Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-22

| in France, from population of nearly
double the amount of Englands He
would answer, thst il was owing to the
protection which England gives to her
manufactures. Wealth, power, f,llow
IN the train of protection as naturally as
i the shadow follows The substance. He
| adverted to. the proportion of taxation
/ in Ireland, and Spain, and France, as
well as in America: and Showed that il
was here about two dollars per capits,
which was less than il is in Ireland. lie
brought forward these facts, not to JUS
tify taxation here, but to show the great
and growing wealth of England, We're
we even as ealthy as England, he would
not pursue, her policy to this extent. In
speaking of Spain, he rescued her from
some Of the ;mputations which had been
thrown upon herby the gentleman from
Virginia. She had advantages greater
than England, il was true, and she had
lost all her manufacturing greatness, all
her commercial greatness; but. he did
not attribute this degradation so much
10 her religion, as to her pursuit Of or
posite courses of policy, clashed with
each other. and necessarily tending to
ruin. He would call upon his country
men TO submit no longer to p~mper Bri-
fish pride. and TO give grot y, for the
boast of Britain that she gained more
from america now, than when she was
British colony; but, by the adoption of
wise and American policy, to foster
our own industry for the supply of our
own wants.
;, The Hon. Speaker went on 10 reply
to remark which fell from a gentle
man lately, in ridicule Of the balance Of
trade. He explained the nature of the
balance Of trade, and snfotced its i'm.
portance as a subject Of calculation.
In all nations It is regarded, all writers
acknowledge Its existence. He con-
tended that the balance OF trade was, at
this moment, against us, and that to deny
i was absurd. 1t was said, trade would
regulate itself. SO would the finance,
Of a spentrift heir they would re gulate
themselves. in q Jail; and trade might
regulate itself to poverty.
! From these observations. the Hon.
Speaker came, to the consideration of
the bill now on the table, and the various
objections whichh had been urged against
it. 1t had been called monster. and
even combinations had been threatened
against it. He replied first to the OBJ
lection founded upon the physical and
local disqualification of the south. He
wished to guard every section of the
country, but he could not go TO extremes
with hisiriends from the south,,in their de-
sire to PROSTATE the Interests Of ailthe.
othersettions, at the foot ofihat onewhiclf
was the most degraded, and which would
DC to make us, In fact, the slave of slaYes.
lie repealed the assertion and infer
ence, that 1t was intended by the bin to
tax the south, for the north. One argu-
ment brought forward against the Bills,
that il will diminish our exports. He
replied to this objection, both by facts
and arguments, ofwhich it would be inn
possible to present even All abstract
in this evenings paper. The Sd obiec-
ton to the TARIFF that it viii impair our
snavigation. This, he also denied; sup
porting bis denial by variety of argu-
rheAts and observations. He classed
the various pursuits Of human industry
in the following agriculture
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. He then
replied to the objection, that the bill be-
fore the house would diminish the reyen-
ue. He adverted to public debt when
our population was only four millions,
and our revenue FIVE millions; our debt
was rs millions. It is now 90 millions.
and our population il lomillions, and
our'revenue 90 millions. Ii our debt
was 500 millions, we could pay the
debt more easily than the rs millions
could have been paid BY the four
millions. With regard to our ex-
else, he was not so much scared as ma
ny gentlemen seemed to be. II was not
so greatly. different from an ;mpost.-
They were both voluntary-they were
both taxes on consumption; the only
difference is in the mode of collection.
He adverted to the extraordinary reg1-
larity with which both taxes and the ex-
else were collected in England in the
year 1922, on a cali for the number Of
prosecutions in the collection of the as
sessed taxes, the answer was, not one
and in the excise, not more than 200 in
all the three kingdoms.
The Hon. Speaker called on the
House to look to facts and experience
The eagle does not more vigilantly