Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-06-07
Fton lie Charleston Msren,u.

Tea and Ccfc-.--hcccriag 70 .nc Gcnrsia
Wing paTrrs lie politics Pi-itat Stale hevcfpl
some u.!,e inr.,"i Grau these Nv" very impnr
Tan, aud nruGi.nvrd vegetable pr"dac,ions
W i peopi., ,iier-l"ie. have 4 right to sym2a
,,lze deeply in ,hcir pariy struggles, and we
confess thai the fiery zeal and indomtIbc per
severance with which, even ,li. ladies are said
, tu l,ayc turned uGt aud Erueh, Tor their favor
itc beverages. !ias ruti,er Increased our dtiec
I lion end es,rem Tor that respectable part ol
creation, and more especially Tor the Georgia
division Of il. Tra aud Coffee are goud things
-excellsn, things. if properly cooked-aid n
,ax OH Them is Uoi gnod-in itself is indeed a
aasran, evil And II. s"hen candidates FOR Of
Zee conc before the people, .heir claims rest
upon The comparative rhc:pmc*s with which
! ihsy are willing 10 supply their constituents
with Tea snd Coffee. und The housewives are
canyasscd as tn wherher they s.i'i vote fnr
Dawson Tea" at dollar pound. or "Mc-
Donald Tea" atf5 crrts-who can daib, winch
way they will and enSh, TO so' The addition.
al price Is burden and grievance. Ehicll
every one knows and leels-and the Whiy sys-
TEN Of iusaiian is founded on the assumption
that the Higher the duties u.o. the richer aud
happier and more independent are tie people
who pay l,e,n. They arc therefore bound
when they impose tar, to satisfy the people
tina, money is to lie made by paying il.
The Wings ought not 10 complain then. il
,hev arc sometimes taken a, their word and
held responsible for their doctrine. Bu, our
respected contemporary at MiIledgcyi!lo. the
Recorder, viii please 20 observe that we don,
hold TO such principles. On tho contrary. we
Maintain thai rlxatiun 10 m evil, 10 be submit.
ted To only for the necessity Of maintaining Go
vernmsni--apd thai tho inpositiou Of ftazrsuot
thu, justi.;cd !, an cv,iwIIioIr any compensai.
ing 'Eood-iu fact -a!snesf iaeritablv wrong
inflicted for the mere purpose oi perpe,ra,iug
or sustaining some other wrong. Such ia the
protective system. Grint for once 1hnt the Co
vcrnsSent may make e1aciisms. which are 10
cnure not 10 IFS own support, but 10 favored
class, anil ghtwey we are greeted by the
enumeration of rliio thai revcrses all iIc Jus,
principles of taxsi;on, aud ciuiins that The
higher il,s tax the hctler.
We have said tliat moderate tar on tea and
coffee would Be one Of tho iusiesi, because one
Of tho mos, general and equal exnciions that
the Government cnrld lay upon articles ofcom-
mcrcs. l, il one OF ibose taxes that would be
felt by all. in the proportion Of consumption,
and would hold tesisla,ors 10 their responsible
iiics. Does tie Recorder remember that HE
same bill which proposed u tax upon ten aud
coffee, for the purpose 81 raising S3,Co0, 900.
did also propose first to creaic q necessity FOR
that sum, by giving away the proceeds Of The
Public Lands estimated At the like amoun,
Was t,e sqrandeilng Of this rcvcurc upon
state pcitieisns and domestic and foreign
sioch-brokcrs, necessary expenditure Of the
government. sicli liz weuld Justify the mpos.
ton Of Tx 10 make il good We take it