The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-10-27
0Dirsct Taxation"

dozen of lines, the Chicago Express oI the l7th .
commits about as many tasehoods and bundefsns
can conveniently be crowded into that amount OF
space. 1t says that "three months ago every To-
cofoco paper in the land advocated direct taxation
as the true and only democratic method Of raising |
c national revcnue;" but 1.-The wings opposed the |
measure, az they always hlvc;' and 'the loco
journals advocated it jus! so long as they thought
il would subserve their party purposes and then
'lhey abandoned it,, and the editor Of the Ex-
pres, has no doubt "in a short time these same
immaculate papers will refer to tho measure as
one proposed to be adopted by the 'rascally |
wings"
Now, we should like to know from what quar-
ter the editor OF the Express gets hs Authority for
the assertion that "lhreo months since every loco
ioco paper in the land advocated direct TAXATION
We presume he includes this paper undcrth class
Of "locooco papers, and lid ne ever advocate di-
rect taxation as the best means at present to raise
. national revenue Can the editor Of the tx.
prcss poin, to u single "locoiuco," or democratic
paper in this state that "hree months since or
cper, advocated such measure Nay, can be,
Ia the whole union, fad paper that Is generally
received aud acknowledged by the party as true
exponent of its views, tia, has advocated such
measure 1t is admitted without hesitation that
there arc democratic papers, and there ATE demo-
Gratis, honest and honorable men, who go for the
immcdals abolition Of all tariffs and for direct tax.
alton bu, they hold their peculiar views on this
subject on their own responsibility; the party At
large have never adopted them; and, ~ long as
such is the case, it would be unjust aud unrcason-
able to hold the party responsible FOR them
But the Express has no doubt in short time
this measure of drcc, taxation evil be referred to
as one proposed to be adopted by the 'rascaly
wings" and this prediction, as coming from The
Express, is remarkable, for it is true. We do
mean to "reier 10 the measure as proposed 10 he
adopted by the 'rascalIy whiss;" and we leave
tho phrase as The Express hasit "rGscaNy rhig',"
because they are laboring with all their might to
bring about tho measure. while a, the same time
they falsely pretend to be opposed toit The wings
at present oppose any alteration Of the odious Ia
riI adopted by the late congress, or, at least, If
sny alteration is to he made, 1t must be such as
not to interfere with It's leading feature, that Of
protective tariff. Now, atpresent the only means
our government has of raising revenue is by the
sale Of public lands and tariff aud the former Of
these the wings propose to take away from it.
The government, then will have To look 10 tarllI
alone. The expenses of the nation per unnum
Cor the las, two years, under the domination oi
wing economy, have been about 10000, geo, bu,
suppose hereafter they will be but 500 600 900 per
ennum. BY the present wing tariff an average
duty is levied on all imports OF 20 per cent, and
under its operation our imports, for the last 20
years over l00,00O,00O per annum, have dwin-
died down to $40 100000 Consequently the re-
venue Of the government from imports for the last
year has not exceeded 80 900 600. The rest Of
the means to meet the demands on the national
treasury have been raised from the public lands
and by borrowing. Dot go,crnmen. cannot al
ways borrow. Her credit is even now stretched
10 ils u,mos, limit. And how then, II the present
wing ,orin is to remain in force 10 the government
hereafter to raise its revenue Clearly, tho only
means left is direct iaraiiOn. There can be no o.
ther recourse. II 10 absurd to suppose there can
DO such ting as proieei'uc t@ig so long as
foreign goods ato not excluded; and it is equally
absurd to think Of raising revenue by tarit
when there are no imports. Tho wings then, in
unfolding The present protective tariff are IN Of.
feet going Tor direct taxation.
And hero we mus, ask the farmers, on whom
this direct tax levied 10 Lcncm The Manufacturers,
,nus, TALL heaviest, 10 note the difference between
tho Two great parties Of the country on the taHil
question. We have seen i, frequently stated. and
[. was so stated by Mr.. Codjing in his abolition
speech in the court house las, week, that there is
in reality no difference between the democratic
and the wing doctrine on the subject of the tariff
Bot this is no, true. The difference is wide, and
SO clearly marked, tina, ho "~ho runs may read"
The democratic party from one end OF the Union
% The other, ore clearly understood as advocating
tariff for revenue, with protection 10 such arti.
elcs only as are "absolu,ely essential" ia the Ian.
guage Of Mr.. Buchanan. ",o the national safety
and independence in time Of war;" Such tariff
would tie country have now if the principles Of
the compromise nc, had no; been violated. in the
adoption Of the prescn, tariff; and such a tariff
while |, would have afforded an ample revenue for
government and isil the manufacturing interests
on permaoen, basis, would also have saved the
chipping and commercial interest from ruin, as,
under its operation, tho imports (and Of course
with them the EXPORTS Of the country would have
remained al their old poln, of il000o0,00O to
$3.50 0.UC0 per nnnum.--Dut the wings so for
"a tariff for revenue. with Jair pro,ccion to ma
uufactsrcs." This 10 Clay's language; and wha,
we arc 10 understand by such tariff, wo arc Left
70 gather from the tariff they passed during the
r,uyfsss far ttey have ,ppr0 we'd that tariff nlI