Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-05-07

UI SehcfH Sohien many VI tn- pinScts W thS
government and friends OF the sdminifra alton,
were eninsntly ufeiui 10 il, eaAbliiLmert.
lndeed one principal objection .agsin& The
late order of things was, ihaG the late sdmi
ntirsrion would not rely upon impof aloas fof
rsveops, bur indaed upon efshiillag the itamp
tax, and general fyaem ot internal isxa,ion,
oPprciliSe 20 The interior, expenhye IN ihe ex.
tremc, and productive Of daily. omhsrTagneu,s.
OF rhofe who pcficls knowledge OF public
ag,in. Who is ;ncrc thar can deny theie taels
From what iource thea does The oppoh,ion
derive its pre,enGons
Among various other objections which have
been Offered sgain6 vhe reduction OF taxes. II mas
bcen iaid sae people were naturally syeffe 10 tax-
alton, and with difficult, b'oognt 10 lpbnit 10
neg contributions. That iheis iyiems c,e Ia
operation, the people had b-cone sccutomed
to them, and il vas mott wife and pruGsat 10
re:ain hen hecauie they might be waited at
iume future day. This ub;ee,ion amounts 10
this: " Tor mae fax fbs pcs;i, zvkEn ysa do s,t
qcaxt tbeiv noa.y, 10 be a6is 10 tar them q.bfK
yeA do 1Vant E."
In countries where the iron hand Of def,o-
tim rules, where the ir,crctts of the iovrreiGn
a'e d.tina from. aud oppoied TO, the in,e'ess Of
,he irbstt, where .rsr bnd hin TO hi, matter, 1t
il undoubtedly nrceaary 70 kevp iah the ctansoy
which nc is boufd. Hcw iillnai IS ouf cafe I
Ii tie revenues ave wiieiy aud judcouly ex.
pended, he ex gcnCies OF The fate sie ,he ex-
igcneies OF he people themselves. Jhe govern.
ment "a tnelr,-Is object, their happinri,-,
They 'noulo snd tdfn0u Il 20 their o~n liking,
and 'herc IS no one 20 iay, 4" ~hy DO ye to."
Can il oe poaible that people 70 ciTcumlspced
will feiuie ,hcEe contributions, which iheiT
own fceGvi;y std hsppncfs demand
Hcse again lee us ,sa this ohjceiipn ny ex-
Pesisnce. In the war os 1857 he people OF steie
Stares contributed with lber4iyy 10 is tupror.
They have Rrugsed through ard !uppor,ed an
arduons var OF eight yssrs, wiCh an unsniEity
unparalleled in the hiRo,y Ct nations.
They have iuhmi,,ed qale,ly 20 The exiting
taxes, and TO all thofc which have bcen res .al-
ed, ~irh the fo!i,ary exception of he diiron-
tents which have been man;.cfcd by three or
four connie, In Ponniylvania. A part OF ,hefe
ddcortents, probably, would have tecn safly
sllayed, had nos ,he then Secretary Of the 'Trea-
fory believed them calculated 20 tlriher his
views. 4 boldly chaiiense the sne.rici Of the
government 70 prodpcs iioln .hs annals of the
wcrld pco1i-, Who have more uniformly isld-
ell resdy obedience 10 Law, or more trful)y
contributed TO The nscsaitics Of Gate. Yet in
every ineance when the governments no longer
wanted rhe isxes, The people were reiievsd from
them. For my own part aCkno" ledge 1 feel
indignant when reflect apon the objetl ,on
have conbated. pledge myisli voluntarily TO
contribute my proportion of whatever ,he nceci-
6tics ct goveinmsn' may IsIuir:, anc lcrter ny
folemn proteH sg,inR being saxed pnaeoenariiy,
for the purpoie ofdIililng Inc.
A former Secretary Of he 'r,sfary, and ma
ny OF his adhesents, nave advocated priociple,
which. If correct, certainly proves the internal
taxesoueh, no, to have been Iepcscd. IL is mis-
"fbat fte peofk, oRgbf 10 be ia.td at far AZ fby
can pay" differ, from this principle; il will
produce defpoifn. To tina, fpecies Of gov
crnment it is eaentially nectil,ry; tor an inde-
pendent yeomany will never be aavss. While
th. foil 10 owned snd cultivated by ihc fame
perfons, liberty IL fate. But once orP'e.s the
people with fyacn of taxation, which ihal
bring the ciaf, c. moderate planters ard ia tners
in arrear although the deficit may be imail. nil.
eventually, II viii produce the effecf. A con-
Gmp,ion will prey upon tic vitsls OF the rerub
lie. The nation viii bee ONE body Of landlords
aud tenants; one claf, rich, the other poor aud
dependent Or in other oTGs, one viii become
matters. snd the other lsve,.
To give health 10 the natural body, the
blood mue h,9 with regularity, and in due
proportion to ali its paris 10, to give vieor
vial energy TO the body polite, me attention
of government mua oe directed TO all. The in
erea, of all rnua be coniaited. While the rich
are proistte6, the iatereas Of the comAon citi-
zcns fhould bs cstefal!y gaaidcd, and tendcrly
watched over. That inequality which The va
ture of things is contao,ly producing, hculd be
checked in iss psogreh : OF cooiequsnce gov
ernmcnt hould levy az few taxes as poifbic;
becauie in whstever mode they arc levied, the
body of the people mua pay the greater proper
tion Of them. and they a1e 40, wealthy. The
con0ant preiIare o. take, vii! depreis them.
Look to the nations who have gone before vs.
have read Of the psuper, OF Enelsnd a.
mounting TO one f-venih of he. Numbers, and
fnpported BY an annoal tax Of nearly fourteen
millions OF dollars. a fun far exceeding the whole
revenue Of the United States; Of the poverty Of
the people Of Scotland and Ireland. of their
wretchcd fuPport. their tha,ched roofs and cot
tage.. have read OF the vafIals OF Ruiia and
Poland OF the bessars Of Portugal, aud her de-
graded peafantry, kneeing to the contcmptibe
Fidalnoe, and OF the Lszsroni of Naples, Who
dwell in the caverns of the earth. have read
of the people of France driven to msdnefi by
the preiIutc of public burthers, and pretcntirg