Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-07-30
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farmers use paid tax, high tax, for the
benefit of the manufacturer, while all or near
ly all the articles used by him, came in free of
duty And this tariff the whig leaders call
protective. "Protection =" Strange term to
| designate injustice; for every dollar so pro-
| tected out of your pockets into those of the
manufacturer. is, to say the least, gross inius-
tlce; to you and your children, who have E.
quail claims under the constitution with all
your fellow-citizens The tariff of AZ, or
whig tariff, was made expressly and avowed-
| ly with the view to this protection; SO gross
are many of its provisions that its friends dare
not come out openly and tell the people that
such articles as you require for your daily use,
pay taxes according to value, but they cloak
some OF the most egregious frauds under Latr-
gers Latin, called tine minimum principal
thus piece OF common cotton cloth, or COM
mon caiico, is not taxed according to its cost or
value, but Is held to cost and be valued at or
4 tunes Its actual cost, and the tax is laid on
this assumed value, a vile cloak to render less
apparent the fraud perpetrated many of these
goods, actually costing 5, 6 or cents yard,
are made to pay on the assumed value of 20
cts yard. Articles of luxury, and such as
are only IN the reach of the wealthy, are thus
allowed to be brought into the country, under
a duty less than that paid by the articles in
common use by the farmer and labouring clas-
ses.
By the tariff of '46, this odous principle has
been destroyed, and all articles now pay in
proportion to their actual roitte All the arti-
cles OF prime necessity to farmers and mechan.
icsare introduced under much lower rates than
by the tariff of '42, still Mr. Donnell opposes
the tariff of 1916.
BY the tariff of '46, the list of free articles
Tor the special benefit of the manufacturer, is
reduced tourfifths and although the duty is
small on many of the articles, they pay some.
thing towards the support of the government
Under the tariff of AZ, for which the Wings
contend, the article of salt was made to pay in
effect about IL cents per bushel under the ia
rit OF '46. salt is taxed according to value
and pays less than 8 cents per bushel. The
articles of tea and coffee are free of duty unde
both tariffs, that of '46 as well as that of AZ
These are the two articles before alluded to
as the only ones the tariff of 40 left free
which are used by the farmer. | speak o
them now because have been msrepresentet
on this subject.
Mr.. Donnell argues that the tariff of '46 il
too low, and will not Weld sufficient revenu,
to pay the expenses of the Government, AM
: pay the debt which has been created by tn
: Mexican War. am of opinion that the ia
riff of '46 will prove fully sufficient, and an
not willing to increase the taxes one cent, un
less time proves me in error, of which | an
happy to say, there is now no prospect. Blu
II, as have said again and again, it.become
necessary to RAISE more reuentte, The articles o
lea and Coffee are fair objects of Taxation.
+ A small tax on them would yield 50 900,
f 600 Of revenue, and it would be as equitable
perhaps more equitable, than any tax tina
, could be laid, inasmuch as these articles are il
? general use, North and South, East and Yves
] every section using them. Should our coun
try's necessities call for increased duties, sa
f as have said before, that | would vote
small tax on tea and coffee, as a war tax, t
h cease with the war; for the reason, that
e thought them fair objects of taxation n
y complaint is made on the salt tax, an articl
h absolutely necessary to life, both of man an
beast and yet it is well known that you, tn
!, farmers of North Carolina, pay more of thi
T., tax than the State of New York, and one hal
of the New England States; and by restoring
D the Wing tariff of 1912, you would pay a
, least four times as much tax on salt as yo
$ now pay.
4 The WAR
t Mr.. Donnell charges Mr.. Polk with maxim
the war, &c. &C.; placing, as I contend, GU
e country in the wrong and Mexico in the righ
It | cannot subscribe to such doctrine To sa
e nothing of the causes of the war, which ex
e listed previous to May, 1916, am willing t
;, take the ground that the Administration di
J, right in every position then taken. If we al
! low that the march from Corpus Christi to tn
e Rio Grande was, as the Wings aledge, tn
It cause of the war, still say it was the RICH
d it was the duty of Mr.. Polk, as President, t
: defend every inch of GU. soil and the so
= of the left bank of the Rio Grande is as niue
e the soil of the United States as the Island G
y Orleans. 1t was known, that by order of Pa
r. redes, the Mexican President, large arm
l. had collected on the right bank of the Ri
) Grande, with the avowed intention of invadin
n Texas, then State of this Union and til
q commander of our forces in that neighborhoo
IT had recommended, as the best plan to rep
: them, position on the left bank of that rive
o 1t was the only position our army could taxi
!, consistent with the safety of the National he
is nor. If it precipitated the war, the fault wa
n not Mr. Folks, nor Gen. Taylor's, but tn
y fault of that Constitution that compelled M
u Polk, as President, to protect our soil from IL
II reign invasion. In Gen. Taylor he had goo
i adviser, and a ready, capable and willing e,
:, ecutive officer. The war, already determine
d on by Mexico, was met in the way such thing
l should ever be met by Americans. An lrisl
l. man once said, the best way to avoid dang
s is to meet it full in the face. So Mr.. Pol
At thought, and SO Gen. Taylor acted.
n But it has been said the left bank of II
At Rio Grande is not American soil, that it dot
not belong to the United States This is a
together an after-though: The Mexica
a Generals and government did not, either the
| before, or since, think so for they had acl
at nowledged it as part of Texas. If the Neuc'
D. was the boundary, why did Gen. Woll, II
er Mexican General, when commanding that d.
partment, order all Mexican citizens and SO
ot ders to the other side of the Rio Grande?
Id the Mexicans thought the Nueces was Il
1r boundary, why have they in all their deman
" and proclamatidns, which from time to lin
i. are Illuminated against the United States, ne
n er declared it !: They all say, that as co
n dition On which they will treat for peace, I
es American army must be Withdrawn from tn,
OF soil to the left bank of the Rio Grande new
S, has the Nueces been named, except by thu
E. friends in the United States If Gen. Tayl
n was on Mexican ground in May, '46, why q
g, not the wing Senators, when voting freely +
It's men and money to be sent him, all vote !
Mt the resolution offered by Mr.. Crittenden to
ou strain him from an tnrasion OF Mexico In
lie knew he was defending our own soil, and
an had not then occurred to them that edPit
a might be made by regulating our nation
to honor, and declaring the army, they appear