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fsttS "t PtVstiib uifldttt. AHu, as tneTc IS no division among the members of the dcmocra- tic party as 10 the latter, the tarifr seems now to be the only measure. which constitutes the dividing line, or subject of contention, be- tween democracy and federalism.
 But enough upon party pledges. My de- sign was, in ihs communication, and others which are to follow, to give you few argu- meRts and facts in favor of the doctrine which You have repeatedly laid down in the ssUni- ono in relation to tla tariff, viz: is reduction 10 tte rereaue Sianaard.
 On subject which has been so thorongh- ly discussed by the ablest minds of the coun- try, ! can promise nothing new or interesting. l have no other object in view than 10 endea- vor to direct the attention of the country to subject affecting every individual, benef- cially or iniuriously, and which will soon occupy the anxious consideration of the re- pfesenlatiyes of inc people in Congress.
 So much by the way of Introduction; now to the point. Even in this enlightened age, comparatively very few understand and ap- prociate the precise meaning ofethe term tariE. Many oi inc good people of this country sup pose that its some undefnahle thing, which, like some of the mythical deites of antiqui- ty, conlers tthev cannot tell howl innumera- bls benefits upon the human race. They cannot imagine that tariff is but another word for iar; and that the higher, and consequent ly the more qs.ptar'iet 8tariff may be, the more heavy and btlrdensome is the tar which IS imposes. Taxes, in any form. although necessary, are evils. McCulloch, in his late able wori, on Taxation, defines tax to be "a portion, or the value of portion, of the PropcHg or iabor of indgdnals. tdken troao acm bg gorernneH, and ptaccd at is dispo. sal7 The sentence quoted defines the mean ing ora tax imposed in tae form of tariG, as well aa one imposed in any other form by excise, direct taxation, or any other me- thod. The only objection tothe definition oi hicCnll5cl Is, lAat it does not with sufii- eieAt precision express the manifold enormi- ties Of q tafB iar; for, under that system of taxation, the government not only takes q portion, CT the value of a portion, of the pro Pertv or labor of individuals for it's own use, bpt, by the very process bY which 1t extracts from individuals | portion of their property or earnings for ils own benefit, Il extracts and transfers to the pockets of set of privi- ieged characters in the commnity--rich and eeeggrown manniae.users-a still greater pro- portion. How this is done, shall endeavor to show ia q subsequent communication.
 Bnt have digresscd from my purpose, which was to give the original sgnIiication of the word tarB. Il was originally derived from the Arabic word a'araE which signifies ''to kHou," Such was the meaning of the word from which the term tarH was derived; and il then must have been innocent of all evil designs and intents. But even that thing of Arab nativity, born in purity and innocence, was oblige to encounter alt the periis and dangers which abound ill this finite and lalli- 5le world and, as is sometimes the fate of innocence and virtue, ill former times, 1t has been corrupted, aa1 has fallen from is high estate to eae of vice. Wickedness, and crime. At some stage of history--the precise time have not been able 10 ascertain--it suffered itself to be prosituted to vile purpose, as the following, extract from the Fragments of Bolingbroke most clearly proves. In speak ing of the sale of pdulgegeesi under which great frauds were praclised by the Roman Catholic priests, ke says: s.I,ais traffic (for such it was) became so frequent, that, even in times less ancient, the church of Rome found il necessary to publish TARIFF, or BOOK RATES, which have seen in print, wherein the price is set oven against every sin, lest purchasers should be imposed upon.' Thus, il seems, the term "tariiI" was first applied to designate the erntes,n which the Roman Catholic church levied upon sins. It cannot be supposed that, in that early age, they Lad arrived at a knowledge of all the curious devices by which duties may be col- lected, discovered, and praetised in modern times, and by the high priests of protection. IL is very likely the iramers of the tariff on sins knew nothing.o the fraudulent and chea- ting device of minimum duties, discovered i'll l this latter age, and with which the existing tariff abouuds. Nor could they very well, from the nature of the subject, have adopted in their system the honest and opcn~handed principle of aG ualorem duties, such as the democratic party advocates. But the particu- l lar kind of duties levied under this tariff, de- vsed To regulate the exaetions of the priests, was, undoubtedly, specific. That is to say, the church permitted the priest to absolye, or let the offender of, for so many dollars, or pounds sterling, (no matter what the de- 1 nomination. for murder, so much for robbe- y, so much for theft, go much for adultery, &c., &c., SSc. Such was the original mean ing, and such the first authentic application of the word tariG, in its modern sguiication. The history of the matter is curious, interes- ting, and significant, and proves that the fal- len angel has never been restored; that, with the additional cogomen ol protectiUe, under the guardianship of the higl-prests of the MANU- rAcruaiXG MONOPOLY, it has minislered to wicked uses, as 1t did under the care of the ancient priests of the Roman Catholic church.
 Alter giving the origin and application, both ancient and modern, of the word tariif, deslgoed, in this communication, to define the difference between tqriG tax and a d. rect tax; bnl have extended it to a length so much eraler tAan expected when com meneed, that lsel bound to respect the pa lience of ny renders, and will defer until my next this branch ot my subject
 BUNDELCUND.
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