Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-26

. Ti, rerenue Of the Government heretofore
h.s hccn collected bv duties on imports NANNY
anvil ,h,t rpv:nur has had the effect oi giving
rmn|nypert To our own luborerS and mechanics
! in VIRGINIA. and but Tor the protection winch
! that revenue an,rds. they could no. come III
connection with British manufacturers, WE"
labor there at from 10 to II cents DAY
The inevitable effect then OF agreeing 70 th,s
,,olicy which the extreme Southern Stalta 10
| i,e certain to take viii! ic 10 drive Ill the IL,
! boring white populations out OF The STATE o.
Virginia. Mr Sprlit. in al able letter a"'"''ess
! that idea he says that they mean u ge' III
! or the white mechanics and TO employ negro
| mechanics in their stead. and when thcy nave
succeeded in that, lie says, there vii! be no up
pea! 10 the masses-thtre will be no Deflec'
racy and no demagcgue> III appeal to tneh.
I | want 10 know whether that Is 10 DC Tue
policy Of Virginia want TO kno" "netneI
! one halror her white population Is 70 te o'NG ~
from her territory which would ne tho result
of adopting the policy OF these states A'u
sir w.io pays The duties that are 40" oci'F'o
| from imports Thcy are lcvitd' almost HN"'
r;sniv upon luXuriuS -luNureS that are co'''
s,ruel bv the wca,hy--tEcy are lrSieo upon
fine broa,l.co!i. AMI silk, and vaiuhHie wines
and brandies that are ;mporie'! tr"In a'rol';
| A,luut the policy Of these Southern States HI"
the treat mass o! the people who nov pay no
| ro,rion Of the taxes will hc overwhelmed Win
taxation. don't ,h,nk the people "l ''rs''''"
will stand this. ,r,.
Mr. President. have Scen 1t stated so'hc
rim. since, in i newspaper, that Virginia was
50 situated with rcnar! 10 these States luz
NAV ,,,nid drar us into cUIliirc.ion with lhe'h
AGAINST The will OF The people IS mat 50; 81
Hur sir. not satisfied with that. they are ho'o.
~, ,hn lash over Us, TO enforce obedience L"
their WISH. ,, (.oor,i.
The distinguished cominlSs RON tIeo'7.' ,
| iNlr BenEing) in his address 'ne u.,. .L,,
E.f,,a th;. i$nny.ution. said very frankly. that
in case Virginia and the other oorus' '.i .
| refused to JON the Southern Cnniedei&e!' .n.!
would be compelled 20 pr"l'n!t me inter I
! slave trade between sece'ird Sla'cS a',1 ~.
bur,lrr slave States. The Governor oil MISSES
sippi, in his message 10 the legislature So
gcStcd L similar proposition; anu lhe er''''
man from Georgia Mr.. Bcaning,) stated u,
addition, that similar PROVISION was -'hooa'Iu
IN the Constitution adopted NJ Montgomery.
! He remarked that if tn: cunrgctioh was mol
| formed between the u"r;iei States ana ''t
States now seeded, that that pIo'iS'o'' "'''''
! Undoubtedly DC clllOrccu.
| Vow, don't like 10 be tahs" liz MS way;
under such threats have always UNDERSTOOD
that forced connections seldom elect any Sooa'
| Forced matrimonial Connections have rarely
te;.ded IL uloinole The interests u t'oss WHO
are - united. | do not b-licr. Iii iorceh cn,Hec
tons. Forced connections between different
States rarely result in benefit to the States tha'
have been united upon any such principle.
| The .enllcrnan from Georgia told US mat
| thew would BIZ wiling ia give MS ten per cent;
tnr.ll, and ii VT would 20 TO Montgomery anu
consult with them, that they iaight 60 HUE
farther than that What would = ten per cent.
tariff do ; IL would hot pay oae iorth OF t''f
| expense OF the Government and, sir "i'a'
| certainty would we have that they woH!n con
| .inua even that tariff. Every argument WING"
| the gentleman introduced against the Norllel'
| States, had direct bearing against Inc la'l''
showing conclusively that that io!Incd the E'ea,
grievances Of which they n!u:t coInPiaincu' aho
| the conclusion is that the scccCcd States mean
to pursue an opposite policy. Suppose we
| sever our connection With tlie present Go't'n'
msnt and !U,in One wit;i thtm lGey teil US l'a'
| we can manufacture here, and secure mono.
! poly Of The Southern trad:. How long Wou'u
it lie before lha. privilege w"uli be- dciilaa Us
Yankees, when ,iIcy wo7li propose to repeal
| those provisions in lryard ~ the slave trace
| VIVA. would they sag u Us: They would tell
US. why, that ,t:r Yankees only taxed Us 20 per
! cent. and they would want to lax us 2r2 per
cent, or more. rney would say, you want 10
make u pay YOU 81 500 apiece for yo"r s!a"cS,
when we can &c; them in Africa (or from :l3o
| to s2uu. and II would lot be five Gears umii!
| thcy would srcrdc from us again.
Cannot rccucct ths exact language oil the
| Charleston Mercury IN reference ~ our sending
n commissioner 10 that Stale, but il was sotn.-
tn NJ Ike this
"If Virginia should send commissioner 10
South Carolina. 1t would bc proper 10 feed him,
| stull'him with ChaiDIjagn. and send hin hoi;ie
as soon az possible. -:!;cr what i!as transpiled
no honorable State would nc willing to receive
| {. ..on.".is.inn", nom tic Da-= VI Virginia.
| | 10 not knuw. sir, whether or not the peo.
| pie Of Charleston fed the Commissioner from
| Virginia with champagne or not; out do
know ;hat the balarce of the proposition was
carried out, for they stood upon their c'gnity.
They told MIN TIA; they ware " free and iHdc.
| pendent sovereignty, and that they could not
| consult with us after The lnanner
We proposed. And the sovereign people
afterwards sen, their COMMISSIONER here
~ invite US to 90 out with them, and
he was rlcased to say that We were skuiking
behind the Northern States. ] repudiate
| this assertion. woud lie unwilling tn 20 into
connection with people who cannot :!s.t
us with an; more respect liam they have done
For one | woGi rcpudia,e AL connection with
Such u pcnpe. wou,d prefer connection
with any other form Of government that has
some rcpubiicaEsm IN i. do not think that
these Suulhern States have much republican
ism ia them and, 80. The history of the
world shows that democracy ard monarchy
are so combined as to produce eli ub.
sOlute despotisln This is the fact in re-
gard to France now What do lhcy pro-
pose TO 10 in tee Southern States: To drive
ont al the white mechanics and laborers and
they will then have 4 pure aristocracy Or m
oligarchy. They have unlTcrsal suffrage to he
sure; but W.; "rs.l suffrage may combine Is
we'll with an uristocracy Is with n monarchy,
and in either case il may establish = dcspnt
ism. prefer, ticn, not 10 (" with then
We have heard grsnt deal said about King
Cotton have here pamphlet, in which ex.
tracts are made from the speech Of Gov. Ham.
mond in which he alleges that Engla:il and all
the rest Of ;hr wurdwouid torp!c 10 their lounda.
tons in the supply OF cotton from The South
ERR States should fail them This idea is absurd
Before the last war; the idea was prevalent in
this country that We could, by withdrawing
the supplies Of cotton from France and England,
redae>s the grievances Of which we complain.
ed. and nc resorted TO that plan. Did they
redress our grievances? The real fact was,
that it Involved losS upon our own citizens Of
some hundreds Of millions Of dollars. As to
King Cotton, let me say that it il just lie
ccssary for Us to sell rs it is for them TO buy
Is it not as indispensable to than that they
SHOULD have mannlactul es and something TO tat.
asst is 10 their people that they should sell their
cotton: What are they going TO dn with their
cotton il they do rot sell it To England and the
Northern States: Will they eat it: They
cannot manufacture it-depend upon il, that
is an idle Notion Of theirs There are other
things MS potent as king Cotton. There are
kp.> S,ipfli.. nd l. Il