Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-03-27
To tho E3i:ors Of he Enquirer:
MARCH o3, Ie6a.

lime. Il few brief views OF the merits OF the hiIi' ""icnl wa:
a: once requested 70 write out for pubIcatioo. complied
d ai,b ,Se IeHuest and furnished the substance OF my re-
marks TO one g: the city papers, which decline" te , pun Jn
cation, though the tuhje;; was one nsss .icyyIar and Of III.
teres,s OF the CITY Of kishnoHo' !" A'N"
State In general. u.. ,,abl. IA
obtain the floor, The thirty minutes allowed Eh"s' g
having been occupied by others. o,a n. :,
"a. rs the subject Is one OF the deepes; rnnmeh'' snu as =
. me, 10 which 1 have given th, closest examination; nHu
he deep.s, reelection OK which I am capable, | +chn ynu
Tie manuscript. and ask, If you can spsrets- ;in.se, m,p avn.
hcst:on In your columns: In ne sren' rug i, no hsrm-I,
in.y do s"i'e good. Your 't'e"' =! SFCA AR
Tn, tH "for the eaceurrs~toeu, .! 4 G!rsc. ,rlde' Se!ns
up. Nj. SEtiAR said a..
The bin was a mo-, imrorian, one, SECOND Only &c ING
.r-at u,rs.urr Of Ia: sr,,ion-Ihe James River aud haii".
tMrha Canal biIl-but 10 discuss II. or even explain Il. uiiarr
the ten minutes rule, under "h,ch 'he a. -, !, :,
inc " n phys.cal impracticabiiliy. A. he cnuld hct. W ~
. .h, +, lime. nnfolI III. commanding merits r! the measure
n-opo..i by the bill. he w9ul! sta!- that he mao c1h'e',rn
Mo-. tactical explanations x the subject had convinced
him. beyond all doubt. that the eject oil Inc "l'. IL ""o"
Ing those who shipped t?lr 1" !hg 'or'.sn ~, III n,,io,
urir shipment. vi Hour Inspected or iol' III ',S" oIs'h'
would be to introduce. almost irS!aniiy, Il !-rsT you ''"n,
b.,w.en Livrr:uoi and the cI.ie> Of Virginia. ne ln'ut"t
m. n,iuivr. ut III. practical merchint ought, IN su'h :
.ms s. ~ nil with us from the country, who could, IN
III. nature 81 things, know ccrpara'iFt.y ta"e y. ~
laws Of trade and IN. Ifotess OF ies &C. n liter from a nro,t
In,cliir,nr merchant Of Richmond written at 'hr sfe'i"i
regur.t and for the enlightenment OF h:'"'f'.' w. -,
which nna' e - h We r.od no msrnl,rr of the House could,
after the reading. be- induced 10 e"'' A' '"'s "s"'''' tue
RI. hill. he said. propo.ed TO abolition III the genera
Instruction laws oi the state. II provided I"rH 'PrS'n' NV"
y iacatlon Only. The present provision u :. sh not sorr a
scribe. a henyy p-natry on every person Who mp: u ~
foreign ports WITHOUT, anin:pscIioa AZ nome. u NJ M,
consideration provide. that. a. 10 Tour sh'i'pr" ;" lorrisn
! markets. the Virginia shipper may have ~, foar ihsPee't"
ar No, At nj. nptinr. lu other verdi, II provides. AS I"
rxpor,rd -four, voluntary iI.pcctiril mat WAS ~ sum
and substance OF the Blk, AID IL "Hs. 20 ~ III ~ ' ~.
i .I ,-,tn, II. r Ir.,.t bore UlEGCllN
! On the commercial prosperity and emancipation u Nv
State. and the eject would be, Inevitably, the ALMOST l1.''c'
date Introduction OF n lar.. direct -four ,FAie he!"'tn
foreign port,-Liverpool pariicularly-aId the cities "'
Virginia Liverpool lac saldl WAS M" one OF or H'ssr''
Il not the lsrSe,l -four market In the world .'r '"e ieNe.
grades Of iOur. which was the great walt Of me hs' %
En:l!,h corsuner.. l'ut though Virginia Was a large li,'
iu:-r II wheat, and though her cities had !n:Ah"us!ib!r
water power. and large commercial capital, ana large man
utaclurir, III Gnur, - large as any in The country, %: he
world. n.vcr:irl..s she sen: not enc barrel "f Hour direct
u Liverpool, ar ANY British por'. his Wa. 4 'fa'ss
! anonaly-it wA> net natural.
With = ,srSe wira, prcducrion. amplc capita! and large
md prosperous fnur manufacturing establishments me
ought 10 have, ~ least, Il portion .: the horr iradc WIN
Liverpool Ne: sh- had not r ro'hh > ""'lh " u H"ue
directly. And why 7 II sas the operation "i rl' lnsprc'
tim laws, and that only, that brought aporl ''is s''h"se
and anomalous result.
for the inferior grades ~outy-ihe cheaper kinds NO 'aniS
four was exported 10 England, beca'i'r The nnrr GuaTt'rs
The presumably were manufactured out o! Enf!slrrhl'"i
whrat for the British nobility and The higher t!a''"s OF
English consumers. bat IL "At the low grade, the cheap
article that the operatives and EASES Of LEgh'h consul
mer- required, auI 81 required because they tcnid not
sGorl 10 USE Ii higher and costlier quality. Bat the
Northern miller. aud shipper. had the posses ion and no
nopoiy Of the British market in the supply Of these inferior
grades. und for fhi, reason that the N.rthcin standard al
inspection WAS lower than our own. The SHirrfn" lnsl'rt.
ton Of New York, though Inferior In point Of fact anu nrr"
10 our cross.mlddIings, rankedin the nomenclature Of LOS
who deal in the article, tso degrees above the latter. "In
ri. hj,L.r r.rr ,j,o,,L ~, ,J...rv.J and though 4 fraud
upon hon. si-r Inspections, the Northern inferior GRADS"
n,, ,m. l Ls rr,I.. ~. Virginia rntr altogether. and OWING
entirely To our compulsory Inspection lave; ns 'hr ps"ers'
inrsrior grad.s NJ yiry;nit uIur ar. marked ~ rrD.- NIT
GIin"n tnourh IN ,.r,h IVA degree. better than New York
49,, W;,h III. :, mn nj Inf,riority-thl. yirciaia
hr..ni ~ :o,I.,rr,,io,-i, ne. n il vnr, direct NJ all, to
The ,mrriru mort. In Liverpool. Tor example. /, bears on
IN. hsa,,ing ~ N. barrri The word, ofthr Virginia In. pect"r.
"rrns- .N,GdYiny,," usually considered as Inferior to I'D
ncrfn. :" AMI viii mi. stamp O.: degradation and loves;
r,,IIv Il ,o,u.s n /. come at ali. IN competition with
,bs ",un.reu." Of New York, already established in
m. rnrE.,, mark, and wonoruli.Ins lis Possession.
IInw .m T.. ms, IN. Scrthrrn "surerfnc," from
III. English u,arsrr, or even share Sat market WIKI
IN. S"r,I.rn .hinr,rs hy nm article Vi oug cgn .hich goes
inn ,b. raSr.h rr.rs.t condemned As ia:,rIpr. am. rsry
1870; "Ss"r "' ,mr o~m in.,,cTnp marx: 4. we'll .,u-c; The
a.. ,,ri .y.y,,. :" s,nrru.l uuon IiS fore.
1n d 40 n, "a ;r ~ r",smr,Irj"1 with honrst men for empIny.
" r IL - rc.,,;,, r.nuir;rv IN. uussrs>iou 81 ia. highest
."o~.i ,,,-ihn,.. r,raI.,, II, may he rrp-at.I.l tha: the
%o,,b,rn .hirnr,, ,lrrnIy have po,.e>sion Of the Liverpool
o,' r. .,i.h .nn., r,.ngri,.,I and ,nrrnv,d
m".n., sM w., '"I II, w. .rnrct 70 rrIr our mi, arIici. hy on.
:, 49, ~ n, rbi.h ,oo. an, hr,,,I.d not only with ,h- marx
0 Gu[ OWL, @n Ii s 90 i UG. . - /" ua Jm -" h.,ow ,t.
%o,,h.,a .r;I,J. wi,L ,L,cI /, i, :, cn,un.,.y
~, ~ '.nI". ,n- jnrs-ior .,.L.n NJ Gour Int, ~.
" = r,nrt., w.. - rv.r - .,nb !; hitler - IL. ,a,riI.,
,,I,I.r, .nr .,.p,,, al ip rrinri = bpp it-ni.lnut piiri
III" ~" /. h a""f and I ,,.n roin, ,iJtL.r uuruud, mn.L
naTcn oti"'e nn"n w m ,"e"i sp MT. II a, g :, h.y- viii
u soon '"ui' =. ny - 80" H.. ,,,;.r,H 80, %ari.-r
being; W '1e,, 1Ipsa!', .i ~ II ," "%"p r., H.. 'i ia,,.r . ~" ~"
,"ps, 'n. =, I I.iiJ. -. ,-;,b +, r., "hnw ,tn, Lni
=, r.s.s' :" nv" ~ mt" o ""H E.-ior 10 ~ r"rr
OF L ."'fvS. ,H,nh " ,,;" inv, iirS', 70 he !" G Er
"olio " P'n"'n"S srPpeu !. III
49, ~ n"rrb ,,,. H.. low gr,Lr. n, our tnur nr- .1,n.
NOM =. '.ht NV ~" a w. ~" L. ~.
.'Hnr. >"IPlr1 . ",ss q" Ls" - i"I hr ,"rpr,
w h'r'Io', Hu Vs. Sh;,ir,I 'ti-..,i" lr . Cir"tni,
" y vac ( w." n q = ,"A ~ H., To- IT, 80 80 .,.,I ,o
histsna l " ." "T"m 81, =" IN h .~"n M" n" mi, ins.,tnr tr.,,; of NJ
naS, 0I:S,Vjuu, .,,ri,, In Iivrruuol rn.rrh,u, In Nh, f,r,.
s,,iu., ~ yort nr n".,on .urrrfiu- Iiut ,IInu-I Ly wn>
NJ NV ynrk or I:o,,up. II not onIy finds al,, tu, proiitnnI,
=" I've" W. - . u. -" H.. r., ~ y.,r WI
.Iiun.r 80 ,hr Tir,inla brand Of eros, u,fIUi,g.. and
mi. on The barrel Tie marx Of snpr,6ge: ami viii. this
rr,,-, and substituted brand, |, iint- bn,h ready and profit.
ali. ..n. VIII viii mn, Virginia brand /, wnpIL hang ON
h,nL n w,rhI,,- L,u. So that our lover GRADES of Vir.
rinin duur ind, sale only under the brand OF Northern
rrssure of Virginia cru., ~rDldJIip.s, and the Substitution Of
Sor,h.rr .un.rtIn", PM. mi, buI rrmoyr the rotnnuI.ory
insnrs,Ion on exported -four. and our low sr.d'tof nour
would 20 in,o th. Liyrrpoul marx =, on ~ merits, and would
he soon rnown for lis superiority. /; would. In other
words. hsy. u fair chance.
tn " vi,"i |" n,n,.1c,mT.y. "f ,h,, ,r"lr,r, NJ 81 .oiI -.
-, 49, M r..,rI,,i,n 4. n in.r.r,,op ~ ,.h,rwI,. I'm,
w. I.t rrnIrr thr control of lie n,uuf,c,ur,r r. oYn-r
an ,hr ronseo,cnc. is, thai h. does the hest n. ear for Nj.
r.nu,uiiou rs manu- sacrurrr. and the cons.uuencr If ,lLa;
t.. Tim, m. manufactured ,obacco of Virginia .n:s Il,
- ), II root un,lr,. aud in ,h,n Nn,I, s,L. an II.
si..l-,s mr,i,. NJ having urofI, so /, will h. win
vnnr lover grades Of iIour, IT, in ynur Legislation.
- 49,, 49,, To- ,.,,rI IN I, +, van IL, /, r.-,rJ u, m
- Our tnhnrro manufacturers. r-U.v.d ~ r.s,r;..
. . hox, dri,I ccmp,uiiou. Civ. III. Virgin, mani
,'un, w rn,r ,pII H.. niv.n,,r. mrL 30 iii So
~ LII. or,., = in ,L.ir S,,,Lrrn riy,i. - M n,l.rs
- ;. Co. ,.s. ,f H.. .,- WY .Lnuli nv, IN. yirrin'a
VI .S '"nS y" ., h.. ms ,n n,,ur,c,n". III a.
'.I . u, ,.,. .nJ nraIir I.m,rt.I bv r.rv war.
~, =" h., mn fr 81 iyh.r ,,r,I,s L. ;n.ntH,i,n, =,
- ~. 81, Iii. and r,,,j,,I ,,nro,rI why moi aIlnw him 10
49, - ,"wsr I'D lar ~ !,rE.. Inn, cali. IN IN. Iow.r
,radas And shy nrt ,ru.t tiu !. YOU ,n thu tobacco man.
rfar,urcr 10 max. the best aricl. Of m. kind ih,r Ia. mar.
v-, .nu.ht rrnnirr,r l. is his own wheat that H.. mana az.
,r-.s. uhv moi ,llur, hIm a & you alluv IN. manufacturer Of b
toi,,,ro. = 10 make hi, Hour a.. To- suit every possible mar.
k.t. |, he eau make at article 10 suit aud ell Tor u profit
In The LIVERPOOL market, Why Keep him ont Of thai, market
nv stunning m each heading Of hi. barrels the degrading
AID r..uI badge of infrrinrity and condemnation Strike
ri INV, b,J,. Of iufrriori,y and The VIRGINIA manufacturer
nm, m,on Az equality. will soon show the ui,-,lnri,yo OF hi,
lover grade. IL Hour, and take biz share Of the Liverpool
trade. It cun nv r lie done otherwise. Those. therefore,
,yho could ~. ,. .Icnrur aided 70 nur .yroyr tru,l--
and n v,Iu,hI. .Irn.nt-thn.. who would Gladly behold /.
I.ryr enur trade .pr,nvinr IN between III. elite. Of Virgin,
o.