Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-04-14
For the Enynirer.
PROTECTION TO HOME 1NTEREsrs.-lNo.I ~

p~R0TECTION III HUME ENcS
The State of Virginia very properly protects merchants
n.obanics in their lawful pursuits against interference
s WV t,,o;,, travelling pedlars OF every description. SO heavy a
!. :. ? ia reouired for the privilege OF pcdling 10 each separate
oornIv I.xceol for articles manufactured by Inc peola' 10
~ S;a,e, that lhis destructive class Ct parasites upon Inc
regular business of the community Is e37c'oa"y ''ou0
from the State. s,.roev
ncn;,e cxnlanation. Merchants and mechanics. VINO are
RI liens of ihs State constitute a large part VI inc souIce Z"
r.venuc; II, therefore, their bGslness were permitted 10 DC ~
noJad bv foreigners, Inc resources OF The Siate would OF
sam,oed n that extent. In addition 10 this, these cluzens
ye,urn. 10 The community a large part OF Inc amount ~n,cn
they receive from that community. lhe nietc"aIs, -. ~
s,o1ce n,vs his butcher, baker, shoemaker, DC, q large part
Of The receip,s of his store; aud. il he be prosperous In d.
O;iroas he erccls new buildings, and ltua gi"co employment
n brIck. LAYERS, carpenters, &c, who IN their tnin speno 'helr
~ ~ ,r,onp other cilizens. The foreign pedlar. on Inc
conIrary, carries all or nearly all h5 gains out OF the otaIe'
imnoyp1ishing its resources 10 enrich others. Inc sla'e mas;
therefore. very properly put lis veto upo" II" '''"'
policy as this. TO-, IL avail,
There was another vitality important motive Tor Inc exclu'
oion of foreiCu pedIars. These persons usually came ron
abolition districts, and for ia consideration, were vsty WIN,
T ~ ~ mack a layer OF ~inccndiary publications at the bottom
Of their wagon, TO be distributed whenever this could Dc
safely done. - ,,.;. orol,s;o, u,.
hat thew oIten committed the most shameful imposl'
!; ri, "r G"m the !, m S.sI hSa asa a WSe an' tss t,a stIo was dst paHetd
the impostcr was nowhere TO be found. ae mao oeeamPec
from the State, never TO return 10 Inc nei2hoofnooa OF Ills
victims. All these considerations are weighty enough Ia
convince the most ultra free trade advocate OF the necessity
of the laws In question.
What then is tbs Yankee pediar 10 dol virginia presents
o ,omnt;no fell, and would yieli n rich harvest II he could
once oct in, bu; the gates arc closed and barred. Nothing
howeyer. is too hard for q low Yankee in pursuit ol money.
IT,. nadt,y poeg ~ d commissioner of rsvonuo Tor n t"'
of virginia and offers him five dollars for a license TO pTac-
lice phy.ic. The commissioners duty is simply 10 exam
Inc whether the proflsred bill or coin be counterfeit ne nus
M ,ioht IN enquire whether the individual who applies ior
,he License ia a counterfeit, and the commissioner who may
be a YirgiuIan, and may feel the burning = shame o. !, admit mi
and nni il mic tie treasury. The wretch who cares not
how his gains arc made. Gedius himself prevented from
opening a paper OF needles or a case OF iacE EniYes, because
II would ruin the hardware merchants, purchases Tor hive
douars the srATEs AUTHORITY 10 tamper, with the health and
lives OF fathers, mothers, and helpless infanta-to elbow out
of the profession her own honest, talented educated sons
and lh5 peculiarly favorable opportunity Of whispering pol
son into lhe ears of negroes, and slipping Into inelr hands
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