Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-01-18
For the Enquirer.
TIE INSPECTION LAWS.

Messrs. Editors:-In the recent articles which have
appeared in the Enquirer aud The Examiner, on the
proposed changes Of the inspection laws. the sugGes
lion is prominent that tho cutlre movement is con-
fined 10 Richmond city and the know-Nothings.-
Now, f this were true, tho question could have but
Que solution. But is it true Are there do Demo-
Gratis, aud no pr,ac,pes which Democrats hold dear,
involved in the propositions before me Les;s'etnre .
as proud a stronghold Of the old faith as ever faunt-
I'd its defiant banner To the foe. ! know that | speak
the sertiarut of the Petersburg Democracy wheii l
Assert their demand for Il revision aud modification OF
the laws. Ii IS accidental, and by accident alone,
that tn. 'priucipui actors i'll this matter i'll the Legis
lnture are not Democrats. The "pr;ncIpnl actors
outside OF the membership Of the General Assembly,
arc rs far from being kncw.N"ihings US from any
o,her Conceivable iuaiGcss. But even were It true
that every mover in the premises, body, bones and
soul, was Il Know. Nothing, would it not be wei! L"
see thai, they do not steal uur principles from us II
ve are To oppose ererythin: that M individual hiiow-
Nothing advocates, do you think that, with their ouu
ming and treachery, they would not drive the Demo.
cracv into the maintenance of opinions which would
react most disastrously upon The party
Eut, - far from Richmond City being the Toint
irun which the principal objections grow, 1t and It's
citizens have less cause to complain than any OuhCr
iniat IN the entire State. 49,
Ii you will turn 10 page l2n OF the Code, you Will
find an item WHICH will bear Il iitl!" reflection IN this
connecticut. The tax on The m.ii.rs 81 Iirhinnnd
and on hou. shipped 10 Richmon from different
DDlntSi l Iuc p,tNO Ai i''-'~ ''l''''
half what it is in any other scab"nrd point ii Nlrsl-
min. i. this iust! Is il indeed Constitutional How
does it affect the rest CT the State A lew hSures
| will show that it is Il dutck JOnnS 81 treafg PR ecaf.
az tic erection IF Japur mills IN tie ciy q f'ehm'"d
over any other puiiit in The State. | have lad some
| .xp.rjcncc and considerable observation i'll mill
| building, ana l assert, what | will undertake 10 per
| form for any responsible pnrtlc', IN my t"!craoiy
favorable locality, S5H,0~ will buiid ana equip IN
complete order a substantial mill, cnpnblc OF turning
am :NrI burrrI, of flour per diem. The average mill.
inc Season exceeds 2m0 days per yenr. From such n
| Mil, then, tho annual product would be- 6n,UUJ bar
rel,. 4; Que cen. per barrel, the differences oatwe2n
Richmond uu! any other place, Is Sr'iu, Which Is
| tue iniercs; az SiU,uiv. this - twenty per ceHt' q
the perlnancnt INVESTMENT.
Can the nrw and expensive, bat splendid wntr'
power oil Fredericksburg tie steam power OF AK
| Iudria aud Norfolk, and the combined steam and wa
r.r mower vi Petersburg, stand e Competition iAr
that7 80,
fostering care of the State, that such Il load shall be
put On the capital which would sex investment Ia
improvements like tin Richmond Mills among us'
Not oi.v ;hc points ! have eAuinerhtc'i, oul every
,u,;t remote or urar, whuro q wafer iaii or stca'r
| engine ran 20, the -four from which seeks lis ioreisu
consumer through those rJ.n.s, Is thus uisparhGeu'-
Indeed, 81 far does t!i, d.spavaSenen' 60, ;ht'' 10
;she the Gallego Mills q! Your City, as II far i!iuS:ra
ion, I en- purchase an engine co!np!eio IN al IL
,or;s. capable I'll duias the entire work VI THAI stu
p-ndous establishment Tor Il SUN, the Interest q
which shall be the difference between the Inspection
of those Mills, and OF Il Ike amount OF Hour al any
other poin, in Virginia. IL i. - break down thi:
feature OF tho Inspection laws, that ono Of the move
,n-nts before the Legislature l. directed.
The movement which IS advocated under the &c
ton Of the State Agricultural. Society. Is Il more gen
.ral one, and it is 10 thi, that the remarks OF tho En-.
quirrr aud the Examiner ARE perhaps more special.
directed. 10 this point, with ycur permission, | shal
address myself i'll d sabsclurn, Communicating:
4 DEMOCRAT.