Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-03

either love or r Spect him ns O m4h' UT ' "'ioo :
him es A good General. Why, then, do you still ciln
L,ryr humber. OF this address, il said, have pee
forwarded 10 tie men rrlnsldirg ulcer "aiHe'
command.
DISTRIBUTION, Protection, INTERNAL IN
RIVER AND lIARH0R APPRC
;aTiOSS-AL Pups or THE SANE LlTlEH
7, very easy thing 10 show that every soheln
for diverling from the federal treasury iis i-guiWn'
supplies ot revenue, ara schemes lniulcal 10 III
orrst interests OF Tie South his well rs OF fhc inisse
,f IN. ne op!e st :arSs-inim:cal III their elect ana l
,h.,r intention. The history of The past teaches this
the purrst statesman Of the South, and the staunch
es, friend. Of the Democratic mssses have ever tLu
regarded this s%utjsct, snd reasoa aud e1pcrlenc
uni,o 10 confirm their udgtnes
|, has always been lie iav"riie policy ot Inc par
,i.s lint have arisen one after the Other i'll tie Cuio'
10 di.prt. the supremacy # Democracy III tbs poPu
lar confidence, and whici! IN every instance Ea!'
had their chief strength al tho NorIh-:o cut uf from
the federal Treasury all sources Of revenue "the
than The larilf, aud In Augment and gg sravate th'
demands upon The Tariff lsr.f, Ey every possible
cOnirlvsrcu aud device which Ingenuity could n
veut.
In pushing ,hl. policy. the op2onent. OF The De
mocrary have sought 10 intercept the proceeds o
the sa!en o: the puhiIC lands :ro;n the federal treasl
~, 10 rYpend them IN .ev!sh bounties upon the Lew
States. IN siu penduus schemes Of internal improve
Inent, in cChuml grants, in Indian grants, in military
bnuntirs and in II Thousand and one cunning dc
vices for drying up this source of the federal reve'
nurs and throwing upon the Tariff The wholo burden
of fed-ral administration, the entire EXPENSES ut war
OK for; fca.IOns, OF pubic editces, nf new territorial
purchases. and Of federal debts and expenditures. o!
every imaginable description.
Nay. not con'snt with merely in'ercepting legiii
IN tts revenues from The federal .ressury, they have
At tho same time exercised their mastery Talents in
d.vising sch.ne- for hardening the Tariff WIKI ed.
dirionaI and extraordinary ciia'g-s "ihrr han the Ia
! giling, t IS p-.c! .urta The ie!-ra! government. 10
Ibis end they iase!.!ef thu scheme nf .utrrnrl I'M
prnvelnepts by The general government; and q r!.-r
auI hgrhc- .; sander which, but i"f The
stern opposition al the Democratic party, tn Caion
would have been burdrurd "fo this with a ceot AL
Ia rha.uf the Brri,h gJverurn mt; and under witch.
INSTEAD Of a Tariff imposing du ir. a~v-ra2ing ~ pr.
cent. We .hGul ROW Lave oGe With duties sp
proachinc lV) per cent.
Baker In This srhene Of securing a high tariff
by a stldendous policy nf Naii"ral canal and RAJ
road expenditures, and river and hal boz sPpropr!.
,ions, lh.y resort-d 10 the e~Ipedisnt Of protection.
claiming That ta:if dn'i-s should b levied with a
view Of y, o,cc!inS Northern manufactures, and aot
with n view 10 the lar-.s: amount ct revsrse' ."
! thar. for instance, if II duty nt 50 pes ceat. IN any
f.bric woE'i let in ir pcr;dii"n' nf The article, that
yo,ld produce A reyrnns Of $50. 900. GOD while one
Of lou Der Csnr. would almost exclude The fabric aud
produce .csrceIv any revenue hi alt YET, that the
public policy required the high duty 70 be i-ri-d, in-
asnuch a. the home manufacturer o! ih7 it3ric
WOult thu- oe sDhD.cu I" SIHISH ~ nfe VI nv
o.opls dnuhls the price for which the article could
Ds Obtained from the foreign manufactured.
Thus il Las BEEN their po~licy-whiie turning away
INFO the insaiiable sands of distribution and western
speculation, the magnificent revenues which an eco
nom,csl antninisIrarion of the public lands would
uour into the Trca.ury-at The sauIe time 10 crea'e
s,upendoUs objects Of federal expenditure RS add
tlonaI charges upon the tariff over and above those
r, ouired FIR the 1, gitina:e expenditures 1T the Gov
ernlnrnt; and yet 70 10 arrange Inc tcaie @! CURES
So, lAt..y fhn H.s n tYnm N
naomi. 10 rtrfray there ordinary anl extraordinary
revenues. bur 10 ply .everai dollars I" the lnrnuftu
turing clgss-s nj home tor every dollar that go.s liito
the Treasury. Indeed, the distribution schrIne has
ouly been a part VI q grand sch-ine. emorarlng 10
:-rnnl improvements. river and laro0r appropria
lions, and pro,ec,iou, al paris ut The sala" system at
oppression upon tir SJuth aud the Democratic
masses Of tho Union NJ large, tor III, benstt OF
Sortheru cupitsi and Southern opposition rohti
clans.
yey.n wIrh .his Int. nf 90 limitations. The IdrlI
nc; of 1856. ~as framed with = view l." receHas upon
thy ba.,s o., the Commerce Of tho country rs it then
existed. The dutIes We're then rtdnrrd from me
~pro4cttps standard IN the standard OF rr3snne. The
Pro-. c, nri-t pnrty ,cnffci Al aud ridicnl-d Tho inca
sure. cnnierd.r ~ tll., the new duties were go lo% that
either HE revenues they wcu!d produce would % IN
ateqlate IA support The ,overrnEn'i or el'o ;ae I'm
| po-'n'iurls O! th= country would gro" Under iarin 30
src.! .s 10 create Il balance OF trade HEtiist u which
you h. destructive. Who has forgotten the Litter
of ABBOTT LAWRENCE. ih. grsrt Low! nanut-"'
irr-r. To- WH. g. KlvEs, the Virgins a2o-:s''', ia.
dulginy th-.- lusubri"us rtd c'!onsl Dir. EvAss' :!
Maine, the Pcuicrliunist leader In th- S-naI-. pro.
! claimed in hi. ..,. thar the Tariff of 1916 w"u'h not
p-nouc. sl2. 00O. 600 OF revenue. DANIEL WEBsrEH
! IF, IL memorandum @irh the Clerk Of 'he S-nhte
;!ist III new Tariff would not produce S'i,UUO uW.
The New York and New Eagland banks predicted
that the DIR lin e spec;s OUT Of the country 10 pay ifa
lureisn balances would produce Il universe! smash
10 eighteen months forgetting ;he plain principle
in political economy, that the country would puI.
chase abroad only 10 the extent 10 which II would Sell
il. own producis. and that II liz inportaiions doubled
undsr low CURES. il would only be because its foreign.
customers would consent 10 take In exchange dou'
bio the amount OF lis own products. We al Know
the result. The revenue Tariff was "a suee So the
irst year-two years before California god cams 10
10 ensure aud crown It's triumph with a crown OF
isw.ls. Our IN b0tn import and export, has
| grow 70 euch crorin"us proportions, that the scale
| OF revenue und-r the Tariff Of 1916, which "a. ad.
iusied with d ,isw OF paying with the ad o! The
snle. Ut the public land-) the legitimate expenses Of
The Frd-ral Gnvernrn-n; hHv1 nverleaoed The mark,
| sud instead Of the Sti 200, 600 estimated by Mr..
| WaLytH, /. paying over S65, Out, OOD.
Inc necessity for reduction has thus become i'm
| peralive, aud, accordingly, we see the Democratic
politicians of the country voting and contsn1in9 for
a large reduction, which would reduce The tar.G
| taxes upon tho people to tho lowest t9ureo-of Gay
from Is 10 IL per cent. They are opposed, however,
| In this policy by the opposition politicians OF The
NDrtE, " no gro BUuS1NiTlUX u ll'ICC VIC uupfsuIC
and 10 postpone and defeat the reduction by evrry
iudirec: means; while III" oppori.lon politicians OF The
South are Selling the occasion 'r Renewing their old
proposition Toy D!stsIbu;inn--u ud, by divertins iroEi
the Federal Treasury ih- proceeds OF the public it"Gs
aud distributing sf:prnle aUnag The S,g:rt undrr the
delusive NAM uf .aHd Iiofhs, under ouch bills ns
S-uar"r BELLS. ne helping the Northern opposition
in heir effort 10 postpone and defeat the reduction Of
the Tar . 10 the pr"per Standard.
Thus IL turue uut Tgn!u ia Tho evolutlous nj party
ypII,ips ,SHt va hH ga arrived IN lhb Wear 1891 Orr
cis.iy at The point ut which We were in the year 1887
-snd are s'aading again on the threshold OF a Ireh!
! conres. hut"ren tho South and the nassea on one
aide, against Northern capital and anti Democratic
politicians SDr!h Ind Suutn IN To, other-upou IL.
great problem Of the Tariff and lis accessory SUBJ
jec1
To announce The Democratic position on a single
branch cf The subject i. 10 announce il on al! is cog
na;es anh, when M. BUCHANAN ~ his admiral la
nururai -ta;rd The position vi III. Democracy or The
s~uti-c, of ;he public lands, he virtually stated il on
ti- u . sfti-r mailer Of the Tariff
~, nat;ur III IN. Tide CT time has evsr been bless
I'd win so rich and nnblc All inheritance - We TN
i1y In tho Public L4ni.. III administering THE III.
prrinn; trust, w::ls:it nay Is Else iu Srgut portions
uf them fnr Tho Improvement OF tbs fema;nd-r, YET
we should ngver !V.ss:. ;h,t ii IS our Cardinal policy
20. reserve these land HI much No may bc for actual
~s-:f'ers, suu thu. at rnuierat- prices"
For nr.:I settlers mad nj mod,r0te 5nttnesJ prtss
no: tor non resident speculstocs, for mammoth cor
po5s;iuls, or 10: land j'btlng Siates-bnI Tor iaHe,
re- ton by sec.iun, Us the healthy progress nt natural
sri,ra'iun produces demand to actual setilers "a
policy ju-' III Itself. iudiciol- in lis economy, pouring
4 .'rady riiirrin rlream al annual revenue into The
F-de.aI Ir--sugv. Under which every mere sold Will
he heralded by The cliuk o! he price as il falls luto
The national cocers.
The announcement OF this policy ir the public
lands Is squ.vuieht 10 announcing HE "I!v!e aiiahcia
policy VI The government. IL wns only enU.her !o:r
OF it.r ation for III. President 10 add:
"Iti. beyond al question the true principle that
no more rcv-nue ousb, 10 be collected from The pen
pit, Than III" ernpun, necessary in de'rsy thu *
p.ns.s Of 3 wise, economical aad eEGient admins
tta,iou Of the Government. To reach this. II wat
nsc-s.hry &, resort TO II mvdid q ion %: The Inrif, AUG
this la, bern accomplished in suc.i a InauGet rs 10
do rs lltle injury so may have been %prGttica! 10 GU
domrelia manufactures. especially 'hosc necessary
for the defence Of the country. Any discriminate
--;.. . ,icr h-ur,nk Ir liz III nf Lnnu