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

NN' y a taiht "a n 0l thc tAtt III 81 TIE eA.
ptesstun mtieh would I'LL, patacalsrly
lapon the poorer classes Of the community,
10 SLATE he rrebatle qao,a wileh Var
gina would be inquired 10 cpnirlhutc,
by direct tax, 10 the Federal Treasury.
That would ol course depend upon he
annasl expenditures OF the General Cow
ernmen.. II those expenditures should
am aat 10 SIS COG. 900 per anuuu,. mo
quota which Virginia wogld b. called up
"n to pay wpad be one million scrsa
hundred iheus0nd dollars. II, however,
IT'S ex ell tur shu d. BY mote ecot om-
cal adAn siri,ton IL IT'S affairs inau the
h'sto y OF The ast haf.,,n ysars his
taught rs 10 hope flf, b. reduetd so low
as S2l 900 COO. then the annual demand
npin the peoi 10 oil W. ma. 10 b. eel.
leeted nv Feiefsl Marshels, would a,
mount to one milton three hnadred hou.
sand dokiars --ihe smaller sum beng
nearly donblu the amount of The State teAi
Are The lraple II Virginia slls TO bear
this nd tional burh q? Would they te
wiling 10 DO sol Would they moi be
r s,ive under this double machinery of
1tfif hHb tuf tai INA EHtftIfie, HtlbW-
lug in each others footsteps, : the last
cleaning what lue first bad left That
,gaciuus Statesman, John Randolph, OF
Roanoke, drew a picture moi less graphic
and tue, than appalling, Of thu effects of
Il system Of dlrcc. taxation, WHICH, 10 ad.
dtipn TO It's intrinsic oil usness aud op-
preston, would scatter government sli-
| al IA .t.. ln,s at Ia
county, aud invest the Federal Execu-
i've, by this new aud powerful ADDITION TO
his already ovetgfown patronage, with an
almost irresistible lbhugnce over public o.
pnlon.
But il msy be said that The Federal Go.
veinment is now spppnled by taxation 30
well as the State Governments ana that
tho only difference is that the revenue 10
drawn from the people by an indreci tax
upon assumption, instead of direct lax
upon production. Even il this proposition
We're strictly true, this d,heIoaee wauld he
vital. 10 the FIRST ,! .ce, the psym OF
an midi. CT tax is yolunlafy, on toe p,ri OF
The coniribu,or--And II generally iallsup.
on those who are able, as well as Wiling
10 bear t--fr, 81 long Us the absolute
necessities OF life are exempt rum. duues,
Ia is npt IN the compass OF possibility,
model Tariff Law as We may, that any
one OF DOR tell ,~-,'liiZeBs emu be- compeI.
e TO pay aay portion Of the revenue, u
galnst his own incl n itlon. Many Of them
do nat pny II farming AMI there arc thou
sands, Ia VIII M Feaune las doled oil It's
Inf ,,k a ~.
| tons are 81 small lbbt they are uucep.
sciuus II tn If abstraction even iloni their
scaniy means. Yet such pei sons could
not escape thsir equal proppfllan oi oi-
rect tax. The grest bulk oil lhst small
portion Of the tax which IS paa under
isrE law, by our own cirlz rs. i drawn
| from lhe peck Of the weainier ,elsss,s,
who caa best afford to bear The ouuhen,
but who, 10 @bgtso yer -xianl they do so
| assume II Of their own Tree vii, sna
pny 1t, not only wlthurt difficulty. but q
bl'ssial ignorance that lay rny II sisi.
3ul, nc The s4cobd, ploco. W. ooisfi3.Ily
expr ~ lts oilnlou that lsrgg petition Of
tn ro,enue~d rIv.d ny tie ders gov.
Eminent ron duilss On imloris IS pad BY
the ioftlgn producers du,y upon ~ooi.
ions aud cutl ~ and silks bn.ng teIl as
$ nsiby 81 leeds, 81 Sh; field, and at
Manchestcr, IS al any point, howtvrr
grakt the cuDe1mpuon o. eahtr " all pr
hose srlc e.. on this SIDE Of the At.aalr.
Eos Assertion might sustained and il.
| tuslrated by nHpDe, # ibcis and ergu-
nenis but II Is absolutely demonstrated
By our uhsrrss.ion OF tbs II Ct a al tbs
tr II Jaws that have been enacted, rom
1916 t. l642 slowing conellsiyeiy topt
the prices ui duilable cuiEmodlths has-
noi only aoi been enhanced 10 toe consu.
mrr ie the a'ns UT u tie duty lmpesrd,
out ~ truth h.yr oct been augmented III
al N many instances, and tsve been &c.
taaly reduced "a nisny others. IhIa
iart IS confirmed by the tsbles cf prlcrs
" thin any series OF yeas, aud ia a.
vourhed b. the recprds OF The Treasury
! I)eparlm NJ, as well as by The experience
ana observation OF al men. The exist
ing ,arf, which, ,hpugi, irposiDg m"fe
moderate duties on mtny Of the pr'nclgsl
articles impoi,ed even than the iaaii u
1924. aud i,r more moderate than that Of
| ls2S, furnishes daily evidence OF thus
ruth evidence which is palpable to The
mud Of every man who rurchases dol.
lars valu. OF The producilons thus sub
lect to duty. While, therefore, direct
Tax upon lands, negroes, aud other prop.
edy is a positive subtraction from every
individuals actual ,sources, IAN lndi-
rect tx, levied upon Tor Ign capital and
labor, IS, 10 a great ext nj, paid, not by
The consumer, but by The producer of the
ARTICLES upon WHICH the duties are Hnpos.
I'd.
Il 10 conceded, that the principle Of
nairect taxation, ii carried too lar, may
nave eoairary tendency I; and hence,
the Wing party do not sustain the policy
otprohibifory duties, or OF duties for pro-
lection as primary Object. the pussi-
ton they assume l., that the ia,itf system
should b. adjusted with an eye primarily
10 receaue, but so discriminating among
The articles upon mhtch The duties are 'm-
posed, as 10 eGord tncideatai protection 70
domestic industry. Il, lnd' cd. We we're
InIlu, need by a r..aiia,ory spirit towards
/. soh han