Mobile register and journal., 1845-07-10


 ed to lhe mpued errors nf democrats Ht the pasrage of he tariff act of lS42 in estimating its effects when in opelalion He copies ihe expressions of opinion in various quarters. that ii would embarrass com mefce, reduce mportatons and cut off revenue - This anticipation he contrasts with the estimates subsequently made, that there will be probably surplus oiievenue which il i- exnedient to get rid Of by reducing the revenue. Out of this he makes an inconsistency of doctrine, and thinks himself very adrot in setting of Ihe opinion of lS42 against the other opinion of lSI5 and affects to believe that he has established party inconsistency of position. In fact, he has not approached the substance of the argument al all, but is rrfng with it's magnitude and importance hy converting il into mere material for newspaper squibbng. The enormity of viola ton of justice in he imposition of particular tax on imports, does not necessarily depend upon the amount ofiis proceeds. II may be so high as 10 ex clude mportaons, in which case there "ill be no venue, and he protection N i'll consist in the monopoly of the market for the excluded article, and that will moi be measured exactly by the rate of the duty IL may he only so high that the article may be still m- ported al a rale which will compete with the dones
 
 ernment on the protected article is the measure of the revenue produced, and also of the tax levied up on he corresponding domestic article; for ihat esi dently bears so much increased price to the mer as the taxes and charges the foreign article enable the producer to demand. It is obvious thai if Ihe duty raised higher, the domestic burden would increase until Imports were excluded and re venue cut off, and thence upwards the mere rate Of duty on non imported articles would be rule for estimating the domestic oppression. When the re. venue is therefore full, ii the extent of the revenue on all duties lald for rate of tax paid on similar domestic articles. When lAe revenue fails from too high taxation, il is dihe. ence in the degree but not in principle; and an e. TOT in estimating the extent of the prohbtive efec ofany cerlain duty upon commerce and revenue, s very far from involving in the elementary views taken of h oppressive character of the duty Ii Judge Goldlhwaiie, in 1S43, anticipated that the oppressive enactmenis of the tariff act would ex- clude imporaiIons, and thus diminish revenue, the enactmenrs not the less oppressive or the princi pie of opposition to them. protective, less clear, if Judge Dargan, in 1915, is able to shew that the taxes have been actually paid to much greater ex- tent than was supposed possible, to the amount o many millions oi dollars per annun. Too much or 500 lite is complicated question of com. pulation, fact and experience; us and equal modes o raising revenue, questions of principle inde- pendent of the other.
 IL hardly worth whie to make this exposure of such obvious lallacy that contained the Advertisers attempt contrast, in the position oi Judge Gollhwaite and Dargan, which idenica in principle. Whggery experimenting upon lhe capacity of the public burdens, and Judge Goldihwae thought in l843 that the patient would I,die. He proved stronger than was supposed ant the vgor with which he struggles under the burden is conspicuous that the whgs positively prouC that they did not kill him. and for keeping il or yet, since he lives under il.
 IL is as though the inventor of wooden substitutes for legs should demand protective law, by whicl his neghbors should all be compelled to ampual' one leg to give encouragement to his manufacture The men who desrre keep their limbs and wh, might complain giievousy of ihe suffering and dan ger of ampuaton, and the inconvenience of ,ht wooden stump, al bed and board, being overruled submit and do the best they few years af rewards, lhe protected patriot whose industry Ian guishes bs excessive competition in the wooden line craves more help-shews how their exaggerated pro pheces of inability get along with the new sup porter have proved false and moves for the remora @ the other leg. This is the philosophy of protection and contains the substance of the Advert ser's as saulis upon he inconsistency of Gold,hwaite witl Dargan