The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-04-19

= N'F'1o du'VSdtti are no less well lOun.
ded aud sincere Than are his own, in The
sentiments which he has advanced.
proceed, in The first place, Mr.. Presi
dent, TO consider an objection which the
honorable Senator has raised to the policy
winch our Government has so long obsetv
e9' OF supplying IFS revenue mainly, if not
wholly, by imposing duties on foreign i'm.
ports. lie considers tins unequal, and
therefore unjust. IL is not practlsed, he
Informs us, by any other nation. hardly
perceive how The practice Of other countries
furnishes guide more suitable for us 10
follow, 10 this respect, than 10 any other of
their systems OF policy or forms Of instltu I
lions. All the principal Powers of Eufope. |
as we well know, are deeply involved in
debt, The Interes, upon which they do not
always find "a easy to moo, They ale en-
numbered with expensive estabfishnents
civil. military, and ecclesiastical SaS'ss'
tam the means ot sustaining ihe enot"
is heavy expenditures oceasIoned Dy these
causes, they are obliged 10 resort 10 an me
modes of taxation which the skill oil theit
.blest 6nancieFs can devise. They are
constrained. not from choice, but necessity,
~ resort TO eScises, direct taxation, income
taxes, stamp duties, and all the other modes
Of obtaining money, which the ingenuity oil
their statesmen can invent. Is there a ia
non 10 Europe that would not gladly aoan-
don all lis oncrous internal taxes, u y cou'o
ohiain revenue sufficient 10 meet lis wants
from The customsl Our situation Is ditier-
ent-wholly different. We can obtain ali
tina, IS necessary for the purposes OF our
Government, from this source. Why, then,
resort 10 other nodes which. 10 all tunes,
and ia all countries, have been justly re.
parded as most burdensome and oppressive
Besides. there IS peculiar reason Why ell
The revenues OF the General Government
: should, # practicable, be obtained from Gus
: toms. The people of this country maintain
, no Governments, and are taxed Tor the
suoDor, of both-Slate and National: other
uatons for tie support of one only. ne
taxation for the support OF the STATE Gov
: ernnenls, falls wholly on other objects than
, imports. they are maintained by direct,
S personal or property taxes, excuses &C
D Now. when We consider that The aggregate
0 Of all the sums raised IN these modes
g orobeblv Ear exceeds the revenue OF the
|. General Government derived from customs
II We perceive, that, even upon the example
of Of others nations, II is proper TO supply 'h'
| revenues of the General Government from
II an imposition Of duties upon foreign IN
5, ports. ia doing this, no such Injustice o
/ inequality is perpeiraed as the honorable
>, Se,a,or had supDosed. 10 Great Britain
e he stated no more than one.ienth part 0
the revenue was derived from the customs
f hut the honorable Senator himself has DIS
ID covered his mistake, finding that It wa
d during a period Of war, when imports weF
f. orobably few, and the necessities Tor teVt
er nue. great, ;hit such relative proportion
ID, existed. find by Spackman's Statistic
e. or the British Empire, for ls43, a vel
lu valuable work that IN lo4l the whole re
enue Of the Kingdom amounted TO abo
NE fty.,hree millions sterling, Of which ov
twentyIhree millions were derived tro
ex. customs-almost one half. ln lSf2 II "
ma. very nearly the same. hazard little
is The opininD, that If the whole amount OF
lei. revenues OF the States aud Of the Natiot
gu Government could be accurately asceria
nth ed il would result that much smaller Pi
hat norton Of The whole is obtained Ire
The customs than is obtained from II
be. source in England, in proportion to
lly whole revenue. The example Of other
Iud tions therefore, so far from being agali
ma. The policy which we have hitherto obse
Ears ed. is directly in favor Of it. The homo
ay bic Senator although he speaks quite s'rol
be IL Of the lniustlce OF this mode OF furnish
de. The revenue Of the Government, does I
we're as understand, propose to change IL
SO. he should ever make the attempt, he
fer, find very slight support, imagine, IN
the section of the country. No portion OF
and and 30 party in il, will be Wiling, IN
hose Judgment, to abandon, IN any Degree
Jler revenue from the duties on foreign lmpc
one, If the deficiency thereby created Is =
new supplied by excuses or direct taxes
the very origin Of the Government,
,fiel hing was well understood, and we'll app
cal ed. Il was the policy Of supplying the
with tional Treasury in this mode. writer
deals political economy assign as one oil .ae
sser sons 10 favor OF 1t, that part oil the bu
ram thus imposed, is borne by the foreign
odds Queer. Experience proves this. Nht
sty le, the tobacco growers Of this country
Is We complain Of, but that the high duties IN
re su ed Oh that article BY other nations, opt
policy TO reduce their profilsl that part, az
most small part, Of the fruits Of their tnd
other goes into the exchequers OF foreign
h was eruments1 shall tecur 10 this ll!ustr
.e ar. hereafter.
: the The honorable senator, in the next
were proceeded 10 discuss the character
Now. act Of 1912, by which additional
rely we're imposed on foreign merchandise
: siill a revenue measure he says It has '.
lopb,. and deception stamped on The very i
nceri a." that it was not designed Tor pr
orable es of revenue but for purposes OF plu'
bu, il -" that it is destructive OF commefc
ss,ons, " that !, is foul and faithless vIolat
d epi. the COMPROMISE act THAT il IS |
IRE no, tous, oppressive, ard UNJUST, and
truth, is monster which only requires TO DC
fir,en, ped of the veil which conceas It, 10 D
.alI ca versalIy execra'ed."
e posi- propose, Mr.. Pfesdeni, not"I'h
arrest. inq The warmth Of these denunciatic