Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-07-20
DUTIES ON IMPORTS ;OR DIRECT TAN
ALTON.
From The National lateiiireneer.


rope we have borrowed til, sub. r,ta.u,y Syslem
by which hand money currency is 10 be establish
! ed Lon the taseinmen aud We have evidence =
nonph III very recent votes ~ Congress, that ebf
viii be made 10 abolish credit altogether rs an ID-
Rtedlent IN The currency. The sub. Treasury
Scheme would be incomplete without the roleaiiYe
traits o leg,sl Uion ol The hatd money Governments
"i Europe. From very high authority las 10 the
views oi The Admnisfroliopl II has brcn unccd
IN cNnltlng terms, auIing to tho passage Of the
sub Treasury biz, that " there etre great questions
" that lay bcd,nd his connected nth me fiscal action
4" n NE GoUerHmeni, and teaieh hiH be called
/" upon 10 deeide eitha dc meat icw years dhey mtre
" all connected toh ONE oRrAr COMPLICATED srs.
" TIM Another gentleman from South Carolina,
(Mr kuETT,) III debate npon the bill, took ocrasun
10 make an at2ualcnt an ldror If Dinrcr TAXATION,
Vnp,elerence 10 Indirect taxation, (mcanine thereby
the do'1rs on inpors,) The reper,e, of his remarks
IN the Globe makes HIM any Thai - lndnee tax
Hl1on was Objectionable Tor macy reasons /" The FIST
OF winch was. that " the People we've not conscious
OF the amount taxes they were PAYING" 70 n axe
The People feel What they pay, nothing more wiz
be- Necessary, We admit, Than 10 substitute TAnIrr
or DihEer TAxArloN IN pat) luf the Tam ol
lmp"sIs "hlehnow supplies the Government with
revenue TINS Then, Is probably ene Of inca
sues that " lies behnd' the sub Treasury hill.
Assisted by these hints dropped The II or Of
Congress, the porlinaoity of lhe Enqune, against
The p'iocpo oil tal0 of imposts lets IN a nood of
'eh' II explains Ia lltcs " M II,
b,iofe these disclosures, were wholly unlntebgi-
BILE.
One Of those things. hitherto incomrtfhrnsible
Is lie s'opnd oi the Coalition ~ Congress which al
The commencement Of this session anipnished every
body bul the pa,llts 10 II. AID winch. alone. has
empowered tho Administration 10 Proceed III It's
sub Treasury scheme aud some other ohlccls which
1t had n heart. We have never before been able Ia
conceive ol any community OF purpose by which
sPfHs ahh lempeis No naturally antagonist could
haye been made to associate aud acl together. l.
I. now phrn enough. The liddle Is unriddled
The deadly hostility of the Executive 10 The Cgedff
system on The hand, aud of Mr.. Cal
houS aud his friends 10 he Lpoa System tho
other, are well enough known. Hence the com
blncd war upon tho Banks and the war de.
uouuced against the Tarin. Both these systems are
doomed, unless the PEOPLE intefpose 10 aaye them.
So sure - Mr.. VAN BunEN shall be elected Pre-
sldcnt Of The Unned STATES, and The Executive
BILE To hold Its present power N Congress, surely
will ihey be piosfa.d, AID, with them, uch OF what
yet remains oil The once lalf hbrlc Of The Nations
prosperity.
Tnls solution Of the problem affords u.s. also, Tie
means OF reconciliug he sub Treasury scheme WITH
common sense (which ASIDE from oiber objections TO
~ We have been able 10 do befare. For the
purpose Of collecting, keeping, aud disbnrslne the
pdDie money, under the present revenue system,
the sub 1reasr,f Is an unnecessary and pfrpose-
rons eoot,ayauee. With system OF direct and in
tlhhi idhdllon, requiring an EXCISE ufhtrr ~ Every
hundted and the collection OF taxes TO be nade al
every mans door the system OF receivers general
II not indispensable, wall be AT least convenient.
he bill that has passed IS, however more lhan
the lrame OF such system. When II is filled mp,
The humber Of officers will be increased teufold
In view OF this new scheme Of direct as tlop. II be-
comes less difficult 10 com ifehend why the CENSUS,
nov being taken, has been made 10 embrace M
une pefguiston into tho occupations. possessions
and resources 81 individuals. II such was moi
HE design, is It not yet very obvious that
The information thus Ia be Obtained VIII afford
the best possible foundation upon whiclt 10
begin The structure Of general system Of excise, TO
substitute IN pau the revenue heretofore collected AT
so llule cost aud with mach chenpness and con
Venience, and 50 ntle oil oppression Or exactIou ~
the Tor II duties upouI goods Impof ed on foreign
countries The trturns oil the Census vii uoi, Ia
deed comprise all The objects WHICH will be brought
wiihina system Of direct taxation but they viii
swer 10 begin wih and tho neat Census can be
made more particular.
1t would be 10 vsIn we know, TO ask the Enquirer
10 place ialy before us readers The question Of DI
rect Taxes aud Excuses the inevitable eouse-
quence OF reduction oi the du1ies on imports, such
as II denapds.- Thai isa question winch the En-
qnrei vii no discuss before The eieci,oa bat winch,
The event ii tie success OF his candidate, he would
most surely have to discuss after n; Tor, as We have
already sad. # Mr. VAN BUBES be reelected, II
eeds no supernatural gllt TO prorhcsy that DiREcT
IhXEs AND ExCisEs VIII be Tie Order OF the uby.
1t cannot be otherwise, IN. The natural course 81
thugs, upon the principles Of the present Admins
irailou. What The Enqui er will not do, we would
do Tor the information OF such OF our readers are
also has, more al large If had room and Time
than we can now do. A few words upon II, however,
viii not be amIss
What Direct Tar upon real estate is, every rea-
der knows who owns an acre Of land or lot ~
ground. ifhe does not know. viii qnicky eompre-
bend hen the United States collector calls al h $
door ion the lax winch the Uned States assessor has
assessed upon his land.
Oh wha Ercises arc, the reader has happily, even
though old enough lo.remenber the Internal ke-
taxes OF The last war, had but little expen-
ence. Those Taxes were light. embracing but fe"
objects. continued bui ior shof period, COLLECTED
in current money, and laid IN perod 81 great IA
tl,uai emergency. They were pad with compara-
tive ease aud ctee fumes, aud yetwere nul too pop
uar. How the People of The Uniied Sia,es will rel
sh excise system in lime OF profound peace,
we shall have opportunity OF Trying II the poics
Of THE ENQUIRER AID Mr. RnErr are 10 be car
RED ont into action; ON OF our profound adnnra-
non Of the example oitwenIy-two govern '.enls OF
Europe. We have established Sub Treasury. Fur
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