The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-26


Bull OF any body else The amount Of the matte
is, high, prosperous destnles await Ohio if she will
on mind her own business and be true t. herself
And do most earnestly recommend to the farmers
and working people of Ohio to nullify this tax blI o
pains and penalties of dutying enormties of labor
punder, OF taking from one and giving to another
Of making the rich richer and the poor poorer OF gag
rule connection and freedom OF speech violation, and
Of Constitution, and People and States equal rights
vIolaon-by rejecting, far possible, all the
hnery that it would plumber their pockets by iron
and necessares they must have, but not touch any OF
The fabrics that can be he ped make and refer their
own. And necessity will assist such patriotic deter
mnalloa-.he capacity to sell which Is derived from
labor, creates the capacity to buy, but Missionaries and
knaves devised fictitious capacity In addition-paper
money Instead OF real money, which requires labor ID
realize the deception has had day. FRUSTRATED the
Missionaries, enrlched the knaves yictmlzed the limo
cent, and dlsspaled itself Therefore the visionary
capacity having lost its power, the dictates of stern,
honest reality will reject, among the producers at
least, the gewgaw consumption, aud be content with
essentials and necessarle 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
slonares and knaVes who wish to hive upon the labor
of others still exist and will struggle hard TO conJure
back the phantom, that it may again shed It's baelul
influence on the industry OF the land to their advan-
.age and the oppression of honest industry. But will
they succeed? Is the deception and It's calamitles
well understood and felt 10 be endured again or,
be subjected to the corrupt reign OF Iredeem-
able paper noney villany once more, as further
punishment for the sin of entertaining ii 81 long as
We have done If we should, | will be unable to see
1t any other light, unless the conclusion may De ar
rived at, MAT have more stupidity roguery, TOOL
isnness, greedness, lmpossufs, and ldleness among
US, than what the world may have as yet gwen Us
credit ioI.
Yet the adoption, Mr. Chairman, Of this tax bill,
may fix the stigma of some OF these anti wisdom term
upon for high protective tariff tor revenue Will
defeat itself; the higher the imposs the more SNUG
Cling through Canada, and probably Texas. As To
the former, you to establish GORDON OF troops
along the whole frontier you could not prevent IT. ior
II is probably reciprocity on both sides. The valley
of the Mississippi will be inundated with Struggled
cloths, fine coltons, fine cutlery and hardware, and
other articles that may come within the object In
proportion to the increase of tar will be the increase
Of uggling-hence, proportionate reduction OF
revenue and more unproptious competition for our
manufacturers.
But remedy for all this is approaching hourly
our destiny is plain, nothing more plain. Does any
man suppose that in due time will not produce and
manufacture every thing that our a-encompassing
circums will permit that we will not use the
adv antages bring into active purpose the resources
and powers that God and Nature have Invested US
with Ii we do not, not worthy OF them, that's
all. What we the only free People on earth COM
prlsng aIl-imposng congregation of States, each
proud empire in ITSELF bound together In one powerful
lnvulneIabIe MON, stretching from the Atlantic TO
the Pacific Ocean, possessing all climates, long WIN
ters and short winters, and no winters at all I'M
mense lakes rather inland seas with noble rivers
and creeks in all variety Of sinuosity through our
whole interior; and all soils and minerals and indus
trial loo atoms that to be found the face of the
globe ALI this world in ITSELF this all varied field for
the exercise ofmans intelligence industry and enter
prise, and not it to what perfection we may the
negative would be preposterous; our exalted condi-
lion 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, 1t is plain matter OF fact COM
sense. True, must reform first; yes, when
the People make us, and tina! they will do shortly.
Right, says, that those who produce should enjoy
is il so? The industrious labor, but through bad
Legislation in putting the paper money privilege and
monopoly incubus upon that labor the idle enjoy So
it has been, but it will be; the ballobox 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 lis operations until the work is
finished, and the People rule radically in spirit and
truth
But there is some little alloy, Mr.. Chairman to
these good prospects this public debt we accumu-
atlng is cloud upon the future, well refec-
ton upon the present And this tariff tax is to do
the wonderul-pay Government expenses, debt
and interest do not believe it will do the half OF
it; instead of thirty millions, do not think it will
bring you fifteen, tea and coffee tax and ALL unless
the people become mad to buy foreign merchan-
disc just for the sake of being taxed with import du-
ties TO pay the public expenses delectable way
truly of getting Of debt. But have said some
thing about this before What inconsistent thought
less Inortas we are to hear gentlemen in this Hall
anmadverting upon The immortality of States repuda-
ting their debts and at the same moment casting
about ways and means, schemng out the most eIgi
BILE and elaborate mode of infcting debt upon pos
terity about creating, found ny, and increasing debt
for children and childrens children to remote
| t,o,. IL
| Industry with our extravaganza and mismanagement
Is there no immortality, no injustice in this Repu-
diaton, indeed Is not infictng this debt poseri-
ty reputation cowardly Reputation And TO see
gentlemen, too going to the wrelched policy of Eng
iand the mo her of debt, to inquire into her contr
vances and faculties of getting in debt and taxing her
people, 10 enlighlen themselves this public debt
project 1t ply that there had not been clause in
the Constitution that the Government should get
| in debt when it wanted money to tax the people al
once, let them know and feel the worst and best al
once, be it may, and they would stop let their
G ,vernmen 90 according to the merits of its
| duct When the Government borrows, Who is il
from from capitalists and afterwards taxing labor tC
pay the debt instead of taxing capital at once But
the whole policy to tax labor TO the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of capital. Capital is extracted from labor, and the
Government contrives to sill tax that same labo
through its consumption of necessafies, to con fer it
capital extract from the to siren gthen the
power and influence of the favored exclusives! Thi.
may not always be intended IN the entire sense per
! haps, but whether 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 inched at once, and oblge their Rep
resenatves retrench and reform and economic ir
earnest and the farmers would that capital shout,
not escape but do its share
Some of our politicians, with popularity hunting
air Of confidence, much to say, 81 am doing j
now" decaim aloud 81 am against direct tax, tn,
people will not suffer direct tax But with al
suchclaprap fnesse the agculturiss had better lool
into the matter little and judge for themselves TO
Government debt in our Republic cannot live for
in England and cannot be paid of the air
The direct have had, should have been calIet
land tax, for that was what it levied on-th
secret policy of making labor pay but when we hav
another direct tax to pay off the debt we go