The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-04-19

hohoreoie Senator has oundsd his argu.
} nenI on this head upon very few facts
he furnishes schedule Of small nun Der
OF duttabie articles, the revenue from which
under aHy faIe Of duty. has always been
quite IRconsiderlLle. Finding that the
| rate OF duty upon them is very high, be 10
iers or asserts that the Importation Of them
is nearly If not wholly prohibited, and tha,
10 act which has this effect, IN any instance,
can be called revenue aci. The princi.
pie which the Senator thlnks should be Oh
served, 10 trimming revenue law, is TO take
each article by itself, and to assess on il
such rate of duty as will admit Of the lar.
gest Importation. and yield the mos, to
the Treasury. submit, sir, whether this
be the true rule. Every article has rela.
non 10 every other article. The free i'm
pottai!on OF some may occasion a very d. !
'hInlshed import Of others. A diminished |
ren"ti or total prohibition Of some, may !
Po,' ., An act iayfhhs !qSle large i'm
must be regarded as a whole, aud not''h 81 |
sula,ed and detached parts. The true RUE
would seem TO be, SO to graduate ana az
/ iusl the duties upon the various descriptions
/ Of articles imported, that upon the "noie
mass, and not upon each separate parcel
the larges, emoun, of revenue may be dc
rixed. You are 10 look to the aggregate
of the duties received, in order TO Judge Of
the character Of the law. Does the honor
able Senator suppose that his bill, Il u
should become law, will yield a larger
Nl,oFN n n
lyields7 He appears 10 take II ior proven
that such Will be the case, Wien ne has
shown that, under its provisions, some OF
, the articles, separately considered, WI llr'
nish more than they do now Possibly
!, under his, several descriptions OF merchan'
disc may be imported more extensively ihah
,hey are at present, and may yield. bu'
might they not exclude other lmpo'ta'iohs'
which weld US more still Might they not
diminish consumption, by diminishing the
ability Of the people to buy! Revenue Is
not drained from importation merely
There must be consumption also. IL mol
, consumed, foreign fabrics will cease TO be
> imported, and the revenue must cease a'so
Whatever neutrality-suspicious., or "h'c'
: hs The same thing, whatever adds 10 w
: ability of the people Of the country TO pur
= chase, adds 10 The imporla'ons, and aocs
= the revenue. Suppose, that by reason
= high duties, or by direct prohibition, you e'
:" clude foreign fabrics from the country "hic
under a moderate duty would yield i've Q
!. ten thousand dollars 10 the revenue, DO 20
necessarily impair The revenue TO 'hat e'
~ tent Not, If by reason OF such exclusion
u you call into exercise American lnduslr
: for che supply of the article, 10 such an 81
tent as to enable hundreds or thousands
- our people, by the profitable empioyme'
they obtain, to become purchasers and co
. somers a other commodities, necessare
"s and luxuries, which they could not o'he
rs wise have enjoyed, and upon which an ecu
= or great amount Of revenue IS coliec'e
y than there would have been upon the ar
'u' Giles thus excluded. The entire prohibit
- Of one commodity, or of several, WIN
y" furnish some revenue, may indeed DC VI
% nately beneficial to the Treasury. i
-. is the case whenever the exclusion oil
Wv gives occasion or creates demand tor
70 enlarged Importation Of other commodl''
=" upon which higher duty is exacted.
IN This, sir, is experience. Genllen
~ are often quite at loss 10 comprehend D
ia il is, that we expect foreign imports 10
10 crease, when additional duties have o'
~, imposed upon them. It's because we L
80 to the aggregate Of the merchandise imp
-. ted. Particular descriptions OF goods II
49,, fall Of, some may be prohibited entire
80, but the whole mass is increased. Inc c
- SUMPTION of the country viii always b.
ir proportion to rs ability to purchase
viii Whenever you advance industry, and
any labor employmen which II had mol oel'
{ !, when you enable laborets TO clolhe In
selves and their families better than
.h Il, did before, and obtain more OF The niece
r,es and comforts Of life, and especial
~ become consumers Of Injuries 20 "
49,, they were strangers, you enlarge The
her of consumers OF dUllable imports
make a new class which did not exls!
NJ fore, and YOU necessarily increase the
=, p1rts and Increase the revenue
,ca. II isDow, Mr.. President, something
rdan two hundred years, | believe, since
o,o revolution was accomplished in the tote
q, do lual and philosophical world, by one o
nov zoos, distinguished men that has ever
p,os. IN the annals Of English history A
,e,a,e so proudly eminent for his intellect an
nj m genius, but so notorious tor humlll
,us,rv defects Of character, that ono OF the 6
Gov. est of Ennlaud's poets described ht
ration the " greatest, wisest, meanes, Of mank
However that may have been, 1t IS c.
nlace. he achieved very great intellectual
pc tho linton aud discovered, or applied II
dr,ies no, discover, a new process OF n
A ipp-a new mode for the ascertain
/. e,aud of trulh-a new avenue TO kno"Ied
f,ce If The system Of reasoning which ne
,,,nos. lished, has been called the nductlv
,nde, - cess and that which It supersede
90 - overlhrew, may be denominaled tn
,;on If ogis,ic, or scholastic. The great
;o;o,;. ence between the old and new phlIt
30, !, was this-the cid adopted some
-, sir;o, ,abli,hed lheory--abstract sPecu'a:
,,n; he which it endeavoted to expla
facts, and with which II laboured to
,s,ard them consistent. The ne" consist
ans r. careful observation Of facts and even
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