The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-13


Bull or any body else The amount of the matter
u.s. high, prosperous destinies await Ohio if she will
only mind her own business aud be true to herself.
And l do most earnestly recommend to the farmers
and working people of Ohio to nullif this tax bill Of
pains and penalties, Of Outlying enormities of labor
plunder OF taking from one aud giving to another,
of making the rich richer and the poor poorer, of
gag rule concocton and acknowledgement violation,
and of Constitution, and People and States equal
rights violationby rejecting as far possible, all
the fnery that would plumber their pockets by
and necessares they have but not touch any Of
the fabrics that can be helped make and prefer their
own. And necessity will assist such patriotic deter
minaton-the capacity to sell which is derived from
labor creates the capacity to buy, but Missionaries and
knaves devised fictitious capacity in additionpaper
money instead of real money which requires labor to
realize the deception has had its day. Frustrated the
visionaries enriched the knaves victimzed the nno-
cent, and dssipated itself Therefore the visionary
capacity having lost its power the dictates of stern,
honest reality will reject, among tine producers at
least, the gewgaw consumption and be content with
essentials and necessaries hence the certain reduc
ton Of revenue from imports by increase of house,
hold thrift and Fabric and consumption of domestic
manufactures. This is plain, yet paper money Vi
sonaries and knaves who wish to live upon the labor
of others still exist and will struggle hard to conure
back the phantom, that it may again shed its baeful
influence on the industry of the land to their adva
tage, and the oppression of honest industry But will
they succeed? Is not the deception and its caami-
ties too well understood and felt to be endured again
or, must we be subjected to the corrupt reign of IT.
redeemabe paper money villany once more, as fur
Their punishment for the sin of entertaining long
we have done' If we should, win be unable to
in any other light unless the conclusion may be
arrived at, that we have stupidity, roguery fool
ishness greediness, imposture, and ldleness among
us, than what the world may have as yet given US
credit for.
Yet the adoption, Mr.. Chairman, Of this tax bill,
Hy tha StiU nfc of fhaaa UICdO m
terms upon us for high protective tariff for reve-
nue. will defeat itself; the higher the imposts the
smuggling through Canada, and probably Texas.
AS to the former, you were to establish Gordon of
troops along the whole frontier you could not prevent
it, for it is probably reciprocity both sides The
valley of the Mississippi will be inundated with
struggled cloths, fine cottons fine cutlery and hard
ware, and other articles that may come within the
object, in proportion to the increase Of tariff will be
the increase of smuggling hence, proportionate
reduction Of revenue and more unproptous COMPETE
ton for our own manufacturers.
But remedy for all this is approaching hourly
our destiny is plain, nothing more plain. Does any
suppose that in due time will not produce and
manufacture every thing that our al-encompassng
circumstances viii permits that we will not use the
advantages, bring into active purpose the resources
and powers that God and Nature has invested US
with If we do not, not worthy Of them, that's
all. What we the only free People earth COM
prsing an alEimposing congregation of Staes each
proud empire in itself, bound together in power
full nvulnerabe Union, stretching from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Ocean, possessing all climates, long
winters and short winters, and winters at all inn
mense lakes rather inland SEAS with noble rivers
and creeks in all variety of sinuosty through our
whole interior; and all soils and minerals and indus
trial locations that to be found the face of the
globe. All this world in ITSELF this ayared field for
the exercise of mans intelligence, industry, and en-
terprise, and not use it to what perfection we may
the negative would be preposterous exalted con-
diton of independence of this character is inevitable
we cannot avoid it, we must and will come to it.
Gentlemen look inquiringly; it is no rhapsody, no
flight of the imagination, it is plain matter of fact
common sense. True, we must reform first; yes,
when the People make u.s. and that they will do short
ly. Right says, that those who produce should en-
JOYS it 500 The industrious labor, but through had
legislation in putting the paper money privilege and
monopoly incubus upon that labor, the idle enjoy.
So it has been, but it will not be- the ballot-box
in its purified action is making the reformation in all
good WILL and it will be difficult to invent any
false issues, that will retard its operations until the
work is finished, and the People rule radically in spi-
rit and truth.
But there is some little alloy, Mr.. Chairman, to
these good prospects this public debt accumu-
lating is cloud upon the future, well rehec-
ton upon the present. And this tariff tax is do the
wonderful-pay the Government expenses, debt and
INTEREST," do not believe it will do the half Of it in
stead OF thirty Millions do not think it will bring
you fifteen, tea and coffee tax and ALL unless the Peo-
pie become mad to buy foreign merchandise Just
for the sake Of being taxed with import duties to pay
the public expenses-a deectable way truly of getting
out of debt. But have sad something about this
before. What inconsistent, thoughtess mortals we
are to hear gentlemen in this Hall animadvertng
upon the immortality of States repudiatng their debts
and at the same moment casting about ways and
means, scheming out the most eligible and elaborate
mode OF intctIng debt upon posterity about crea-
ting founding and increasing debt for our children
| n ioritv nor
haps, to pay! saddlng their energies and industry
with our extravaganza and msmanagement! Is there
no immortality, no injustice in this? Reputation, in
deed Is not inhicung this debt posterty repudia
tion-cowardiy reputation? And to see gentlemen,
too, going to the wretched policy Of England, the
mother OF debt, to inquire into her conIivances aud
faculties of getting in debt and taxing her people, to
enlghten themselves on this public debt project II
is pity that there had not been clause in the Con
sttution that the Government should never get ia
deqt when il wanted money to tax the people al
once let them know and feel the worst and best al
once be as il may and they would stop OF let the
Government 90 according to the merits of its con-
duct When the Government borrows, who is il
from? from Capitalists and afterwards taxing labor
pay the debt, instead of taxing capital at once Bu
The whole policy is to tax labor to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of capital. Capital is extracted from labor, and the
Government contrves to still tax that same labor
through its consumption of necessaries to confer
capital extract from the to strengthen the
power inHuenCe OF favored exclusives! lls
may not always be intended in the entire sense per
haps but whether or not, such is the result. The
Government dare not tax Directly but will keep build
ing up increasing debt at sacrificing prices be
cause if they did the former the people would fee
where the shoe pnched at once, and obIge their Rep
resentaves to retrench and reform and economze in
earnest and the farmers would that capital shouIc
not escape but do its share.
Some of our politicians with popularity hunting
| air of confidence, much to say, 81 am doing i
now" decaim aloud, 81 am against direct tax, th,
such clap-trap fnesse, the agrculturiss had bette
look into the matter little and Judge for themselves
for Government debt in our Republic cannot live
forever in England and cannot be paid out Of tn.
| air. The direct tax we have had should have beer
called land tax for that what it was levied on
| the secret policy of making labor pay but when WI
have Another direct q tie