Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-07-20
LSNcnnUsG,J JULY 20, 1910.
DIRECT TAXATION.

Experiment" winch, however II may be now dis
Claimed. we have doubt has been The subject Of
serious contemplation and if not deeisively rebuLed
by the country will hereafter be broueh forward as
the cap-sone oil the Sub Treasury policy We al
lude 10 the substitution OF a system II Direct Tara
hon for The plan of raising revenue hy duties on I'M
pofs, which has ever been the ayofe policy of the
true Republican party. Il is true the Globe denies
that The Administration has any such scheme in con
temptations and The Enquirer sssers that ii will not
'abahdon, wi1out The most urgc nt necessity" its OBJ
lJectiuns to the sysiem-such "lhe immense cost
OF collecting The taxes the greater patronage il would
confer on The Executive, and the obuoxion. pre.
sence Of excise oil GERS swarming over the land
but The Globe is nOoo au advocate of the Sub Treas
ny. which, III 1888, II denounced as rank FED
EkAL measure, revolutionary IN lis character
and wholly nnadapted To the genius of our free ins
tn'ions; while the Enquirer, which de cared, among
other things, that 1t would confer uron the Execu
live "unlmted" powers. aud remove every guard 10
the safety of the public treasure has silently submit
ted to It's adoption. because 1t was so dec,eed by the
President When the "grcat measures" which
| Mr. Pickens OF South Carolina, the other day, on
the naor of Congress- asserted in coutenplation
s""' ue' oHe utter announcer, Drought lUfWafu, what
guarantee have We in the past tia, the Cube viii
remember It's present assertions. that the Enquire
will be faithful TO its principles ani the people
The former, swell known reflects only as II istc
hected upon by the light from the palace while the
latter however violent may be The first symptoms OF
lis oppuGnalion, gradually yields to the blandsh-
ments OF fately or some equally potent influence,
and resolves TO "sink OF swim" With the authors of
the most odious and II urous measures When
the one, therefore, tell. US that such scheme as a
system Of Direct Taxation is in conteo palion, and
when The other arrays against II the most powerful
aud overwhelming oh eclions, we do not implicitly re-
ly the caudor OF the former or the fmness Of the
latter. The Globe is the mere mouiiplece of the
Executive, and will demonstrate, whenever The time
comes ior the demonstration, that Direct Taration'
is the only guarantee of economy in public exprndi-
lures, and that it is strictly Democratic measure,
and antagonist OF that Feaeral AMI deceptive poll
cy Of collecting taxes indirectly from the people by
means Of duties on foreign abncs-jusl as II proved
that that Federal Whigr measure, The Sub. Treas
ury Is the genuine offspring Of Mr.. JeIerson's mind:
while the f quirer, Without falling into this open
and apparent Inconsistency, will denaunce the meas
ure, and supper; the men by whom is to he Gslen-
ed upon the county, on The wretched aud sophis-
cal petext, that it cannp desert lis party because it
differs with ii "oa single P2i"C'--eyen though lbal
sIogle polnt involves considerations of deeper and
more abiding importance than all others combined
When the Republic Of Texas first assumed her
equal rank among the nations Of Tue eailh" Gen.
Hamilton OF South Carolina, in speech delivered
at complimentary dinner given 10 hun by he CHI
zens OF Houston, admonsheJ them 10 beware Of the
custom house system, aud TO avoid ii, in The o,gani.
cation oi their political system and recommended
direct taxation Substitute. Twelve months ago
Mr.. Rheu of S. e. in speech delivered at large
public meeting that State, took the same ground.
which he has recently aiken occasion 10 maintain in
an elaborate argument the floor of Congress.
Aud when Mr.. Pckens advered 10 The series Of
great measures" which were to follow the adoption
Of The Sub-Treasury law he dccli ell 10 respond to
enquiry, ii the of Dir, CT Taxation was one
Of these great measures! Now, although Gen.
Hamilton Mas not addressing himself To the people
of the United Slates-allhougb Mr.. Rheu disclaius
speaking in The name of the Administrations aud al
though Mr. PIckens did not avow that this one
Of The great measures in contemplation, tell us
By phoh these great measures are contemplated -
yet, when we see this concentration of sentiment "a
mopg the leading politicians of South Carolina. who
have recently become allies Of Observation-Disclosures, in
favor of this system, which. so long ago 1802 Mr..
John Randolph told 'hostile TO the genius o.
free peopIe'-when remember that ''an ade-
qaate system q dircci tdrdton" was of the alter
native modes Of rsplenishng the federal treasury
suggested by Levi Woodbury. in bis official Report
on The Finances in ls39-when see the facility
with which the President force any measure Up
on the people, by making its support lest of Paty
fidelity and passport to Executive favot--we confess
apprehensions. We cannot, if we would shut our
eyes TO he fact that the President of these States
though bound aud etiered by constl uonai ieslric-
tons, is aheady absolutely more i, fluenlial in the
Legislative department iLan the monarch of any
kingdom OF Europe in which the representative prin
ciple is acknowledged. We see this fact exemp-
fed ia every election that takes place; in which ne
Their the qualifications the opinions nor the pru.
cpes OF the candidates are scru,inizrd-bul It is
simply asked, art you for or against Van Buren,
Men thus elected his friends, are afiaid TO oppose
his measures, however Objectionable. lest like Mr.
Hives, they be branded as Apostates and Traitors
and even though ii may be that the very measure s
which he recommended would have been conde mn.d
by the people had they not received the Presidential
sanction, and become thereby identified with Parry
runphs, and enlisted IN their favor Parry p,ide md