Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-12-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
From The 81. Louis u,

I'VE would, the very first week Of the ensuing
session Congress repeal the tariff 1896 and revive The
tariff of 1912 Increasing the ufv upon manu- Of e art;ee
contained in IT, In addition to tins, would, I'm order
10 raise for conquerng pease) impose moderate
duty upon the chief of these articles which in eonsera
ton Of their being of prime necessity and common use
have generally hitherto, time 9 peace been admitted
duty Tree. The reason Of imposing duty such hs-
Giles found in the necessity for bringing up the
revenue of the country 10 poih, sufficiently high 10
meet the demands upon ii in sfae Of tcar. In such
emergency all classes bound bear due proportion
OF the cost Of prosecuting the and should claim
exemption under general rules applicable them in
binary time of peace. BY yielding TO such exacons for
the time being, sacrifice but sille for the common
good, perhaps, TO Independence and stand
Among the articles heretofore limited duty free, we
should consider tea and coffee Al tile most important, f
not the first, be subjected 10 The policy. The
reyenue from these articles, undereven moderate dnly,
would be very large; immense is the of their
production extensive their consumption 10 country,
and, of course, 50 important our market 10 their pro-
ducers."
Heretofore the Wings have b,cn unwilling to talk
of revenue duties, and the veteran Wing OF the
Cincinnati his astensiou to the propo
stl0n only as means Of carrying an0lher directly
the reverse Whilst he would tax tea and coffee he
would also raise the duties many Of the articles in
the tariff Of lSi2-,hat is. be would tax certala
class of articles high to Prevent their importa
ton, thus securing to the domestic capitalist
nopoly in our market; and then, to obtain sufficient
revenue, impose heavy duty articles of prime
pocy-o leglslate for the benefit Of the manufacture
ing capitalist, and force the bear not only
the burthens of Government, but fill the pockets of
the favored few. As the wants Of tue Treasury
require that shall be laid and coffee there
can be no well grounded objection thereto; but to
increase the enormous duties laid on certain articles
by the act of 1872, Is not only to diminish the
nueS but to make the consumer bear double burihen
BY her corn hleS, England attempted to force the
farmers OF that country to produce breadstuhs su-
cient to for home consumption. The result such
high prices for food, that about 1900 900 of people
were reduced TO n starving condition. BY high duties
the protectonsts in the Unhed States would force the
manufacture of fabrics required for domestic cnnsump
tiOn and with similar results on the happiness and
comforts of the people. In England land proprelors
grew rich on the sutferings of the masses; and by
the protective system urged in this country
featuring capitalists would derive great profits at the
expense of the people at large,
From the NJ Y Journal Of CONNER &C
The REvENUE.-Every body understands that
national expenditure is at rate considerably
greater than our income. How the deficiency shall
be met, is question of much, though not of anxious
interest. The country has become RICH and career
is open before us of unexampled prosperity. We
have no difficulty, therefore, in raising money enough
The only question is, how light taxation can be
most judiclousy levied.
Ii cannot be by resort TO the protective system
again. That system and all protection in fact, is
is to prevent check imporations. The rate of
duties on such articles grown made In this
country, is by the Tariff of '46 too high for revenue
Woollens and cottons would probably produce more
| revenue at a much reduced rate. More than this
experience thus far has demonstrated that we are
to be great manufacturing people-that Tariff or
no tariff, we to supply ourselves chiefly with
manufactured goods, and that to erect revenue sys
tenn of high duties on manufactured goods, any
goods such as are produced within the country, would
| be TO make ephemeral system, which would Of
necessity soon perish. Protection would have been
impossible much longer, if bad not been repealed.
In fact, it had ceased, well as revenue, great
proportion of the protected articles. This process
still going One article after another,-eyery
article in fact, so soon Americans have acquired
skill in its fabrication,-ceaSes TO be imported. A
revenue system therefore, made up of duties such
articles, is constantly crumbng down. We think
we may say with perfect confidence that the country
is against the Tariff of AZ, and decidedly in favor OF
that of '46, as TO its general principles. We hear
the manufacturers all sides say, that the tariff Of
AS affords sufficient protection, and they hope II
will not be altered.
The Democratic party have taken their stand upon
it, and cannot retract. Their ranks may be tlinned
| somewhat by the proecticnIsts among them gong
over the Wings bat free trade and the Tariff OF
| 40, the Democratic party must conquer or die We
i have always said, and say so STILL that the party
which distinctly the doctrines of free trade,
must carry the country, aud the world. Before Mr..
Folks term Of Office expires, TO oppose the Tariff OF
AZ, will be useless oppose tile annexation OF
/ Texas or Louisiana. But 1T this were not so, the
party must stand by their flag now unfurled, and If
they do, both the President and Senate if not the
House. will be mpfegnablc barriers against any back
track in political economy. But there IS wide field
revenue in articles not produced at home. Many
articles of this class, spices, drugs &C., might well
have much heavier duty imposed upon them. Moth
ing is more economical than the imposition of heavy
fx-l.ic Ic alfO
foreign. The duty collected spices, all goes into
the treasury. All that the people pay, they pay to
the government while the duty iron serves TO en-
nance the price of the home production as much as
the foreign; and the former is ten times greater
than the latter, only one dollar of every ten which
the people pay, goes to the government The othel
nine dollars 60 INTO the pockets Of thedomesiic iror
a4s.ers. Then there and eoffao, vu'ish ar'
Free and upon which large might be raised
feasily and fairly Some parts of the country us'
more coffee, and others more tea; but everywhere oE
or the other is used, so that upon the whole a Ia
upon both, would be fair and equal over the who'll
country.
But there is no necessity or proprieiy in attemptn.
to raise this year all the extraordinary expenses
the Mexican War. 1t would not distress the peopl
in their present condition of prosperity to pay tn
whole The chief mischief would be in the establish
ment of revenue system for year. Its advent ant
, departure would be expensive and confusing.
would be much wiser to borrow for the extraordinary
expenditures and reserve the debt as safety valve
for the future SURPRISES if they should occur, or to
iquidated by some permanent and gradual system
which shall be found udcious, when the operation
the new plans shall have been Observed and our want
ascertained.
We say then, LIST. impose duty on tea and coffee
3D. an additional duty articles such as are not pro
? duced at home; borrow the deficiency; and whel
that and the product Of the revenue system ar
ascertained, make such provision may then b
t. found best This will save agitation. the bane o