Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-06

| benefited one mill. And has was FOR the
| relief of the People! He asserted that this bill was
most Ubiquitous and unjust in its operation. spon the
People, especially Of the people whom he in part repre-
sented and oil whom he spoke with more confluence be-
cause he had more knowledge Of their condition, and
of their pecunary relations TO each other In this point
of view he argued that the bill one which would
make the rich richer at the expense OF the poor that II
was its operation unequal and UNJUST and that It
ought not to receive the confidence OF this committee
| lie was DESTROYS, however, TO make himself fully
understood upon another point IN The argument, TO
which very briefly and TO himself unsatisfactory, he
had referred in the opening of his remarks yesterday,
namely, the present of the finances, the probable
deficiency under the operation OF existing laws III con-
nexion with this bill! and the ways aud means BY
which that deficiency To be made up; mat II might
!. be whether he right III maintaining thal
large port ion Of the duties TO be imposed must Tall up
OIL the lAbWng and producing classes rather than
upon the more wealthy He was among the number
OF those wo looked upon all taxation as burden, una
he had nere- been able 10 bring hls mind to the con-
clusion that the best way 10 relieve The people was TO
| mpose additional taxes upon them lie had some
tunes supposed that there were men who believed
that the best possible mode Of relieving the disresse OF
the community to increase the iinpositions IN the
shape of duties upon imports, upon articles oil con-
SUMPTION lie did not take that view. lie considered
Government itself, the best Of Governments, as ne
cessafy burden upon the People On burden which, TO
be sure ought to be borne with great cheerlnness by
the People for their protection against foreign nggfe5
!
their internal arrangements bnt still burden upon
the industry and labor Of the People The burden,
therefore, should be made light possible consistent
with the ends of good Government and the objects OF
our Constitution. lie believed that the trainers Of the
Constitution intended 10 confer few powers upon
this Government necessary to accomplish the
great ends of the Union, and that they had most care
fully, and III language Of wonderful fitness, limited,
prescribed and bounded all the powers OF tins Federal
Government, and that nj these powers was cir.
fI.1Nl IN
power Of Congress. THIS idea oil taxing the People III
order 10 relieve their dsresses ike the philosophy
Of DR.. Sangrado, whose universal remedy Tor all DIS
eases bleeding aud warm water and when, IN the
course oil few months, II was found that his system OF
treatment made more widows and orphans than cares,
The doctor SAID that the difficulty was, that his patients
did not take enough Of the remedy-the remedy was
good onr but they did take enough Of It, 80 was
here. When gentlemen found that the People were
distressed they cried dJ him and when they became
s more distressed they SAID lax them more STILL ana
You wll relieve tmcm He could not discover thr JUS
tice Of such course Of proceeding. lie believed
there was Ge!usion in lt-that 1t was all mistake
! lie thought that the less the People were taxed The
better, that industry might have lis own reward.
Whenever Government undertook to furnish Co.
yernmental cinn resulted in benefit TO one class
al the expense nt all the others. All the money % tins
Government derived from the People al great ex-
prnsc Of coIl-c,ion Ac and the less We took from the
People consistently with ,he objects Of the Gons'itu-
ton the better.
lie assumed as true, wlthou: undertaking to clabo.
rate the point that, under existing laws the aggregate
amount Of revenue not and for a long series 0i
wears Ia could not probably bf, lrom lands aha
customs, which were the only two reliable s"ufccsl
more than sufficient 10 administer the Government,
under exsng laws, in the hands OF The most econoin
g.! Administrator MIR. G. here referred to The report
Of the Secretary Of tho Treasury Of January l9h TO
show that under the dimnnton al the rates OF duties
take place under the COMPROMISE act there wou'u Ne
reduction Of duties Of not less than 50 ,O,Oo0 Inc
amount, be appropriated under The bill he assumed 10
H.. three millions and half. Thus, it plain as
that two and four, that there would be, under
existing laws deficiency Of eight and hall millions
Of dollars, which deficiency must be supplied oy new
ilnposlnns.
The next point he assumed, and which he would On
,,syor To establish and II which he asked particular
attention. because as regarded the argument OF efpe.
dirnry lie considered Il most important, (n!'ionEh ne
had entire confidence in the argument OF unconsi'u-
lonaitrl-tle next point which ne assumed was lhat
the whole amount which could be realised to the lrea-
sury from ali imposition Of duties at the rate OF twenty
per cent ad yaoren upon all, all articles Of luxury,
woult not yield 10 the Treasury more Than snic'rnl
10 supply the five millions which were TO come OIL pe-
tween this and the Goth Of June, lol2 under the ope-
ration Of the compromise act, IN relation 10 t gene
raj LEADING principles Of which was admitted on all
sides as he supposed with few exceptions, 50 TAR as
the opinions of gentlemen had been expressed 'hal no
innovations were TO be made No greater sum c"nid |
be realized And this il which led hun 10 the re-
su that, # this bill passed, there would be deficiency
nrecsolv n The amount of three and half millions
If dollars We had exhausted the source OF revenue
Ia he derived from luxurcs because that would he re-
CURED to supply the other deficit how, then, was
the amour, appropriated by tins bili 10 be snppeu
Hcro Mr. &, went into calculations 10 iortily
The pos,on he had assumed yesterday, that no more
than Eve millions could be raised IRON all that portion
Of impnrtatons free duty properly dtnnmnateh INK
urcs IN contradistncom 20 the neccssares "i lie, anu
to show iherccm what ne believed 10 be me ihaceu'
racy Of calculations which contemplate IA &C. "
from this source. :.
Mr. { also supplied certain omissions IN his calcu-
lations Yesterday, to the rates oil duties Oh wines
IA, reneated that lac was IN iavor OF Tins duty, ana
sa;d that we re il not for breaking in upon the pnci
nls or tba COMPROMISE act, he wonld be willing to
nnose unou wines even heavier duty than twenty
per cent Tax The wine bibber much as yon pleased
4 message, in writing, was rccered from Tue rfe-
sden, of the L. S, through John lyler,J Esq.
Mr. G. then proceeded. lie had thus cndeavorrd 10
es,a.b and had satisfied himself that It tins bi!l oe
came law and this amount of three and a hall m'l-
lions ofdoars was to be annually taken rom Tue is
surv we we're inevitably driven to the necessity % ca
ryinr out the views Of the honorabe gentleman ron
I,ss,cbusetts MIR Adams) IN the form OF protective
tariff for the views of other gentlemen probably
or restoring heavy duty upon all the iuxures VI me
One Of the two must follow: and he had no dmno''
The bill passed which ofc two il would be- he gen
,lo,,n from Massachusetts would have the triumph,
People of this country IL he felt authorized to do So
(Which he did noi,) he would appeal to Southern gen
tlemen who opposed to the tariff to meet this en-
terinp wedge upon the threshold. -,
Let this golden moment fleet away, and the knocon
would be passed-it would be too late Gentlemen
might not call Protective Tariff; they need no,
call it by that The gentleman from Maryland
Mr Johnson) spoke Of raising tariff for revenue
Iow' By taking from the Treasury this three anG
half millions Of dollars; thus creating an occasion Tor
tariff and then calling it tariff for revenue There
was an old saying, that If We would not change things,
we could at least change their names AND IN 's's
case We should only change the name of the thing ior
,,c thing itself was, after all, Protective Iarit.
Mr. G. concluded by expressing the decided o p
lion Of his own constituents 10 Protective 1arIii ano
consistent with the most economical administration OF
'"T Mr. MERIWETHER of Georgia obtained the floor
and addressed the Committee in 1Peech OF whch me
following were the main points; oso
lie should not, he said have departed lom me 'eso
luton he had formed, not TO address the Commute VI,
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