Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-19

b, The undue inpoatons which II 10 s'seh theG' u
s,en on The agricultural ard nIecian'eA', ana 'p'
tive classes Aud hence those '"ct's''"'''S
which MD and vet live the productive classes nave
tendency 10 unite with that portion composed en-
,;ely of farec,ers of the Government BROOD 'host
who live on the public revenues An tuese =.
make common cause in support Of tbs, system oi un
verument which wonld enufe To the mass o. tux Ps0p''
/ h;o,b IN WALTON and prodgal expenditure.
Hence il is that at all periods we hnd a0neye"
onu6cturing and mercantile classes, and ihoss nom
they can influence generally es'ed on ne cue VI .,'e
ami popuur pafty-the Fe5erai;sls among uSI'",
Aris,ocrats abroad. There are many ho"ie '"','
sxca,ops-nen who look III The common wear Oh TUE
,r..t susrious communicate the genera! Prospe''
~ of the country, the basis OF Their omn wen oes
and as the best security OF their honest
Rn IN The main il will be found, that the non prohu
GERS of all SORTS are of the saS'ng ;aiv-"""e ~,
,rodnccrs make up Tor the most patte opponents VI
| taxation. a., =.
| flow sionolly has this discrimination marked Tie CD
reer Of the Democratic and Fed,fal parties W ts coun
,ry Hamilton, at the very threshold ." The Govern
,nent, in building up the latter 'Pened up ssssas
,,xoton IN every shane National I%bt, embooy'hs
vast and powerful phaanx Of capitalists, living on the
nteres, OF the public funds, N which they invested
Protective Tariff hegetting swarms VINO iIVed on tht
bounties drawn 10 their capital ny Tue monopoly ue
rived from the exclusion oil competition IN lhei ous
National Bank giving life 10 the myriads whe
feed nm marry and the Of manufacturing public ere
dnItv ;nto currency. This was the first great birth o
| Titan taxeatcrs in our country, and win mem CAM
an increase of army aud navy and c,v' sl, ana pen
sinners and a multitude OF vast schemes Of expenui
nra IN increase classes favorable TO The excise and In
| a;,;on ne taxes in every shape. With Jefferson cam
economv and reduction Of taxes, and the dispersion
The embodied classes that favored them ihey gfa
| du,llv grew with the influence o. Federalism unde
subsequent Administrations, until, under 1ne younSe
Adams and his Hamilton, (Nlr Clay w Tariff Bank, In
ernnI improvements and all the classes they general
favorable to high aud extravaganl expenditure
attained a power which, It was thought, would ems
them 10 command the Government and renderr
| lutte. lie Bank,
With Gen Jackson came the overthrow ofrion the
Internal Improvement and continual rsc thew were
Tariff. until, during Mr.. Van Buren, she National In
brought down what arc told, ibcen, for an eco.
teligeneer of this morning, is me- this prr,ex,, that
nomical Government Il IS Sme into power under
disguised Federalism wlcad reform, now assumes
preexts of retrenchmeni increase of taxes National
that we must have additional expendture and to
Bank, q National Ie Treasury-,he establishment of
open new drains 'oners upoi it-a distribution OF the
new body o. Lands among The S,aes-and Bank.
proceeds off,
ruPt Law5iy deny the ground assumed in this morn
eelligencer that the sources ct revenue, as lett
ngs late Administration, inadequate TO the sup
ovos our Government, economically administered
Il is known that notwithstanding the gradual reduction
of the for the last nine years, the last Demo-
cratic Administrations deposited with the States thirty
sury lin his place in the Senate during The Extra Ses'
son, declared that, with the reduced enduTe pro-
posed in the estimates of the Administrator OF which lie
formed part, there would have been 10 necessity for
the called session. its increased taxa'on or ITS twelve
million debt Every body knows-he official documents
prove ilha the reduction made in The expenditure pro-
posed by the late Administration by It's estimates Tor the
year. was greater than the falling off othc revenue un-
der the reduced tariff Of the year. ILL., then the lands
the natural source of revenue, surrendered oy lhe
A. Ta.- hal ,.,nd u,ifl Al Inn
ground there TO suppose that new I'M positions on the
people would have become necessary tfupp'y an eco
nomncal Government, One of,he en- nous destroy
ers of the public revenue the BANKING System, was, IN
n great dc gree circuuscrbpd rayagcs by the eS-
tnctan of the Bank oil The u S, and The gradual sup
preston of the power of the State Institutions TO depre
ciate the value Of the public revenue lhc deterioration
of the currency by The immense paper ISSUES OF The
banks Stale and National, none can drgy, took much OIL
its value from the revenues Of the country. Every
thing bought for the ofthe Government was Affect
ed by the increase Of prices occnsloned by the d.
uted currency growing ont of the credit system The
Independent, Treasury collecting lis resources IN mo-
ney, and ceasiHg to circulate the deprecated BANK
currency for the currency ofte Constitution was gra.
dualy mparting value ~ all cure cy, both coin and
convertible paper-a hess which would have OF it
sci increased the vail! of the revenue received TO
greater amount than ii would nave suffered dlmi-
mutton by the reduction of the duties. This, with the
completion Of the public buildings-the conclusion OF
The exhaustinp Florida Wharf.-The d filling off of the
old pension liss-and the rcnrEas wn!ch we're pro-
posed by the last Administration aud Gght nad would
have been prosecuted in all branches 1t The public SER
vice must have rendered the Tariff rs 1t existed be-
fore the Extra Session. adequate for all the wants oe
Treasury. Instead of that, we have twelve million
national dpbt-sixteen millions more threaiened-an
increased Tariff, and greater Arrsc thTea;ened-a
q: ss :: &: ] i:
worst days of Federalism. And Ws i Justified by
the assumption that our Immens~ s"urcesVf revenue
are not adequate supply the economical wants OF the
Government! If they nul, who has produced the