Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-11

must be maze NJ nome And besides, there is s;ron
tendency in individuals TO buy things near at home
rather than at distance There is also 4 nationalt
OF feeling 20 encourage home industry, and national in
dustTy And have 10 doubt sir tha: every manufac
tory which is now barely able to sustain itself when
has protection Of ten, fifteen, twenty per cent
would flourish, and Virginia would take forward stel
In manufactures.
You cannot tell tell what effect il woulG
have for TO invite the manufacturers of Europe and
tie manufacturers Of the North, thc South for
protection eyen OF five per cent would be mi ghty
protection to large business. And there ia the point
end the weak point of the argument, of the gentleman
from Augusta, (hr. BldWin) perfectly certain thai
upon the manufactures from abroad YOU could five
per cent, and ten per cant is immense profit a
lhrge business In the wholesale dry goods business
five pr cent is large profit; and there is question
that the only chance of the Northern manufacturer to
compete with the English, would be come aud enjoy
this small protection There would be question about
that / think.
But We are told by the gentleman from Augusta (Mr.
Baldwin, that Western Virginia with her cattle and her
PROVISIONS would not be benefited by IT, At least Mr.
Chairman, il must be admitted by the gentleman from
Augusta she would hot be, aud could be, jured by
{. And will tell him another thing that the West.
ern part OF Virginia would be benefited because there
is natural disposition in TO purchase from his own
people rather than from fore gn people and ultimately
under the present t the provisions from the county
of Augusta would 60 the South II will be protected Il
the principle upon which that Southern Govornnent is
founded Is the pNCllle oil horizontal duty, which viii
project every class.
But let me tell the gentleman another thing-and |
hope will have the attention Of this body while urge
10 before this Convention Look at the tobacco interest
We have for seventy years been striving get the duties
taken ell toblcco aud have failed. That will not
be always the case But in a country like the United
States no8 constituted with high duties i. is impos.
sible that they get the duties tobacco reduced
England has protective duty, or rather taxa revenue
tax-upon tobacco. don't know whether it is direct
indirect tax probably it is bOththat amounts to
three shings sterling, WHICH makes duty of seventy
five pound. and this duty this tax instead of
being diminished is continually going up in spite of the
protection of the General Government II you have a
low tariff in the hands Of the Southern Confederacy
tell you sir tia. they would force them relax the duty
upon tobacco. What would they do? They would say,
III don't reduce the duty upon tCb Icco will put
duty upon your manufactures" aud this Conlcderacy
would not be in existence twelve months before the
ariN upon tobacco would be lowered in every part Of
Europe and we would have them in our own hands-we
would have them under our control
need not say to this committee that Virginia is vitality
interested in this matter OF tobacco and il is remen-
dous oppression that have not the ability to let to-
bacco in free with reasonable duties to all the na
tons of Europe. When in Virginia we grow beyond
10000 hogsheads il goes down, account OF the OBJ
-truc,ion OF the lcregn tariff; and the profits OF Virginia
would be proporonatey increased by the removal OF this
oh truction. would Ike to know how any gentleman
can expect and appeal to commercial men, and AK
them how It is possible that this oyernmen az now con
si,ned, with this ex'rivagant tariff bring any Eu-
ropean nation to reason upon the sub ect
Mr. Chairman have 70 saI that no country unless i,
be tyremeiY tropical one, grew oh by agricu-
tire alone Look at Poland which absolutely led Hol.
nd for cenurythe first during all this time the poo-.
nation in Europe the latter the richest ireland has
no manufactures It he's no commerce. aud s uatiop
IS starving u the Nl'l Of heavy eA2or of grain pota
-. ~" "" 10 ''' at all the nations OF The
"V!'o' S"' %. md tha. commercial aid ;.anufac-
iag industry are absolutely necessary 'or their pros
peri.y And who can expect that Virginia will he
ANYTHING bu. an agricultural State so long she has any
connocto on with this General Government? The tariff
forbis IL it cannot be done and her case - homeless
one unless YOU can have the industry OF VrgLii pro.
t,cted see no brilliant future tor Virginia. She has
no future All she has is in the past. She is rich in
memories, hu; has present, 10 future.
Mr. Chairman when are divided and become a
great commercial and manufacturing p2op;a, then we
Shall fulfill the destnies Ct Virginia. WIZ sir look at
West Virginia Her mileTa,s age buried in tue ground
sith no hand 70 bring them up, doing good to herself
others and viii yet sleep there for sgc- under the
wing o. lhe protecting of our General Government
o that coald be that Virginia that We ought to be-
o. that We could enjoy the blessings that Providence
has so bourli!Cy -howc;ed upon God has done ev
cryh!ng for Us, man has done everything ac-s5t U.s.
We have the finest country upou ha -sc o. the earth
the finest climate in the woG Cyc.y advantage tha heart
could wish for IIiad conceive of but the disldyau-
tsg's vhicE We HbOriug under thrown in the
way by the General Government. | wonder at it, and
-dnc the hop OF those who look forward to any
erel Lrs in the future under the protecting wing Of this
Constitution What source Of hope have gen. ,mcn now
which they have not always had What The prospect
Of the iuture2 Show it to me and will embrace it
Bu. have never seen any one yet Who could give
any ia.onal hope bat Virginia can b2 liad from the
duet
NJ Chaiym-1, to he West / would say tha' they have
town there now largely engaged in manuiactures-.he
town OF Wheeling. say to them that when V,,ria
her sovereignty, and when she goes as she will
90 in the event. with the Southern Conederacv Wheel
ing is to become the Manchester of Virginia She A.
ready supplies the South with some OF hex manufactured
know that she has now large trade with louisiana
and with others of he o+thern States; and there he
disruntcn OF this Union have hesitation in saying
:hal she oud command the ahoe trade or nearly the
whole trade, OF the lower Mississippi And sir, know
Of no other part of Virginia that might not be compen
stated for the disruption Of this Government.
But, Mr.. Chairman, am exhausted and will draw my
remarks to close. may say to you that | look with
pleasure to the disintegration OF this Government 1t
serious subj ect-a serious thing break or even 10
unite the bonds which connect Kindred people to-
gether nov there is risk. appreciate it. And
my anectiods have always been with the Union have
always loved it. But SIR these not times when mems
affections should rule them in their actions entirely
They ought to have their rights and something
to the future something to postery 1t does sadden
my heart, Mr.. Chairman does il not yours when you
reflect that the great name Of Washington, clustered
aro4nd with blessings and intended carry those bless
ogs down to tie remotest postey may become but the
miserable representative Of imnractcable idsaE 1t
does concern Inc TO reflect that mouume4t which have
been erected to bis memory which pierce the SKIES aud
bear on their fronts The stCty of his great aud his
greater deed up ~ the chancerY OF Heaven-that they
snod become warning heaeons 10 tell adventurers upon
the sea OF liberty not TO approach too Our danger
oogS eoesis Tnis saddens my memory; but tAis will
bssr and more will | bear | woulG see Virginia, as
dear as she is to me- sunk athons deep in earth, and
"T. dumb forgetfulness prey"
rather than to see her live forever degraded thing
be pointed at in all time by the slow pnoving iuger of
s,orn nav rather than that welcome destruction the
tres IN and the grave.
BIT, sir. think that can discern beyond Alpine
heights which frown with ice glacier and snow the fair
plains of smiling Italy. think ! see unIolded flag
upon Southern ground which will protect Virginl's III
terests which will protect Virgnians IL sr persons
and their property and ,han thaf, which vii do
what present is will not do pctect the honor of
Virginia in every land and in every cline.