New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-15

South Carolina, from the time she undertook to
govern the country, cutting away even from the
first .famiy hierarchisms of the mother of Presi-
DENTS has been distressed about the revenue. The
woes of this State, moneywise, are equal to those
of Job, Ulysses, or Eness. She has been always
crucifed head downward, and has howled in vain
to her gods to be permitted to die. From the
forty theory times of McDufhe to the era of
Brooks, her sunerngs have always been the same.
Woe perennial and wrong unutterable; nor day
nor night ending her despair. There is no wonder
then that State which has suffered so much should
keep thin No marvel that, even according to the
census cooked up to suit. the South, it should BE
found that Ohio has advanced by thirty-seven per
cent, while South Carolina has been satisfied with
progress Of two per cent, or, in other words, with
rapid declne-for now the State which stands still
goes back.
Such being the fact-so patent the truth regard
inc the condition of South CsrOna-it would seem
to be but obvious policy, upon the part of her
people, to indulge in little selfintrospection, find
the cause of such social and political marasmus and
then devise the cure. But no: aristocracy there
being in the ascendent, hugs yet more closely its
decisions. Mr.. Taber, before the Columbia College
of South Carolina delivers address, in which he
denounces the working labOrng classes as unified
to take part in the government of State, and the
address is highly applauded. Meanwhile, the Gov
erument of the State, constituted, as We have al
ready shown, on the peterborough plan, by which
the arstocratic eastern portion governs the whole,
continues on in the same track 1.-THE poor white
trash" are as heavily manacled as eyer-as voice.
less, obscure, and impotent. The Srandees spend
as heavily as ever for their elections, and things
continue on in the old anteduyian grooves.
Instead Of efrecting domestic reform South Caro-
lima. as usual looks TO the Tarif-the black bill of
abomnations-for means to wreak her frenzy upon,
and in its utter demolition to find her salvation. Ac.
cordingy Mr.. Boyce from that State has offered to
the consideration Of the House of Representatives
a series of resolutions which he believes will act as
a styptic to the Palmetto wounds, while proving
course of Brandreth pills to the whole country.
Mr.. Boyce proposes that Committee of Seven be
spponed, TO which shall be referred to inquire into
and report on the following subjects: A reduction
of the expenditure of the Government; the navga-
ton laws of the United States; the existing du
ties on imports; and the expediency OF gradual re
peal of all duties on imports, and q resort exclu
sively to internal taxation.
We believe here we have the sublime theory
of government" the legacy of Mr. Calhoun-direc
taxation and free trade Direct taxation viii bring
purity and economy in the affairs OF government.
Jobbing and swindling will incontinenty be exor-
cised, and the reign Of the just made perfect CON-
| mence Have we not proof of the efficacy Of the
system above that of the revenue mode Of raising
the wind, in this tight little island of Manhattan
And what works so perfectly in a model must do
for the big machine, for law is absolute when the
principle is found and size but a trick of the
sense Nothing can be simpler than taxation here:
so maIy People, so many houses and all concisely
afforded and definitely bounded by water If there
be good place for showing the superior advan-
tages of such taxstion, il should be NewYork City
And certainly il cannot be denied that more lib
eral revenue in one sense could not be devised
more easily laid on and more readily paid up. For
do not the voters, between eight, and ninety thou
sand, pay annually betwcea eight aud nine million