Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-28

I Panic IN the Black Republican Camp.
We publish below an article from the New
York Times, the Seward organ OF the Empire
City. 1t is confirmatory of reports we have
received from other quarters, to the effect hat
the Black Republican leaders are seriously
afraid that the Lincoln government will crum'
Bile to pieces in less than six months. The
reader will DO struck with the Times advice to
President Lincoln, 10 commence his work TOT
the public good by strangling in tho cradle the
Morrill, Tariff, a legitimate offspring Of the late
Black Republican Congress. Dir. Raymond
has suddenly become n convert 10 Jefferson
Davis lew tariff doctrines!
from the Ne. York Timr,.l
An Extra Session Of Con"re-s.
il is not easy to see hoE We are 10 avoid Tue
necessity of an Extra Session Of Congress.
Critical and extraordinary as the cona'tion o'
the Country is, the President is %itnout power
to take any e~itcctnEi step towards It's relief.
He can adopt 10 fixed ard decisive policy TO-
wards the seeding States. because no laws
give him authority TO carry it inie elect. lie
cannot enforce the laws, because no power mas
been put ut his com.naEd for that purpose.
lie cannot close the ports which refuse IN pay
Federal duties, nor has h.: authority I" enforce
payment except through The local authorities.
These, moreover, arc among the least Oh Inc
difficulties which cinbafrasS the acton OF the
Government. New loans are called !or-bu!
there is no prospect uf revenue to render them
safe. The seeded States inrito imports under
thy Tariff OF lS5T-at least ten per cent lover
than that which the Federal Government has
Just adopted. rs q matter Of course, loreiSn
trade will seek Southern pcrts-unul the GOV
erninept has authority TO arrest TINS crili-
Iuerce and this X cannot have without lurther
legislation. The new tariff is thus almost
certain to drive commerce from our own ports,
and our revenue must suffer in proportion.
The recent tariff was enacted i;I;d:r most
extraordinary circumstances. II was tro1ght
forward and earnestly pressed III Tie ilrSt se3-
SION OF the la4s Congress, ind 1T a period ct re-
markabls prosperity II every branch OF Indus.
try. At no previous tiuir in the history Of the
country had the manufacturing interest been
30 successful as from 1850 10 1860. Tie pop
ulul!on OF the manufacturing States OF Msssa.
chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jer.
sey andPcnnsylvania had increased in this de-
caIe, l, LA, G4j against coo. BAG from 1910 10
1851. The New England States never made
mcre money than in the past ten years. Their
great manufacturing districts ue"cr gained SO
rapidly in population. The game may be
! said Of New Jersey aud Pennsylvania. Tie
anthracite coal trade Of that State had in.
crenscd from 3 200 900 tons in 1850 to over
:, UU0, 900 tons in 1860, or ut the rate Of near
: Is .uU her cent
There was some depression in the iron trade,
bat this WAS the natural result Of the ulmcst
entire stop pu. To the construction Of rail roads,
winch reduced foreign tmpurtslions in many
varieties to merely nominal rlnounts. But the
depression Of a particular branch Of industry
is Iu evidence OF ! need Of legislative prOtec
ton. There never was ~ interest su entirely
protected, We. 80 thoroughly depressed Tor
wears aS navigation, involving Il heavy loss 10
almost any one who WIS uulucEy enough 10
own d ship. The sam. has beer the case with
many branches OF industry which get no pro.
lection whatever, such rs the ln1nufacturc Of
boots, shoes and hats. We believe that it is
III. sober conviction Of O. mtisritr Of tho iron.
masters in the United States, that u high rate
of duty would iniure rather than help them in
the long run. Ii Could not b. otherwise. We
have hundreds Of sites az which enough iron
might lie made for the whnt. consumption OF
the country. No:h;ny would DC so fatal as 10
give an ey extraordinary stimulus which would
lead to the erection OF numerous works when
in. mark t is fully stork,J with The products
Of those already in oucrauoa,
No such deurcssiou existed in the mauufac.
turing iu,eres, as 10 cali for an extraordinary
increase Of dutias. Il WAS q saap Indictment in
favor of q comparatively small knot Of int.
rrs;cI manufacturers. In. co,otry 4. large did
not desire il. We never rad. such progress
i, FORMULATION. w.ultn u,d umon,t Of pr61uc-
,i,u as lrom 1871 to 1880. No further duty
on III. great mass Of innor,s,ion; YVES needed
far nr,trrti,n and ,,.. fnr r.v,nne unless wa
,ednceI III. irrr Ii.t sni ,,,,I mo,- heavily
1r:icIn. wa must i.y, md c,npn, r,odncc
i., ro';.,c.I hIn,,inr 81. n,n,.,rr ya. wi,h.
,,, nsruIi.: K,t ,hI, ,rn. ~ ,,n ..t nj Mr.
! ~;ncr,ln'. ,fui,,y.r.~,.. ;,,;c.I :, w,- as.
Of r,o;,,, nj. d..,raI n,r;nr- ard w;.h,.--
w., I'm. co,rtr,, vnrIr IS ,h.. pc.sni.nt ir
,bor hs sI.,r,j Nor .;,nrIy IN r,I.r.rc. ~ tho
,r:.,s !, ,rn,.n n. 49, b;,r..lr ,,,,r.1 Tba
..rr r,rc-cs. n.;;,h s.IIIaI w., v;,b ,h;o
LIryJ,drr rr.,use5 :, ,,iv. him nny ou,horitr tnr
,uo.,;r,, ,,. ertr.o-Iio.rv ,u,o,,onc, ,l,i lind
rlreaSv arisen Irfi ,hr' hin hcrn co,pu].,.iu
itself had il contained provisions fer rs own
enforcement il c.uli never h,,. pass.d. Con.
,ress was moi urcn,r,J f., take pny such s,eu. .
and refused t,' adam nnv ,ura,urr l,,kinr IL
the enforcement of lie law N the seccSip.
states. To saw tb,, uod.r any sucf, circum.
Stances il, pcrion shopII hay. Inc slightest in
f]ueuce on III. p,jicv Of the Administrations
w,,,ld be- n, absurlTv mon wi,cn even The
war,ncst friend nj n, nr,scnt Tariff would
scarcely venture.
In IN. nres,nt emergency we must address
ourselves 10 our u%oiitical condition, which is
our great emergency. We must be free TO
meet every phas. ;h.t NAV srcscnt ITSELF
We cannot ofnrd to ms, the sr1upalbv
Of Enr,aud or rr,uc. We c,ruo, afford
to ALLEVIATE arv Of cur peou;, still well
affected towards the cpye!nlnent. We can
not afford to sit still doing nothing. We