Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-03-27

r,-1 he pockets ofE- indebted constituents, a7d
s,,7.-af through he hands 80 Fedora. officers IA
4, The vault, IT tie nation. HIS constituents had
-.krG 10 L-rel.a-el i--a ills aaat1as t-Na..aa,
and you propose o. qar.. thar >aHn.sa.ar- dT
- their ul3aey 10 build Lighthouses and ..a-
D, mugs for iae benefit ct other States. ST. tars
i. not the rfl.eG asked for, anG /, o uu insult O.
The people thus 10 respond 10 thar petitions d
Won take the money liom the poor .''izaa' Zee laH
marshal AMI clerk keep 1t. The people IF AlS-
slssipp had already been forced 'o rly Ave times
ihtsr last quota for the support %. T.Neruu0ltGa'
der tie tariff laws aud land laws Of tbe United
Sale.; aud now YOU propose % ie'y a tax %
sevenfv.iye OF eighty lhusand dollars par auuum,
and call It relief, Believe nae, Ne. Chairman,
nv unfortunate constituents have had sIr.eit of
lu,. such reiiei.
Bat, Mr Chlirmsn, | have another and INSURER
able objection to the bill rs repoHed BY the com
mittee. or as proposed to be amended by the gem
dsman from Tennessee Sir johnson aud thai
objection is GSndyd on what deem % be just
and proper obstruction Of the Constitution. II
have read that instrument Alright, 1t secures
equality in TAXATION to all the people OF this Con-
(ederacv. and shat do yon propose to do by this
bll. Why, sir, to collect OF al aJou. 1900 de-
landan, sutors and citizens of Mississippi sigt
N fre thousand dollars in the way OF tax ON law
SUITS OF this sum, YOU propose 10 give 10 The
marsha ten thousand dollars as ,ha maximum Of
his compensation, and TO pay the res; mt, the I.
States Treasury Is IhU equality OF taxation
Nhish exactS from two thousand cluzcnS OF Mis-
,issiDuf, who are So unfortunate as to become sui
ofs in your Federal court, tax OF seycnty-hve
Sousand dollars, whilst yoa exempt from similar
.axs,ios the remeiping thlrty-ive thousand who
ara no, suitms in that coari Is that equality Of
AVIATION which exacts seventy five Thousand del
lar, from two thousand citizens Of Mississippi
and no, enc cent from the FIVE hur dred thousand
who live in Ohc? Is thai equality oil taxation
which exacts Of me fifty dollars, because am SO
unfortunate as TO be sued, aud yet tXempIs entire
" nv neighbor or my brother, who Is not sned!-
Is that equality of taxation whch eNacts oil the
unfortunate debtor thousands and tens Of hou-
,ands, and not one cent from the unnbarrasstd
nj unindebted part the community And does
any man seriously pretend that lA's WI not be lhe
,..uI, if Ibis law is Passed! Is it not N fact a
,ourd in a parts OF The House, that this viii be
me result And have not dciences been attempt
ed TO be sci up for this political monsuosly!
Sir. you have no authority to raise revenue IN
this way; and if you lad, It would be a mon.rou'
abuse OF power to exercise kouf authority
would not have one dollar el revenue collected u
this way such lll-golien gaIn--golten IN viola
ton of the Cousututicn-wrung !iom the union
muate debtor--CSIned as il were, from the hesh
of a tortured citizen, should expect to turn to
slimy reptiles aud hIs4lns adjers, that would be-
smear the vaults of yonr Treasury with heir
,h and sting as with deadIy nolsop, each hand