Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-08-17

poss uis taxes n Gully destitute Of all responsibility.
direct indirect 10 the minority cho pay hsn but,
what Infinitely worse they are responsible TO the ma
Joy eh0 receive the b0unties Taxation aud represen-
a,ion are no longer coneden and proportionae the
contrary the interest which imposes taxes, brought in
TO direct conflict with that which pays them.
Allow me, sir, 10 exempiy these principles, by apply
ing them a that will directly home TO sour
business and our bosoms. Let take cotton manuiac
lures, leading article among the objects OF the protect
ing systen and suppose the question submitted for
our decision 10 DC exclusively confined the adjustment
OF the duty on that article. proposed to establish
duty oil IL IL per cent, aud the gentleman from MasSa
chusets insists that, for the benefit OF himself and hs
constituents the duty shall bo liked forty per cent?
and, this demand he is unanimously sustained by the
rest OF the delegation from that State Now, put the
question: to the common and candour OF this com
ni;tee. whether, in imposing this tax tho representatives
Do they ''gvc and grant the money of their
Stucnts for the support OF Government On the
rydo they not stake and carry away" the money OF my
constituents to noursh aud sustain the prosperity of theirs!
The avowed obec, OF imposing high duty the pro-
dueions of South Car0na is give just much bounty
TO the manufacturing interest of Massachusetts, Every
the duty imposed Is transfer OF Just so much mo-
ney into the pockets OF those whose representatives
The law. And this is what vanly call constitutional
hoefy secured by tie great guarantee oil representative
responsibility No. sir; will tell YOU how TO make this
responsibility which is the greatest Of AZ tarces, sub
stanual and effective. Let it be laid down iunda-
mena canon oil taxation, that the very rate oil duty
which s imposed upon imported cotton manufactures pro.
duced by the industry OF the Southern States, shall be al
50 imposed upon domestic manufactures produced by the
Industry OF the Northern States; them and not ill them
Will the representatives from Massachusetts, act under
responsibility TO the tax-payng people OF the United
states IN regulating this duty upon imported cotton man
uiactures In such case, they would dare to im
pose an oppressive duty upot my constituents because
the same act would impose equally oppressive upon
Their own; they would thus, through their responsibility
10 their own constituents, become virtually responsible
10 The whole people OF the United States And will
mere take occasion 10 remark that whenever, in the prac
ucai operation OF our complex SYSTEM the
majority enact laws, or impose burthens without this vir
tual responsibility to oil parts Of The Uon it becomes
20 all n'ehs and purposes, an unqualified and unmg
desposm.
Under the existing scheme of revenue and prote ction
the people OF the Southern States derive more securi.
~ Tor Their rights and liberties, from the responsibility OF
'e members here TO their immediate constituents than
The most oppressed Of the Roman provinces derived from
the responsibility OF the pro pratos quesors and other
ministers OF eXacton TO the imperial Cesar who sent
out to do his errands What did the responsibility
these ministers require, and what security did it afford TO
wants oil imperial avarice, aud afforded them abundant Sc
cury that they should suffer for the want of the
blessings OF oppressive taxation. pray Sir what does
the responsibility OF those who represent the manufacture
ing interest require, and what security does il afford 70
those States upon whose productive industry the burtbe
oil the protective system thrown' reuures that these
representatives under penalties which few have the
to encounter should raise the taxes 10 the highest pract-
cal point, under all circumstances and il affords the
southern States the most ample security against the de-
moralng influence OF too much prosperity The inevi.
table result OF the whole operation is impoversh and
ensave one portion of the conicderacy by Legislative
punder and TO enrich and corrupt the other by the spos
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