The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-12-26


tariff was 10 give employment TO American
labor al advanced prices, was 10 ''p,oiecl
home industry and furnish a rAady market
for ihe farmer. Internal Improvements
were 20 bring trade on 10 every neighbor-
hood enhance the value Of every mans
property. Tho disIribrtion oftho land mon
ey was TO enrich the State, finish their pub
lie works. plant schools throughout their
borders, and relieve them from taxation ~
But the fact, that for every dollar taken out
Of the treasury for these objects, much
larger sum was transferred from the pockets
Of the people 10 the favored classes, was
c, ntnually concealed as was also the ten
dcncy, If not the ultimate design, Of the
system to build up an arisiocracy Of wealth,
10 control the masses Of society, and mo-
nopoliAe the political power Of the country.
The severa. branches Of this system were
SO intimately hlened together, that in their
operation, each sustained and strengthened
the others. Their joint operations was 10
add new burdens Of taxation, and 10 encour-.
age largely increased and wastinl expcn-
diiure Of public money. |! was the inter-
cstof the bank that the revenue collected
and the di bursemenIs made by the govern
mcnt should be large, because being the de-
posiiory Of the public money, The larger the
amount the greater would be tho bank pro-
fits. II was ,he interest Of the favored
classes who were enriched bp tho protective
tariff, 10 have the rates Of that proiecti IN as
high as possible, because the higher those
the greateribeir advantage. Ii'was the in
tercrcst Of tho people of all those sections
and localities which expected 10 be benefit
ed by expenditures for internal improve
menis, that the amount collected should be
as large Ds possibc--that the sum discussed
might also be the large, tie States being the
benefciares in the distribution # tho land
money, had an interest in having rates Of
tax imposed. by protective :driff, large
enough 10 yield q sufficient revenue from
that source TO meet the wants ofthe govern
Yent without disturbing or taking from them
the land funds; so that each of the branch
cs constituting tho system, had common
inicreslin ia swelling public expenditure.
They had direct interest in maintaining
the public debt unpaid, and increasing its
amour, Q iausc this would produce an an
nual increased drain upon tho treasury 10
the amount Of The interest, and render aug
mented taxation necessary. The operation
and necessary effect Of the whole system
were TO encourage large and extravagani
expenditures, and thereby Increase the pub:
lie patronage, and maintain rich and cx.
pensive government al The expense Of tax
! ed and impoverished people.
j It's manifest that this scheme of cnlarg-
ed taxation and expenditures, had il coniin-
ued 10 prevail, must soon have converted
the government, Of the Union, intended by
its trainers to be a plain, cheap and simple
confederation Of States, united together for
common protection, and charged with n few
specific duties relating chiefly TO our foreign
affairs, into consolidated empire, depriving
me States Of their reserved rights, and the
people of their just power and control in
The administrations their government. Ia
this manner the whole form and character
of The government wonld be changed, moi
by an amendment Of the Constitution, but
by resorting 10 an unwsrantaCle and unau.
i fhorized construction Of that insiru menl,-
The indirect mode Of levying the taxes by Q
duty ON imports, prevents the mass Of the
people from readily perceiving the amount
they pay, and has enabled the few who are
thus enriched, and who seek 10 WELD the
political power Of the country, TO deceive
and delude them We're the taxes direcl
levy upon the people, as is the case in the
States, This could not occur. The whole
system was resisted from its inception by
many ofour ablest statesman, some ofwhou
doubted its conshiutionality and its exped
ency, while others believed il was, in all its
branches, a fragrant and dangerous infractior
LOT ,ne Constitution.
/ That National Bank, Protective
Tariff, levied, not to raise tie revenue needed
not for protection merely-internal i'm
proven eats, and the distribution Of the pro
ceeds bf the sales Of tho public lands, are
measures without the warrant Of the Ccnsti
tuition, would, upon the maturest considera
ton, seem 10 be clear.
i Ii is remarkable that no one Of these
measures, involving such momentuous con
sequence, is autho.ise by any express
power in the Constitution. No one Of them
is incident 10, as being necessary and prope
for the execution Of the specific power
granted Ly the Constitution. The authority
under which it has been attempted to justi
4 ~ each them is derived from interference
and constructions Of the Constitution which
its letter and its whole object and design d.
not warrant. II is 10 be conceived that sucl
Immense powers would have been left b!
1.-The trainers Of the constitution to mere in
4 feiences and doubtful constructions. Hat