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wherever it can be done, the revenue
will be subjected to fewer frauds than
the injustice and frauds incident TO spe-
cifc duties. One Of the most prnI fic
sources Of the violation Of our revenue
laws has been, as every body knows,
the ef'1rt to get in goods Of finer quail
ity and higher value admitted unier The
lower rate of duty required for those OF
a lower value. The honorable gentle
man from New Hampshire Mr. Wood
bury) and the honorable Senator from
New York, (Mr. WrighD both well
know this But il the duly was laid ad
Ualorem there could be no motive for
such an effort, and the fraud, in It's pre-
sent form, would have no place. In
England, as all who have read The able
report made bv Mr.. Hume, a Scottish
member in tho House Of Commons, must
perceive, they seem to be giving up spe.
ciic duties, and the tendency IN the pub
lie mind appears To be, instead Of having
a variety Of specific duties and vare.
~ Of sd VaIorem duties, to have one
permanent fixed rate Of dUty for oil ar.
tcles ! am willing, ! say, to adhere 20
This great principle az laid down in che
compromise act. It there be those who
suppose that, under the specific form
of duty, a higher degree Of protection
can he secured than under the other
mode, ! would observe that the actual
measure Of prntecllor does not dappni
upon the form but on the am'uat # the
duty which is levied on the lor'ign ri
val article.
Assuming that we are to adhere TO
this principle, then every one Of the
leading principles Of the same act can
be adhered 10 an ! carried fully out: for
| again assert lha, tn, idea that duties
are always to remain at precisely TWEEN
ty per cent and never to vary from that
point, be- The cxig"ncios Of Goverumen'
what they may, does not belong to The
language Of the act, nor is it required
by any one Of It's provisions.
The next resolution | higa proposed
to the consideration Of tho Senate is
his:
Resolved That the pr,vision in The
act of the extra session for the dis rjbu-
ton OF the proceeds Of the p0bIlc lads,
requiring the operation OF that act TO be
suspended in the contingency Of a high.
er rate Of day than twenty per cent.
ought to BE- repealed
Nov, according 10 the calculations !
hsse made. the repeal Ct the clause ia
question aud the recall Of the proceed
Of the sales Of public lands from the
States, even il made. will not dispense
With the necessity Of a great increase
10 the existing rate Of taxation | have
shown that dUly of thirty per cent,
viii not be too much TO furnish the re-
quisite amount OF revenue for nst and
economical administration of the Gov
ernment. And how much OF that rate
will be reduced should you add to the
revenue from imports the million and a
half (Which was the amount realized the
last pearl derived from sales of the pub
lie domain? 1t will be but the differ.
ence between 80 and about 2SA. For,
since 80 per cent. yields revenue Of
twenty six millions, one per cent, will
bring about S900,O1O; aud every million
Of dollars derived from the lsnts will
reduce your taxation on imports only
S900,000; if you get q million and 8
half from the lands, it will reduce The
taxes only from 80 to 2S4 per cent: ci
! If you get three miIlinns, as sono gen.
tIemen insist will bo the case, then 500
WI save taxes 10 the anon, 81 IN" di'-
ference between 30 rcr cent aud at"u
l27 per cent. This VIII he the whole
extent Of benefit derived from 'his lauI
fund which sOme Senator'S hpHc sup
nJsed would be so abuGjaut a. t. "a l"vt
us from all necessity Of aJju unai 'aNa-
ton al all. put il, then, to every Srn
ator, no matter whether he was opposed
to The land bill or not whether he T.
willing for the sake Of this lrilng dIf
ference, between 80 and 2G4 per cent
or between 80 and 27 per cen. to dis
lurb great momenlouN and perpIexlng
subjec! Of our national policy, which l.
now sOtted, and thereby show such at
example OF instability in Legislation a.
will be exhibited by the fact Of unset
Ting so great a question within les'
than eight months after it had been fix
ed, on the most mature consideration
If gentlemen can make more out of Ibt
land fund than have here stated it like
ly TO yield, ! shall be glad to hear OF
what ground they rest their caicu otons
| say that all the difference it will pro'
duce in the amount Of our increased
taxation is the difference between 80 auC
284 or between 80 and u per cent
Will you, repeat the question, wher
it is absolutely and conlessedIy uecessa
~ that more revenue shall be raised
and The mode in which it may be don,
is fraught with so many and so grea
hane6lS TO iha countrv aS shall urP.