The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-09-03

l.c present session. Considering, howeV
e ihal sh1y are levied Chiefly on luxuriei
and that we have el salt, Nh
CKssARY or LIFE NaE or wHTcl
OTHERWISE rs 50 acommen
y0nr consideration ha IMPRESSION O.
tr DUr1rs ON sAL1. a hs continuation
"a lie Mediterranean d instead thereof
for q short time, after which that also vii
become unnecessary for any purpose nov
within contemplation.
"When both Of these branches Of reve
niue shall inthis way be relinQuished, Their,
win still ere long be an accumulation O
moneys ia The treasury beyond the install
ments Of public debt which We are permit
ted byc0nnc 70 pay. hey cannot, then
without fcati0n anted to by the
public creditors be appied ID the extin
gui 81 this debt he complete lib
Grafton 81 OH revenue e most desira
be IS 50 objects noI. peace contin-
hs 1r any olheI
existing purpose. Ihe hon, therefore
now comes forward II what other objects
shall these SURPRISES ~ appropriated, and
the whole surplus Ofimpost, after the entire
discharge Of the public debt and during
those intervals when the purposes of war
shall not call for them? Shall we suppress
the impost and give that advantage to fore
ign over domestic manufactures {! On a
few articles Of more general and necessary
use, the suppression IN due season a0iu
doubtless be RIGHT, bnt the great mass of
the articles on which impost is paid are
foreign lux,ries, purchased by those only
who are rich enough to afford themselves
the use of them. Their patriotism scotld
certainly prefer its continuance and oppli-
cation to the great purpose Of The PUBLIC
EDUCATION, roads, riUers, canals, and such
other objects Of public insproUement as 1t
may be thought proper u add 10 the conStitu-
tiO'al enumeration Of federal pOvers."
Those opposed to the system Of high du-
ties do not need stronger evidence to prove
that they are advocating the doctrine taught
BY Jefferson than is contained in the fore.
going extract.
He states that inasmuch as the Mediter-
ranean fund consists in duties levied on lux
uries their continuation for short period
would be proper, while the impost on SALT
"a necessary Of life should be SUPPRESS.
ED" He further declares z on few arti-
cles Of more general use, the SUPPRESSION
in due season win doubtless be RIGHT,
but the great mass q the articles on which
impost Is paid On nrxuRrEs, pur-
chased BY those Only Who are rich enough
to afford themselves tie nse Of them."-
He further says ether patriotism should
prefer its continuance and application, !" not
as the Wig would have its readers be.
lieve, to the protection and pampering of
northern manufactures for no allusion is
made 70 them, but to the GREAT PUR.
OFPUBLTC EDUCATION &c.
He furthermore quotes from Mr.. Jeffer.
SON lettertO Benjamin AUSTIN, dated Janu-
airy 9th, 1916, in which among other things
he declared" We must NOW place the
manufacturer By the side of the qgricultur.
0list."
This is the very doctrine advocated by
all who are in favor Of Just legislation--that
every interest, the manufacturing, the COM
mercial, the mechanical, and the agricuItur.
al should be placed side by side, upon
just and even footing. But why did not
the Wing state in Mr.. JefFerson's own Ian.
guage, the reason he was disposed to favor
the manufacturer to that extent He states
that two Of the most powerful nations on
the globe had violated the moral laws which
were established BY the Author of the uni.
verse between nation and nation-that they
. had covered The seas with robberies and
plnces and despoiled is Of our rights
that We were completely excluded from
.le ocean a that
= The British had iictsd 10 our YES.
gels ely harbors Of ne elebe. without having
iirst proceeded % some one Of hers, there
paid q tribute proporiio6ed to the cargo, |
and Obtained her license % proceed to the
port Of destination. The French declared
them to Be lawful prize they had touched
at the port or been visited 81 q ship Of the
enemy nation"
Under all these circumstances ne de-
slared, - we must place The manufacturer
By the side Of he nsI'ealturalist." Does
ne same state az or exist, as those