Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-10-09

coffee, which has also paid tax OF one.
nth It's value. Mr.. Chairman, the grea
body OF my constiuent-th honest In
telllgent, and independent farmers anC
mechanics Of the west-lor whom a kline
Providence has converted into blessing
the prlmeval curse, Sin the sweat OF thy
brow shalt thou eat bread want no such
relief as that now offered TO them by the
Secretary Of the Treasury and his honor
able compeer or representative on this floor
They desire rather to be let alone-to be
permitted 10 enjoy in peace, untaxed, and
at reasonable cost, their accustomed
'luxuries' of tea and coffee, sugar, salt,
linens, coarse wool and blankets, which
they would not exchange for all the bank
loans, national debts and tariffs, which are
preparing for them by this most economi.
cal administration, which came into pow
er upon the cry of reform and retrench.
menl;' and which promised to do SO much
for the relief of a suffering people. They
want no such Change as this.
And for whose benefit is this measure
really intended' For the benefit of the
spectators and ock,jobbers at home and
abroad, whose corporations and stocks are
10 be once more boIslered up by the dis
tribution of the proceeds of the public
lands For their relief we are TO give a.
way four or five millions annually, and
then supply the deficiency by taxing the
essential comforts of the people at large
nearly twice the amount. All this is in
character with party which, from the
beginning, has been utterly devoid of pop
uIar sympathies and feelings. The bow
els of our present rulers yearn with COM
passion for the "suferings" of Wall street
and London Exchange alone. The tea,
tie coffee, the clothing, the very bed of
our laboring poor throughout our wide
country, are TO be taxed millions upon
millions, to swell the Golfers of purchasers
Of and dealers ia State and corporation
stocks at ruinous discounts. The usurer
the Spectator, banker, the Earrings, aud
the Rothschilds, must be "relieyed" by
curtaIllng the necessary comforts Of the
great body Of the people who fell the for
est and PonF bS Tbs Tbs ebaae G T 5hSd tia,
borrower is the slave of the lender. We
are leltered with bonds-we are IN the
stocks. Our mlllionury masters abroad
come here in person, or by their agent,
and demand this sacrifice more lmperlons-
ly than if they had conquered US by the
sword. They look down from those gal
Ieries, they walk these halls, they address
their imperous mandates TO the Chelt
Magistrate of the republic, and dictate
terms to your Secretary ofState, as though
he we're their regular attorney. They
hover like birds of evil omen; they perch
like colmorants upon the tree OF life; they
pouuce like harples upon the bountltul
feast which a kind Providence has spread
throughout this fair land. 10 what hui
initiating condition are we reduced. This
bill to curtal the necessary comforts add
innocent enjoyments OF every man, wo'
man, and child in the country, but more
especially those who rest from their labors
hut one day ia seven, is degrading trI-
butte to those who have not an American
interest or feeling. To give to such as
these four or five millions per annum our
people are to be taxed TO nearly double the
amount, as much as wasted by the process
of transition. The sovereign States are
made humble tributaries TO the central
federal power, and the proper equilibrium
between the States and the General gov
ernmen,is seriously disturbed. Under
every aspect, this bill is thoroughly bad.
Il is unnecessary; it is sought to be JUS
tilted by false pretences; it IS wrong IN
principle; it is absurd in detail; 1t is I'M
Just and oppressive in its Determinations;
it is a disguised tribute to the holders OF
deprecated stock and bonds.
Mr.. Chairman, let us not turn deal
ear 10 the warning voice OF history. The
ATTEMPT of Lord North to impose tax on
w three pence pound upon tea, to obtain
an obnoxious principle, and to PamPer an
arrangement oligarchy, contributed main
" to that revolution by virtue OF which
we are enabled to sit here in council, the
representatives of great and free people.
That people must have dwindIed in spirit
az much as they have grown IN statue, II
thew are now resigned to pay the tribute
of a 1.-THE, nay, more, a fifIh-upon their
tea and coffee, their linens, wool and blan.
kels and other necessary comforts and
conveniencies, 10 feed the ravenous nav
Of speculolors in banks and loans, and to
sauander the proceeds Of our national do
main upon The stock, jobbers of Wall street
and the loanmougers OF London. We are
already in the tide of these hazardous ex-
neriments. We have voted loan Of
r., ~. n l.JIa., and we ara told