Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-10-06
Van Buren in favor Of Direct Taxa
tien---its Eject upon the People
of this State.

tien---its Effect upon the People
Of this State.
MIR Van Buren,, in his letter accepting the
Buffalo nomination, thus states his views upon
tho mode Of raising money to supper, the Gov
crnmcnt:
my opinions in regard to protective duties,
and the best sources Of revenue, wcrc very fully
given in my letter 10 the Indiana Convention, in
is4s, and they arc the same now M
u, on that occasion. gave my reasons for re-
garding the sysfem Of taxation in forte in the
states, viz, direct far upon assessed property,
as more eqsai and equitable than syaem ~ ~.
ties upon Imports.
gave also my reasons for believing that tlu-
ties on imports would for long time continue
TO he used as the mode by which the federal
Government would collect It's revenues, in pre-
ference toa resort to direct taxation. Although
the latter policy is, believe steadily gaining on
the public mind, its advance has not vet been
sufficient 10 authorize us 10 expect its carly
adoption
Mr. Van Buren, here avows himself in favor
of raising the revenue Of the country by direct
taxation upon assessed property, although he
usodcstly assumes himself to be far in advance,
in point Of wisdom, Of the mass Of the people
If Mr. Van Buren, is elected, he will regard il as
an approval BY the people of all the principles
he has avowed, and it may be worth litlcsp
to examine, what would be the effect Of his mode
OF raising revenue upon the people Of this State.
lhe constitution Of the United States section
Sd, provides tina, Representatives. and direct
tares shall be apportioned among the several
states winch may be included within the Union,
oeeofd'ng 10 Me'r rsspec'r7t numbers
Diree' 'aAes' men, must be assessed IN pro-
portion 10 tho number OF representatives.. There
are at present $50 representatives, and the rev.
ehue required Tor tue support OF Government Is
estimated nj sso,Voo,ooV annually. twill raih-
or exceed 'han iali short OF that amount
is.ing ,his Tor basis the proportion to be
pau ~ ms STATE having four representatives
"ou,a DC s'zi''se' s..,.'... d..
ino 'o'a' PoPu'a"oh OF ths State IN 1870 was
|''i' 'fi anu /" 'he TAX were assessed equally
upon every c,uhen' the proportion Tor each man,
''','''N' 1''' ~" ~ I"y' "ou'u DC ONE DOLLAR
"S ~, " 'rH ,'ci s'Sis annually 4
"e s.an' ''s,O 'ne ''a'e amounted last year
s'o 800, "'' " .'' o''e'' TAX Q, s'zi''ss
"ste Asee'ss" "p0" ~ 'here would have to be
r.a a i's'N ei-Nis upon every uo''ar OF inc
TAx far ,och ;nd;.;,,,,,I :, ~. -. ~
cd value Of his proncr,y F,.rr an. h,,,d,,,,
dollars Of assessed rrorer,v wo,,ld nay s,xrv.
SIX dollars. and every thousand dollar. SIX
ucspnEp AND sixfy dollar. animal IN. '''
The same fax would fall mon the State ~
Nov U,mn.b;ro
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inc n. c.lcn,.,;n. nj. ,,.5. c.,,' - -
coDno, \. d;.un,sd Or d.,;od "a go. -.
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The Question which We de.;r. 40 a. ,ho
mon of ri. Stat. Nh;u, na,no.,,.,.'.,' n
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y - II IL ~" H"' nyr W YOU ~
- r rsl,' w" puo"' Vp'"'o'
~ -, ueau, "nen ,ne r,op'e' INV
's ~" :" ~ A' 'e",' e''s nun '"a po"e' "
."''' '.e"' '"'o P,".''n ol'ei"' ~" ing A"ocN
INV" ~. ''eensu :" i ''O' 'ery ""'",a', 'n'-
preS'sa nun WIN ,ne 'ac', may u Soa,u DC
'ons "n'e pc'ore the people auop'eu ms poiicy
Oh a'rec' 'aSauon' ~ now IN inc iace o. MS
uec'ala.'oh 'hat raising revenue oy Hdveef far-
anon more equal and equitable thah oy
system o. mpos's winch true onght to he
'n nn' auop'ea as inc po'iey Of the Gov
ernmen')' the people Of vermont give TO Van
nusfn tue vote o. the state as against a eand''
ua'e anu parry IN ,"sor ., permanent 'orD Tor
revenue wouiu not ar van Dureh nave right
70 say una, inc people prger a"ecf 'ardiio"' or
'hey "oulu not nave elec'eu MN WIN ms known
he not point 10 your recorded vote, as nroof ,ba,
a majority Of the people were with him on tha,