Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-05-10

ooCs ~ escape Tue Sa-dClty Oi INC eOuhcNhah
from kenawha, that those who are mainly to
pay these taxes are the very persons whose
slaves are TO be purchased? The money is
levied in the shape Of taxation to-day, and
the expenses of collection being deducted. the
balance is TO be returned to them TO morrow
in payment for their slaves. 1t would be bet
ter to surrender their property at once, and
thus save the fees and commissions OF the tax
gatherer.
We are told by other gentlemen, that the
proceeds Of the public lands will afford an
ample fund, and that the general government
will cheerfully dedicate them TO the purpose
| shall not question the right Of that govern
ment TO make an absolute gift OF those pro-
ceeds to the states. But, to distribute them
upon condition that they be applied to a spe
cited object is the same thing IN effect rs to
make a direct appropriation TO that object.
the authority for which may well be doubted.
Admitting, however, that the general gov
eminent has the power and the Will to devote
these funds to the purchase and removal OF
slaves, what will be accomplished by itf The
annual proceeds Of the sale of these lands,
has not averaged two millions Of dollars. |
will assume, however, as the annual average,
the maximum at three millions of dollars.
RIrginia's share Of this sum, distributed ac-
eordiDg TO the ratio OF representation. rs near
" one eleventh. or about s27o. 900 per an
mum And will this fund supply lis millions
for the purchase and removal OF all your
slavesp or will il even furnish annually, et,.
IS2 600 The sum required TO buy and carry
away the annual increase OF your slavesP Let
us not ffatter ourselves with the belief that
Virginia will receive more than her proper
%tionate part Of that fund,-Justice, she may
obtain at the hands of the general govern
ment, but beyond that. she has nothing to ex-
pect. No other rule Of distribution will be
adopted, unless, perhaps, it be to give up the
lands or their proceeds, to the slave haiding
states exclusively. 1t cannot for a moment
be supposed that Virginia is TO be the sole
object of national bounty. What then would
be the aspect of the casep There are in the
u. States, according to the last census. two
millions and ten thousand siaves--to pur
chase and remove which, at the rates before
assumed, would require rather more than Ala
millions Of dollars. The annual increase in
the United States, IS about AZ thousand, the
purchase and removal Of which, alone, would
require upwards of eleven millions Of dollars
annually. The fund at our disposal. appli1
cable to tits purpose, would be three mil
lions per annuip And it is worthy of con
sideraiion, that this yearly produce OF the
public lands, will not be augmented On the
contrary, as you withdraw slave labor from
the East, you create an opening for white
men, which will check emigration to the
West-lessen the demand for the public lands,
and thus diminish the fund which the whole
operation depends.
[.Nr. Brown's Speech TO be continued
THE TREASURY TARIFF SCHEME
We use in no iDvidious sense the word
scheme, in relation TO the report upon the Ia
riff, Just made by the Secretary OF the Tfea-
sury, but 10 the sense in which the Secreta-
nv himself calls it ga scheme Of comnro-
mise" The entire report, with its appenda-
ges, requires more room than we can at
present devote to it. We avail ourselves Of
the subioined synopsis of it, which we find
in the government paper Of yesterday, and
which. we doubt not. was prepared by a ca
pable hand, directed by a head which
is familiar with the subject. We wish the
reader to understand that the views which
the synopsis presents, are not those OF the
Secretary only, but of the Executive; for
the Globe, in an Introductory and laudatory
paragraph, says, that the proposed ''modlf-
cation of the Tariff is ''predicated upon the
saIutary principles avowed by our venerable
President. and 10 the patriotic spirit of recon
citation recommended by him" This re
port, in that respect, the reader will per-
ceive, differs in character from the annual
report from the same Department; and if it
gain no weight thereby in the scale OF an
impartial judgment, yet can hardly fail
thence to acquire a certain influence on the
deliberations of Congress, so far as they are
acted upon by Difference for the known
wishes OF the Executive Mat. Int
SYNOPSIS OF THE REPORT.
From, the Globe
The basis of the scheme is revenue; but
nrotection is incidentally combined in it, and
adhered to so far as is nee essary to the pre-
seryation of existing interests which nave
crown I'D under a series of legislation
commencing with the establishment OF the
government. proposes TO limit the reve
nue. strictly to the public expenditure, and
assumes the amount necessary for that to be
AIS .OOO, 900: OF this, IS 100000 may be de
rived from public lands, until Congress
shall otherwise direct The remaining Sl2,
ooO. 600 is the sum proposed to be levieo on
IMPORTS: and this is regulated upon the
pr;ncipIes of compromise SO essential to the
public veal and the preservation OF the
Union
!. The duties which have been consider
ed as most oppressive and as otherwise La
BILE to the greatest objection, are those upon
,rooI and ,coouens. In respect to these, the
-.u .aused nv having a high duty on