Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-01-10

ton afforded by il 10 certain class interests
of,the country. But the Whig party de-
mand more than this. They require a
system not Of taxation, but of prohibition,
not of revenue, but of debt. This Wing
system, if it is to be perpetualed, within
evitably lead TO direct taxation, TO support
the government and to extinsuish the debt
thus imposed on the nation. twill either
compel resort to this double system OF
taxation,sor else it will have to DE aban-
doned.
The acts and principles of the Congress
which perverted its powers thus to destroy
the revenues Of The country, have been re-
pudiated and condemned by the people.
This condemnation has been more distinct
and emphatic, than has ever before been
dealt upon any political party. Ye, the
whig party still retains the power TO per-
petuate the evils il has inflicted upon the
country. 1t hasin .he Senule a majority
sufficien to defeat the will OF the people
as expressed through the House Of Repre-
sentatives. But though the majority ln
the Senate has the power to prolong the
life of this fatal system, it cannot shelter
itself from the responsibility Of such a
course, under the plea Of ignorance OF the
tendencies Of its action. That apology
might have avaiIed it when originating this
suicidal system. II will not suffice, now
that lis consequences have beeu fully de-
veloped. The SYSTEM besides burdening
the people with heavy and complicated
taxes which have gone into the pockets Of
the manufacturers, is rolling up National
debt at the rate of 100000 per annnn.
1t is inadequate for that revenue, which IS
The only legitimate object of tariff. 1t
has already created debt, which ii is the
constitutional duty of Congress to pay
but which can only be paid by an aban-
donment of the prohibitory features OF The
system, or by resort 10 some yet unlrIed
measure of filling The National treasury.
The people Of this country, even those
most willing TO extend protection TO class
interests, are opposed to granting such ln-
diligence at the cost of national debt, eV-
cry disinterested person must concede.-
The senseless clamor Of the whig press in
lavOr oi the present larli, heltfei iHutc"'o
the tone Of the public mind OH this subject
nor Influence ii.
The people are opposed 10 it. Even the
manufacturing classes, 10 whose behalf
this system was professedly devised, see
that il contains The elements of its own
destruction and of their ruin. 1t arrays
their interests directly against the interest
and necessities of the government. There
is an instability in it. which alone defeats
whatever good might result from it TO
them. The whig leaders are not so blind
10 public opinion as the presses which pre-
tend TO indicate it. We have already seen
the mill boy recan,ing his high tariff the
cries aud have heard the 'God.like' whls-
pering about the necessity of greater sta
biIiry in legislation on this subject. The
whig leaders see that this system exacts oil
The people too much for their patient en-
durance. But will they abandon it !! Will
they yield it up 10 public opinion as they
have the bankrupt law and score more
oftheir promised measures of relief? The
question is in their hands, aDo we shall
soon know how they have disposed of it,"