Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-10-27
Direct Taxation for Revenue.

"tc tc Uhir7i anu " tccurc DemocrAtlc as
cendancy for all time to come" are profiise and
boistcrous in assertions to the Wings, that old
party issues are NIL dropped, and no political
principle embraced in the new Van Buren, party
except the Wilmot Proviso and, believing this
TO be true many Wings have doubtless been in
duced by their hatred of slavery to join it.
We showed few weeks since, from Mr. Van
Bnrcn's letter accepting the nomination, that he
was opposed to protective duties, and in favor Of
raising revenue for the support of Governmens
by Dueei 1anaiioH, and we gave some statistics,
proving its effect upon this State.
We have something further to say upon this
subject and We ask for it the candid consider.-
ton Of such Wings as favor the Van Buren, partr.
under the impression that it processes no polit-
cal principles hostile to those Of the Wing party
We affirm that it adopts free trade principles.
and Is utterly hostile to tariff for revenue The
" platform" adopted at Buffalo contains the tol.
lowing resolution:
"Resoired, That the obligations of honor and
patriotism require the earliest practicable nav.
ment Of the national debt, and we are aeyf6Te
in favor Of such a tariff of duties as will faise
revenue enough to defray the necessary cxpons.
Is OF the Federal Government, and to pay an
nual instruments Of our debt and the interest
thereof
This resolution, it will be observed, recon.
mends tariff of duties because of the obligation
to pay Immediately the national debt, and doc,
not even for that purpose advise discriminating
tariff for protection. The resolution was evi-
IDENTIFY drawn not to express, but to conceal BY
ambiguous terms, the free trade sentiments Of
the new Van Buren, party, and Mr. Van Buren,,
in his letter Of acceptance takes care to mako
such qualifications as viii make his present DO.
sition consistent with bis former pledges lie
says, in his letter referred to:
Ny opinions in regard to protective duties,
and the best sources Of revenue, were very fully
given in my letter to the Indiana Convention, in
ls43, and they are the same now.
j, on that occasion, gave my reasons for re-
garding the system Of taxation in force in the
States, viz, direct tar upon assessed property,
as more equal and equitable dian a system Of du-
hes upon imports
gave also my reasons for believing that du-
ties upon imports would for a long time continue
TO be used as the node by which the Federal
Government would collect its revenues, in pre-
ference to a resort to direct taxation. ALTHOUGH
the latter pocyis, 1 believe, steadily gaining on
the public mind, its advance has not vef been
sufficient to authorize Us to expect its early
""gI'' n'
,nr s snnor, ~ "s',s, n dst,
which il has recently incurred ought to be paid
as soon as practicable. Under these circunstan-
&C. Z, sequiesce IN ,he resolve o. me Convention,
cd iy ! rSrsa,,, tariff, r r''e' .-O1 " iAi'-
M ono can f.l 70 90. IN M. ho.,;,;,,
protective tariff This is n cardinal doctrine Of
the Democratic marty. and was 80 when Mr. Won
Buren, wa, its candidate for President Mr. Van
Burep declares that his o,;n;ons are unch,no.d
and refers to his unfinished sentiments in 1S.a
as those which he now holds. In ono of HI. No.
ltical letters of that veur he Tins esnress. HIM.
sell:
81 have at no time. nor ann ,rLere hes;,.,od
to express my decided dis1pprobaiioa Of the tariff
aci ~ INC las' session tist2), a. wei in respect
;,s Gs,o;J, . 1i'' "'''" u iouhueu' as 10
Such uor. Il. ,s,
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and ,,sc n n. Loo. - 1850, 1850
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national doh, al o,,.,;e-;- -
fully inserted 70 coneno XII, $3.50 - ,..;a
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