The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-12-05

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receives about PURITY aiLLioSs OF peLLAhs' az
cord Dg TO the reports OF 1870, the population
of Tennessee about ons-UeHttxth part oi 'h.
whole population OF the Union. II the people OF
Tennessee buy and consume propofuonate smart oi
the goods imported into the country, as VIII be al
once conceded, then our people buy and consume
ono. reniieh of the hundred millions imported,
and OF pay oneioeniisth Of The FORTY "0'' re-
ceyed into the treasury-tbat Is, DURING THE YEAH
| ls44 THE STATE or TrssEssEs Will HAVE PAID INTO
| rHE FEDERAL TREASURY ABOUT Two MILLIONS OF Dol,
| LARS Will the reader pause here one moment ana
contrast this sum paid into the federal treasury WIN
that paid TO sustain the State government we sup
pose lhat the people of Tennessee do not pay more
than ha million Of dollars under our present revenue
laws in carrying both the County ana oiaie gov
ernments Yet The same people pay Jo" ''"ss as
under the present tariff TO the federal government anu
in both shapes they pay for the year lo44 IN 'he
shape Of about hoo and hall millions oil noia's
| Upon this state OF facts, ask the farmer ana
mechanic to exercise his mind for a moment IN &c"
| common-sense reflections. These facts impress up
on us the necessity of the most rigid economy 10 'e
General Government II we erPend twenty mh'
| lions instead of forty Millions the democratic doc,
trine is that only twenty millions should be raised
by the tariff Upon that standard Of tarlii du'es inc
| State of Tennessee would pay one million Oh ao'-
| lars less than she now pays Now II will be inter-
esting to the laboring men to inquire from whence
| these two millions are derived Upon examinauoh
| il will be found that these two millions OF dollars
are drawn from the productive labor OF the Peop,c
| their hard earnings reduced just Two iniIi,ohs
below the amount actually produced by their iaoor
| Democracy contends that this is too burdehsome,
| and demands that the government ought to be con
tent to- draw but oae million of dollars from the
| earnings OF labor.
The next inquiry which at once arises, 49, what
| becomes of this two millions Of dolars-where IS II
| dsbursedi And here another most important TACT
presents itself-Qf this entire sum NOT onentnhsut
part is expended in orr SLATE. The whole amount
first goes into the Federal Treasury, and is thence
dsbursed in paying of the expenses OF government,
| but not than hundred thousand dollars o.
ii is expended in Tennessee! Nearly the whole
amount is drawn from us, never returns, and IS IN
fact clear loss. There is no people under the sun
who long endure such heavy drains upon their la
Dor without belngl reduced 10 poverty. The people
OF Tennessee are as active, industrious, enterprsng,
and economical as any people, but they cannot and
will not continue long to submit to such eXactions
without sending up their circumstances to Congress.
When the last Legislature of our State increased the
State tax from fire cents 10 and halt cents on the
hundred dollars worth of property, there was a
strong disposition amongst the people to complain
Ii this two million assessed directly on the pro-
perty of the people, and was required to be paid to
the sherifs and collectors with the State taxes, 1t
would startle every man in the State. Why then
should not attend to true interests and exert
| our influence in the councils Of the nation to have
justice done to our people' Perhaps the grand Sc
not raised like our States taxes, by an assessment
upon property according to its value. 1t falls with
lis heaviest weight upon those who take the least part
in the politics of the country and nasmuch as they pay
it in an indirect manner thousands of them not
conscious of the burden Indeed it is most extraord
nary that the people of Tennessee pay two millions of
dollars to support their Government, and not one of
them can tell the precise amount that he paysl One
thing, however, is ceraip-that there is neither
equity, justice, nor equality in the distribution of this
burden 1t will be found hereafter be true, thai
those who The eas, able TO pay have TO pay most
whilst these who have the greatest stakes in the
country, have the smallest burdens to bear. Accord
ing 10 the fair ad pliorem principle of taxation, the
burdens fall on those owning the properly Accord
ing to the existing Tariff system, with It's minimum
and specific duties, the burdens are thrown on the
products ofltbor.
The appropriations for the support of the Govern
| ment have been reduced to less than twenty millions
of dolars-yet the present Tariff brings into the
| Treasury about forty millions. Democracy main
tans that the revenues and pend,ures should cor.
respond-Whiggsm maintains that The presen, ta-
riff law shall stand If Democracy succeeds the la
Dor of Tennessee will be relieved of burden of one
million of dolars--if Whiggism prevails, this burden
viii be fastened upon labor.