The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-02

now.
Why Because it is wrong, unequal, and uni st
as applied to individuals. Upon our people it Oper-
ates as Poll-tax. Practically, to all intents and
purposes whatsoever, II Is poll-tax-so much per
head because our people all use 1.-THE rich and
the poor the richest and the poorest-and just about
IN equal quantities. In fact, il there is any differ
ence, the poor use The most Of ii-because the rich
have other Injuries which substituted in place
OF tea and coffee IL Is the poor mans and the
poor woman's only luxury, used in large quanti-
ties, and frequently without sugar
| voices "Three times day, tool
The gentleman says three times Il day in his
countryj well, IN most Of the families in my district
three times; many Of them use coffee once and tea
onoe-Sundays three times day, Ia laughl and
the poor woman who goes out for 25 cents a day to
assist her wealthier neighbor in washing, will pay
just as much Of this tax the wife Of the million
aire.
Not only does it operate wrong as applied to in
diViduals-not only Is II poll-Iax, but il is SEC
lionai tax Our people-our labonng class es-the
free aborers, all use IT. while the three millions
slave laborers Of our southern friends scarcely
use II at all. A few favonte house servants may;
the held hands do not-can not So that Il il unjust
when applied to localities as we'll as TO indvidu-
ais. We cannot support IT. viu not.
| "But, asks the "organ," "Wil you not do il to
war;" No, sir not while you raising revenue
upon these articles, you are cutting down the du-
ties upon all others. No, SIR What relation do
we sustain 10 this administration What fayors
have been heaped upon US Of Ohio that We 10 please
It, and for other motive imaE Unable shall vote 10
tax the stomachsIofour peopl.-our free aborers-
for It's special eradication, and for the exemption
Of another section Shall we do il for the sake Of
raising revenue for the support Of almost exeu-
slye southern ciyil lisl Others may; | will not
This expression may seem strong. Sir, look to the
book-ook TO the record. You have foreign minis
terS abroad receiving ~, 900 year salary and, on
the average, IN the shape Of outfits and nhs, PSF
hsps 5000 more-making $4,000 each per an
mum. Where do they come from Every one Of
them from the slave States; not from the free
STATES. II you go down to second grade ministers,
Charges with lower salary, you will find the ma
jorty, even Of them, from the southern States and
this, under an administration which OF the free
States made, which our votes necessary 10
make, and which has been sustained here by ma
jonty Of the delegation from our own State.
"A voice: "Did Ohio help to make this admins
Tauon'"
As much (replied Mr.. b. as Tennessee; just as
much. A laugh The democracy Of Ohio has
sent majority TO this floor Of the delegation Of
our State; and yet all the foreign ministers, and
majority Of charges-the whole are from the favor
tie and pamPered South. What does 1t mean?
Can these things be-
And overcome like summer cloud,
Without our special wonderl'
Ia there no design in all this There is result, if
there is not a design. And what is that result
That result is, that excluded from the
share Of influence in directing the affairs Of this gov
eminent, TO which we are logitimatey entitled. We
care nothing about your money; we live in a coun-
try where the people work for living; and are able
and willing TO do We nothing about your
money but in trimming the sails and guiding the
helm of the ship Of state, claim to have egit
innate and proper influence; yes and our fair chance
in winning and wearing the honors Of the republic.
We are denied this, however, and the result is, our
young men excluded from public employment
By excluding them from public employment, you
prevent the requirement their part Of that educa
ZION which experience only can give. The educa-
ton OF a public man is in public employment, and
without that, he never can become known, never
can have influence, nor the section to which he be-
longs. OF this complain. Look at 0hio-the
third State in this Union--the third State in this
Union and the land Of common schools, too, where
the people know how to read and WRITE and where
we fancy we have men Of talents What has she
goe foreign minister No. A cabinet officer
No; not one. But certainly have a charge Not
one But we at least have a frst-rate consulship?
Not one. A second or third-rate consulship'
Not one. In fact, startling might repeat the histo
ry of our treatment by this administration, il it were
taught only to repeat these two monosyllables, "Nt
one" We have one little bureau--the bureau on
Indian affairs! And thus public men kept
out of employment, and robbed of their legitimate
influence in the affairs Of this government
Sir, patience has ceased TO be virtue; people
do not know, perhaps these things; but they shall
know them, and they will act upon them. Our rec
concentrations have been disregarded; our importu-
mites have been spurned. Is il the part Of indie
pendent men, conscious of worth, to lick the hand
that smtes them, and fawn around the foot that
spurns themi That is not the kind of human ma
ture, sir, TO which our soil gives birth, and, long
as have any power to influence its action, il neper
shall-IT NEVER SHALL. No, sir; we will not tax
the stomachs OF our people to please this admins
traton or its "organ." We look to the comforts of
our people. If they cannot have their legitimate
share of honors, they shall have their legitimate
share Of comforts and common luxury and that,
too, free from the burdens Of taxation.
"But will you not do il war tax Surely
you will do it as a war tax" II you had given us
"a foeman worthy Of our steel" if you had shown
disposition to stand up for our western rights IT,
contemplate Mexican hyena, you would not turn
back trembling like the leaves of the aspen at the re-
mote and first muttering growls ofthe British lion; if
you had stood as we wanted you to stand and were
ready to back you in standing with all the blood
and treasure Of our people, and vindicated that to
which you yourselves have beforehand what is
more, proped-our rights to be "clcar and unques-
tionable," then we would have given you a tax on
tea and coffee as war-tax. You might have taxed
anything and everything. You have made dis.
graceful surrender of these "clear and unquestiona
BILE" rights; you have not only come down to 49o,
but below ago; and you have given our hereditary
enemy the whole Of VanCouver's island and the
privilege Of navigating the waters below 400. You
have made that degrading concession, and you now
ask us for a war-tax upon tea and coffee to make
southern conquests while northern territory is given
away by empires. We know this state of things
too we'll to comply without hesitation, and a mat
ter of course, when you ask us for tax on tea and
coffee No, sir; we shall do no such thing.
Well, got up for the purpose Of making little
plain tak-a practical sPcech-if speech j! may be
called There is another question still further in
advance; and that is suppose you strike out the du
ty on tea and coffee from the bill from the Commit
tee of Ways and Means what will you do
them
A voice: "That's the quostion,"l
We'll, am going to answer that question, (said
Mr.. b. We have always stood on the ground at
home among our people, and here, in favor Of rev.
enue tariff. We occupy that ground still-a tariff
for revenue; not tariff for protection, nor tariff
for the destruction Of revenue-neher the one nor
the other
Now, the next practical question that comes up
is, Will the COMMITTEES of Ways and Means bill,
wb dvested of tho for n tn on and |