Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-05-01

from public lands. But the public lands taxes in
another shape. With very triding exception, they
consist of the land purchased from France under the
name of Louisiana, and the balance purchased from
Mexico. These lands were paid for in money raised
by taxation, and, surely, will say that A. hav
ing money in trust for certain purpose, and forbid
den to use it for another, take that Aame money
buy land with it, and divert the land from the pur-
poses Of the trust and distribute it for purposes lr-
relevant to and forbidden by that trust.
Take another view of it. Suppose fifty millions
of dollars he the necessary for defrayng the
annual expenses of The general government, including
in those expenses the large sums required for the
management and protection of the public lands
Now suppose that these fifty millions raised, say
forty. two by tariff on imports and eight by the
sale Of public lands and no more ought to be raised
than what is absolutely necessary. Then suppose
that the eight millions from public lands dlstrib
uted, must fifty millions be sill raised and the
eight millions necessary 10 make up The deficiency
fall upon The tariff imports. Eight millions more
must be paid in the shape Ct taxes. And who pays
these taxes ?-the people Of the States-the people
10 whom eight million is distributed in form and
from whom more than eight million is collected back
In another form. And with the money thus distrl'
buted and thus collected, it is said that the {" Old
North State" is to be improsed.-a sort of modifca
ton of the exploded doctrine of internal improve
mens by the general government.
Pursuing the consideration of the merely economical
view of the SUBJ eel, does it not strike every one that
North Carolina raise money from her people fol
her works. by cheaper process than this round
about way of the general government taking it out
of her people in taxes and distributing it back 10 the
State in donations Is it for the interest of North
Carolina TO pay as little trbu'e as she can to other
and hostile States, and is not every unnecessary dol
lar of revenue from customs tribute to Massachu.
sets, and Connecticut and Rhode Island. The duty up.
on imported goods is just much protection to just
much additional profit for the manufacturer-ust SO
much more paid by the consumer 1t is paid not simply
imported goods assng through the custom houses,
but equally on goods made North, only that it goes
into the pockets of friends of Lowell, Boston,
or Lynn, or some other place away there instead OF
going into the United States Treasury We, of
North Carolina use mmcasurably more of these pre-.
ecied goods than do of dutypayng goods, and, in
paying back share of the deficiency in the fed
eral treasury occasioned by dstribut on, would be
forced 10 pay vastly more-three four, yea, six times
as much--.o the manufacturers of other States. VIZ
can surely do our business and build our works on
better terms than that.
The progress of our remarks has brought us 10 the
discussion of a delicate question-that of deposit
1t is delicate, because the views we entertain and
which regard for our feeling of consistency require
that we should express may be supposed to place
in quasi antagonism 10 gentlemen whose motives
respect, and in whose principles have the ut
most confdent Re. Gentlemen who are ADLER and more
experienced Democrats than pretend to be.
blu: not, we truly believe, sincere or devoted
ones. We think this antagonism is more in appear
ance than in fact-more in ideas of necessity than in
matters of principle. To place this matter fully be-
fore our readers, may require more space than we
can devote 10 it in todays issue Still feel call-1
upon so to present it, and will resume this discus
sion to- morrow. ID.