The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-09-03

1 such departure from : great ahd funds
mental doctrine Of representative govern
menG 10 be Iolsra "a. much less ingrsflrd
permanently into he Laws Of free Peo-
DE, without unavoidable necessity, and
sancti6ed Is . part 81 our Democratic
faith, without due notice 10 The people :
A step or two further. and ne shall be
carried 10 q point where Congress can do
nothing but declare tho aggregate Teve-
nues which may be levied Tor lie Govern
meni. end leave The Treasury Department
10 collect them as may seem best 10 is
officers, and according 10 lie rules.
come now 10 show thaI what The ex-
perimenial tariff makes The rule Of taxa
lion, The fathers Of The Republic made The
exception. What they declared was Q
fruitful mother Of frauds, il has adopted
a. The only parent Of our revenues {!
In 1875. when Washington was Pre-
sideni, Alexander Hamilton, his Secretary
Il The Treasury, In . report 10 the House
of Representatives, used the following
words, viz:
According 10 The present laws. impo-
sing duties on articles imported into the
United States, not much short Of one third
Of the whole amount Of the duties is de-
rived from articles rated nd Valorem.
ain other nations, where this branch
OF revenue. as with us, Is Of principal, or
very considerable consequence, and where
no peculiarly Of situation has tended TO
keep the rates Of duty low, experience
has led TO contract more and more The
number Of articles rated al yalorem, and
/ Of course 10 extend The number Of those
rated specifically; that is. according TO
, weight, measure, or other rules Of guam
, iity.
"The reason Of this Is obvious: II Is
10 guard against evasions, which infalh'
bly, happen IN greater or less degree
when duties are high. II is impossible
for the merchants Of any country to have
manifested more probily than those Of
the United States on this subject; and /
10 firmly believed that there never wat
ono in which illicit purchases 10 The dis
advantage Of the revenue have obtained
so lille as hitherto in this. Yet would il
be delusiVe expectation, that, with du-
ties go considerable rs those which now
exist, a disposition will not be experienc.
ed IN some inhiSidnals. who carry on oui
i IIIasaS II Tpsffhiv ty1gstha paypae:, =
spection, and by every reasonable precau'
ton, against the success Of such attempts
, II is needless 10 repeat, that this will con
4 tribute as much to the interest Of the TAI
= trader as 10 tina, Of the revenue.
ut 10 believed that in our system III
method Of rating all salorem could will
. convenience be brought within mucl
!. narrower compass. and il is evident tha
q 10 do so will contribute materially to ih
security of the revenue. "-(See Amer
' can State Papers, Finance, vol. |, Pag
: 3is. s.. $3.50. ,..........
n In 1901, under Jefferson's administrs
|. ton, Albert Gallatin, Secretary OF tn
l. Treasury, in report to the Senate, sal
y that . ,.,, i.,- ...+er: SIS III.
: In order to guard, as far as possible
I, against the value of goods being underr;
]. ted in the invoices, it would be eligible
,r Law specific duties on all such articles no
Of paying duties ad valorem, as may DO su
IN ceptihle Of that alteration."-(See Amer
4. can State Papers, Finance, vol. l, p. 702
o. In 1916, under Madison's administr
lg ton, A. J. Dallas, the Secretary OF Il
n Treasury, in report to the House
is Representatives, and in answer TO res
W luton of the preceding session, after
n. thorough examination, said:
lis "That articles imported to a gre
in amount should rather be charged with 81
Nv cife duties upon their weight and me
sure, in order to guard against evaslo
-, and frauds, than with ad yalorem dutl
oo on their value."-(See American ST;
81. Papers, Finance, vol. 3, p. OIL. ID.
nd In 1918, under Monroe's administratit
,rv William, III. Crawford the Secretary oil
i Treasury, in answer to resolution
nv 1917, directing him TO report such nj
nv sures as might be necessary for the M
ci- effeetual execution of the revenue Law
as said: &c.,. f.
Al. ain order to provide an adequate
en-. NEEDY against the frauds and eSasl'
OF. which already exist, and to prevent tn
Use further increase, il is respectfully subn
lid. ted" &c. -......- 49,. -.
the And then, after recommending tween
ion four additional laws, he adds:
ed. Whatever may be the reliance I
,sd. ought 10 be placed in the efficacy Of
uld, foregoing provisions, it's certainly pIud
ON. to diminish, as far as practicable, tho
,od. of articles paying ad vslorem duties"
and American State Papers, vol. 3, p. 2S6
inc. These opinions Of the great and emil
rom men Of our country, were never contro'
II il cd, so far as we know, until the pre-
this time; and upon what principle Of pa
mo. tism or Of democracy was l expeete'
;hall refuse to them the homage Of my c,
peo- dence and support! What should
d in induced me to forego the conclusion
umo my own judgment, fortified by such
Off ihoriiy and confirmed by the exper,l
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