The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-24

in the paymsnt Of such taxes Do you rule YOU
selves in these exactons' And when you come {
anayse the purposes f,r which these high taxes an
laid, they are infinitely worse than the taxes OF
fathers refused to pay. They refused to pay them
although they were laid in part to discharge Il
national debt incurred, to defend them in the WI
of l776. But what interest has the Southern ma
or Southern planter in the duties laid by the act 4
1886 to benefit the Northern people in the
pursuits of industry So far as the law accom-
pllshes It's object, and the consumption of NortI
ern productions is forced on the Southern cons,i
mer, ny excluding the foreign commodity, ii I
Just so much money taken from him, and given &
the Northern producer 1t is naked robbery. \
Is red republicanism, on far more fagtious sea
than is demanded in France. There, all that (
required OF Government, is bread or employmeit
to labor which will give bread. Poverty and sta
yation afford some senlblance of right, for extor
ing support through Government from the Or,
perty OF others but here, it is pot bread III
people Of the North require to be wrunsy out of |,
by the taxes of the General Government. thew INF
pose, but wealth, and power, and dominion. WI
are their colonies in more absolute and oppressis
sense, than the colonies Of England are to tlE
mother country. For whatever NAV be the prS
hibitions on the trade Of the colonies, imposed IA
England, she, in fact, furnishes to her coloniS
the cheapest manufactured commodities in tlf
world, whilst she is the best consumer of all the&
pIOuoClioHS- Hc pIoHluitlOIS, therefore,, q
their trade, are almost entirely nominal The ca.
is widely different between the Southern ar
Northern States. The Northern people do n
and cannot consume the productions of the Soutl
whilst they compel US, by the tariff of the Gene
al Government, to consume theirs. Our natur
trade is thus interrupted or broken up, to the in
mense loss of the South. Are you free undl
such system of taxationi Do you enjoy thu
liberty in taxation, which your fathers beaueatht
n N q nd ,
they toiled through the seven years war of o,
.Revoluton, @ G5l Y3i2 stREA
But let us turn to the next great test of libert
in laxatlon--the expenditure of the taxes. a
the taxes should be laid by the taxpayer f,
his benef', so they should be expended by hiE
for his benefit. So far as the civil list, and Il
army and navy Of the United States are conceri
ed, the taxes may be said to be expended in cor
formity to our rights, although they all go in the
expenditure to swell the prosperity of the Nortl
But there is branch of expenditure, as unjust
ITS operations as 1t Is unconstitutional which, a
ter long struggle, repeatedly arrested by IL
veto Of the Executive, may now be considered
part of the settled policy of the Governments
! mean appropriation for Internal Improvement
The free States, in the North and West, have i
length combined to carry out this policy; ar
having a decided majority in both branches
Congress, IN its favor they will allow no one I
be elected President of the United States WI
VIII hereafter arrest it. The present Exec,
tive is committed to support it, and will doubtle
sanction all bills presented to him for it's enforc
ment. The chief object of the North in supper
ing this policy is to empty the Treasury, and tn,
occasion high taxation for the benefit of the
manufactures So notorious is this, that di
tinguished member Of Congress from the Nortl
afterwards Cabinet minister, declared, that if h
could md no better means of eXhausting Il
Treasury, he would voteto empty itinto the Pot,
mac river. The object of the West in this polio
is to have the means of improving new countr
where capital is scarce. The result of the comb
nation is seen in the appropriations already mad
the Treasury Of the United States, for Intern
improvements, Sl2 SOC, 900 have gone to the fir,
States and S2,50O,000 to the slave States-th,
making clear gain of $40 ,0OO, 900 by the forme
Your Representatives in Congress, believing thS
Congress has no constitutional right to make an
such appropriations, have steadily voted again
them. Are you then free in the expenditures y
the taxes you have paid into the Treasury, in Il
appropriations for Internal improvements
But hasten to the last test of liberty in a cou,
try where the institution Of slavery prevails--tl
protection and security the Government afford
Is the Government of the United States a sourt
of confidence and security in the maintenance
this institution, or is, it, on the contrary, a cau
of anxiety and fear' For people to fear the
Government, is proof of political slavery.
is inconceivabe that free people. free to NAL
and free to change their Government, should hav
any other feeling towards it, than those Of affe
ton and confidence. If they rule themselve
they must fear themselves, to fear their Cover
ment. Only those who are ruled need fear the
rulers. And yeti appeal to every one of va
this nght-haye you no fear of the Governme
OF the United States, in its present and futuk
bearings on the institution Of slavery; Loo
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eminent and what people do you apprehend int
vention which must endanger this institution
looking to its overthrow' You must answer-tl
Government of the United States and the poop
of our Northern States. Instead of contribute
to your peace and securty-they are the graz
agitators-the only agiators, who restlessly al
pertinnciously assail the institution Of SLAYER
and do all they can do, and dare do, to weakt
and abolish it in the South. Are YOU free, and a
you rule yourselves, by the Government of Il
United States, In securing to yourselves, prote3
ton and peace, with respect to the institution II
slavery? Was 1t ever intended by your fathers
is it your will, that slavery should be, as il h
been for years past, the one great subject of ag
tation IN Congress? Do you pass those resol{j
uons which are annually, on one pretext or all
other, sent to you from the Northern States.
which you are denounced on account of this iTl
stltution, and your right to hold your slaves
questioned or denied Is it of your choice, thu
you stand in position where you cannot eve
defend yourselves, without instigating servile IL
surrectlons. Have you set up that most odios
or all tyrannies in your midst, which enters mi
the domestic circle, and sows suspicion and di +
content amongst those who dwell under the san
roofs Have you wrested from yourselves, col
trary tothe express mandates of the Constitution
the reception Of your fugitive slaves in the FIRE
States? Has it been by your assent that 81
threats of emancipation in our territories, and Y
refusal to pass proper territorial laws, you ha,
been excluded from our territories; and the sc
tied purpose has been announced, that by one e.,
pedient or another, you shall not occupy or po$
sess one foot Of that magnificent domain you hay
lately won from Mexicos Is it your voice whic5
declares, that slavery shall be abolished in til
District of Columbia, and that no more sla,
States shall be added to the Union, whilst FIRE
States shall be multiplied indefinitely In
these unconstitutional pretensions and agsre
slons, you do not rule yourselves You are rule
by the North, In defiance of your will and III
Constitution, through the Government of Ii
United States, and with the Government of til
United States to enforce these unconsiitution,l
pretensions and aggressions. You cannot, AMI
do not, protect yourselves; nor can YOU keep of
IN Congress or out of Congress, the dangero,
agitation Of the subject of slavery. put Il
question to you--are you a free people, under IL
practical operation Of stlch n Government in ~