Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-12-13

dollar taken ont for these Objects much larger
ann was transferred from the pockets of the peo.
pie 70 the favored classes was continually con.
cealsd, as was also the tendency of the ultimate
design Of the system to build up an aristocracy of
wealth to control the masses Of society," and mo-
nopoli1e the political power of the country.
The several branches of this system were SO
Intimately blended together, that in their opera
tion, each sustained and strengthened the other.
Their Joint operation was to add new burdens of
taxation, and to encourage largely increased and
wasteful expenditure OF public money. 1t was
the interest Of the Bank that the revenue and the
disbursements made by the Government should
b large, because being the depository of the
public money, the greater would bel the bank prof.
Its by its use. It was the interest OF the favored
classes, who were enriched, to have the rates of
that protection as high possible for the higher
those rates. the greater would be their advantage
Il was the interest of all those sections and local.
tiles who expected to be benefited by expendi.
lures for internal improvements that the amount
collected should be as large as possible, so that
the sum dishursed might also be large. and the
States being the benifcaries in the distribution
Of the land money had an interest in having the
ratesimposedby apro;ective tariff, large enough to
yield sufficient revenues from that source to meet
$h. x,ante of tba Goyornroont ,y;tbo,t d;etnrbinr
or TAKING from them the land fund. so that each
branch constituting the system had common in
terest in swelling the pablc expenditures
, naa ~ di,eo. hs III ~ A ha.,uso no
l. would produce an annual increased drain
upon the I 70 ,sury to the amount of tie inter>
e.ts, and lender augmented taxes necessary.-
The npoIailon and necessary fnee' OF 'he whole
sss'em was 70 eaeuo ,shu ';so am ,ba u,h,;c
natr"n,ae' eap1 and maiutain rich and expensive
Goyernment at the expense Of q taxed and i'm.
povcrishcd peepls
: manies. .na. an.s ssd ssdsi,e y ., en,aaE,a
pre,ail must soon hrvc converted the geuerr.
ment of ths Union, intended by its trainers 20
be plain. cheap, confsderacy of States. united
tngetller for common protection and charged
with tow speeihe eu'ies laG.ns in'eny ~
S.!'a. H. S,atas ,r ,bc;r reserved y:gh,s and
the p.op,e Of their Just power and control in
the administration oftheir government In this
manner the whole form OF government would
~ NJ. ~ ~ ,esor,na, an nnwarro,oble
and nnau,horized construction.
The indirect mode of levyir1g the reve-
nue nv dutv on imports, prevents the
,,,,.s or tho neo,le from readily perceiy.
,,, ,h.u md hoe en,hled
10 C. - snr;.bad ,,d ubo
ash -. ,,;ald ~. ,,ol;,;cal nower of tho
sssn - daaa;ua md dohds ,bem Wero
.ou.ay, ~ 80 49,, ,,nan Tho naonle ,s :
,hs .hs e.ss @ in ,he Sf.ies his could not occur.
Ths ,yhol. svs,en, was resisted from its
;noon,;on l, ,,,nv Of onr abiest States uen.
.o,ns of whom donb,ed its consti,utionaEity
- .,.d;a,o,, while o,hers believed il
80. - ~, - Lroncbes n 1auran, and dan.
80 :. -, ~ ,he cons,I,n,io,
.s,aa,;,,o !. r;fr levied mi IN r,ise Tho
...aa.,s ~ noaaad hn, ,ro,ec,ive merely. IN.
,s.naa n ;nnroremen,ss The dis,ribulion Of The
.nl.e oc he nutic lands. are measures with /
~, ~ ,hs msrran, ga of ,he consti,l,,ion, would
,,,,on ,ha n,,tn-es, c,psidero,ion seem tn he
e,a,r +, ;s ramarkoble that no one Of
~ .nsa a,s.as ;nno,,;no snch ooma,,ons
son.so,ances i ou,ho,ized bv nny exnre,s
~san, ar n,,war !, tho f,,n t;,n,on No one
ssr,hen, r ..;nc;1en, ,o no heino necessary
~ a s.ana,- . far he exscution Of sne1.ii'.
49, r nr.r,ed h, the Cons,i,plion The
pubor;,v ,,nder which il has been ollennt.
ed 10 iustify eacb of them is derived from
;nfsrsnce md constructions of the Constj.
,ution which its letter urrt1i wl4ele eAiee. end
design do not warrant. Is i, to be conceiv-
ed ,Sa, such immense powers would have
been left by the trainers of the Cons:itut Oh
to jnferences and doubtful construcslons?-
Hod i, been intended to confer them on the
Eader,i government. it is bu, reasonable to
conclude ,hn, i, would have been done by
plain and unequivocal grants. This was
no, done: but the whole structure Of WHICH
the @"Anerican sys.en' consisted, was
reared on no other or better foundation
than forced implications aud inferences Of
mower. which its authors assumed might be
declared by construction from the constitu-
lion.
Ru, i, has been urged that the national
bank, which constituted so essential branch
of the combined system, was no. a new
measure, and ,ha. its constitutionally had
been previously sanctioned because bank
had been chartered in 1871. and had re-
ceived the official signature of President
W,sb;no,on A few facts will show the