Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1841-03-04


They UsIe proper and legiIimaie subjects
Of taxation. snd ought, 10 has opinion,
never TO have been exempted TO tue ex.
tent they have beea. Bot a must be borne
10 mind that there Is hnit even 10 this
resosrce. both In the nature OF things and
IN the policy and wisdom OF Regulation.
These articles OF luxOTy enter largely into
the eommsteialeychasges betWeeE forxign
countries and our own. and eonstitute With
come Of them, indeed. their principal
means Of psynent fog their Productions OF
our soil aud industry. To burden them,
then. With duties hey ood eeEtaia point.
would oe 10 dersnge The natural relations
OF commerce. and 10 diminish, to . gTesier
or lesser exteat. the efeeiBsl demand loF.
snd coosumPtiOn Of, our products in To-
reign markets. II must be remembered.
too. that an increase Of revenue 10 not
always the eonsequeRce Of On a1gmenta-
lion OF duty. 4, Nas q saying Of Deem
Swift. he believed. that in the arithmetic
OF the customs tao snd tao do not alWaya
make -four, but Oitines one. You may
double the duty upon given commodity.
and. instead OF doubling the revenue from
IL. you may reduce Il one. hall or more by
dise0UTsging the eoesunplion.
He held 10, therefore, impossible, With
any data we have nov before es Cor GOV
one TO say Q PRIOR. With satisfactory ap-
proclamation to certainty. whether the con.
lsmplSted duties on foreign Iox uries would
produce money enough both 10 fll The
place Of the land sales ia the public fsk.
aud 10 supply the deficiency arising from
The progressive reduction OF duties under
the compromise act. Without going into
| any details 81 present, he would merely
say that to him il seemed quite doubtful.
Suppose, then, 10 the event they should
prove inadequate 10 perform this double
Office, what would be the consequence
You must either resort 10 What sre com.
monty called the protected articles 10 rSiSs
the duties upon them beyond The % per
cent. stipulated by the compromise oct.
and thereby renew the bitter strife which
we have fam hoped WsE finally laid TO rest
by the eoneilistoTy adjustment Of 1893.
or Otherwise you must create . new pub
lac debt by resorling 10 loaD 10 sou.e form
or otheT-eiiheT OF ibem consequence
which. be Vas sure. would be sincerely
deprecated by gentlemen Who. uiIh other
We've, ere inclined 10 give their pFesen,
support 10 the policy Of disiribuIion.
Il seems TO me, therefore. ssid AF. R.,
that regarding IL for the present as . fiscal
question only. the proposition for disiri-
button OF the proceeds Of the public lands
is necessarily pOsieFior 10. and dependent
upon. the PeFGaasRI adjustment Of the
tariff which must take Plsee during The
Rext session OF Congress. The provisional
arrangements made by the com pEomiBe eel
will run out by the LIST OF Jolly lS42, and
the large and admitted deficiency in The
revenue that will then arise must impose
upon Congress-. al their next session, the
inevitable duty Of revising and permanent
IL adjusting the entire revenue system OF
the nation, with . vie y TO That ECONOMY.
cal administration Of The Government"
which is recognised and eonseeTstrd Is .
principle in the very ieNt Of the CompFO-
mise Act. and which be hoped and believ-
ed would be faithfully carried cut by ihe
Hew Administration. The subject vas
| one Of the bigbss, dsliesey and ia por,snee
IN all its parts and bearings. aud be bad 90
doubt II would be me- in . N amer worthy
Of the chsrScIero OF AmsTiesR lsgislstors--
ia the catholic spirit Of American pairi-
otism, snd not 10 the narrow spirit Of .ec.
lionsl Jealousy on the one hand. OF local
eupidry on the OlheT--and be felt high
degree of sAiislaeiioR 10 the belief ibal its
harmonious adjustment Was destined 10
become o new bond Of union between the
various portions Of our Wids-S spread Con
fedsTacy.
lie was not disposed at this time 10 dis
iuTb the foundations OF that system which
had been established by the visdom Of
our n osi experienced end fenos ne sistes.
men Tor the disposi,iOn Of the public lands,
and which had been 90 oites The Itfsme Of
eology here cod eisswheTs. !; bsd be.
come fashionable Of late. 10 some qusTsrs,
10 deery this sysirm. bot. Cor Ms psgt, be
tad NOT seen the bitter FRUITS hscrihrd 10
q. Under a. the new States red slFsady
grown Bp 10 su extent Of Nea!ih end en-.
pire y hich, foF lhs rspidi,y % i's progress,
Vas unparalleled in the histoTy o. the
world. and hitherto harmony AMI eohtsbt
meat bed bees gfssstvv6 Uy q smoae 90
the HsmbsFs o. tba Conledsrpey. BEE
would rot say shai ebsHkss u.ight not b..
come necessary 10 this system. Bat this
be would iahe The libstty % say Ia spirit
II tie most perfect kindness sbd rsspfet
10 bis fSiends xhor represent the DeN States
on ibis Goot--ihal u that HeatuTs uhicb
they seemed, nest Of sii Others. 10 dspfe.
cate. tdisiribslios.) shoold ever hsrtaiisf
b. cone tie lss 81 the lend Il sill hat-
bren ouingfs 600 ssReT efforts 70 appfo.
pirate 10 special snd szclusise uses con
mon find. ubich shs Older sistrs, ~ e.
cure tbeif equal participated in phdsS
Tie sanriioa ~ fhs Tesi soieHsh easr essts,
I mtehi - tfiVsn 20 saiie 10 piarina 10
situshon shtts u pouid become ~ con
non ihisresi % pissgfve sn9 project u 81
tas 'qua a3yaaisgs 10 %,
o. conciasioht ~ soaid ssFsly ed. 81
BE fssaii 81 she sieua - I'D esp1tsrsd
ibsi BE- shouls seis araiosi So ffoeosition
~ So SesaioF q iilUgis { At. Tuaaa ] 60
lfscomnii Ne hsii aiih taaifnfiioaa = ~ 4.
port ihe plea ~ fts Gsaafas hom sonih
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