The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-04-04
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ed Nor shall l. Tor the same reason undertake 10 show
a lar greater portion Of the revenue has been diSbsed
az me NORTH Than lis due share and that the joint eGct OF
hese has been to transfer amount from South
~ No,th which under sn equal system Of revenue aud
usourse mens would not have been 10 her II this
be added, that many of the duties were imposed not for
bni Tor il, intended TO pat money
not M The treasury but directly the of the man
uacturers-s conception be formed ofte immense
amount Which 20 The long sonre Of sixty years. has been
transferred from South TO NORTH There are no dara by
which can be estimated with any certainty but il is safe
To say that amounts to hundreds Of millions Of dollars
Under the most moderate estimate Il would be uirieutto
add greatly TO the wealth Of the North aud thus greatly in
crease her population, by attracting emigration from an
This combined with the great and primary cause amply
explains why the North has acquired preponderance
every department Of the Government by its sproporon
ate Increase OF population and States"
l think IL well for the Senator that he did not IN.
dertake TO show that, for he knows that the duties
fall upon and are paid by the consumers, be they
where they may. State, therefore, which has
population ten times greater than that of another
State, pays ten times more revenue. No matter
where the imports 60 those who consume them pay
the duties upon them Go into the manufacturing
towns and villages where they consume a large
amount of sugar and other dutiabe articles do they
not pay the duty their Importation And is not
the fact true always that II is the consumer wheT-
ever he may be, who pays the duy Sir, the fact is
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The seraior undertakes 10 show that by far the
greater portion OF our revenue has been dsbursed at
the North, or more than its due share. Now, sir
that struck me the most bold assertion In the
whole speech. Is all history sir to BE- set al uaught
in this matter The disbursements greater at the
North than in the South Why, sir in the State in
which live, aside from the expenses of collecing
the revenue, not $4,000 of the public money has
been spent in fifty years. No, sir the expenditures
of the Government are not made there the officers
of the Government do not come from the North, nor
the great contracts made there. hat is IL thai
consumes one-half, aye, tnree-fourths of your
nue. but the army and the navy, and where is il
pended Why where your Indian occur,
your Seminole and Creek wars-in the Southern. and
not in the Northern portion of these States WHY,
sir, the idea that undue proportion OF The money
collected by the General Government has been dis
bursed in the Northern States is 10 say the least,
in as direct opposition TO the truth of history
any statement which could possibly be made. A
friend has collected for me some statistics showing
the expenditures of the Government, one item of
which / will refer to- which Is well calculated TO
show the proportion between the free and the slave
States. BY the returns of the Post Office Depart
-, - r~--1@7 Z, appears that ihsSex-s 81
lected in the fifteen fire. States by why OF postage
sum exceeding the expenses of the Department in
these States for that year by 900, while there
was a deficiency to the same amount In the slave
States. Thus there was direct tax collected in
small sums from the North, TO the amount Of over
$500 O00 In one year. for that single Department Of
Government and apprehend that If the other De
partmenis were examined, II would be found that
the Post Office was in fact the one under which the
North suffered least. why In our irrte State of
New Hampshire, there Is direct tax for postage TO
the amount of over $4,000 The revenue collected
there for postage In that year was $40 ESQ., and the
expenditures S25 800 leaving us with direct tax Of
Sl5 $50 for that year And, sir, IL cannot be said
that these letters were received from commercial
correspondents because we have no great CONNER
cia emporium In the State. No, sir this tax Is col
lecied from those manufacturing operatives OF whom
mention Is soUetimes made here. IL is tax on the
affections of the human heart on fal love and rev.
erence, on correspondence with parents, children,
and friends and IL Is collected from the hardwork
ing men and women oil the North, for the support Of
this Government. Yet we do not complain Of IL !;
but In the face OF oil this 1t is rather hard 10 be told
that our prosperity is MI owing to the undue amount
of Government expenditures made in the Northern
States. Why, sir, II would be curiosity in the part
of the country in which live to hear of the expehd
iture among Them Of dollar Of the money Of the
General Government, over and above just what is
necessary to collect the revenue 10 be spent else
where. So much for this subject
Again, says the Senator from South Carolina
Ito this be added. that many ofhe duties imposed
not for revenue, but for protecionat s intended pat
money, not in the treasury hut directly into the pocket Of
| the manufacturers conception may be formed Of
the immense amount which, in The Icing course Of sixty
years has been transferred from South q. North There
G 10 .. ~ as ,s ha, e s ns -, 49,,
OF dollars Under the most moderate estimate, II would be
sufficient to add greatly the wealth of the North, and
thus greatly increase her population by attracting emgra
| lion from all quarters TO that section"
| Now, sir, let rs examine this point. II Is the
tariff, then, that has done injury TO the South, and
| produced discomfort there Now, | have been at
| some little pains 10 examine the history OF the var-
Gus tariffs, and our revenue policy and find that
the first tariff act was passed on the 4th of July
| 1879, and the preamble to It is in the following
| words:
"Whereas is necessary for the support OF Government
for the discharge of the debts OF the United States and o
he encouragement and protection Of manufactures that
duties be laid goods wares and merchandise, import
| ed
The yeas and nays were no, taken on the bill in
he he len W. faru
ly increased and think In some instances that they
were doubled, and the bill for that purpose passed
the House OF Representatives., yeas Az nays Is and
as curiosity l.wi read the votes OF the States