Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-07-16

not be Just as sensible to say "rcducc
The revenue to increase the revenue ~
Duties and revenue are convertible
terms. You want twenty-five millions
from the tarid-that sum must be rails.
ed, no matter how you impose the du-
lies /; and why not so arrange them
as 10 protect and sustain your own ma.
,iond industry, thus making taxation
itself prolific of benefits and blessings
TO the people.
On the subject Of revenue, he would ven
ture to predict that If tho system of meas
urcs recommended by the Secretary-,he
reduction Of the tariff, the change from spe-
chic 10 nd vslorem duties, tho subircasury.
and The wnrehousing system were adoned
The revenue nett year would NOT be half
the amount it will be this year. Mark the
prediction "nof half"
| Who would deny The fact that with the
aoAf.AAa ioeiG - yeganua inersesn1.
and with its diminution tie revenue ieif 81,
It'll at last under 20 per cent, which the
Secretary considered the very beau ideal
the very perfection OF a revenue svstem-
the nett revenue sank down to less than
thirteen milionsf There was HE theory
and there, alongside oft, stood his proof
and his proof utterly subverted his theory.
Did 1t prove tina, reducing duties dnucs 10
20 per cent. raised the revenue to IT'S high.
est poln,2 Just the reverse. 1t reduced 1t
TO the very loves, point OF depression -
While his theory said thu, 20 per cent.
would give tho "highes,," his proof sho wed
that j, gave the ''lowcst"
And was not this pretty time 10 selcc,
for the reduction OF duics2 Now, when
we had jus, entered into war, whose du.
ration no man could prcdic, or calculate 2
When we went TO war in 1912 we doub.
led the duties: now il wns proposed to cut
them down one half What consummnte
proof Of political wisdom and financial abl.
lty was here exhibited
There was another thing Of which
the tariff was an index, and that was
the public prosperity. When the pco-
pie were poor they could not afford to
consume luxuries imports fell oh,and
down went the revenue. But when
the duties were high and domestic
competition was excited, agriculture
having abundant markets, and labor
full and profitable employment, the
people became prosperous they lived
in comfort; they could afford to pay
for fine good and luxurics-and up
went the revenue. Reduce tariff, break
up American industry, and you cloth
ed the people in rags and your people
became bankrupt. The national rev
enue and the national prosperity went
up and down together, and were al
ways concldent with national protcc
ton.
Mr. SIS system was this: select the
articles you can manufacture to the
full extent Of our own wants, then, in
the laguage Of Thomas jefferson, i'm
pose on them duties lighter at first, and
afterwards heavier and heavier as the
channels Of supply are opened. This
was Jcffcrson'S plan the reverse OF
modern democratic free trade Next
Mr. S. went to levying the highest rates
+ Of duty on the luXurles Of the rich. and
not on the ncccssarles Of the poor
!. Encourage American manufactures,
and while on the one hand the poor
man found plenty Of employment, on
the other he got his goods cheap. He
could clothc himself dcccntly for a
mere ,rfle He wanted no foreign
commodities but his tea and his coffee
and they were free and should remain
free. The poor man could now buy
cloth for full suit from head to fooI
for less than n dollar Of substantial A
merican manufacture. He had him
self worn in this room garment Of tho
same goods, at ten cents per yard, anC
it was so much adWired that more thar
dozen members had applied for sim
, liar garments, and they had been sup
r piled to Senators and others yet we
are told that the tariff Expresses The
, poor. Put high revenue duties Of
wines, on brandies, on silks, OH laces
, on jewelry, on all that which the ricl
, alone consumed and which the poo
, man did not want. Take off the du
ties from the poor mans necessarie
and give him high wages for his worl
That was the way to dItfuse happines
. and prosperity among the great body
-, Of the people. That was good soun'
democratic policy. He was for liftini
up the poor. He was for "lcvelini
upward !" for increasing the comfor
, of our own laboring populalion--lh
;, true democracy Of the country. Tn
. rich could pay and ought to be mad
, to pay, and they should pay the poo
. man could not, and should not with
his consent.
: Mr. S. went for the system which ele'a
= ted the poor man in the scale oil society
J.. that promoted equality, that e'senlin eIe
ment in oil free Governments not by POI
ing down The higher, but by lifting up tn
: lower classes to their level The gentle
/ man from Alabama and his friends ndvt
r. ,nb ,pould have f1rCct 80