Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-02-19

restriction, no longer remaincd, the degradation OF
-four "r example, would proceed and increase, until
eGcl nie!s and their sellers would lose their only
claim 10 the abused confidence of tie buyers-hr
claim derve'! from nc former reliance IN inspections
instead o; upon the responsibility uf miers aud m.r-
chants. In, evil OF improper confidence, and lis
abuse, will exist no longer than the natural state vi
trade. hnd proper personal Responsibility, (which had
been d"stroyed or greatly impaired by the previous
inspection svstenJ alia have returned, operate as
now aud always Oh al! unllSDectcd commodities as
sugar, cotton, &C. &c.
The superiority oi the flour Of Richmond, and cr
some other mills IN lower Virginia, is owing, in part,
To the high degreo o! and skill used in the grind
inT, DC. But it this were a!i, it woGij be equalicd
III the best mills Of the ncr.h. The main cause Ot
our superior -four, il III the superior quality OF The
wheat OF this region. lhe most Southern wheat is
tue dryest ard hardest anu the tuur will keep better
III no! or moist climates. Also, wheat from lined
land has mcs Ste,, ana will make the most and best
bread. Now the mills vi Potter sburg, Richmond a;id
To lees and lcbs extent, those OF Fredericksburg, H.
rHandr!a and Baltimore, receive an! grind al! the
wheat gown in Southeastern Virginia and OF the
Northern border Of North Carolina This is the most
Southern and hottest portion ot the wsea, producing
region OF the United States Excepting very small
spa. so%n ~ western GcOfgla) and, therefore, pro-
ductng the dryest wheat, making the best Hour Tor
keepiE. in tho tropics. Further, large proportion
ut this space, isof land lined either by nature or art
10 these circumstances, added to the skill and
in the least to the inspection sysicm,) is due the
peIioty OF the hour OF N'chmond and OF some otner
| of the best mills in this region The celebrated Ge.
hssee so nhurhi ii!ed iand OUT mus great su'ah-
'a2e io hs heas mere gFo"' ana Us Hour, Is more
less counierscted by the colder and moster climate
| compared 10 ours.
If, Messr,. Editors, your position were truc that q
compulsory Inspection Of flour serves to cause and
maintain high quality, and j. necessary to prevent
degrai.,ina then i, would follow ha, those countries
Whci nave no inspection q. Hour. would always have
h2n' h2n' ol very Inferior quality; do not Know III
Wnich countries "t Europe th's system eHs's' or
which are ras from lis Operation But can reier,
On Sopu iHnrIh'lu, - ono Striking lhcl l" sustain
my ground lu France, twenty hve years aGo,and pre-
viousiy, no legal inspection OF Hour existed Ol
COURSE tnefe haa oech no h"ies p"red through Inc
Hour, IN oarre4 by Inspectors augers, serving TO M
trodure mir, nad by the chemical action OF the air,
whether confined, or subsequently changed, to cause
the first hrgnninG oF damage. This French Hour
| had the highest reputation in the West Indies, not
only being Of the best quality; but also, as the best
| Tor keeping sound in that climate.
Now il il ia true in even single case OF place or
time, that the iinnr Of II couatry or even of the
known and responsible. millcrs and dealer, of that
country-maiutnns hi n character without legal in.
;prc'iin-'hcn it mus, be certain inference, that a
ieeai OF compulsory i''?Tct"h Is MOI NECESSARY u
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y u!n;., :" !" s' pE;,,,, &C. p.t,us Fos
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ter' 's,naG 'GU,, ~ r,ni.,rnL Richard Gaines, WIN
a Msrsh"i, isr ~ Wm Baldwin Pevton Rice, Dr. John
Snragyin,. YIN II Dennis + y Edn,n"ds, Ci.arl.
Bruce, Capt Wm q Price.
ir ta'iies then offered TIC i1iiowinS pTeainoi
and r.ao!ui;pnS which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the State nt MassarbI,'ct has, by nc
of i.s Legislature. nu!!fiej solemn compact entere
ihtu By the Congress of the United States, an;
known as the CUnJ-onIisc oi 1850 and has rendered
nacnory M act for the organization Of the territorc
OF Kansas and Ncbraskm, " charrrng compan,
organized for The purpose of transporting emigrant
to said territories, to tde torcbie possession there
thereby Ge7TiTlTS Southern men Of all right III n,
samr; and
Whereas, the State of Vermont has by its Legisla
tnrc passed series o! resolutions, and through he
Governor transmitted them t" the Executive and lie
cislalivr departments OF all the States in the Union
in which is set forth her undying hatred to mucs
cherished institution uf the South, aud farther dis
closes her uDaItcrable determination lv use all The