Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-01-08
Tor NJ En-
FOREIGN COMMERCE. AND MANCF.CfC-
RERS.

The writer is grntird M the resolution q! us.~Gc,
ti"n offered by Mr.. lMBoDkS, on Friday, IA .hr Hos,
Ut Delegates, directing the COMMITTEE" fMa.."a y
enquire into the authority which tl:c State Las 80
adjusting her licences Ia foster md encourage d.
rect foreign commerce ard the manufacturer. WAC
may reside III N!ro mia. No subject Is Uucc iupugt..S
To Virginia, than thl- subject u merchants ,rHs...
A. The law now ennds, II l. n bonus Egtust ,t.-'t
foreign trade. The goods imported directly are 9E.!-
ed i:'fouGh the hands oi the importer. taxed o"co.
i'ei a=an On th"ir sa." b t!'s in T.! .gh .'., o."
ON rhr shir by tnc ron'':. Now bring INTO TIE ;n'
OF Richmond ten bales ol blankets. ie' \, t: irnuu
er, sell 10 Is and {, Ubbers, each tive ." these rEo'
and then let Is aud C., sell 10 retailers ID, T.. a:I g..
these same bales Of blankets urd let u, T., ari ~
retail merchants sell Them 10 their customers Tor
sumption, and the State takcs tire" different taxes N
the property, imhsuucl IT, the merchants
cr"c taxes are collected according in ti Gnuu:t /
sales. These snlr. TAX" plGcc IN Virginia, Hui go
taxed Tor that reason II the retailers wrra {" y
cat ol the State aud buy their blankets the crGsuul.I
would pay only tax, aud the State wou,d - o..
y one. In rcniity n bounty of Two Sat" i!"er=1
taxes is ald 10 every retailer in the STATE. 20 - -"
o. the State 10 buy what he Sells Now no system af
taxation can be more directly advers. 10 G.r"'' 81"
p"r'nfiOns than the present tax bill. The riirc'- u'r
oir foreign cOmmec"is destructive. bugh 'h'= -'e'
tenn 10 continue Certainly not, when remedy 'rss
, - easily devised. Exempt direct foreign tt,"F
"tons from n burthcns, and tax all goods :!.r; 80,
suhl coming from any other State except such F.i-
clrs may seem uiIciois 10 exempt from Sa'n 'aX
and YOU have remedy for present evils, an! o..
Increased rcrenuc may be collected from hnt s"t'
until direct importatons are increased L. -
wants Oi the wants State. \ Tux on All GCrrr.:-
mpo,,atioi- would yield certainly large ~ .. O."
the first year, md the newt year il woud b" ~s- "'l
would be diminished each year Until II Wa '.:"'-
s!rtl upon ilI" absolute r"nsumpii,n 81 IL" S'N, ','
.,,"s pr"iTcr: III other S;a;r- ar imported "t"' -
other state, and ut that point il would roman '!'-
iIumGry-wlh i- sDTt Of II lax, Whit ~ N"".b g..
pra.s.l the Treasury, increased bwGt..sE" " al 4;
a!l u. the lh.i aid ne, rocs ui the Sht". bUr pr
sent consumption Of foreign goods /. about !ri 49,
lions OF dollars, OF which not NOR" hnn tw" ln.'...
direct. The amount at goods c"mru"!"' ii -
State, which is produced III other State II a;' E.
twenty millions ul dollars. Ii ioW 1" 'T'..'
direct impDraiions, sugar, coffee, grain tr,r !'-
hogs, stock, cotton, rice. and various "tr E'"i" '
the kind you would find the result - ''"r ".'
State brnciicinl--amd, it would most smr"y ,"t.s
every State north ut u. Ia hr.Htr III t.''g """'r .
folly and ianaticisin. That such q rnrn-nrr i, "I"sn
c,l by sound policy, have !ouC thought. j. VOL
have IL saving tendency IN checking ht-srr ..'.
our slave property, ami ""intcrl"i -" nai'"';i- '
fccts nf the action of III" federal "v,nn"n: Ga "-r
foreign c"lnmcrcc--which. wiki "'yr i"!iy is.t
well NIGH torn up. .o0t and branch. r""r: E'~t'" 90:
healthy foreign commerce" IL lr certainly iin" tnH'
man can sell in New York bundled ttr""sn..'
dollars worth "i good. n The ".Irm" n'."" annGa..
ar! make money by III" bH-in"Sr-w'"", u tie 7''r
Duslnrss was Done III RcinIun II w"n''i y,cI r.-
'l:;-; the profits upon The operation III E"ili"''.
- c.lcu up bv taxation aud exchange. ! t"'.".
~ UI. hundred ljIrsand dollars. pays about si,..'
annually in exchanges alone il don. IN i.i"iIH,r.'-
more than IT would pny III New i"rk~-nnd u. ''a''
and CRY taxation. il paid upon TIA" -tl"S In ID an
ni the importer "hher am! r.,mlcr. GuI:" - m'.h
more. IL tins iu-i and righ!, b"'n"sr T. ;a'.-
chant lives in Nrgin!n' J"siir" {" II. ih" ed
crcs,s im II Stat. L. in i-"lf ri"h.-"y"ry r|s-3
h's II right to expect that, hrc"us" Ec i've ~ @ -
and translates hs business there, b" rh"a: h' Ei. -
cd n his avUc:on: nn. surely u" merchant = lrs'.
,lcu BY when his State loads hl. transactions "''H
buthcr:, in any shape. Nothing is ;" -ir'' - ''.rt
,nankn! will rcck that location ;Gt will '"!.'3.'a.'
IN t!!r: estimation most I" their haIpn' 'm" nI'. g.
Southern commerce has been dealt wi'h by "uI l..
:isaturc> hnr>liiy ana unj,Iety. Oar F"''r.l ''""
r.umrn; hs irr more ilnH hh.I c'iI'"tr ,'~~. ~
conducted t. i.ccc the South for the hrn' H. Hi to-
Norih walls; uur own State Legislation h'- Hi."i
to instead of counierGcting It's bad elirc!s !A' Ya'
I.Ct ii ks article ID cand!iy 10 AK "a" "i'" 'e-
ton Il H.: Legislature Of Virginia {" "r r"'' '' -
n State, and to enquire whether the pr"sc: 'ihi" -
thing. To- BE- porpetuncd. Nfh properly !" ~"
extent %! 500, 200, and the beet "cnh"is ~ g
,yi,oIy country are we doomed {" -" "ui cd''- PFC
iugn stationary aud our commerce kept ~ ne "."'-
of our opprc:zur.i Certainly The TIM" i'hs como ;.t
action. \ NIlGlNIA%