Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-07-20
,clnsirelp a. nnxers sxcluslrelY delegated a%ppertaln

the rights OF the importer IN Scll) Win uHy power PosSSsH1
These extract, are msds because many persons are ready
10 assent 10 an a'judlc3tca proposition Ilal "oun eaHa'
10 act without IL.
Indeed, If no such opinions rs these had ever been sS'
nrpss.d. common sense would alphabetically assert that the
power over is own Internal commerce $ q power inherent
In .verv Sovereignty, and OF which no State could deprive
itself wi,hou; ceasiEg to hslh lis Individuality ha Il stHG:
IT, ~ has h-rn lOn- in TENNESSEE, then We can ir'S Il Il
prr cent. and that uD0I the simple condition tliat IL slal
onlv IA. i.v;,.l uncr. ". can 20 20 the extent al our own
discretion, saying what mas and what may mol Ne som WIN
OF without l!cens-; and surely, when Inc REVENUE ~ ~ ~.
treasury Of L State, il can he paid away IN ANY diFsctl9h
which the State may indicate; and a. our purpose sh"uIu
lie to emasculs:e the Federal Government ana bring 10 our
own waters foreign goods direct, IN place ni nos s., in,i.s
Northern States, We certainly can, by reiuil!'ihS tne iu'Irs
TO our own Importers from abroad, las the Federal uoft,n-
uirut is now doing with rcgar! to goods from canaan u''ueF
The reciprocity treaty anl tine act OF ls01 ihrn" open ~
lori, which the Northern States, through The Federal uo'
y.rnnru,. have closed up, with 'hr consent and assistance
OF our own STATE. .
tax on 81, 81. UO worth Of sales. exclusive Of agricultural
products. our popu!%ti"n Is i;u,''i" peFsoas' M
ter We may SAT $50 for each person Is consumed Ia the STATE
@. yirclnia-ofrh This SO Is OF American made goods, ard ten
dollars OF Foreign goods. Now te GH'S la tst" , ,Sa y ~, ,is
rros. imporiu.ious for ISIS were :s3@,6i",i'" oi "H'eh
S50.&ig...j icsrt tree OF all duties. We are thIs in ths pos
:...iou of tn. fact that about +; ": Of every Slp ofioTelcn
urr,h,uIi.r now used in Virginia pays no duties TO the Fs-
,rrul Federal Goycrnment-,he amour. then Of ms suai u
that we are dealing with the dMt''r gu Ssttn nTn ~ d = q
h,,I. or in round numbers, for the Stale with Sll,o'' nv
Non hi, the .Iuies ar. about S2,;.ao.Un", the average on 'ie
du,iable articles L:ias ahoa: ~ per csi!'' Az f1'oisnn, 80
/, III. .nm 10 Ice raised The answer Il u plain ohe-hS
{, f,y q n the productions and iEn?oriai!ons "i lie NoE1if'n
states. This starts Ii. system ii virginia from 's ~
..I,rrr Imaginable, and Whist It will m"uncHi":iiy inrh':n
~ wrh the means % re.opcninS our OWE commerce II WI
carry fr:..,f FIJI caIaaaity' 10 our "ppre'sor:. Su!ei! -" "G''
MI. can or n:slt. 20 ic free who will iainriE submit 10 i ':.
! strur,ion Of f!Irir commerce. Is we have done; aEi "ii!ist, Il
the system he as'.iIcd upon the ground that the HiaJof;'!
being .;prthcrn, and the Federal IioTrTnwent being ti,Fe'T
eDpGwr rrI L" CO: up Ills sTsi:T hr counter acton. 'e Z
DIV is hu. too simple in lying, TINT il We hold "i'r properly
ur,irr = % B.fcar!Uu, = system, i...!i u may l"' i' "b'''
preserving.
S,u;a action should, instead ui being independent, Obtain
IL; recommendation from thu CENTRAL ecyrTainrhi-wh why
uay re not ask. should We lie sent 10 %cw York !" lif'
why no, scrd Us tu New 0!leau>:--dnc. no ocean bursi hs
wave. along our shores. II 50, why docs II" independent
cnlnncrcr wlIilen the deep with Us raI!vh:s SIMPLY We.
cause Il is again-t the ln"' "i Loih th' tr,iera. ann :,
coyrrumen, for 4 Southern resident TO conduct 1t Ehstcrr'
! iatnly, wr DO know tia: nothing else YET, has berh 'ueses'
ed, That IS worthy Of approval even. lud ai III u ',I
amendments 10 the constitution, which the WI ni '"'H toTi1
suggest, has so fur IL We are Ia Judge ue !rtHre D! tnr
past, 10 depend upon popular Opinion ia 'r '"I'"r'"
States for their virtue, and H. sc see clearly ''n' pe IA"
;orj,v Of the general government, III buttI brlnci!rs, iiu-'
gpo.. h., so Overwhelming ~ 10 %l-;hrvHr every idea OF even
= comics, between III. Northern aai :nG;hrrn SECTIONS oil
the Confederacy. unless the ih;er!eTeace q! ils EH'eIm,
m.nt. Of the Southern States can lac made available, u"
mcans 1f safety can be- found w::hin the Confederation '"r
the people Of the soutll
ri on. section a. against the other; anl the disorder Is -;
tia: character which must be reached, AMI can onsy he
r.nrh-J by State action. Cooperation Is desirable between
IN. Southern States; bu; there must be action by some Ole
before the res. cal: act, and NJ Virginia !. a.ivantagcou,ly
si;ualrd for foreign commerce, aud 4 border statr, ,he
ought 10 act first: hut that is Mot - reason why no other
s,,,. shouId act. But Whatever State nHIy act nrs;, her pros
prri,y will h. 81 signal as that, al The rest, from mere III
ierest, VIII follow.
Mo could nrs,ur,. the effects o; Il free port ut Charles
mi, Savannah, Baltimore, Mobile. New Orleans, Norfolk or
! Wilmington And what is snit Of Virginia MAJ lr said Of
ali The S:atc- i'll wlEch, these ririe' at situated. The lr"plc
wou,J pay ma: Il ddHtir beyond the gums they now pay,
ana the Southern States which surround Them, and who
S"mgi,, their market, woulL. Of course, be compelled, il ,nry
- ,l % sin. Inu.Its In adm In sIf.rr OEr.s Gf IT,
lion. For Instance: II Tennessee bough, Of Charleston she
! would refund Tia: duties, or he made Ia pay them, as abe 4
nov Free trade between the States Of the South Hil the
ha,,ru.r Of the world excepting the Northern States ~Gu'i
b.. 4 stroke cf policy far more ci,rient than platforms nF
CONSTITUTIONS, ms'lr'' be hro"ra' Tie pa.uiun o. lanai
c,.m which Is tue commerce " the country, being gone
from the Yankees, It's life @unal BE- terminated hth peace,
no. di>cur,., would follow.
Taking the practical question All! illustrating IT, "i::s.
,ior. in Virginia, we now hare an i.lpUrt direct trade AL
told nr only &! I9,UiG by thu retrTEii Of i~r'. Or lhiS,
s:;y. -. paid duty, SiI?,.6i WAS ir.v; bui. We :iali start
c.;,,I tm. tm,nd ,Imn 81. go. ........ s co., @9
and predicate the statement upon The .npi'ositl"n
tha, the lr.i year we should import that s'irn "i
iy-payln:s goods At 20 per ct.....- .s-'"'cS
Taking III. goods which: w0nI! come coaSiw!-c 10
us fran all sources through fankec channels
4, :#o,U 800 100 this allows sill .l3i. ~" 10 come
,h ht" Sp,n Of o., per Ct. would yield. ........ e. ,:o,UOU
u" "tii IL" -. ... 40 uG
49, 100
! TIL. ...,, ii IA, ut1 so,:L refund the iurie- paid
'"m 'I+! , :. - a : ,Lorr. Of. .... aHo, Gu
.5p, cnu
And leave lAc anu, OF $.31,uUt to 60 into the state
Tr,,,uv. The s-cOad year the tax should be-
per cent. which would necessarily reduce
the receipts coastwi.e; and II Is only just to
lut,on cur calculations on $?i,no mo: the re-
cr!pia will br, at , per ct........ ...-..-.....i;.'" ,u"W
nHII,, g,a,. revenue ~ now. Of ll,ont .... 3UU, UuU
-
g;n,Qhi
! I,,.. Hath. al, yrn .ay - uDU 900 al - per ct /, euU,luu
-
Debtor =. Tile ="conI year the siihA "i :"r!""'
Eat W. mr.; "a on to the thirl year, ami in making
III COR rairUlniluCs see Us ELECTS iuHy. ana tr
third year We shonli have, say sop 900, Coast
,r;.c i,nop whic, we should collect \ State taY Of
in.r >, ....... .. = utL,fHaI
D.dI,I S,n,n rsyc.rr now rrcriye,l. .......... 3a.J0t
----
Ia, GOi
,.u ., L- ap,T,,l -uw.rIs rebuilding the duties io
~. innnr,cr. wlicl, We would suprn.r would
r"arh In nil proi,s ~ ~, nO0, OUn, which -; - per
-, =, uuG, UNU
-
30u,Ga1
". .s,uIl ,ncu have AZ the end u! the third year the facts
= IN IN. fniIowinr table, T-:
Is; r..r, receipts ...... It6,00D -: per -. ~30,oyo,UVO
OIL -" ] 80, 900 5 9~j,OQU,GV1
~ 9 OO0IOuo IL "U0Qu.0U0
-
i,hIe,VGD
| Stlt. IA :. = yrl;s "a .. !I0.Ujt
' -
n,l,r,... ...i ~, l0O, eGI
IT,, a., used towards rclunding duiic= q, Stairt! shave
in. rroL,ll. sum 6galns: the sygtcm for three years,
NNIF ifsfh'fN N'
after :rcund:ns all the duties pRid hy our import
cra, and delivering 10 the STATE ;ercnu* The sa'nr
tax nov collected from this source. would be only
SlCn. Gnu, AMI making uur ports entirely free. and this is
lone with such apparrn, ea.c and r~lau,ibhity that the
srhpr. shoull cur,raend Itself 10 the consideration III lie
most rnlisht rncd minls. If We would progress iaItf er than
the third year. we can see nothing beyond the simple result
of making the ports Of the stale free. and rssoF'ing In iact
10 direct taxation for the support Of The Federal hovrrN-
,nrut: or We MAJ regulate The amount 70 be refunded To
our own importers by the amount collected Oh the Yankee
1 GOODS. and making the system support Itself. Certainly we
Shall bling into existence 4 sure means Of resaining our in
dependence, through the channelby which We have lostit,at
tha same Tim. destroying \ policy sn potent n that thns de-
,broueI The virtue OF the Republic forth protective policy,
was The prime cause Of New England supremacy anu
wealth. an without this wealth fanaticism would lave had
Il sickly existence. Tho Legislature oi Virginia proposed
safe. cxccp; imports direc; and goods produced In the stale,
and then Il special license upon / E''s'. "i"loei VI i, ~,
which would have lurcished thc hItals u r.",n',n ~
duties paid by our importers; this Soula shhpH'y Ihr ac'
counts: bu. he whole subjects are thrown tngc'her ere ~
the purpose Of Illustrating the principle. me tahle ana ~!
OF the figures are approximations, imi can "niy hr '""S
seen when brought lh.o posII:Vr h''i'h'