Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-12-03

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lies of the re representatives bodies are 70 cohIF
late them in harmony together. 30 Tar aS ,"e
object of taxation is 10 raise revenue LOT o''-
charging the debts, and defraying the expenses
Of the community, it should as mueh as P'''''
BILE sui, the burden with equal mana "Po" az
in proportion with their ability OF bearing
without oppression But the legislation Of Que
nation is sometimes intentionally maze w wear
be avily upon the interests OF another. nat
gisla,ion, adapted. as ii is meant to oe, 10 inc
special interests of its own people, VIII oi'e"
press most unequally upon the several compo'
nent interests Of its neighbors. thus, the e'
gisla,ion Of Great Brai when, as has recent
" been avowed, adapted 10 the depression OF
rival nation, will naturally abound win regu
la,ions Of interdIct upoE the productions Oh tne
soil or industry of thu other which come In
competition with its own; and VIII present en-
enlargement, perhaps even hounty, 10 Inc 10"
material Of the other State, which u cannon
produce itself, and which is essential Tor the
use Of its manufactures, compesi'ors IN the
markets Of the world with those oil It's CONNER
cial rival Such is ,he sta'e ofthe commercial
le ri station Of Great britain, as IL bra's upon
our interests. It excludes, with interdictlng
duties, all importation ( kept in time OF a?'
proach hing tamine) Of he great staple iroduc-
| items OF our Middle aud Western States; II
pro .cribes, with equal risor, the bLlkier lum-
Der and live stock Of The same portion, aud al
50 of the Northern and Eastern part OF our u
Nor. II refuses even the rice OF he South, un
less aggravated with charge Of du'y upon tAr
Northern carrier who brir IS ii 10 Them. but
the COTTON INDISPENSABLE for their looms, they
will receive almost duty free, 10 weave II INTO
fabric for our own wear, to the destruction OF
our own manufactures, which they are enabled
thus 10 undersell Is the self-protecting energy
| of this nation so helpless that there exists, IN
the ,nliticaI institutions of our country, no
power to counteract the bias Of this foreign le-
eisa,ion? that the growers of grain must sub.
init 10 this exclusion from The eign markets
Of :heir produce; that the shippers must dis
mantle their ships, the trade OF The North stag
nate at the wharves, and the manufacturers
starve at their looms, while the whole people
shall pay tribute to foreign industry TO be clad
in foreign garb; that the Congress OF the u
Mon are inpolent 10 restore the balance ID law
or of native industry destroyed bv the statutes
Of another realm? More just and more gene>
rous sentiments will, trust, prevail. IL the
tariff adopted at the last session Of Congress
shall be found, by experience, 10 bear oppres>
sively upon the interests Of any one section OF
the Union, il ought TO be, and cannot doubl
will be, SO modified as to alleviate its burden
TO the voice of Just complaint from any portion
of their constituents, the Representatives OF the
States and People will never turn away their
ears. But so long as the duty OF the foreign
shall operate only as bounty upon the domes>
tic artcle-while the planter, and the merchant
and the shepherd, and the husbandman, shall
br found thriving in their occupations under
the duties imposed for the protection OF domes
TIE manufactures, '"@y WIN uut rrP'He al tne
prosperity shared with themselves by their fell
low citizens Of other professions. nor drnounce
as violations OF the Constitution the deliberate
acts of Congress to shield from the wrongs OF
foreign laws the native industry OF the Union.
While the tariff Of the last session OF Congress
was subject Of legislative deliberation, it was
fore,old by some Of its op2osers that one of its
necessary consequences would be to impair the
revenue. 1t is yet TOO soon TO pronounce, with
| onfidence, that this prediction was erroneous.
| The obstruction Of one avenue Of trade not I'M
| frequently opens an issue 10 another. The con-
sequence Of the tariff will be to increase the ex>
por,ation; and to diminish the importation of
some specific articles. But by the general law
Of trade, the increase Of expectation Of one arS
,icle will be followed by an increased imporia>
ton Of others, the duties upon which will sup>
ply The Deficiencies, which the diminished i'm.
porta,ion would otherwise occa,ion. The effec,
| Of taxation upon revenue can seldom be fore
seen with certainty. /: must abide the test Of
experience. AS yet no symptoms Of diminu-
ton are perceptibIe in the receipts Of the Trea-
sury- As yet, li.;e addition Of cost has even
been experienced upon the articles burdenec
with heavier duties by the last tariff. The do.
mestic manufacturer supplies the same or a
kindred article at diminished price, and the
consumer pays the same tribute to the labor of
his own couniryman, which he must otherwise
have paid 10 foreign industry and toll.
The tariff OF the last session was, in It's de-
tails, not acceptable 10 the great interests Of a.
ny portion Of The Union, not even to the interes,
which il was specially intended to subserve
Its object was to balance he burdens upon ma
tive industry imposed by the operation Of for
eign laws; but not to aggravare the burdens Of
one section Of The Union by the relief ,ffol ded
20 another. To the great principle sane toned
by that act, one Of those upon which the Con,
sritution itself was formed! hope and trust the
authorities Of the Union will adhere But if
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