Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-01

mace and sold IN the United States.
the increased price, in consequence Of
the duty, goes into the pocket of the
manufacturer. Thus there are two sets
Of taxes collected--the one by the gov
eminent, on the imported article; the
other by the manufacturer, On the do
mestic manufactured article. The a.
mount of taxes collected by the gov
eminent must be determined by the a.
mount Of goods imported; the amount
of taxes collected by the manufacturer
must be determined by the amount of
the goods he manufactures and sells.
What is this proportiono Why, sir, on
all the leading articles of consumption
iron, cutlery, woollens, cottons, su-
! gars, &c. There is three, four, and SIX
times the amount manufactured in
the United States that is imported
from other nations. How, then, stands
the taxi For every dollar the govern
ment takes from the citizen, the manu-
facturers take at least four. IF the gov
eminent takes $20,OO0,000 by duties
on imports, the manufacturers collect
$SO,OO0,O00 more by the enhanced
prices. This must be so, or the OBJ
ject of laying duties for protection will
not be obtained; the cheaper labor and
capital of Europe will not be counter
acted, and the manufacturers must stop.
Yet they have grown and sold, and sell
and grow; and they loudly declare that
all their prosperity has been produced,
and now depends, on the duties impos-
ed by the government for their bene-
fit.
Now, sir, would fain ask even the
most INSCRIPTIONS of those who have
no constitutional scruples' -will they
be SO good as to point out the clause
in the constitution, which either ex-
pressly, or by the remotest implication,
authorizes this government to make
laws, by which one portion of the peo-
pie of this Union may tax and collect
taxes from another To call that re
venue law for the support Of the gov
eminent, which takes one dollar from
the citizen, whilst it enables a portion
of these people 10 take four from the
rest, for their own use and benefit, is
absurd. Still more absurd is it to call
it a revenue law, when prohibition ex-
/ lists, and no revenue at all is collected,
but heavy tax continues to be collec-
ted BY the manufacturer. The truth is,
a law to protect the manufacturer by
duties on imports, is simply law to
enable them to tax, and collect taxes
from the people of the Union. This
is its purpose and end. Is it constltu-
tional5 Can such principle be acqui-
esced in-not in the collection ofeigh-
ty millions year, but in the collection
of one cent from one citizen in free
government Has one man IN this
Union the right of exacting taxes from
another for his support or emolument'
or can Congress pass a law to enable
him to perpetrate such an injustice'-
To state the proposition, is to deter
mine it.
Our friends of the federal or whig
party have accused the democratic par
| ty of tavoring agrarianism, Fanny
| Wrightism, and other heresis against
the rights Of property and the property
and the peace of Society. But what
is their protective policy, according to
their own showing, but one of the
worst of all these heresles? What is 1t but
the worst sort of agrarianismo agrarian-
ism, not among individuals, in which
the poor and worthy might participate;
but agrarianism between communities
and sections Of great country, which
thro VS. the means of equalization into
the hands of selfish and remorseless
capitalists. The government IS requlr-
ed to take or to enable the manufactu-
rers to take portion of the property OF
the people of the United States, annu-
nually, to equalize their pecuniary con-
dition with that of other sections of the
Union. The manufacturing people Of
New England must take eight percent.
on their capital, and their laborers must
have ca comfortable support and leave
fair profits" To secure this, the arm
of government is stretched forth, and
millions are wrested from the people Of
the Union at large, and given to them.
| do not stop to inquire whether
the condition of the manufacturing peo-
pie of New England is as unequal as
this policy supposes, but what is it,
surprising their condition the hardest,
but an effort on the part of government
to equalize the fortunes and conditions
ofthe people under its rule? 1t is say
ing on the part Of goyernment-you