Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-09-16
More Taxes.

Two months ago, the Government organ
was amusing itself and the country by pre-
dieting a revival of trade and imports, and
"plethoric supply" of money in the Treas.
ury.
Mr.. Letcher fixed upon August as the
epoch Of revival. August has come, but
the revival has not come, and the Treasury
Iintimations nov pertend the imposition of
taxes upon tea and coffee, as proposed last
winter by Jefferson Davis.
The Washington correspondent of The
Baltimore Sun, (Democratic,) under date Of
August 10, says:
"The very large falling off in revenues
from customs for few days past gives un-
easiness in free trade circles. Un less there
is q revival in this regard, growing out of
heavy imports, or Of releases from bond, for
he:late fall trade IAN increase OF the tariff SCH
edule will be inevitable. This thing OF kee D.
ing up an extensive and expensive establish
ment without an adequate income is out OF
the question. Borrowing must stop. As
i: is the business of Congress to make all
needful appropriations to carry on the vast
machinery of the Government, so it should
be an early duty with them to legislate for
what shall permanently supply the wants
OF the Treasury. 1t is not perhaps the ab-
solute duty of the Secretary of the Treasury
to suggest the ways and means Of increas-
ing the revenues, yet, Mr.. Cobb will scarce
ly shrink from taking position,' should his
sagacious and experienced eye observe a
necessity fvr legislative action to counter
act the injurious effect of the hasty action
upon the most recent tariff of imports"
Undoubtedly, "ertensiue and erpensius'
establishments cannot be kept up without
money, and as the Administration is deter
mined that there shall be no retrenchment
in anything, but that all branches of the
public service shall be maintained upon the
present "ertensiue" aud "erpensire" scale,
there must be more revenue.
In his message to Congress at the com
mencement of the late session, the Presi-
dent advised that the tariff of 1857 should
not be touched. He will not repeat this
recommendation at the approaching session.
On the contrary he will advise alterations,
but those alterations piH be ,oith an erclusice
uie,o 10 rcuenae.
The Government organ rarely allows a
day to pass without some denunciation of
the protective policy, and Senator Ham
mond dec lares that the South will dissolve
the Union, if any movement is attempted
in the direction of protection.
What the country mus; prepare for, Is a
0.5- tax upon tea and coffee. The Southern
managers want money, and they mean that
the free labor of the country shall be taxed
to supply it. They want money to keep up
their enormous military and naval establish
IN ents. They want money to buy ell
Northern Mexico, with view to Picific
railroad terminating at Guaymas. And
especially they want money wherewith to
buy Cuba. They have about exhausted
loans, and they now intend to try taxes,
and those taxes will be imposed upon ar
ticles not produced in this country, so tina;
no incidental protection to American in
terests may result from them. Nothing is
more certain than that any tariff scheme
which this admin stration will propose, will
be one of unmitigated taxation, with no
feature of protection in it.-Repubiic.