Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-16

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suf;cieu, 10 pay the. deb,s, 20 provide for ar
80. aud nayies. for the common defence, and
r. nrov,de for The general welfare, by accom-,
oodatinp internal trade with good roads and
canal nayip. alton; which win, SO long as we
have a national debt pay, require revenue
not lass than % millions Of dollars; aud to thai
amour, foreign trade may be faxed wi'neut
,ranscrodinp the rule OF moderation; and II
should be expected tax on foreign com.
merce. that will produce SO many mi'iions. VIII
be an expedieut encouragement OF "a'ionai ma
features. -,
If the time has come when interest and dig
ni,y demand National Sys em, The endea'or
should be to esr ablish il b, effective, and 10 sus-
tain i, by pruden, legislation; aud This can
be done without gratifying The cove'ousmess OF
selfshness or the pride Of rivslship' FOR lis
triumph no other means than h'horao'e COM
petition and generous emulation Is necessary;
for whatever will promote national teliciy, can
be effected by laws moderately partial 10 nome
Industry Many complains declare me wei
fare Of for eign trade and Of home manulac'u ftS
requires revision of The Tariff; and what Is
asked for By so many, should be done IN man
ner that will protect home industry 10 an ex'en
tha, will excite naive enterprise and favor
prof able commerce with foreign nations, with
GU, which there will not be a vent abroad Tor
the redundancy Of successful labor. The II ad-
ing CAPITA al Of nations is only what they can
spare from home consumption; and 10 have
such a capital, iegisa ion must, BY mild and
equitable laws, encourage and protect every
sort Of Industry. No Other can secure reel
proci'y in trade; aud any legislation that will
no, have that effect, will be so oppressive as 10
prevent prof liable traffic.
II direct prohibition has not been the avoweJ
policy Of Congress-, system has bren some'
what favored that might have that tend. ncy,
and il has been, without the Intention oil Con.
cress, a slen, tax master, without securing TO
native industry the advantages expected. BY
il, The consumer has been ruled 10 pay three
| ,axes-,o the treasury its revenue, 10 naviga-
| ton is wages, to national manufacturers (our)
! for protec ion The aggregate amount Of these
| axe. is no, less than IS per cent. on foreign
commerce: and This rnay not be too high 10
provide competent revenue and 10 afford a
| re asor able protec ion Of domestic wares-but
should i, be more Than necessary, the Tariff
should be reduced, as favor to foreign trade,
" hich should be as free as experience will al
low. And this Will be The conduct OF wisdom,
as it is no. ~ orab!e Ihi, country will cease to
advance in prosperity but by en- indiscreet use
| OF the TlSnt tO TAX IoftiSu
Native desire for quick and great gain, has,
| as VET, given Il e advantage Of success 10 To-.
reign industry; and as this selfish indiscrerion
has nearly rendered aug atorv the incumhr ancr
on foreign tr de- and il permits no certainty of
opinion. any future increase Of The Tariff will
have more than a monetary advantage, and
OBJ, aimed BY obliging the laboring yeoman TO
pay for VIVA, his necessity demands more than
| he He hat for La
bors hard, lives sparingly and on the worse,
selling the hest-and j. is he who pays tax o
government, 10 the navigator, and 10 the ma
nufacturer, that they may resis, foreign supe
rio' ity. If 8. per cent, duty, with the cost Of
navigation and The merchants profit, will not
enable he manufac turer 10 do good business,
the yromsn will not believe 20 per cent. dury
will have that effect, SO long as The native goods
| are taxed with The 40 per cent To HIM hr
eonsumrr) the dome,,ic will he as dear as the
foreign fabric; and il will BIZ which Of hem is
bes,, and can be- bought on The bestterns-snd
success has, as yet, attended the one :hat has
tnese advan, ages; and this, heretofore, has been
the luck Of the foreign manufacture If the
| Treasury is benefited by an increase Of duties
il is no assurance native industry is-,ha, may
be depressed when the public C. frr full
will hat be an evidence he iabo err may no, De
a sufferer. The multiplication Of popula ion
is the real cause why The increase OF taxes do
not more percep,ibIy depress the general well
fare, and it is The efficient cause why the rrea
sury has been opuleHt; and j, is that alone that
has prevented the mischi, Of mis- AIKEN leg isla.
iion If that had not b en- progressive, he
, country would now have been poor, aud Deepen
dan, on foreign industry and W al h
Far many wears past, The a'e'age revenue
derived from commerce has bern about twenty
Two millions Add to his sum the expense Of
COLLECTION, the loss Of bad debts, the charge Of
i'm ,or,a,ion and mercantile profit, The burden
IN foreign trade NAV br rated al fOriy-rwo mil
lions. Not les, Than that charge, consumption
PAYS; and that, it might he supposed, would
alone be :, ficirnr premium 10 rear domestic
manufactures. Exclusive 1T his great artih
cial protection, il lad d constant extraordinary
aid by an increase OF population, in com
pound ratio, Of itself enough 20 enable many OF
the most useful manufac' cries to thrive. Also,
il has had the advantage of reciprocal and
profitable comm rec with The best part OF the
world, and has now prosperous enjoyment OF
it-good reasons why America manufactures
have reached an excellence TO be preferred TO
THO british in Snsnish America and in many