The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-07-11
REcAPgruIATios.
From the Independent.
THE TARIFF,

We want TO talk little with our fel-
low citizens about The Tariff. We shall
not fnllow The example of,hose whose OBJ
jecl 10 70 myslify The subject, so that they
ran have every thing their own Way; but
We wish.t to submi, few plain PROPOSE.
lions.
We win take the articles Of Sugar and
Coffee 10 illustrate The basis of revenue
tariff. with incidental protection.
We all know We .Gaust pay money for
the support Of government; and the ques.
ton il, whether We shall pay il 10 a tax
gaiherer. with hi. fees for collecting. all
in lump. or whether we shall pay il in
sums of from 2 10 10 cents at Time. on
articles expoFled from foreign countries.
None Of Us can hesitate moment, about
which 10 the best mode 10 raise the ne.
cessary money. Wen. between the ar,i-
cles Of Sugar and Coffee. we want to raise
Two cents, Shall we put one centtax on
Sugar and one rent on Goffee, per pound,
Move will pu. the two cents On the
Sugar and lay no tax on the Coffee.
Whyi because Sugar 10 made in our
own country, and by laying tax on that
we help the industry Of our own people,
and thus promote The wealth Of the nation.
As the two cents are ,obe paid. any how,
we desire to know why any one can be so
ungeneTous as not TO be willing to pay it
so that his own country and his fellow
citizens may be benefltsd'
This is plain case. and the object
is TO carry ont the principle through all
the rami6caiions Of the Tariff. Our fel-
low citizens Of Louisiana make Sugar ;
lie! us then pay our government tax
through that article, so that we can bene-
ct our neighbors there. while we do no
injury TO. nor add any burden on ourselves.
II we can benefit our neighbours Of Virgi.
mia by Laying tar on Sch, for they make
q great deal Of Salt there. and at tie same
time lay no extra tax on ourselves, why
should we not do il! But say some oil
the politicians. Malt is necessary of life.
And pray is not the money you would
have 10 pay The tax-gathefer necessary Of
life, inasmuch as il procnres the articles
tina, sustain life! What difference does il
make to farmer or anv one else. wheth-
er he has ten cents worth less of Salt for
so much money, or whether he pays ten
cents 10 CASH. The same remarks apply
in relation To the Cotton Manufactures in
the Northern and Middle states. the
Hemp Factories Of the West, she Hollow
Ware of Pennsylvania, Sc. &r.
We pray our readers to notice the man.
ner in which the tariff is treated by polilI-
clans who desire to make L" issues" and
humbugs out off. They pretend that the
necessaries Of life are so taxed as To- be
buraensonie 10 the poor; and are always
ALPHABETICALLY canting abaut the I'oor: the
"poor man 8 Sdt," aid he like. Whoever
heard of supporting government by lay
ing especial iaxes on the poor! Does no;
the idea strike every one az supremacy
Tidicnlous! The rich aid those in mid
ding circumstances. use more Of all the
ARTICLES taxed. either themselves esii:rough
those around them. DOmestics. in North
Carolina. at least, both bond aad free, are
supplied with cerisin portions Of Sugar,
Coffee, &c. and none of then, we bslisve,
eat their meat without, Salt. So the rich
pay their proportion, as nearly as the
thing can be got at. s..
We do not pretend to say that The pre-
sent Tariff is perfect; we do not say that
il is as perfeci as il can be made: but we
do say iss de. tiny is. TO say the least. as
safe in the hands Of the wings, as it would
be in those Of .he opposite pariy--especi-
ally as the opposite party do no. intend to
do any thing with the Tariff, in Congress,
any more than they intended TO do any
thing with the Banks in the Legislature
Of North Carolina. They talked for hum
bug in this as they did IN the other case.
This is a broad assertion, some will
say. 1t is not so broad but there is plen-
ty Of ground IN spread il upon. The de-
mocrats..did not do any thing with it al
the las. session Of Congress; the House