The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-02-04
sra,, the BAistwgrc .faaericca.
Relief to tEP States.
l.I..i'l Err VII.

1rbr. he Hon. VIM. C,sr JOHNSON to
Col CnAELLs CAnnoLL, Of Maryland.
HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES.,
WAsrnyoros, Jan. q, 1913.
Dean S.e-The people often suffer rs
much from the non use Of "A power by
their agent rs from i.s abuse. The one is
as u.uch TO be deprecated as the Other
We a-o row feeling the effects Ct both;
md the suferinss OF The people will ill.,
crease unli! they furcs their public sgenls
To- nSe the abundant powers and Vi 8. re-
.onsccs Of relief implanted in the Constr
tuition 20 be used as emergencies and ne
,es.i.ies may rrquire.--What would have
been the cnntl ion Of the United States
If;es the war Of the Revolution if Con.
yress had not used the powers delegated
/, il IN the Constitution The nation al
tia. tcriod had vast public debt, the
:Sta!es were also greatly indebted; and
psA aga II, Msa, would have been the con-
iilinn 9th of the General Government
and The States, j! Congress had refused to
exceisc the revenue powers Of the Con-
.titu!!on? Would Tree Trade (thnl non
rlescriplj have paid their debts, or relieved
the people from direct taxation, or have
enabled them better 10 pay their direct
,aaexl Had 10 Custom Houses been es-
iaelished, ha'! no imposl duties been levi,
FL, we would have had the form and
shadow Of free nation; but England
would have drained the substance Of our
wealth SIS copiou@ly after as before the
war.
England Ieyirs no direct taxes upon
Ter colonies. Cor rarely is it donr;) but
hy indirect fare, they give more than
four tifth- u! their productive wealth to
NE support Of The mother Country. 1t
vas thu. supper. which she derived from
The thirteen colonies; and it was for that
aIons she resisted their independence
She desired TO produce that they should
be forced to consume; and Of all tina, they
consumed o. least four.Gllhs went into
the national treasury q, homo after sup
porting her farmers end mechanics. Aud
those gentlemen who would recommend
policy for this Government which would
destroy the system Of impost duties upon
the ground tina. those who purchase 4 To-
reign fabric have 10 pay u modicum CT
their wealth to the fuppor! Of our own
Government, arc animated by o spin! Of
IS lille patriotism az wisdom. Can they
he aware that if ,hey effect their wishes,
they no. only force direct taxation on the
farmer, low wages Oh the mechanic, but
o. last, in order to hayc II small per cent
sge 10 the purchasers of foreign goods,
which should so into The national irea-
snry to support the Government which
projects him, he is giving iouriiflhs Of
lie amount which lie purchases to 60
,e.nmem which may war upon his rights
and his liberties. How is This, as it may
be asked
All the governments Of Europe avoid
rs much Us possible direct iaxelion upon
their people, and il is only the worst go
vernmen, governments in the world, ard
the mos, ,yrannical that resort to il us !
will hereafter show. IL often occurs that
in some Of the governments OF Europe, the
ilnrost duties are very small, small enough
10 please . theoretical free trade politician
But i, must be remembered that those 90
yernments levy heavy excise duties often
en- the same articles. So that at last the
consumer pays large amount to the CO.
veyument on the foreign article which he
purchases, ind in addition to which those
governments lay a heavy excise upon the
productions OF their own country. This
is The rolley Of England, and wlu, is the
RESULT will quote an able American
~ri.er, who says--"l, is generally alledg-
"td tia! man pays fifteen shillings for
",l,e use oigovclnmcnt GU, every twen-
"'y shillings tina, he spends in England.
"5ome have stated The public tax DIS seven
",een shillings in the pound. Let us
take enc instance in Inc article Of beer:
"The land pays tax, tho barley, which
grows en- it, when matted, pays an cx-
"cise OF six pence by the bushcl.--lIops
"psy one penny by the pound. The beer,
when brtwed, pays an excise greater,
"in sems cases, than the original value
"A1I the persons who labor in the pre-
"m;see contribute to lllc national rcven-
Que, by their sundry consump.ions, to
"she amount; ,hree-fourtEs Of the whole
price Of their labor; this also must be
charged on the beer. Surely then, the
"consumer Of beer pays more than seven
"teen shil!ings to the government for e
Every twenty shilings which he exrends
I'm tina. liquor. But have taken fourteen
"sh,il'ngs in the Pound as a moderate cs-
",ima.e OF the sum that man in .qr'cri-
pays sotoards the support Of gorcr, men'
IN Great Britain, who consumes Brit
"i.h manufactures" 1t follows, then. as
consequence, tina. she people Of tho coun
wy contribute, III like proportion, To the
support Of foreign governments upon all
that they purchase. In 1886 We impor-
fsd roo-s Than = 20 0fl0 000 ,,,r,b ~ e.,