The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-13 00:00:00

DEBATE ON THE INCOIIIIO
DIRECT TAXATION.
tO
oleo.

Though the wisdom and honesty of Parll6olrofjte
inflicted the inconw-tax for a further Teri ase'j
years, thus exacting the same sum from 11105
and contingent funds of professional men, els.. nullo
and enduring property, nevertheless therei" bli
the debate e hich calls for congratulation. Not
_,,„ ir
Member, but by several Members, was the gees 1
ciple of direct taxation announced, es the tirbitil
and the most just. This doctrine was enforce", polo
the earliest numbers of this journal, and it liate,
distinctive feature in our original prospeettlis'oeresj
were told, that the doctrine was wild and e" or.
that it might i-e good in the abstract. bat :04
in the concre e ; we were charged with ISa
the impracticable ; and when we refertleo go
first six centuries of the monarchy, `co o,st
taxation obtained, we were told, that the salts
suit a comparatively barbarous age, but wasteOber/
with a high degree of civilisation. We re°4oolll
William Clay delivering a long philippic earl
views in the House of Commons, and not a el'oen
ber opposed him. Opinions, however, are lat fed, 0
changed, and the debate of Wednesday niPi°Ir?
nificautly indicates in what direction the
country is running. Mr. Ewart supported till . t
of direct taxation ; so did Dr. Bowring ; Oleo
friend even in the Conservative Lord Sanel,en ;Odle
Hawes gave notice that he should take tne AM)
House upon the question of direct taxation, tit
the bringing up of the report, or on the thitusho
the Property-tax Bill. The movement ig.i.otrf
commenced, and the circumstances of the '"
,i;
impel it forward, in spite of every resistanee'ootel
A direct tax on property is the necessall ~life,
genuine free-trade. Mere anti-protectionlreoeo;"
free-traders ; mere anti-monopolists 11,,ret
traders. It is true, they claim the title otio slel
but only throu,zh an abuse of language. boll
differential duty—for instance, on sugar--; V; I
fiscal chain, by knocking off some of itshn..4ollds
any import duty whatever be retained,
hat tali
foreign or colonial sugar, it cannot be said tiL thOtlit
is free. It is a contradiction in terms, nor :t" dab"
dity weakened by saying, that such imp°
purposes of revenue, not for protection. on Pod
We shall never arrive at just conclusions sere i
ject, till we broadly and clearly separate e°l:(34, liodi
revenue. If we desire free-trade as the ellbed,,,i,
will all the means by which it can be estahn'ol Pr
it follows, that the abolition of Customs ettallle'd
must precede any practical realisation of Ole saliticie
Let us endeavour to point out some
theointte!si
portant consequences that would follow' . ta, PLO
of this relation to property as it now We tier
public indebtedness. Under a 01
perfeetlY, of ;10
price of wheat in this country would tau ationsil
quarter. During the last war, when our notoseirot
was doubled in amount, the average pilee at the "a
87s. per quarter. If we repay that debt 7flg tbe ot
335. per quarter, the debtors would be givltta; etlrit
tors nearly three times the amount borrewoell wOri
is the same thing, we should, de MP" s TO of
from 800 millions to nearly 2,400 millions.rty ; iettil
amount to a complete revolution in prnileae teal,
be better for the landed proprietors at lIIIr elliFyotpt
all their title•deeds to the fundholders ; 'elt tor
burdens as they would have to sustain, on nththe
se°
we are now considering, their possession official, i
be simply nominal, and in no respect henemel
..,ell,
Under this view of the subject, we a-htekos,
direct taxation, because of our public rode eetwooti
practicable. It would involve a wholesale 0f i
and create a ruin of existing interests, rid' tr
and as desolating, as though the united h:_s fee°
giskhan and Attila were to be resuscitarc.
foi,"
graves and renew their work of devastat.„w;stielis
How, then, shall we introduce direct rota „, do
out these awful consequences ? Let as DoeteSL Flo
what we propose by direct taxation. It sof Fold
be a system by which all the burden:, so 'Or/
may be shifted from industry toproPer.,;:stae°,,st
poor may be relieved from all.. fiscal ati-;iitee'ci 'erti
ever. This may be accomplished by as 141-44126 0
direct taxation, which simply requires a ' on irre'Do
precious metals, so that gold TOY. .0" e, 0
tied down to a Mint price, but rlectenealootifi
value according to the laws of supply 211,,re then 0 1
true law of the Currency is nothing mThatigeat !II;j1
of ratios applied to the instrument 010° oatieyej,ll,l
he reduced into the form of an algebraiel by tb 0111
because that law of ratios has been violaketupeoll,
lature, that the country is constantly I°l.lol iii ty
ternate sacrifice of the agriculturists ° diY
fact urers. , f saleelsdite
Assuming corn to be the standard
precious metals to be the measure of veaind else fel
ascer.ain the relations that gold, silver, II to. Iva ial
each other in their natural or untaxed stile foil°
proved that they stand to each other in t ot,s
a'
lations of equivalency. 6)Ps'avelilol
i Quarter of Corn ... 8% dwts. of Gold which' to A"A
Taking our present standard, aceordi,lti 106
of 1819, which makes the ounce of go copper offrO
of 67 shillings of silver and 1011 Of engirt°. Op
lid. for mintage), then the price of the (16iifet.0.,4,
expressed in silver, would be 335., taking_aare"„,
0014
per ounce. So long as direct taxation;
tor
these ratios would be permanent e° tot l,
But introduce the principle of indtreeso ever/
it to corn, and put a tax upon it, say of .5e from 1(1111'1
the corn, to repay the producer, must nt. 000, iattir.o
of gold to 12„i dwts. of gold ; for, IL ,he ~', 00
mental ratio between the two woulooniseoll
and the original equivalency would lie ttOeti;
this is the very error Peel committned.rectii 101 l
the gold to 81 dwts., while he i , hi prlatte,
corn, thus confounding value wit the ..;$lllOl
clear that taxation does not inereas!_ber2V oft
commodity taxed ; but it renders a °lgentalLit,ooll
sary, exactly so much higher as is th:a ootee';011140
tion. If the measure of value rernaini,orefere,.,' sel;,1040
it can only.measure natural values ; L'._ the I',-0C
restriction, there is nothing to tneasurindireP ote,
natural value. Consequently, where oh ts'elis 0,n5
levied, with a fixed price of gold, 5u . in t'igki
on the producer, not on the consunser./...00,. ir 01
industry is depreciated and propertl 111,7001;o,
ue the popular phrase, the rich gl°,tieh 0;1.06/,
poor poorer, precisely because, under ' If
an sold e4l,
rich escape all taxation. iniPle tl tieli
Now, the remedy for the evil is s ~.„ it be.,011 oti
Liberate gold from the Mint price; tebe" cow soctil
1 market price; and let all Bank-notes ,at theAseeso,
gold, not at the fixed Mint pripeer,o6l7:oopeklbis'ijoloioietlei
1 market price: then wages and
to the height taxation required, an", exec pile ,0 5
1
prevent them passing that Haute I.,,nd_he „looter:0144
over and above natural value, won' Col!. trel;
who
commodities, and, therefore, he , a foilsre-0/,‘,
would pay most: thus the taxes woo' thei2l;
.0 elr
as the great consumers. In thiigndroV;iroPer°';:ecliesl;lollll
at direct taxation through an
effect this, we ask no more than i' 0 efigooisei I"
This is tho remedy for all our ills; action '6 tile
ceived, the League and the Prottr.'ease, eti
shake hands, their antagonism will set •, 1,05
i
be united in the bonds of amity.--5611, asoco,
Sellifirlellteid
„„. ....Ttes,e ii f Dale
THE HOMCEOPATHIC SYSTV,''', at
.5,,, (/..0 or
quest was held before Mr. Wakley, ISl't.4o ieVr ..b. fll')
Tavistock-street, Bedford-square, on siierote;psiiDe
Cordwell, a solicitor, whose death was „due fr, lc, or
caused by treatment under the honareq, coed 010,01 0
divine. 'Mr. Wakley, on comniencwg the
r. co Api,
made the posl-mortem examination ?_d the te;its alp lot
was present, said that he had examine nt ese er. .„0 ,or
it Was n COO ill'ocb pi
domen. Mr. Wakley said that the el° es 0.
examination without an order froraiemeo °f _loy i b
..,$)
understood that many medical gen he visg,_/, heoll,o
been present at the examination, and twit to,,oeLy,
prised to find, when he saw the bodYecont,ol„astn al
been examined. In a case like tba Fr,repertrid becioey
was alleged to have been caused by ray shetse beg
necessary that every part of the U 4,te Alp ,Cr
examined. Could Dr. Hancock ' there, Po pl.
death ? Dr. Hancock said that 000700401 A
hage from the bowels of th not er'hor st:i
ley—Of course you could
~...„0 aq,,, shedg,
extent of the hemorrhage, whether ,l, ewe Toedy've
Hancock—Certainly not. Mr.l%a.'itioa tbeae l!ttler,
journ the inquiry until an exarninatT_ios, ;I'o6 ilft
made, and the cause of death asee,F,l;je liseoncl titan!,
that a medical gentleman, named,(-1 _,ierti, atte°4ll"ei'.
the deceased under the homeopathic tabeen c;-$O, ii
tot;
wards Drs. Roots and Headland l'°" at thew, 0:46,:,
Curie asked if he might be preseant
ainst bill o foilele vil
Some reports had been circulated ftip to t 0 t.„..,
anxious to hay the inquiry follou'euctaae 7,0161°,0V,
Mr. Wakley inquired whether I) r• , pr. t-' h AI; 14,01
any medical institution in Englatm I cc enaa. Ss Angofe,t
not, but that he was educated in Franrc'deee;osetoYot ;I
diploma there. 'The diploma was rnrectit,lA not de; f
said that he was not therefore a legal r woro",a here
• nee° .6 cow ieci al'
lishman under the same circurusta
to practise in Paris. However Pr; C_,llortile, Ihe
03dleie'il/°
the post mortem examination if le. 1;“ ifli tyeiVid
then adjourned until Friday nexl,..woael.,ooser toe 0,
(o
HOCKER'S ARRIVAL AT .P,""
tiOa °f Plliillto
on the conclusion of the examle:
af the Ile, 1j , 4y,
magistrate he was removed to on
o,'.',oci, t
~, boy
04,15
the Court. Shortly before two
_,..'it`ducte:looooo ‘otil4
rived, to which the prisoner
!),- a strong body of police. T•fitteasv_ en:lltuotelitse°ll-eofteaerto 'ff:cu; al'oolej?
Newgate, where it arrived a tel.
eople c°,60,,13`. 10
and in a minute or so a number o p
-ii the 'as ''" peilftttli
prison door, for the purpose of se!li_cter i 444,10
not knowing that Thomas nu
iOnntehoefwtahrre
warrant, returned
eidn
teahtahrge evo°ofn, t..nahnelecrloillrooltrocti_totirpo:
Hockey. He exhibited great bue?_n_tolip.eof py..4 tp0y.,,,,
out of the van as if going toe 111...rriY aid 1101°410 050 of„".
about entering a prison. was laid uP 1‘,001,00,101
by two police-constables, and e
warests.o bon ciA4lo,' 16,1
prison. On getting inside, th, A
re of
I:lcriP,ith '6 '
magistrate and the coroner wee
and de- ,coeslol,.# 40
governor, and the name, age, _f the ete!cifelltf°ooolo°
soner, together with the nature o in
on . e e4OlO
.4
was charged, having been enteredoll 00eIo. ; , ttsArof
that purpose, he wa.s removed to a ;
tried Priaerlceee Ifoo;i,o
the prison appropriated to unr
the '4l.g:fifer° em- '4l
searched, and was placed under aie l_tioirir efold}44
turnkeys. lie exhibited the I.'"
nto conver7. 60 ,ii,
hitherto done, entering freely' ,_,,, ullnets.l d !,,,
his snutf-box to those willing to...Lir An rcireee•lt Pr
wish to be supplied with pens, rich the...r,„se,oe/se
granted. The early hour t catching, aOr taee 0
(to
Newgate deprivemany of .eitai t_a'r,t; .0
.i,
between five ands ix o'clock (the thal4e.
~Ptio,aris
at New ate thronged the viol 1'.?..00 Saisit'otistrstegrots
THE CHURCH-TART/ AND 3
htO the ahelit 1/110 ,Dl'
—Mr. Anderton is, very Mae- 100, ;lei,' nt oe ot
LO .000 OO 0 ,e
citizens in the crowded' parts of It 0 ola in ere PI
to day, in the :Court of Coln 05°0ferf/della acl Poled
tions be presented to both Haus.
_.t. the
.., il tell, 0.,1
an Act to regulate the intern-lea! ~;,,a cit; A.c!gitiel'o II:,
and church yards in large towlt',s) pass e'efor,elPooo oceift
the violation of gravas ; als°
tio of It ei ° gsdiod
nuisame s arising from the Os ' ,
iiiijitleo., 00
it 13 •6" lIP
furnaces in manufactories an-sseetrni°4l
near the cities of London and 1
.......c taall
boats on the river Thames.
expected. •