 In many respects the present very
burdensomc mpost pressing unequaily on different
and weighing heavily in the main on Inc LABOR OF The
country II needs revision and rcform we nave won
position conquest; and the time is come Tor
another Another reduction OF dukes mus
be made and the list OF unsaYed articles must be extended
We want freer trade. The country demands 1.-THE oc-
casioo is auspicuus We have thirty millions OF dollars
living idle 10 the vaults Of the treasury and have an an
nuat income exceeding by hundred per the
exn,nditures OF the government under ordinary crcunsan
c.s The public deb, may be esnguislled in two years
Then we snail have clear path before Tho income Of
the government should be diminished barely equa
che expenditures under most economical Admins tra,nn
Every article of necessary consumption may be made Il
bear the smallest possible BURDEN and the tax on the people
be reduced to The lowest fuhing Then will tho govern
meot conform to the ideal Of its Republican aters and We
NAV boast country without debt commerce without res
friction, and people without a burden
SLAVES CASE IN lNDlANA.-A slave case al In
danapolis which produced considerable excitement
there concluded Saturday, by an order from u"
United States Commissioner reease John Freeman tro
" where he had been confined since the 2lst OF June las
as fugitive slave. The State Sentinel says:
1.-THE claimant, r. Ellington Of Missouri alter exami
nation ofhe testimony adduced by Fecmans counse! was
convinced that he had canaahe wrong and through
nv Ia clear Frcenans being entirely different
son from the slaye SAM claimed having run away
from Greenup county, Kentucky. 10 also proved beyond
. donb thst the latter ia in Canada. Freeman
dentisd by witnesses Of excellent character Geor
ola and Alabama being free co'ored man who lived in
Georgia until 1914
ant Engton for false Imprisonment ana process Issued ac