Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-02-02

IN every hundred dollars which he oxpends on the
woirns aud the hannels the iron and the sugar.
winch arr indispensable 70 the health and comfort,
of himself and family.
" II Is one of the grnrdest firccs ever attempted
to be played oil upoua free people, 10 sec an ati
tempt made 10 reduce the taxes on olives and ca
p,fa anehosies and brandy fruits mace, cloves nut
tares precious stones aloat ornaments corilals,
pcriumery, artificial flowers, billiard balls, bntde-
,ores and sIultlceocks coral beads and gold sngT-
"ses sllver spoeteoes aud ivory headed canes vtt
vets and lace. null mufhhs md gfos dc Naples,
! camel han ah,Ws, morocco and prunea shoes;
fine cambtles, pnted chatting dshch, porcelain and
china dinner and tea sets, gold watchos Cologne
| water Champaign aud Burgundy wines, oranges
aud pine. apples embloldery ivory fins, fine IRISH
linens, lluasos centre tables, gilt books pisr look
glasses, yetmce and muearonl Italian mare
| bic npantcl ornaments, rouge, essences and court
| plastcr ehcssmcn, sweet scented sonp, silk soek-
| lnga gold and silver thmblcs nunte time peces
tooth powder, wax dolls, and hundred other things
usedby thc nil We say. it Is one Of the grind
est Guceg ever played OH upon free people that
such nrtelcs rs Hose we have enumerated should
be exempted
ask for rhe rcafou for this distinction which re-
hcses lxurlts from taxation, ard inoWs them Up.
on the neccssarles of life which burdens the poor
aud Xcmps the nch aud om told 1t IS necessary
| 10 protection Whose protection Why, the
wealthy propr,ctUs of Manufacturing stock men
who IRE realizing onormouB dividends, drawn from
the pockets Of the people Sir, no other reason for
this distinction has been on run be given ior it Is
ACKNOWLEDGED by all the world that lnxnric6 are the
proper subjects ol taxation, md ought righlluly
10 bc taxed higher than the ncc sthries ii life Blu
here the manufacturers nlerposo their clnims, aud
The claims VI justice are dsreRarded. Agnln SIT,
these articles OF general consumption nj least
| among the wealthy and consumed equally, too
all over the country and yet they must como in
duty free ond the who'll revenue Of tho country be
levied on Articles, III relation 10 which, the duties
operate most unlusy and uncquoly: being IN
truth nbouny to certain portions OF the people and
a burden upon others, and yet the Senator telsils
i. had hoped that such proposition ms tins would
moi only have mel the appreciation urall parties.
but would have been received ms tonceeson to tho
| complaints of the South How it was possible for
the gent, maato have INDUCED such an eapcotntlon,
am utterly unable 10 comprehend. Sir, whnt SIN
Gle cone, salon on the slightest approach towards
IT. IS made by such proposition Does it consist
m agreeing 10 take Oh SIX millions OF taxes when
the demands on the Treasury are to be reduced 10
double thai nmountl Has the South ever uttered
one word ofcompnlnt against ,hc duties which IT 10
proposed to reduce Z No. These were imposed
pulpoae, they have negc, conn laned II is against
duties imposed not for revenue, but protection, that
! they have been so long and so earnestly rcmonstru-
ting md 10 quiet then dsconicuts. the proposition
Is eluvey submitted 10 take of all the revenue DIR.
ties, ond to leave the protecting duties untouched.
Su II IS not so much The amount OF this tax ms ito
| inequality aud injustice which has reused the
whole South To determined opposition. And how
Is It proposed to relieve our COMPLAINTS by og-
! %rasnhg hat inequality and extending and pcrbet-
ualng that ln,ualtcc. We tell you thai the proiet-
! tiny dullcs oporatG as tax upon u, and bounty
upon thc tarlii States W. insist that II Is vola-
ton OF the principles on which or Government 10
founded aud reduces 10 state Of colonial yassn-
agc and thia II substantially does, if We NOT
mistaken in it's operation, and Mi Gratlans def
! ulllon Of colony ~ the true ono--" country
which Is governed IN reference tothe interests Of nlt-
olh,rP
Si, if we are right, this scheme nmoonls to nei-
ther ranrc non less than aproPoson torcllevc the
tpnn states from oil taxation, md 10 throw the
| whole burden Of the government upon the other
Stolc3. 1t is admitted, that the protection enjoyed
! 10y the tormcr even now exceeds the amount oilho
taXos, which they pay, bnr still they do pny their
equal portion Of duties the unprotected articles.
! But when these taken Of, they will be relieved
from takcs altogether Gcntltnen who now hear
wn, under discussion here, a Scn1lor from tariff
SKATE IN his place, and supported the bin on
the single Ground lhu operated bounty ola
million Of dollars pa annnm To the State hcreproson-
ted Let Us assume that calculation To have been
rect q hut Stale IN qucsionnow pays lfamll-
hon IN taxes on The unprotected articles Whom You
take off the tax and leave the bounty the bounty will
obviously be increased by just hall llon and the
State m question viii be relieved entirely from tax
alton. Such Is the compromise proposed to the
South The evils of winch we complain arc to DO
mGruscd--the protecting system rs TO be rlyettCd
upon the country bcyoad all hope Of relief and,
We are told, we ought TO receive all tins as conccS-
sum. Sir, we say tn You. W. are wiling TO submit
to have thu iOreign manufactures Tor which we cx-
change o,r = oductions taxed for revenue, though
we know that such tax must operate bounty
to the DOM site manufacture and so far diminish
the value of our productions but we invoke you not
to a9grnyatc the injustice and inequality Of this
system, 10y extending the tax beyond the justre-
venue standard and by so arranging the duties as
to throw the burden entirely upon f'c protected arti-
ees to relieve thc tariff States from ali taxation, and
To throw the burdens entirely ON us Above all,
we ca upon you To remember, thut the British
manufactures on which you propose to throw al
most the hole burden of the government are those
which we receive IN exchange for our productions
that to burden them is to burden us, and that the
end of all this may, and probably will be, that
shall be deprived of our best customers and be cut
of from the only sure nmkct for our cotton rice and
tobncco.
The policy proposed in the amendment which
have submitted, is founded on the just principles
have advocated. The arrangement of the details
we are willing to leave to The committee. We do
not propose to destroy, TO Irl,ne, the mana.
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