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


present., ihsl II any shonld he disingenu-
Gus enough 70 deny lhis Characteristic Of
lhe new tariff. no one. Who regards his
replsiiOn, will venture 10 eonirsiiet the
fact. lhal The experimental tariff does not
di-e'iminaie in favor Of American manu-
faciIres and not 10 discriminate in their
fasoi, moderately and reasonably. BY q
"lise and lei live" Law OF lore amongst
brethren Of . common county, is tie
same hing In principle. though moi in de-
gree. as 10 discriminate against them
Verify. Il appeared 10 me that lie passage
would be substituting The theories Of yes
ter.hy learned in the law Office. for the
experience Of fifty years of our own Co
Sernmeni, and The practice Of oil ciyIliz-
I'd nllions. for The sake OF petpelraling
an experiment upon the people Of the
United States. ,~"5*- ~
Fifth. The last objection | shall trou-
bic you with. il TO The new principle, that
all duties are 10 be laid nj yalorom." II
is not tho least remarkable circumstance,
connccled with the passage Of The oct.
that Ibis new al ral0rtm article in the
Democratic creed was supported by tie
sanction of no distinguished name but
Henry Clay'st aud Mr.. Clay's friends
say. that even he has been misTeprescni-
ed, 10 furnish the authority.
Another not unimporlant circumstance
is, that tho people Of my State have been
commanded 10 dishonor me, Is one not
true TO the doctrine Of party tariff OF
4" al valorem duties !" end. therefore.
treaeherous 10 them; when put Il 10
your consciences, that there are thousands
and tens Of thousands Of good North Car
olina Democrats, who, so far from having
adopted il in their political creed. did new
or so much as hear Of il until long since
my election to the Senate! let each one
answer for himself-Did you ever under
stand Il before In sincerity, | declare,
that until after my election 10 The Senate,
| did not, and | presume you did not
But | think understand il now, my coun
trymen, and I venture 10 guess, that the
moro you know Of il, and the longer il
shah be tried, the less you will like il,
,roEhp l Iet me tell Won xhs. il j.; Il is q
value or The goods a. -nlsr.-. =, IL, ~
whence they come-the law fixing the
per cent, and the collector Of il ascertain
ing the foreign value Of whatever is tax
ed, viz: the sum Of the tax, for which
lhe as not responsible 10 You. but to the
Treasury Department. And q SPECIFIC
duty is the same tax imposed upon the
same articie-the law itself, however
Distinguishing The values, by establishing
the particular sum OF taxation, and leav'
ing nothing for the collector 10 do but to
+ weigh or measure the quantity; wherein
/ il he be guilty OF fraud, he may probably
be convicted, or if disposed to oppres:
the merchant, he can be prevented. IL
short, where the tax is specific the col
llector only weighs or measures the qnan
, lity where il is ad valorem he not only
+ measures or weighs the quantity, but like
wise determines, upon his own judgment
: the foreign value Of the things imported
2 The uniform rule. as approved by You
+. Government, has been heretofore, that o
. making all the duties specific which cal
r I've made SO, and let the Others DO sd va
!, loren; bu, 10 reduce the list oil al vald
r. rem duties, from time TO time. by addln
!. TO the list Of specifics. The experimer
c tai tariff condemns and repudiates th'
. policy altogether. and prescribes ne'
:, one, Of having all the duties ad valoreIl
S. and none of them specific. With IN.
" explanation, you can have no difficulty
$. comprehending my objections TO the ne
be principle Of the experimental Tariff.
or II was a maxim Of the Revolution th
" [" representation and taxation should
as together" Now, this is q great prime
a. pie Of liberty, never to be despised; al
cb the abrogation OF j. cannot be necessa'
ne 10 the interest Of the Republic. But
an means nothing. unless it creates tho du
it'll Of laying taxes by the law, and not
all tho officers who collect it; go that the
err tizen who reads the Law may, as Tar
ny practicable, see what il taxes him: OF
ed GERS, too, whom The people have no age
ch cy in appointing, and cannot remove
en-, fieers who, in assessing values, exercl
irit their own discretion, and whose 'ndlV
has ual judgment. in this country, as 10
in market value of property in all tore'
hat lands, cannot be successfully lmpeach'
iu- because the witnesses 10 do itlive abro
and cannot be goi here; and it they co'
in. il would still be almost impossible :" c.
|oc- vict the officer Of Intentional ialSeho
, a. II must be proved that he was wrong
ay, knew it TOO. 10 not this new doe'ri
the then, more than q slight departure IT !
raw this maxim of the RepubIicf Shal
,rth be approved, upon the notion TIA!
her great principle Of representative u .s
un- cracy has become imprac,cable .
ked we sanction the pretence. that me
,ere Plies representatives will cheat them
For adopting the specific duties, and asst
in al the same time that custom-house
lby ccrs will be more scrupulous aud u
just to you. in fixing the values unI''
low SYSTEM of adj valorem duties I w