Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-09-26

eien inportations and the inference
irresisiibly folIdwsindeed, it is i'm
possible that It could be Otherwise
that direct taxation upon tie people
must be resorted to, to raise revenue TO
support the government. Leaving the
object Of reusnue out Of the question,
there are no doubt thousands who
would aavo1te the doctrine Of Free
Trade, il the fullest sense of The term;
but there are few, if any, who would
prefer direct taxation, TO support the
government, to Tariff on foreign I'M
portions, 50 adjusted as to operate as
Justly as possible upon all interests
a Tariff, which, while it protects to a
proper extent every interest that has to
encounter foreign competition, does not
operate injuriously upon commerce and
other interests that have no foreign
I'competitors-such as co.ton% ain,
cheese, beef, pork, &c. Fer I'm pur-
pose of raising revenue, we say, there
are few who would oppose
such as We have named.
What do We mean by Free 7fede ?
Mr. WRlenT, of n. Y, says that,
It's misopplication Of terms ,oIca
applied to )" He continues
eve 1.-THE Democratic party1 are
not in favor Of free trade in the proper,
fair and legitimate sense efthese terms.
Are our southern brethren SOP Do
they desire repeal CT all duties, and
| that the necessary revenue shall be
raised by direct taxation on property
| cannot answer any farther than
have been informed, bat / will give
you in candor and frankness the infor-
nation / have. | admit when | saw
this name assumed BY those who acted
politically with me, at the South, it
startled and alarmed me. | could not
conceive that men Of sense, of informa-
lion, of extensive practical experince,
should have adopted notions of that
stamp, as practicable under our govern
ment. On repairing to Washington, at
the commencement of the last session,
finding thatth subject must be pressed
on US for discussion and action, /
went to some of these southern mem
bers of Congress whom | had known
many years, as men OF truth and can
dor, and whom thought men of sound
views, and said, Il beg you to tell
me, If you have satisfied yourself that
our revenue system is all wrong-that
We shoul9 % longer tax foreign i'm
ports to raise revenue 10 support the
government, but have a direct tax up
on the property ofthe country" On"
said The essrst man | asked, /" enter
tain no such opinion--neyer have, and
I know Of none who do" Well
then will you be good enough 10 tell me
what you mean. You call yourself
free trade man I" g | do so, and mean
this. am friendly TO having the trade
of the country kept as free as it can be
kept, and raise the revenue necessary
for the support of Government; and
when it is so, / call it free trade, be-
Icause il is as free as cur Institutions
will permit . G Then sir, you are in
favor of a tariff for revenue, and Of SO
much duty as may be necessary to sup
port the government 7" g 10 be sure
las much so as yourself" And here
was the explanation. Though he
called himself free trad and anti-tariff
man, he was in favor of a tariff :or rev.
erue and opposed only to tariff laid
for the mere purpose of protection
alone. This was the explanation Civ
en- by all these gentlemen of their po-
sitions as free trade men. II they were
candid, if they told me truth, they are
not free trade men, though they call
themselves SO. For free trade nesS1n
sariIy implies an entire absence OF
ties, and | have not yet met the a.
| man in public life IN this Union, who
will admit in conversation that he is IN
favor of such principle
From he sNor1pick Jourasal