Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-27


How arc you going 10 &c! j; =: You rHot
either yet * by the direct taxation or by
the indirect agency Of duty on imports.
: Which Government will be the most like :
20 r2!:GTc :cu from direct ta :;atiOa by ample
/ revenues, derived rom duticS OF imports
Just look 1T tie facts. refer gentlemen
now 10 the cotton crop exported from the
United States. According TO the latest
treasury return it $lGl 100000. The COT
ton crop used in the Northern States, ac-
coriing to the statistics Of the MasSachu-
$c:ts Board of Trade. cannot be less than
80, ,0U0,G GOO. They stat. themselves that the
annual purchases Of Massachusetts, in CO.,
ton amount 20 :25.Q00, ,GGU, and that that is
apout, or nearly onc-half, the entire a;aor1t
manufactured in the United States; so that
it is very fair to put the whole amount oi
consumption OF cotton in the States az
$i0.U0U.uV0. There is not less than
s2JJ.oOu, 900 worth Of cotton exported from
the Southern Confedcracy. Your Auliior,
a; the last session oil the General Assem-
Diy, and ~ this session again. HIS entered
into calculations. founded Upon such tax re-
turns a are il his possession. showing what
amount Of goods are sold in the Common
wealth OF Virginia. purchased from the
North for those returns do rot cinjracc
direct impOrtation--upon which there IS
! no license tax either directly or indirectly.
II appears from the Auditors Reports that
the prime cost of such goods As the Virginia
merchants purchased during the year before
last is about :3G, ,0O0. 900. For the last year.
according to the repor; upon my desk III will
probably amount TO $3j,0U0,GG0. You
have then imported from the Northern
States, during the last year, go, ,0pQ.0CQ
%orth of goods. at their cost where puv-
chased, no; at the relai price here. Now,
SIR, from an approximate estimate Of .he
goods exported from the border >Ia;">, -
Guiding cotton. tobacco, a!:l o;hcr Ccrc;!
p"oIua;E. nave pat dowa the aH.oul:t =:
: *iry,l 1895 ,:ln!ng -" c";,rr sX2c~.. .iom
-: S!a.ah '!Llrg STATE; not less .::2.:
:3G3, ,J@J. .prl, Il year. les are l~c:S.--.
Three AunLir,t .!.;i!:n'.: II "y:'Hr., :c;HIaa;
e,>; ~ l"Gth ::a3oT;,. Al mHyJ,: ;"X Il
;cH ;"r cc";. vi.!" pi",!urr : ;"svTuc Of
/: ~, ,Jv&.''JJ. 4 Y ~, "".!,: i. not: az: NJ
jrG I'D: s;ictI conf ",iv.i =0",r'ImrE.
yea would nc !hc irh;@,t t@Xri n""..c
,.;:,,ii .:,c face -, ;hc c:..,:.
iH..i> i yv';r condition .;3y'. .nc"c. 81: :
49,; .''a' iS i:,r ,'':.c2 10 .,hic!, ynun!. ara.d
[. 20. lioM - :. .p A':t! Lnrt arc -.
...t!c - pa: Ia, iaon Tia; tool. :Ac census
las: ycai u here .,ayc they the :E"tCri.i
Ior import taX"n. Are not local .ac;nTi.cS
scattered ali through thu: country. j. not
the local demand for manufactured articles
supplied there by the local factories: Do
you krow how much is manufactured in
Massachusetts, alone One hundred and
fifty ui;ilonS is the annual valrc Of tie f.
brcs Of Massachusetts alone: large pro-
portion Of which are exported to tEc III
teen Slaycho!ding States. OF course there
is no fair expectation Of revenue adequate tp
the wants Of that Northern Government be.
iug raised by duties on imports. Their Gov
crnment is bankrupt. They have no means oI
meeting their current expenses, and the:
! have debt Of /: loo, ,OOu,UQn besides. Do yoa
suppose that Government WILL or can, get
on with an mpost tax No, sir, i. caGmJi.
1T will have to Resort 10 direct TAXATION 30
NEE: It's OWE expenses. And YOU propose
Tor this old Commonwealth Of Virginia,
now taxed lOctS. upon every 100 and adyS-
c.l By the Auditor to increase thattax 10 six
| t. ccats-l say you propose, III addition 10
this. 20 submit IL direct tax for ;!c sup
port OF tho Northern Confcdcracv. That
is the position of gentlemen, no rro2os:
! ~ Keep Virginia in the Northern Unioa.---
Poor a> &c are, We must support our la:-
kec hin.
NJ. Chairman. I merely refer to these
things, ] am not i'll d condition to elaborate
them. IL this connection, lie; me ask you
was ever people yet made the object
Of war hy the commercial powers o! the
earth, while that people controlled
?300, 100000 OF exports: Why, sir, that
"cry circumstance will keep the peace, rot
| y. I. -. a
with all the commercial powers Of the
earth. 1t will not only keep the peace,
but make cordial friends of them. The
fact that this Southern Confcdcracy, when
| it shall embrace the border State, Viii have
that amount Of exports is worth moro than
al the treaties and compacts that human
ingenuity can devise, to make peaceful
| friends Of all nations.
When Commercial nation makes var
upon such Republic, it makes war upon
its own interests. DO you think these
Yankees are going to do il; Sir: have
not much faith in the sentiments OF laa-
KEGS, any more than Sir Peter Tcazlc had
in the sentiments Of Joseph Surface. Dut
have 4 vast confidence III their apprccia-
tion Of their own interests; and il their
own interests do rot make them the mos:
peaceful, the most subscrvicnt and obcdcnt
friendly power upon the face of The earth,
to this Southern Eepublic, am vastly
mistaken i'll estimating the influences that
will control the men Of the North.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, / am going to do
what ain very reluctant to do, and what
would no; now DO II were IN condition
to elaborate these statistics: AMI 20 60
OYER the ground which went over or aa-
other occasion, in another bo1y, il: ccn>!3-
eTlng this subject: hcpe the Commil'cc
VII e%cUSr nc il ask ny friend n@rc 20
rea" some facts c"jir:iy1 ~ Inc on aao:h,s
occG>:o; i: 2:'irr 70 s'iow :. .. IA; ~: ln-
nsa>n"a"ie e%!":. We are able 10 ":cIi
power over 'nese Northern people: As
sad last wini": TO t.. :.r=':!ntrrc, say TO