Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-03-26
From the y Tribune.
THE TARIFF REVISION

III VIZ ioiOAN.
There is hardly room for difference ON this mimi.
hat the Taufof Duties on Imports must he revised
Al the present session OF Congress The Revenue
& noloriousiy, glaringly inadequate. The last Ad-
minisIraIion expended Fifteen Millions of Dollars
which had been Accumulated under a higher Tar.
III Ivy the proceeding, and ran in debt several Mil
lions By issuing Treasury Noles. The expenditures
during Mr. Van Buren's four years exceeded The
melt Receipts Ol those by moro than Twenty Mil.
ions uf D iilirs. The present Administrator com.
mcnced with M surplus hot a pressing debt instead.
while The Tariff greatly diminished during Mr..
Van Burchs four years was still ia process of red.
uction aud is 10 DO finally reduced very much on
he lsi of July next. IL surely cannot be pretended
with any show of reason or fairness that the Gov
eminent can be efficiently conducted npou the Rev.
enue arising under the present Tariff as il will
stand after that reduction As TO the alternative Of
continuing Mr. Van Buren's borrowing, shining
Treasury Note dtvi,e we find no open though
many virtual su pporters of that. At any rate we
Iiusl those who ae 81 greatly shocked at the idea Of
q National Debit and who are perpelually qfuling
Me- Jeierson's depreciation thereof will not insist
on continuing in practice which hey 81 violently de-
nouI ce IN The abstnci. The GIvemmeui has been
jisgrHced and crippled by the shining policy long
enough. Let us have an end Vt il forthwith and
we can have 1t only by rising moIe Revenue.
How shall we do lhis' There are some half do
zen journals who talk OCCASIONALLY over the should
" ~ ihN'I OF DFcCt dNAlfON 0ul neY are not nall
IN earnest. The enormous cost and the mcngre pro-
ceeds Of that kind Of taxation were abundanily
Tested during the Last War But then there was
an abundance o fmOney IN circulation aud he who
had any Thing 10 sell could readily pay his iaxes
Now there are whole counties in wh.ch a thousand
dollars of par money for taxes could not be raised
without couslaining sacrifices OF property 10 three
times the value. With warehouses full Of Pork and
Grain they are hardly able To paw their State Taxes
and 1.-THE Federal Government were to lay more
they could with great difficulty be collected
But says LOcn-FOcpism you must restore 10 The
Treasury The Public Land Proceeds winch, 'y1u
have aPporioned 10 The States Well suppose this
were done how much would il add 10 the Reven-
uef Less than a million dollars last wear. a lille
more or less this. This is but a drop in the buck
ct and 50 II will rem in while our Agricultural
Products remain al Free Trade, Sub.Treasury pr.
ces. Who will buy Pablo Liuls tu an extent
when The PrIdnCe that may be raised thereon will
not nay Er carrying To market a'd when il can be
occupied without paying for ~ 4 needs Protec.
ton ant a National Currency 10 make tie L1a1
north buying. We have, OF course. a deeper obiec
lion than This 10 this rcco irsc-Wc are inhexibly
hpsuIe TO any application Of the Land Poceeds 4
b the ordinary purposes Of Government % j. ihuG
j. less shprisighied squaudeung pulicy-iust like TIA.
otthe prrngaio heir uhb cells The iimber oh his ~
q tate 90 mcei his daily expenses. But IL is enough
ior The present purpose that successive Presidents 4
!, Secretaries Of Inc Tcasury have dccllrIed th,
2 Land Proceeds ioD precaripus a. nuciuaIilr 20 he re-
a lied 90 ne a means OF meet ng he Annual Expenl
turrs nfthc Government.
We come buck al llst % the only proper and a
Idcq1atc rescrurce-highor duties on lmpYtis 81
Il These mrst m11ife-ily b. laid. On what principl
-lIorin1nial or Disrumiuating1 This has been So
lied by The votes Of ne FIRE. Tcaiers Meuscloe s. %
u Al he last or Extra Ssssi1n. hey resisted % the u
" NEST aud successfully fhc imposition Of duties q
Ten T.H.~ F... fn. F.r-.sf. .--r -
u1t these. being Articles OF general necessity. ~,
Produced boz his country. might a. b. admitted ire
n The Inevitable converse ct thu proposition is ilt
'5 other arI-les muy' ao subjected 10 higher duties lha
they would otherwise pIy. The vote on Tea an
C'hsc established he principle Of Discriminate
beyond a cayl nod thc Free Tracu rs mqsss 20 e
ID empi SILT aud several uibcr ucctssarios in like ma
nfr They are therefore e.frp0ed by heir own r
" re1'ed acts from any opyniu1i 10 Discriminate
I'D Duftrs.
Boz. more Than sll. rbc CmIl.1n NJ the Count
y ,aI' I"uiIy Or fIo JuiiriI1s increase 0l Ire TtrO
pHf country IS brDsen jDyu api vitaied; OR 20
% .N'e lH selling 90 rates u.uI1s'y low or the pr
'".er' 'nd n n1ny ID. tons of ihe country mon,
cur hardly ho Obtained fr f nd any rate. The loi
* BE- hIl OF provisions VIII CD cam. he aJd AL
of w1ni of which those who mako our Cipilipo are
a1 ml.Hfng ItIs g r1Hly caused b. the grnsp,nr Z
s' Icy OF Great Britain. iut rs occasional tcro
sci renee is fnsaplnhIe from 70 systefa Of srch,nar
- PugIsinas 0rtIHfls with nN1fon fs1r thougsl
Doe mile. IT. Such n Iule must always be- insccu
ist nnJ 1lcrn,'ng add if loisrbiy ssaJy The COST
transporting iho Provisions cats up heir val
90 anil leaves fhc producers dependant and begushy.
boo. usa m1n.fr,uz dsrec1d pf me p'aincst dictates
Ec1aony o., send -four Irlm Cbfr1go md Cinciun
rr q, Leeds for Co.hs and Sheffield hr Cuhey,sh
the s1ma mluuflriufr 3 roulj prInce iust rs mn
he rloih aad cutlery lt Pittsburgh, PEORIA. and thercl
rn savo 30 ihensslges and orr nrmers The erorm|
.0si OF seDImc fho lDur ani Pork from Indiana
ioI Epgllnj Hts, 20 must be our rue r1llcy, 70 nv