Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-11-25
VOL. Who. %.
THETARIFF-CANA NATION BE IA
ED INTO PROSPERITY THE F.
TRAORDINARY DOCTRINE OF THX
WING PARTY.

| In nearly all directions we hear of the
prosperity of business. The busy whee
of commerce and manufactures moves on
with an accelerated momentum as the
year approaches a close. Though long
delayed, the farmer at last begins 10 re-
ljoice in the certainty OF better remune,
alton for his labor. The present demand
from Europe brings him what he has been
too long waiting for, from the tariff Of ~
Those evidences of prosperity are so man
fest thatthe eye looks with delight over
the Industrial activity Of the nation
Neither can it have escaped observation
that the wing press are seizing upon
these manifestations Of prosperity as the
direct and legitimate fruits Of the tariff OF
AZ. The same song is reiterated from
day to day,for months pas, until BY the We y
iteration, these fables have gained the APP
pearancc Of facts. The Democratic Press
have duty to perform in discussing the
public mind of such deductions, false 10
the action Of sound legislation, and pecu-
| llarly dangerous TO the welfare Of the toll
ing millions.
What is the position Of the wbig par.yl
SIT is unequivocally that the tariff of 80
is the principal cause Of the present pros
perity." The question then arises, how
| did that tariff produce this prosperity p
The answer is inevitable, ''By increasing
the duty on imports" or in other words,
by doubling the duty on iron, sugar, mo-
lasses, coltons and woolcns, at the customs
house, prosperity has been produced. -
| Now we will leave II to the common sense
of every one; if from that does not follow
the extraordinary principle that people
can be tared into prosperity. The tariff
| clarifying arguments of the whig press
are clearly resolved into that, but perhaps
they may say that 1t goes too far, that they
intend taxation within moderate limits
1t is difficult to tell what they mean by
moderate With the democrats 30 per
cent. Or one fifth Of the value Of an article
is considered moderate. On the contrary,
with ,hs wings, perhaps 50 per cent. or
one half Of the value may be considered
moderate standard. On real estate a tax
of only one per cent. is considered heavy.
! Though We do not say that every increase
Of duty is tax on the consumer to the full
amount Of the duty, yet we do insist that
every increase Of duty adds some, though
that amount, may be trfing, to the tax on
the consumer. We understand from the
most sagacious merchants that il is a de-
duction from an experience Of fifty years,
that the duties are paid in the proportion
Of about one half by the consumer here 3,
and one half by the producer abroad
This is considered a fair division Of the
duty. Thus duty Of 20 per cent, on coflee
will not raise the pce here, more than 10 per ct las
the foreign producer at once puts down the
price Of his coffee 10 per aent. Whether
the duty be higher or lower, we under
| stand that SO far as any general rule can
be established this is The farest average.
If The duty be as low as orr per ceut.,
then it may nearly all rest upon the for
eign producer But TO balance TINS,
when it runs up to so per cent, then three
four,hs may fall on the consumer. Sugar
is an instance Of this.
II will be remembered that the wings
raised great clamor about single mill
tax in New Y ork and Virginia, though il
is but one fi,tieih of what they would levy
on the consumption ofthe community, and
this heavy imposition, as they insist, is
10 elevate the nation into a condition Of
sound prosperity. Now we will leave it
10 the calm judgement Of every American,
if u principle more truly despo,ic, more
unerringly fatal TO a democrat republic
was ever held by party in this country.
Is there crowned Head in Europe who
would not be delighted a: the idea that the
conviction should exist among his people
that the taxation Of consumable goods adds
10 their prosperity? What desirable
pretext it would afford for the exercise Of
tyranny and royal prerogative. The
kings Of Spain and Portugal have long
pracliced upon this crushing principle,
and the consequence is that they have taxed
their people into state Of starvation.
If we remember right, before the Ameri
can revolution the people of Massachusetts
| Bay and the other American colonies dec
med it not only unjust, on account of the
manner in which it was exercised, but an
cxorbiant grievance when Great Britain
attempted to levy moderate duties at the
custom houses of the then colonies. The
idea of taxing people into prosperity,
was not then broached ln those old re
publican days, all degrees of taxation
were considered clog on honest labor,
and the idea of promoting the general pros
perity by increased taxation on imports
would have been deemed so aurocious
doctrine as to be fit only for The passive
tories of England who desire that The king
should levy as much as possible from the
earnings Of the people.
We shall soon allude TO this subiectagain.
and moro particularly TO the recent rise in
farmers produce (under The foreign de
maHd, (which acts SO electrically on The
business Of the whole country. The re
markable commercial and manufacturing
prosperity which has pervaded Europe,
since the passage Of the tariff OF AZ affords
cause for investigation into a similar ac-
tivity of business in The United States
The tariff Of AZ passed BY our congress.
seems TO be such a universal panacea for
allthe commercial ills Of the past as 10
have been followed by revival of bus
mess in Europe, scarcely less rema rkabIe
than that which the whig press alege
has sprung from il in the United States
Albany Argus.
NAUvoo. The census Just taken makes
the population Of Nausoo proper to con
sist of IL OCT souls without the limits il
&c. Cd tbara sb;xI