Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-04-03

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Totai amount af land tar which,
w0ald have hecs paid iuto tho
national treasury, had u been
sevsed honestly seesd.ng ~
the sfasates is2 600 GOO
Dedaet amount astaa'ly paid 10000 900
Deficit. which ILs landlsds have
eyaded : ib2 600 900
Wa muss psoased ons step further The
naiicnai dcbt. funded and aniundcd, now
amounts ia round numbers 10 eight hundred
millions " this be sshtractrd from the land
tar deficit the whole 81 the national debt
wonld hnys been paid and q surplus remain
in the treasury II three hundred and sixty. two
millions. The magnitude 81 this Transaction
may induce sone readcrs To suspect that we
have becn baildspg castlss in the air but the
evidence is arishmetical Neither the facts
mar figures can be Disputed
We must proceed one step further The ex-
isting national debt amounts, in round num-
bcrr b eight hundred millions II that sum
be suhtraeted from the landtax deficit the
national debt would be cancelled and bal
ance remain IN the treasury az three hundred
and sixty Two millions Had the land tax been
paid honestly, from year Ia year. On the grow
ing rental, the trade and labor ~ England
would not De- npw thirty millions of interest.
which swallows no three-filihs &C the annual
revenue for the principal IN which that inter.
est i paid would not have existed There
would have been no necessity for tariiis or Gus
tom houses, GRIPPING commerce 10 keep faith
with the public creditor; and il IL material
tact which cannot be too strongly impressed
that y free import trade was the undoubtcd
x..lo as.A Il ..A - 49,
years after tho Conquest The aristocracy sub
verted that system Mt the Restoration and mt
the Revolution. and TO save their estates from
bearing public burdens introduced and carried
out, 10 the most minute forns the principle Of
indirect taxation From 1858 10 1892 the
Government IL England was . real oligarchy,
disguised under the nominal designation Of a
limited IDcnarchy. Let us see then, what
measures the oligarchy adopted 60 secure the
power they had obtained
In the reign Of Qacen Anne, I'LL, nm act
was passed by which the qualification Of a rep
rescutatlye for county was fixed nj an an
nuh rental OF ak hundred pounds, and that Of
. representative Of a borough nj three hundred
pounds--bofh thcee qualifications being con-
lined "a real property This was obviously
done TO strengthen the landed interest, and
secure Parliamentary majority 10 the great
Tories might fight against each other 10 get
possession OF the treasury, they Away united
against the slightest symptoms 1T Democratic
pressure BY this property qualification act
which still exists in ts ancient spirit though
somewhat modified In form, the House of Com
mons usurped one OF the most sacred privileges
OF the people. invaded the rights Of the elce.
torni body. and in effect limited the franchisc,
a. Il narrowed the competition of candidates
on whom that franchise could he bestowed by
tho constituencies The act was essentially
despofic, for the Parliament that passed Il
weakened the hands a liz osn electors, which
they we're coDstitnfionalIy hound 10 strcngthen
The aristocracy desired % 10 construct the
Legislative assembly ~ 10 continue land en-.
empt from the taxation il justly owed
In the reign Ct George the Third. Parlia-
sneut. fearing tho popularity of the Pretendsr,
passed The Septenniai bill and thus extended
tho duration a. their sittings from three years
10 seven years but ID was expressly declared
that this should ooly be temporary measure
However, u wa ~ well calculated 10 confirm
arisfocratic power, that IL WIS never repealed.
though an attempt 10 that eject was made In
the reign 81 George the second On that 90
cason, Sir John 81 Aabin made q powerful
speech in favor ~ return ~ triennial Parlia-
ments; and there are passages In u ~ pro-
phetic Of what has since happened, that they
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Long Philharmonic said Sir John, give
the min'ster an o. portuniiy of gctting acqusint.
snce with memhers, and practcing his several
arts 10 win them into HE schemes This must
be the work Of time Corruption II of 10 base
. nature, that nj first sight IL y extremely
shocking. Hardly any one has submitted 10
u NIL at once H's disposition must bs prcvi- |
ously understood, the particular bait must he |
found out with which he is 10 be allure6, and |
after all, il is not without many struggles that
he surrenders his virtue. One or two, pcrhap~
have deserted their colors the FIRST campaign. |
some have done il on q second but great
many who have not that eager disposition "a
Woe viii wait till third Long Parliaraents
first introduced bribery at elections; Il n sore
which has been long eating into the most vital
parts Of our Constitution. and hove the time
viii come when yon will probe IL 20 the bot
tom; for IL a minister should ever gain cor.
rupt familiarity with orr boroughs -if he
should keep register Of thcm In his pocket,
and, BY sending down his treasury mandascr,
shoaid procure spurious representative Of tho
people, the cff.pring Of his corruption, who will
BE- ct all times ready 70 reconcile and justify
the most contradictory measures Of his admin
istsation, and even 10 vote every crude, indi-
gested dream 81 his patron into q law; f tho
maantensnce of his power should become the
sole object Of their attention, and they should
be guilty OF the most violent breach ol parlia-
mentary trust, by giving the King discretion-
sry liberty Of taxing the people without lmita-
tion and control the last compliment they can
pay 70 tho Crown, if this should evcr ~ the
unhappy condition Of this nation, tho people
nay Indeed complain, hut the doors 81 that
plnoe where their complaints should bo heard
vll fEcvek DO shut against them. For these
rensons short PSrIismenh have been lses cor
rnpf than long oDes; they ere observed, like
streams Of water, always 70 grow more impure