Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-06-11
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Review Of The TEenty-ninth Congress
TAXATloN-THE TARIFF.
No. II.

We are pointed 10 the prosperity ofihe country
Ru "a II mora pfnsperous now than u was unaer
an. tarf of 1891 And would the commercial
or,hs manufacturing. or the shipping interests
ho o-,.nero.s at ali, bur for the extraordinary
fsnnina ana .earci,y ia Europel Why, The Eng.
ia ,.ior from The British treasury, are al this
,,o,,on, navinv our ship owners for sending TO
&C., Brsio he grateful charities Of our people,
s,S,. ,bls ,ime 10 draw favorable conclusions
80. ,,vsnue measure which was established TO
ovs,hrow an &C, long established, long tried, and
rr,ved TO be eoodi Be it remembered, too, that
I, was during foreign war that the tariff act Of
1912 was destroyed, and most wanIonly so. lt
vas not only party against interest, but parry
against principle, and the deed was done no, on
~ IN defiance Of Mr.. Polk's pledges Of protection
Ihen a candidate, but under circumstances that
showed willingness TO sacrifice people, country,
and the public good, merely 10 sustain the doc
,Yines oe those hostile alike 10 the labor, the gen.
;u, and the permanent welfare OF the nation
This tar.fr Of I846 was just eight days old when
the President aud his Secretary ofthe Treasury,
sent the one a message, and the other reporI 10
Congress, declaring that coal and iron should be
additionally taxed, with sugar, tea and coifee!-
Upon the Two last articles, no duty had oeen i'm
nosed fur fifteen or sixteen years, and they have
become from the constancy Of their use and the
dependence Of the poor upon them, among the
necessares of life. Mr.. Polk himself as a can
diiae for Office, had denounced the tax upon
them as Wing measure, and he himself, back.
Cd by the Legislature and party Of his State, had
denounced anv such tax as unequal and unjust.
His own Secretary of the Treasury, as a Senator
also, had preferred, proposed, and defended a tax
upon gold and silver plate; and yet both are found,
in the frs, place, desroyers Of a revenue law
yielding a large income; and in the second place
advocating an increase of duty upon the comforts
and nccsssaries oflife! Was this tax upon iron,
and COAL aud sugar, political intrigue 10 win
back the lost Stale of Pennsylvania 10 the Ad-
minisira,ion. and TO sooih Louisiana, complain.
ing Of bad failhl or was it an act TO make the
poor, according to the Democratic creed, pay an
increase Of price equal to the increase of duty
proposed upon tea and coffee, and sugar, and
coal, and iron, and other articles used by the
poorl
Ifihe reduction Of duty increased the amount
Of revenue, according to another free trade theo'
~, how happens it again that the Executive and
Sir. Walker asked Congress for an increase Of
revenue by an enhancement Of duty.
But this is not the marked feature Of the sub
ject. The 29lh Congress have actually reduced
the duty on lururieS in The tariff Of 1876, while
they have proposed, in the year l847, high du.
" on the necessaries of life. On brandy and
spirits distilled from grain, the duty had been re.
duced sxtv.lwo per cent. Under the Wing ia.
riff Of l842, according TO the importutons Of
l845 the revenue derived from these articles
was one million six hundred and twenly.,hree
thousand dollars, and the reduced duty on bran.
dy and spirits is $432,000l And yet tea and
coffee are to be taxed TO make up the deficiency
Of a reduced duty on rum, gin, brandy, whiskey,
and other foreign alcoholic liquors. Temper
nnco men, what think you of thisi On playing
cards tho duty had been reduced seven.elgh,hs,
and put in the 80 per cent. schedule. The du'
" on visiting cards had also been reduced near
~ tyo.,hir1s Mr.. Stewart of Pennsylvania,
in recent speech says of the act Of 1916, the
duties are reduced "on crown and cut glass,
chandeliers, &C., used by the rich, 80 to 80 per
cent; on pimento, cloves, cassia, dates, &C.,
from 60 TO 90 down to 40 per cent; on ready |
made clothing, from so to 80; on silk hats aud
shoes, from 80 to 80. The duties on all these
luxiIries, and many others, consumed by the rich,
are thus reduced, in most instances, more than
one-half and then tho President and Secretary
turn around aud ask us to tax tea and colfee.-
No, sir, let them restore and increase the duties
on luxuries, and then, if they have not revenue
enough let them talk about duty on tea aud
coffee, Let them restore the three and half
millions Of revenue they had lost by the reduc
ton Of the duties on cotton goods; the two mill |
lions on iron and its manufactures; the million !
and half they have lost on sugar; the million
on woolens and the million and half on silk
goods Let them restore these protective and
revenue duIes-restore the nine and a half mil
lions tukcn of these five articles.
sUB-TREAsURY LAW.
This act is now nearly year old. What good
has il done to the Government, State or Pcoplei
Is the public money safer than it wasl Are six
individuals, however respectable or responsible,
living in Boston, New York. Philadelphia, |
Charleston, ST. Louis, and New Orleans, capable |
Of keeping the public money as securely as in.
s,utions with stockholders aud directors incor.
porated by State Governments, responsible TO
State Governments, and giving the most ample
security for the restoration Of every dollar plac
ed on deposited Without giving security, or
convenience to persons or parties, or business ol
any sort, the Sub.ireasury has really done great
deal Of positive injury TO the country. 1t has
multiplied public officers in all sections Of the
country, and al the seat OF Government, and
thus greatly increased the power Of Tho Execu'
tive, BY giving him more complete and less re-
sponsble control over the purse strings Of the
nation. In ii5sIflhe Subtreosury scheme has all
the germs of greO. Government bank-large
deposits, large issue, and through the Treasury
notes, sent out by millions aud millions ofdol. |,
lars, large paper circulation. The manuiac. !
iure Of paper money indeed, is one of the great
branches Of business carried on in the Treasury =
building.
Thescheme combines the purse with the sword 1
IN the one person Of the President. 1t makes a /
d;.tinctinn hnLmenn The nccnsanru cnrrnncu ncL !.