The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-02-08

we'll as ho11 nruch.
Well sir this the same thing, and the
gentleman's principle, broadly stated, is ths-lhal
nothing could be submitted to the discretion of
Congress without annhaiing this Constitution
is the gentleman unwilling that majority should
govern: If this aznlhilGtes the constitution, the
gentleman says, then the constitution is annIhila
ted, whenever any ubject submitted to thergood
sense and judgment of the House, and. decided by
a majority.
The gentleman from s. c. would settle this
whole question once He insists that duties for
profession and duties for are not only diff.
ferent but directly opposed each other Where
/ protection commences ceases, is the gem
/ tieman maxim. He even goes far as to main
tam that revenue is diminished just in proportion
| as you protect manufactures. II you exclude the
whole of any article you destroy all the reyeu-
ne from that articie-if you exclude one half, you
destroy half Of the revenue-if one fourth, you de-
stroy fourth ofthe revenue-and so of any 9TH
er proportion. This is my friends position; and
4 nothing can be .unsound, not 10 say absurd
1t does not by any means follow, because duty of
100 per cent would destroy all revenue, that du-
ty OF 30 per cent. would destroy one-half or du-
/ ~ of % per cent. one-quarter of the revenue.
Mr. Il again interposed, and said thar what he
had stated was principle 1t Nigh. not pro-
/ the revenue-but ultimately it would DESTROY it'll
7 Mr. Speaker, am reioiced 10 perceive that the
gentleman has reIaxed u little, and is disposed 10
come down from The regions of distractions, and
look at things in a practical manner. shah
endeavur 10 look At things in the same way. But
The principle stated by the member from South
Carolina, and repeated by other gentlemen in the
House, cannot be better illustrated than by an an
= ecdote which viii relate We have in our pa,t
OF the country such article as quack doctors IL
. was once fortune fall in with one who WIS
assHiiing the regular Practice and selected the SUBJ
= Jet Of bi00d>lenlng the point OF attack He
said. 4 can convince any man in two mimi Thar
blood letting in all is injurious and danger
e Gus. This is The principle: 5LOod Is fife: ifvou
: take away the whole OF a mans blood, you take
away his ife-he must die And so if Won take
away hai his blood, you take away half his life; if
f you take away one-quarter of his blood you take
1 away quarter of his life; and so on. down TO
the least irrational proportion Here Is perfect
iilussFatioa CT the gsuemans abstrnction-the vs-
=: ry thing.
But how does this principle operate m pructicss
In 1885 and l636,dutes protected articles were
e high And was not the Treasury uveriuvviug N
J. that Time? Certainly. Were not manufactures
n then proleeteds The gentleman admits that they
i were; for IN arguing in favor Of the compromise
t. act, he urged this consideration-ihat during the
former portion Of The period covered by that act
l. the manufactures enjoyed high projections; and il
2 ought TO be continued that during the latter DOR
ton the producers might have their share Yet
Notwithstanding this proteeiion of manufactures.
revenue poured into the Treasury in such, torrents
that, 10 get rid OF it, Congress was compelled TO
depostte II with The States. fprutecl5an DESTROYS
revenue, how came the Treasury to overflow when
the protection amples
1 Another illustration of this princiule will he
: found in the OF silk Previous 20 the late ex>
ira session, imported silk paid very small duty:
now!it pays 20 per Here is protection to a
certain extent afforded this specie OF rzanufac
ture; and put my friend from South Carolina
10 say, whether he believes that 20 per cent duty
= viii bring additional revenue into the Treasury
Will he or any other gentleman saw this Thew
viii not, they dare not
! Take any article new paying 5 per cent and
RAISE The duty 90 and what will be the efects-
The duty is increased four. fold: but is the revenus
from this article diminished in the same prouor-
ton: VIII it be diminished at alls No il viii be
increased. The amount imported, may be dimin-
ished, bur the revenue will be augmented. go
farther, and maintain thar duty in given casa
may amount prohibition of that article and
still the revenue the whole may be increased
by that very The prohibition of shat ar,
ucie may induce our own citizens 20 into the
manufacture may operate incentive TO indus
try BY prohibiting the importation of that article
new resources may be developed, vigor i'm
parted and sources of wealth opened, which
by producing general prosperity, would enable the
great mass of the people to purchase of other
importations and the whole increase the rev.
enue of the country. What, then, becomes of the
gentlelnan's position, that where protection come
mences, revenue ceases.
\ Bat Hy friend from South Carolina represents
the parties in this controversy be the manufac.
rIrers cersas the people of the United States; and
\ he refers TO the late census, 10 show, that
;, while whole population is 1900 Goo thu
manufacturers in the United States amount to only
! 79l 900 Here are geo against 1900, G00.--
But does not every that this mode of sta