Litchfield enquirer., 1844-05-09

designed as tax upon income, and however per-
feet may have been lis former adaptation 70 the,
theory on which ii was based, its present ineqhai-
ty is apparent It will afford me great pleasure to
cooperate with You in any suitable measures which.
NAV be des ised for its equalization, and for the
more perfect apportionment OF its burthens to the
relative ability of our citizens, and the benefits they
derive from the protection of the government. But
to change-at once the principle on which any sys-
TEN of taxation is based and to which the relations
of the different species of taxable property
ces of income have been adjusted and the habits of
the people by long usage conformed, and to intro
duce and perfect in its stead a new and untred
system with all its necessary details will require
great crcumspection and mature deiberation. 1t
is peculiarly subject on which the popular char
acer of government requires that there should
be opportunity for full consultation of the people
under circumstances favorable to a calm and dis
passionate reflection before any alteration is made
by which their interests may be materially affected,
| Coming as you do directly from the people in all
parts of the state, you will be able to judge to what
extent they have contemplated change in the eX-
sting system of taxation, and whether defnltive
action, at the present session, on the report of the
committee, or postponement of the subject for
their further and more deliberate consideration,
will best comport with the feelings and interests of
! our constituents. SD .......... ~. E. ...'
| The great importance to the people of Connecti-
cut of an improved and enlightened state of agrcul
ture has heretofore commanded the attention of the
! General Assembly; and the pecuuiary aid which
has been received from the treasury under the act
of $780, by the county societies established for its
i promotion, has enabled them to prosecute the OBJ
ects of their association with increased vigor and
! success While science is daily extending its do
mnon by the practical application of its truths, in
this as in other departments of productive industry
it is gratifying to know that the intelligent farmers
of our state are awake to the Importance, not only
of avaling themselves of its benefits, but Of aiding
| in the diffusion of the blessings which accrue from
its cultivation. The efforts which have been made
in other states and countries to develop their natu
raj resources and capabilities, by systematic and
well conducted agricultural surveys, have generally
been attended with the happiest results In regard
to the expediency and probable expense of such a
survey OF this state, report may be expected from
a committee to whom the subject confded by
| the General Assembly at the last session.
| Agriculture is unquestionably the great interest
of the country, which, more than any other, gives
employment to its industry and capital. But though
| it may be truly said to constitute the basis of the
I wealth of states, the experience of the world has
proved that agriculture alone, unaided by the de-
/ mands of commerce and manufactures, can never
confer the highest degree of individual or national
prosperity. 1t is the hope of advantages to be re-
allied from an exchange of his surplus products,
that stimulates the labor of the agrlcnluralst. If
these are incapable of exchange, they become
worthless to the producer, and cease to furnish
motive or a reward for his industry. Hence 1t has
been the wise pOllCy OF every WHICH HdS Gil
! loved a high degree of prosperity, to encourage
among its citizens such diversity in their pursuits,
as to render all the great departments of productive
| industry auxiliary to each other, and thus cause
them to cooperate in the creation OF national and
| individual wealth.
! The success which has attended our manuactu-
rers and artizans, when reasonably protected by the
government in their efforts to rival the productions
of foreign industry and skill, has furnished crafty
ing evidence that in country so rich and abundant
in all the necessares and comforts OF LIE, and IN all
the materials essential to the most diversified en-
ployments of its industry, it rests with ourselves,
! by the maintenance of stable and permanent laws
for its projections to secure to every class OF our
citizens just reward for their labor.
Under the aus2icious influence of the tariff Of
| 1912, our mechanical and manufacturing establish
ments, Frustrated by the former policy of the gov
ernment, are again reyving. The basis of our cur
rency is no longer withdrawn to pay for excessive
| imperial ions from abroad New and better mar
kets are opening for the productions of agriculture,
! and everv species of labor, though still much de-
| pressed, is beginning 10 ind It's appropriate en-
| ployment. We are permitted to hope that the Pc
riod of intense suffer-, is already past, and that
when confidence in the stability of the protective
policy of the government shall be more fully res
tored, the hum of successful industry will again be
every where heard, difiusing happiness and prospe
rity through the land. ,<,t.....
Already have the anticipations gifts friends been
! more than realized Instead of diminishing, as was
confidently predicted the revenue of the nation, its
exhausted treasury has been reple1ished, the credit
of the government restored, and while no burthen
of additional taxation has been felt by the people,
an ample revenue securedf for every exigency. The
hostility lately So prevalent in several of the plant
ing states to what was once the favorite policy of
the South, is apparently yielding to the light of
truth and the convictions of experience And there
are cheering indications, from every part of the
country, that the benfcent operation OF this truly
American system, which had its origin under the
pure and enlightened administration OF the father
of his country rapidly conciliating the favor and
will ultimately receive the cordial and permanent
support of the American people.
their habits products, commerce, and internal in
situations, no system of policy which human inge-
nuty can devise, can be expected entirely to cor
respond with the political views of adj. But If we
initiate the example of the ilustrioas men who
founded government amidst SO many difficulties
and dangers, we shall bring to the examination of
its measures that spirit of candor and lberality
which belongs to wise and patriotic citizens, deep
ly interested in the defence and maintenance OF our
common liberties, and ever Mindful! OF our obiiga-
ton to cherish and sustain whatever is essential to
the safety, happiness and glory of the people.
The government of the United States, within the
sphere of its legitimate powers prescribed by the
constitution, necessarily supreme, and requires
no aid from the authorities of state, but obedience
to the mandate of the constitution, to enable by
the force of its own laws, faithfully administered
and applied, to perform every constitutional duty
The recent nullhcation by four of the states, with
the subsequent,sanc of the House OF Represen
tatives of law of the United States passedbv both
houses of Congress in the exercise of power
specifically conferred by the Constitution, and APP