, 1841-02-06

SiOuSs IL government LCcuS ilOuCS " any
purposes, and its ordinary revenues are lnsui-
fcient-ifthe product of its public works, if
it has any, and the assessments made upon
public Offices, and those who enjoy especial
privileges, are notenough to defray its ex-
penses, let it claim from each citizen his
fair share in contribution towards the gener-
al support, and claim it too, without any at
tempt at concealment of the object. Every
member of a political community knows, or
ought 10 know, that in return for the protec-
ton he enjoys, he is bound 10 assist in the
maintenance of the common veal, both by
his purse and person: and whenever II be-
comes necessary that the former should be
opened, he will give cheerfuIly of lis con
tents what NAV he rishtfnliy demanded Of
hi e. This is the true war Of rasinS reve'
nue.. Tor besides that its operations. when
properly regulated. are more equll. 1t has a
direct and most ~s1iutarv tendency to restrain
ex~travagance. Thu wild schemes of I'M
prOvemrnt, that have invnled , mlny States
of this Union in embarrassment aud almost
bankruptcy, would never have been pressed
To the extent they have been if the money
necessary 10 push them forward had been
collected at home from among the mss Of
the citizens; bat so long as iorelg n capitalists
were willing TO furnish means, no one
thought that anv thing WIS wrong, fr all
seemed Ia have forgotten that, however II
might be Protracted or referred, the day Of
payment must eventually arrive.
There is M species of indirect tax Iti"n
more aliurIng or deceptive than that OF tariffs.
The burdens which such a system imposes
seem To BE- 50 far removed that their weight
Is apparently not felt, though in nalIty they
are the most oGerouS aud oppressive that
can be re>orted To. The man who purchlS-
rs an article al foreign merchandise. and pays
For II i high price. ar domestic merchandise
raised tna hirh price bv Il tariff. doesnOt al
ways consider that the increase in cost be-
vond its intrinsic value Is Il Tx levied upon
INN, and that he is thus compelled 10 pay Tor
more than his proper share OF the expenses
of government. He is seemingly charged
nothing. while. IN fact and truth. he is giving
out o: his own earnings and substance. an
exorbitlnt pre- mum for the advantages o'
others. Now there is no reason why this
should b. SO. NJ one p~retcnds that any
class Of persons should recei'e special iavors
from the government Ia the INJURY "i others.
Such n doctrine used To he IN vogue, but IL Is
now exploded. The conduct o! the banking
ln.titu.ionS has brought public opinion 10
bear on tins question. and II has been decid-
ed against all claimants. Ii is not, therefore,
urged at the present day. as 1t once was, that
the manufacturer is entitled to peculiar safe
guards for his interests. He-and when we
use the term manufacturer, let IT be uEdcr-
stood that We do not speak OF the humble
artisan. but of the lordly ca~pitalIsts--nuSt
take his place along with others, aud rely
upon his own exeriionS for his own success.
II he chooses Ia enter the field of competition.
il is not ONLY open TO him. but he must pos
>pss advantages which will probably ensure
him success: but he can no longer hope for
special support unless, then. II can be siown
that the national welfare requires that the
p~rincely proprietor Of an immense manuiac-
turing establishment should he supported by
the exercise of national authority, he must
not hope for that support. lie must hence
forth RELY upon himself. Tor the de!usinn
which has hitherto induced the people 10 sus.
tain him al their own cost and loss will no
longer avail him..
We assert that this nation cannot be bene-
fitted by Il protective tariff. We assert that
anv falling back upon an old scheme of p"lI-
CIV in regard Ia this matter. would he iraurht
with dangerous results. We assert that the
true interests of this country would ne best
promoted by an adherence 10 the natural
laws of trade. and not 4 reliance upon
fnrced and artificial systems. We assert
that the agricultural and commercial classes,
which, left to themselves. will speedily re-
cover from former visitationS, WILL be utterly
and hopelessly Frustrated 10y such a partial
scheme q flegislltion as this that IS now pro.
posed, and that though the wealthy manuia =
lurer may he benefited. the working man
the actual Iaborer- will not and cannot be.
We assert that the tariff is in It's very nature,
allied to banking institutions, and that all the
mischiefs which these latter produce will be
fomen,ed and encouraged by It's influence
We assert that, in the existing condition OF
things, a tariff would be Il virtual premium
upon false speculations, and that 1t would
inevitably involve distress and danger. Nor
have we asserted any thing that we shall
not prove, for n, a proper time we mean to
show that all these allegations are undoubi-
edly correct, and, meantime, we caution the
labnring classes not To be misled by any
s,prious demonstrations in their favor bv