Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-02-28
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We hnd by lie blef report Of the srr,cb If Mr. \,
col "' III defence Of the Secretary o tie rre,s.,,
which is conceded 10 have brcn very able he
claims the doctrine of direct taxation, and I''
views were in favor of the eventual substitute us
mode OF raising revenue Tor the present one of du,.
mP'r'S-hu' admits that the country is not PREPARED
II. MI Mel had better he cautions what Ire "a.
Mr.. W 'inot f'r making proposition 10 rails, 6v. =,
Hons by direct TAXATION was denounced as a ir,i..
his party and formally eNrommunicated. ,s,l.s,, IL
Z Is IN the habit ii saying, Prea': gUde, Mr.. Me-,
You may awake snne n,raag and ill Yourself f..
and no longer Democrat.
MI Nicol contends earnestly tor additional ,sx,,,..
aud goes for an Immediate dnty upon lea and caes, =,
recommended by The President and Secretary If Il
Treasury, and s1ys
IL was true tax IN ten aud coilae was nne.l.
81 Was all taxation unpgna. aad an evil. HAL aH
ing that such temp rary lax should b. laid In 1, III
sent emergencies With the understanding thar n,y
system ul taxation In be revised. aud m oa,i
| be made whether we should continue % On iaIh. "
direct way OF collecting taNes, ur Whctherup sIouIJ -
hon, silly forward and let the people eel that
evil. aud induce ihrtn to look l-alon,y and 1ga,
Ia'o all the expenditures ui the Governments =
lie says also that the case Is Unprecedented If ,o
Try carrying war iof two years without al lition,1
alton of some kind. Tins is very true but la1a,iao r.
snlre shape must come ere long. The interest of H.,
public debt must be provided f,r aud sahino FIND -.
taallshcd. Ours is The only nation that eyer did ,.v.
will. pay of public debt Besides the demand f., IN.
creased venue, produced by the necessity Of oeep,
the nIere,, The Rational debt and lis gradual exin
gnshmcn thcclose ul the war viii add To the prrln,
nrnt expenses oi The country very greatly Wnhor,
taking INTO consideration the enlargement of lhe pcnsl,
i SA nd III In
which will ne preferred r The next generation or two
fr ssrs sustained aud special services rendered durnr
the present The enlargement Of our boundaries con
Scllen upon the acquisition Of Territory will reou.
increase, the fifty per cest or more. of The
peace establishment ul the army We have M ilca lha,
single one Of 1.-THE Ten regiments addrd 10 he reanl,r
f1res can be dispensed with. With less than nSen:y.
FIVE thirty til, ps1oj men, how could adequate prot,
lou eXleuiei IL SmtheTn frontier. iron the r.,
Graadc to the Pacific. and The Old p,sls on the Atlantic
ami Norhrrn frontiers maataucd-;os say nothing Of p4r
rlsoos in newly acquired paris in Caiorna and On.
el.n. Thea there will be necessity fr a chain Of ,4Al.
tary p,sts from Fort LcayenwJrth % the CalnmlSa-
Vast sums viii necessarily have t, be expended ntrt-
lying p,s On the oar and erecting naval dep1is, and
the orgauza,n Of territorial governments must necrs
sarily largely The cvl list Glory is an eAle !,
Attendant upon al l#st lado finite tcfr,iluia exan-
SON. We n,ad aot stal eye, upon the prospect TO-
lrn 1t peace be made oncc-tf s,c hope and be-
deye it wl-loohng the amount Of deb, enailcd up
on the county the necessity Of providing r the pay
mcni Of lis interest and eventually Of the capital III
permanent ncIeasc Of he civil lsand of The mlIit,ry
and naval establishments, we persuaded that We y.
5e,w the marx when predict that, for years 10 com,
the necessary expenses Of the country will be ten o,
twelve millions beyond what they were when. III Polk
came into power
Taxation in some SHAPE mast be resaried to- We
have olipclion doy lea and cotfee--but this
Will MT suffice The pr, tariff. il is evident upon
any average of imports raise The res nc.
Addition will have be made the per ccntagc of tito
rate of dates, EVENT. the al raorep principle be
ed More money will have 10 be raised by imposs than
has yet been wincsseand the whole theory Of free trade
be thus quietly givcnio the winds MIR. Walker las
already recommended increase Of lie duty upon lron
and coal OF ten per cenfand ESTIMATES the additional rev
enuc thcrefrlm at million and halt Tie same H.
crease will eventually have t, b. imp ,se up1a VOL
lens and c,ttjns AMI thus, frln the titles ii II
government, sufficient protection h. extended to bn'
nc industry. The prptertinplss need give themselves
~ trouble, Reliance must be had uppn inppss for d'e
principal part Of The revenue. and raise enongh or 10
future If the country, the duties will necessarily
be hiah enough make the tariff prlpcve, while it
at the sumo time one OF reyenuel; all protective
tariffs have been
The President and his Secretary recommend now a
duty and coffee and the rotoco presses abuse
HE Wing majority in The House fr not promptly accc-
ding to the Executive scheme. They tryet that the
measure rec pmmendcd to the last House with quite
as much earnestaess. What its reception ~ b'jy
In which the Presidents frirn Is had majority Of sixty
or seventy II was not even serlnsly conslered-
The Wings prefer IN increase of duties generally. and
therefore, refuse ipimFoSe tax which Nj Nicol admits
Is unequal The mlcrats, when in the majority IN the
House believed the tariff Of t6 perfect, and recmtd
from tanperng with 1t. More revenue deianded
and the alternatives with them Were simply dilec, taxa
ton and the duty Yea and cutie They Tesnie'ad'
nellher. VIII, what justice then they assali 'e
Wings for aow refusing duty on tea and c. flee?
TIE FREMONT TRIAL.