The Arkansas advocate., 1833-09-11

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 being the ratio for federal re-
 presentatYe population, Sssss57 Sssss57 500 Virginia receiving less than Mis-
 sour, by $45,s33
 This is the mockery of 'scomH,on bene- ff,'' which the bill holds cut to the old Statesl It gives them tess tsa3e ibeir sb0Ye of the common property, and then takes care that the taxes upon them, to repair the breach in the Treasury, shall be eqaai to tAeir fidR stare or more tba1 tlfetr full Shae. They are offered sum of money tD haad to occupy their attention, while the adroit operator slips larger sum out Of Hteir pockefsi Rhis is precisely the beneft which the Biilproposes torender to the old States, including Kentucky and Tennessee.
 Its effects upon the new States will be INFINITELY WORSE. But before we proceed to show its operation in that direc= lion, we will touch one other point in which the plan of this Bill makes vital assault upon one of the most essential principles of our republican institutions.
 Our State Governments are the admira- ton Of the world, for their rigid economy and strict accountability. The people see and feel how the money which supports them is taken ont of their pockets, and they are eyer Watchful to see that their represen- taiiYes do #notapply it to improper objects. ] Il a new orinereased tax Is laid upon them, they sctatinize it's necessity; if satisfied on that point, they cieerlully pay fl; if not, they ! f9Asa f,, Ix- ,l- their rulers. Their representatives are immediately responsible to them, both in laying the tax and expendmg the money To this, and ihts oaia, is attributable the economy and purity of our State Goyem- ments.
 But here is an attempt to relieve the Slate Legislatures from fhe responsibility of laying taxes. The representatives oI ct inc Suites in Congress, not responsible 10 the people of the seper5 States, are to become the tax-layers of each State, and l deliver over the money to fhe State Lugis- latnres tabe spent. Ihe t69 laleiag power IS to be placed at an ai1appfoachable dis taaee from the people of the States, and made irresponsible to them, while the Le- l g1siatures are to become mere far sDendeFs. Congress Is to raise money fer the support of ali the State Governments, which are 10 have only the troubleof spending il
 tsz't to be eypaetetat that the economy simplicity and purity of our State Govern ments will be leng maintained under such q system? Viii not its natural fruit be pro- fusion, waste and eomuptionl
 Never was so fearful blowstruek at the foundation of our federal system. Napo- leon attached distant provinces 10 his per son and dominion by seeming to bestow upon them great taYors, in the expenditure oflmmense sums of money, upon snlendid public works. When our States and our people shall look to the General Govern ment as the source not only of office and i honor, but of ineNhaustible funds for inc construction of public works, and even the support ol their State Governments, fogget- tlng that n single dollars they pay millions for the thousands which return. tho preser- Yattye federal principle of our institutions Mlll be for ever lost and they will be con- sohaated info asingle, vretched and uncon- trolaaie general government, distinguished i siiiii. ii5 s5 itts abuses and conuptions.
 No, no. Let not Congress become inc collector Of taxes for the support of the State Governments. It will be the most tatal blow to our liberty ever yet struclx.- Let tho General Government raise only the funds which it wants i'll performing its own functions; and letthe States raise the iands ian they want for all local purposes T, he faisiilg and spending of public money VII then' De la the same hands, the repre- sea'atlses T. ei the peopiein bothgovernments Wi lne.tr their proper responsibility; the ieoPse themselves will understand whence ne ia'is:ie iifefieyeenles and dwhithef 1t goes: 'ase governments I'll bo kert separate and