Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-03-23

~ = aHi " - feauy fur yQAr decision. -
nat deeision YOU must mike. Wa d,
NOT, ahd vii nut, appeal To any pasS,au
or pr'jutice, 10 Iutueuce ycu IN ou,
b. halt. We feel too deeply the m gu.
tuds al the subject, aud the consequ n,,e,
u your deeslon. II isa que ,iou oil 4.
tun Importance, m the consideration q
WHICH, YOU shund RISE above tie iualen.
cnces OF party, aud regard il "a rs i,u,
character. as one Of governmental powel
snd pohcy--in d Gliding which yuu con
trni The drstlnrs II this nation, long aiirl
the present political parties viii have pass
ed away.
u ia your calm and deliberate indg
menls, yuu believe that national AMI nd,
v,duai prosperity con exist without q
sunni ani uniform currency III You be
liese that II IS noi the duty Of your gov.
ernmrnt to supply aud to regulate such a
curt'ncy--ii you desire 10 behold the
destruction of your State banks, and al
tadt system OF credit, which has opened
the vislas Of aiilaenee and OF distinction
10 The humblest individuals IN our coun
uy-it you are wiling to liud lower
depth II that deep Of national disir, SIS in
10 which you have sunk you have only
10 throw yourselves H.in toe arais OF the
Democratic Party, and 10 sustain their e..
nancla projects.
Ii, however, you feel the necessity o.
having sound currency--if YOU would
preserve your State INSTITUTIONS and your
credit systeni--il you believe thai you,
Gosernme is bound to supply and to
regulate your currency, aud should do
80 by the creation OF some system, Which
vii! not destroy, but will har,nouise with
and remedy the del, cts OF your present
system OF currency--thereby enabling
you onee more to pursue with succ ssiul
industry the occup ,tions of life, without
lear OF having the fruits Of your lebors
swep, liom you in a moment, without
isult--fy desire a continuance oil that
policy which governed your Washinstons,
your j. # rsons and your Madison. and
made thus union whe, il has been, you
will sustain the Wing party, who advo-
cate that policy, and propose the only
means, by which, Judging from past ex
pcrtence, those results can be attained
Ia close correction with sound cur
rtncy is an adequate revrnue, and we
the eiore proceed, with as much hr-v q
as PISS Bile, 10 state the policy VI lhe Wig
Party IN relation To
T,,, ~ ,n,.,.
la reirrrDce to tins question the Wings
al Virginia have no h. station III stating
their true position. There are bot Two
modes OF RAISING revenue for tIia sup
port OF the Federal G1ve rnn,nl--oiie by
duties On articles imported from aDroad--
the other by ii direct tax u, on The proper
ty OF our own citizens. To III" latter
mode we are irreconc'lsbiy opposed, bn,b
because II is u departure from I've aim @,
uniform practice oi the G,,y-rnnrnt, irun
ITS organ z'lion 1nll the present moment,
ant becausa IA Practice II would be pro
ddctiye, as, @hen res3fted 10 II alwsl s
mas been, oil tho most $ we're oppression
upon the people. The States, il is tfus,
send inrth th'ir nx-gaiheiers among ,her
CIT 'zens, who visit every ow, Ting, and
levy contributions upon almost every
'Peeffs OF PROPERTY but It IS heeausc
ihey poss IS no ether means at fas.Dg
the amount o( rev nue. nect ssarv Ia the
payment al their annual exp ns, $. They
surrendered to the General Government
the right 10 collect duties GA imports, MS
one OF the essential aud Dect sstry means
oi rsgJlailng commerce. with foreign na
tons, snd they are cons q1eatly CON.
peiiei to rely upon the ouly remand n.
mode of supplying the wants OF thelf re.
specttve treasures. But who Docs no.
perceive the dihcnl,ls winch even TIE,
exp renee, witlout any risai tax-ga,h-
ertrs ~ the firlI, IN ineriing by ihss ys
TEN, even tGer ordinary expenditures
And whn an extraordinary demand
however trivial in amount, falls uson "a
State Treasury, h Nv reluctant Is ils Leg
lslalurr to augnieut the totes OF Isxaiion
upon existing salj cts---how difficult To
tind new subjects upon which to IMPOSE
lie additional burthrh! We have seen
tue Legislature OF Virginia, far several
years past, borrowing annually small
sums 10 IKE u, u def, revenue, IN
order 10 AVOID the responsibility OF in.
cfehsipg thr taxes OF the peupie--unii 81
l''ugtn, aroused by the large and grow.
ing amount of the State liabilities. they
have tremblingly approached the qnes
uon, as one Only less terrific than the vio-
iation OF the piightcd isiih OF the Com
inon"e ait--ihe eminent danger Of which
mas been alone powerful enough TO stimu-
late them 10 the discharges Of this painful
but paraiD punt duty. YET, sllhough the
entire amount of The increased Tar pro.
posed by the bill now before the Legisla-
lure, IS comparatively insignificant, up
prehensions are expressed, aud not with
out reason, TINT It's opprf ssivc Effects VIII
will excite the murmurs ofan lmlnverish-
ed people. Bat ltI MS suppose, for mo
ment, that the Federal Government, sna-
mored Of the theory Of free trade, should,
in a spirit OF more than christian meek
ness, m ct the restrictive policy "f for
eign countries, by general invitation 10
them to enter all our ports exempt rom
duty alike upon ship aud carg".--and,
with less than Christian fdell.y 10 tie
most imperative of IFS obligations, The pro-
lection Of tho Interests OF our gteat na.
;unsl family. should tax the labor, the
rspital aud the industry az ia own nao