Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-06-14


Eo6 the sa7lf Effects he poor nan
A4esssl arrives st New York laden in part, With
blankets manufactured abroad The custori-house
officer takes possession Of them and pats thes under
lock and key until the importer shall have paid him
fifteen dollars on every hundred dollars WORTH The
importer when he sells to the wholesale merchants
zsust add the fifteen dollars to the original cost; the
wholesale merchant does the same when he sells to
the retail merchant, and he in his turn adds It on
aheni is sold to the consumer.
But this Is not sill From the moment when the
duty is first paid By the importer it becomes part
of per estas iseio1gsa UPON tasdrty for
Broft a, vel az sPoa The original eos. By the time,
therefore that it passes into the hands Of the con-
samer, We fall short Of the aotualaetin saying that
The dzy a. enhanced fay Jy PEI cent, How viii the
poor man manage TO escape this tax upon one Of the
great neoesaries Of life It's indispensibleuot only
to the comfort Of himself his wife and children but
10 their health-it may be to their very existence
and he must have it, if it takes rs iast penny.
What mockery to tell him it is his own choice to
buy that he might have made his own blankets, that
the Government does not Oblige him to sleep under
Blankets and that if he does not like the tax he
sit by the Ere or freeze.
The same overruling necessity, self-preservatiOn
sefrespect higher obligatory, more irresista-
bic than any law Of mans make, forces him to yield
up this sO-caled voluntary tar money almost ere
~ Thing he buys from the merchant.
We had thought OF adding list Of such things
as are consumed by the poor, the mn rho pay no
taTes on property to onr Stots treasury, that they
might, with the list before them and the rate Of du-
ty charged, be enabled to calculate for themselves
how much tax they pay to the General Government.
But we have not space to spare. It embraces almost
every thing not made by his own hands, and we
must content ourselves therefore, with enumerating
under general heads, few Of the leading items in
every day use among the poor as well as the rich.
whoever buys any Of the articles enumerated
below, pays to the Government in the cost thereof
duty or tar Of trs,y,oSg cents sUsy dollars north
he Jys and this duty increased By the Profits Of the
importer, the vhossale and retail merchants to at least
forty per cent
AXES.
Ale and Beer, the poor mans drink The rich
man to whom the Patriot ascribes the honor of bear
ing all the burtherns of Government pays only fire
per cent. more upon Burgundy, Champagne, Claret,
Madeira, Port, Sherry, and other delicious wines
upon which he regales hia aristocratiC palate.
Palm Leaf Hats Straw Hats and the like.
BroOms and Brushes, of all kinds.
India Rubber suspenders
Caps, Gloves, Mits, Leggius, Socks, Stockings,
WOve Shirts, and similar articles made on frames
not otherwise provided for.
Cheese.
Clothing Ready Made, and Wearing Apparel, Of
every description of whatever material composed.
Combs, of all kinds.
Cutlery. Of all kinds
Earthen, China and Stone Ware.
Glass Tumblers.
Hats and BOnnets, for men, women and children,
composed of straw, chip, grass, palm leaf or vii
low, or other material
Ink, and Ink Powder.
Iron, Bars, Bolts, Rods, 60
Castings
Japaned Ware, Of all kinds.
Lead Pencils.
Manufactures Of Iron, generally
All Manufactures of Cotton, bleached, painted
printed, or died.
Glass Ware.
Manufacturers of Leather, of which leather shall
be a component part.
Manufactures of wood.
chief part.
Medical preparations.
MoLAssEs.
Muskets rifles, and other hr arms.
ParasOls and sun shades
Saddlery Of all kinds.
SUGAR OF ALL KINDS.
Umbrellas
Goods paying nineteen per cent increased by mer
chants profits to not less than thTtyPer cent;
Buttons and button moulds of all kinds
Cotton laoes insertings, sc.
Wooden and worsted yarn.
Goods paying fifteen per cent, increased by mer
chants profits to, say, twenty-five per cent:
Alum.
Blankets of all kinds
Caps, Gloves, Socks, Stockings, SC, of cotton
Ginger.
GunpOwder
Wool Hats.
Leather.
Lead, Shot, sc.
Manufacturers of fax not otherwise provided for
Manufactures of Hemp not otherwise provided for
Needles of all kinds, for sewing, darning, sc.
Steel, not otherwise provided for.
Slate pencils
Now, let the poor man, if he has failed to keel
an account Of his purchases take up the above lis
and examine it carefully, and make calculation o
how much tax he pays to the Government by sys
TEN eff taxation which the Know Nothing party hav
the unblushing impudence to tell US will cast tn
burthen of raising money for the grand scheme o
distribution upon the consumers Of silks, wines
broadcloths and other concOmitants of wealth AM
leisure For every four dollars worth We buy, it i
safe to say that at least one dollar is the increase
price on account of the tariff. II he buys fort
dollars north, he has paid ten dollars tar.
And this is the system by which the poor are t.
be relieved, in part, from the tax on property,
system which in reality Obliges the day laborer t
pay as much as the State tax upon ten thousand.
Let the poor man when he listens to the syrel
song Of distribution think of the cost.
If any of our more intelligent readers, shall thnl
this article unnecessarily tedious let them remembe
that however familiar the facts and arguments here
in stated may be to their minds, yet the Patriot tell
VS. there are thousands of men in Tennessee VIII
do not know any thing about the duties on fOreigl
imports" and who, Notwithstanding they bav
borne without a murmur more than their just shar
of the burthens of the tariff, are insuted with tn
charge sthat they never pay any thing"
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