The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-07-17

/ bat which were lnsUpeTAble. HE IT. pro.
posed a tau, contingent, indeed upon the
| face OF the bill, but certain ~ IFS operation
aud effect on tea and coffee. To this they
could not submit ard they would not, the
Union to the contrary notwithstanding.
! They could not consent 10 harmonic their
votes with the cracked and dIscoGdaut aud
| sqneaLIng notes Of the government organ.
| he tax on tea abl coffee was 10 all lDents
aud purposes poll tax Ii might as well
have been laid on every man, woman Bud
child 10 the country. Ii was poll tax,
| and the people OF Obio would not pny il.
/ These articles we're 10 use by al the PEG.
/ pie, aud most Uscd by the poor. II vas tho
i poor mau's ulreshment when he came
home from his toll aud It was often the
poor ~nmau's only luvury. Many families
n the Wes, made use Of It three tlues a
day Besides the tax on these articles was
a sectional tax, The people Of the North
and middle States oil made uso OF them
HE hboring population as much # not
moro than bny, While those who performed
labor IN the South .cafce used Them at ALL
But II va, SAID by the gentleman from
Georgia { Mr.. Jouc,j that tho Government,
could DOT raise enough revenue TO meet tho
public service without The tax. No, not
"hlIc the committee we're cutting down oil
oihcr articles aHd leaving them fee, he
presumed lhoy could not. But did gentle
men tbIuk that The free delegation oil Ohio,
tor the mere purpose Of pleasing thus Ad
mtnstraton, and Tor nothing else under
heaYen, we're gong 10 taN the slomachs Of
The peep'o, aud ,hll too To support an cx
elusive Southern chnalty 7 They would
not Do j.. Whence came our ministers q.
broad, and with their nine thousand deiIars
ou 81 auG iher niue thousand ra'ary Ey.
cry enc OF them lfom the slave States.
Whence camo a muJorl'y Of eur iuret5a
ministers ct the second rate, cut Charges
d,s Atllrs From the SHINE States. This
uudcr an Administrator tbs, they had
themselves made aud helped TO sustain by
majority Of thytf humber. \ lBueh, A
voice. hon dad Ohio vote tor p q.
bio had had a constant Democratic mal7ri.
y on that door and yet this was the mau.
ner IN which she was used.
"Can these things he,
And overcome gs lie summer cloud
Without our special wonder Z"
OHIO had been wholly excluded from bat
share OF iuhlcnce IN th's Government 70
shtch she Hss emitted. Twas Of thus that
she lustly complained Ne Do no. care a
bout your money, saI Mr.. y. Al our
people are accustomed 10 work for their
living. II is not your money VIC want;
but We clam 10 have our legitimate share
Of influence aud consideration ia THIS Gov.
ernmcnt. We claim It because It 10 our
right Our eltznts have been sludously
excluded from almost oil public Offices
add have been thus prevented from obtain.
ing that experience IN pubic business which
forms the best education Of Statesman.
OHIO IS The Bird State 10 this tuion and
yet aLal has shc got from this Admtuslra.
ton Has she Il foreign mlu,sicr1 Not
ne. A charge Notsuc. cousoship
Of the first class No, one. Aconsulahp
o. the second class MOI one, A child
can !ell tho story who hn4 learned 10 speak
but two words, " pa one. believe che
aas enc bureau, Tint Of Indian A'iajts, md
tins Is of under lhc Gosrinuou, TO show
that Such a State ,s,u,Nlslcucc. oar PEG
: le DO not yet know all these lhjngs; bot
they shall know them, and they shall act
upon them. They viii DO It. Are free
and independent men gong to lick the hand
that smttes them toll sou tho, ours is
not the sol that gives brJth 10 such men
aud o>long as | eau exert any Influence O.
yer the action OF my people, It never shall
be. We Will not consent TO tax the stom
aChs OF our people TO please either THIS Ad-
or It's organ. II our people .
cannot have their share Of Office and of IN
f1encc, they shall bavo II al least d the
comforts OF life.
Oh, but you will vote this tax ms war
tax Certainly, as war tax you wllvole .
IT, wont YOU You will not refuse tax to /
support the war Yes, we would hpyo
voted yog-e y We mai not Gu you such
valiant heroes v hen the fighting was to be
with the Meslcan hyena, bu' trembling like
an aspon leaf Ut the first remote mutIcfng
VI the British hoo, II YOU had stood up
Tor what you yourselves taught us was our
right, you might have taxed any thing YOU
pleased We vuuld have stood 10y you till
the last, aud given you our last dollar. But
GU have MAIDS u most disgrnceiul surren'
der. AIer declaring that Oregon was ours
Of right up to 50 deg. 10, you have come
down to 40 deg.j yes, below 40 deg aud .
have given up 10 our ancient enemy tho use
Of great river south Of that line. Aud .
after oil this you can now turn round aud
ask US for a war iuy. Now, VIC must pay .
for u war for Southern conquest after you /
have given away millions upon millions OF
acres OF our own territory OF The North ,
" III you now ask from US tn grant you /
tax OH tea und coffee Aud do you think /
We will give ~ No, we will do no such
thing. | said at tho beginning that 'oso
here TO have como PLAN talk
And now nsk you, suppose Oh Str'Ne
out tea and coffee from your bill, what then :
have always stood up for revenue tariff;
stand for il still. viii so neither Tor u
tariff for protection nor for ,ar'ii for The
destruction of revenue, and therefore the