The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-03-22
A Revenue Tariff;
A National DE- b, ; or
Direc, Taxation.


que principles, will not furnish revenue
enough 10 meet the expenses Of govern
ment. Consequently National Debt must
follow and il must increase, TIL Reeve
nue. Tariff is established, unless direct tar
alton is resoried to.
ave are sure that the people cannot be
long in selecting from the Ihree propositions,
one of which they must have. A Revenue
Tariff will prerent National Debt and ID
rect Taxes. We must resort 10 that inca.
sure, and the sooner il is done the better
for all classes. "--HarIord Times Of last
Friday.
In the above article there is one truth
and one iasehond. |, is true that We must
have Tariff for revenue, else national
deb, or dlreC, taxation must follow. Il is
not true however that Tariff founded 10
part on other than revenue principles will
not furnish revenue enough 10 meet the
expenses OF Government If economically
administered.
We may remark before proceeding, tina;
1t is the policy Of the Times and the LEGO
toco party here TO mask their attacks against
the present Tariff on the ground that il is
not a rerenue tariff. They know that it
will not do for them 10 come gu, directly
agains, it on The ground that ii is profec
tire tariff, and Whig Tariff, as oil their
papers in other sections OF the Union have
done. They know tina, it would be the
death stroke to their party in Connecticut.
They attempted il once, very cautiously,
aud the Times said that ii too, "was op
posed to the Tariff" il the language of
Martin Van Buren,, both in " principle and
detail" II was soon discovered however,
9 ha. such 4 doctrine would not do ~ this
State, and so another mode of attack was
resolved upon. The cry was then tina, i, .
was oppressive on the farmer, aud lha, BY
increasing the price Of manufactures, was
a tax upon one potion Of the community to
the benefi, OF the other. Driven from that
ground b. the stubborn unyielding fact,
that prices, instead Of being increased had
absolutely fallen, they n0U have taken
new tack, and are opening their batteries
against the Tariff because, as they say, il
is not Rereaue Tariff, They ailemp. to
deceive the people into the belief that the
war now carried on By their party against
the Tariff is no, because II is PROTECTIVE
Tariff, but because it is not a Rerenue Ia.
rlf-and unless we have a Revenue Tariff,
they say, Deb, or Taxation mus, fol
low. They, however, disguise, very care
fully, the fact that many of the leaders Of
their own party boldly ayow the doctrine
Of Direct IGratiOa and go for it, with ali
their strength. Forgeifuloess with Loco.
iocoism is a very curren, thing, indeed =
But we will meet them upon their ground.
As We SAID above, we agree fully with the
Times that We must have Revenue la
riff, else We shall incur Natloua! Debt, or
we must resor, to Direct Taxation" The
Wing party therefore 20 for Rerenue Ia
riff, g. ono that will meet all the expenses
OF the Government, economically admins
tered, so tina, the proceeds of the Public
Lands instead Of going to the support Of
The Government, shall be divided among
the States 10 which they belong, THIS is
a cardinal principle of the Wing party, and
IS thus expressed By their leader, HENRY
Clay himself.
a REVENUE TARIFF uuh FAIR
PROTECTION TO american Industry"
This principle is universally maintained
and supported by the Wing party 10 oppo
sltion to Locoioco Free Trade" and
Direct Taxation" and for this reason
they support the present Tariff, which is
not only a Protective, tut emlnently A
Rereaue Tariff.
Iha! II is protective no one denies; and
Ina! i, is eminenily a Revenue Tariff can
easily lie shown. The only way TO decide
4 tina, fact is TO look at the amount Of REEVE
nue. il produces, and whether this revenue
will be sufficient to meet the expenses Of
Government properly administered.
Under the present Tariff Law, the Rev.
/ enue received in
1912 was sle,i7G,720
1913 100000
Now the average amount of Revenue drawn
/ from the TaiG for five years previous to
ls42 was just slj, $50, 800 or SO ,4s7 800
less than in 1912, aud $3.50 GO (neaty
four mlliions) less than in l943 (las, year. J
The Revenue last year was IS, 100000
greater than in 1887; and $4,000, 900
greater than in 1910, when the country
came nearest TO the boosted free trade OF
the Locoiocos Now Thea, we ask any
candid man if the present is not Rcrenne
Iarif! 1t IS actually producing more
Revenue than any other Tariff we have
ever had, and furthermore we find the
revenue increasing, with every prospect
that this year Il Will produce 90 or "a NIL
lions. During the months Of January and
February thus iar) Of this year, it has pro
duced more Revenue than any Tariff has
done IN the same months, since the lounda
ton OF the Government. During the gin
gle month Of Jaauary, this gear, The re.
ceiPts Of the Revenue in New York city
alone, have amounted ia ONE MILLION
EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS, or three
and hdJf times as much as was collected
during the sane period last year, when the
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