Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-10-23

State is thus brought together, You will tbo,
q North-Carolina opinion so concentrated and lave
getc, that it will become efficient and give US th..
abroad to which we shall 6a .u ,nat
have already intimated that there is 'd ao..
which threatens US in the distance. Sncb ;"ser
the strength of the United States that tho, now
nothing to fear from foreign violence. TLa nave
which menaces us is wholly from within. a. esi
now merely allude to organization which os
sprung up lately in the northern States and nus
threatens section. Its governing princ;na =
hostility to the south. No matter what m;a ,pe
the opinions of a man on any political. social "
moral question if he only known to he NV VI
ly hostile to US, if he anxious that all tha
of the federal government should be exerr;s"s
against us, and for our destruction such man rSa
regarded as worthy member Of the organzatioa
To suppose that the south would willingly suhrn;.
to be governed by such party would be an ;n
plication that she wanted the c,mmon instincts ~
humanity. No man is to be expected tn snhs.:
himself If he can by any possibility avoid if tn .l
control of one whose only principle is enmtv to h;m
Waving for the present, however, all though, ~
this danger there is in the future ground for ann
bending evil to all the members of the confeteraacv
We have seen that great nations have, in the ana
suffered most from the exactons of their own oou
ernments. Were this a consolidated repubs =
could not hope TO escape, for long period the s.,a
of those which have preceded it. In the orp,n;a.
ton of our system, however, it has been most w;as
ly arranged, that the powers Of the central poveu
ment should be limited aid well defined Two main
reasons led to its formation: The first object was o
enable it to manage the foreign relations Of rho
States, and hence it was invested with the power ~
make war against and treaties with foreign nations
and to regulate commerce with them A second
prominent object was to prevent collisions and mis-
understandings between the States themselves and
it was authorised to regulate commerce between
them, coin money, &c. Most of the leading bowers
hoI4 (Dn l.
however, invested with certain other attributes not
of the first magnitude, but which it could convent.
emily and advantageousy exercise. In order ton
that it might have the means of sustaining itself
and performing the functions assigned to it. it was
invested with full power to raise revenue BY taxa.
tion and with limit, except what its legitimate
wants might fairly require. All other powers were
retained by the States.
Notwithstanding the care and foresight manifested
by its founders, it has nevertheless greatly increased
its strength since it's formation. This is due not 81
much to its having assumed new powers 0or the
attempts made in that direction have been on the
whole pretty successfully resisted) to the pract.
ces which have grown up under it. Combinations
have been formed by certain classes to make use of
its powers for their own advantage will refer to
few examples to make it manifest, that it is tread
ing to extent in the foot prints of its predeces.
sors in the world. Bounties are given to those en-.
gagged in certain kinds of fisheries and these by no
means the most difficult and dangerous 1t cannot
be shown that those thus employed more mer
torious than the classes taxed for their benefit
The original excuse given for this measure that it
was necessary to create navy, no longer exists,
because We have commercial marine equal to that
of the first nation in the world and it is singular
fact that other branches of the fisheries have
creased much faster than those favored ones In the
second place our navigation laws are unjust to all,
except those engaged in commerce. If the agricul
turst wishes to transport his gran cotton tobacco
from one part of the Union to another, why should
be not send it in the ship which will carry it
cheapest? Or if one of our merchants should wish
to have goods, purchased by him. brought from New
York to Wilmington, and foreign ship is willing to
bring them for one-half the price that American
vessels charge. why should not he be permitted to
employ it? If one of our citizens wishes to buya
ship, why not allow him to purchase where he can
do it the cheapest? These restrictions are all nten.
ded for the benefit of north eastern ship owners and
builders, and Cypress the agrculturist.
The most injurious of all the measures of the gov.
eminent, however, to the planters and farmers is
that arising from the manner in which the tariff taxes
have been imposed. Any just system Of taxation
ought to be made as equal as possible, whereas, in
fact, this has generally been made the re, erse..
Certain classes wishing to escape all the burdens OF
supporting the government and to derive profit from
the system, have, by their activity and industry,
succeeded in rendering it in the highest degree un.
equal. 1t thus happens that when the American
people made to pay more than sixty millions to
the federal government annually, they likewise pay
a still larger sum to the manufacturers. The excuse
for this is that American labor must be protected.
But are not the agricuturists who toll i'll the sun,
la6orerss If so, why should they be taxed for the
benefit of the manufacturers?
Again, a powerful combination has been formed
to carry out system of internal improvement oy
the federal government. When, at the formation Of
the constitution. power was given to regulate COM
merce this was well understood to mean only the
right pass laws for the regulation OF trading Ves'
sels &c. and it was never dreamed that under it the
government was to have authority to make haroors
where nature had not provided them, open rivers,
and build roads. As managed, in fact, it has been
mere combination to plumber the treasury tor the
private advantage of the parties. Appropriations
too, are made to build expensive custom houses IN
the interior of the country, thousand miles from
the frontier, where the imports are in fact made
As the goods have to be carried by the custom
,houses the frontier, it is mere mockery to pre-
tend that any Just reason exists tor such expendi
lures. They are known to be made solely to graft
fly the pride of certain Cities TO give jobs to contrac
tors and employment to workmen. For like rea'
son government post Offices required to be built
After most of those who have fought through the
wars are dead. strong efforts are made TO get pen
sons for them. It is notorious that the main pres
sure on Congress to enlarge the system enormously
comes from the spectators who are employed as
pension agents, and who make large profits by then
operations. In some years the printing OF comPar.
ativey worthless books exceeds the expenses OF the
entire government in its earlier days. Every pre-
tence too is sought to create new offices and enlarge
salaries There are already powerful combinations
of those who expect to make living out OF the
government. A large portion of this mischief un'
doubtedy, arises from the action Of those who rep.
resent the manufacturing interest, and who iaoor
to cause the government to waste as much money
as possible to afford excuse to raise or keep
up the tariff taxes. refer to these things to MAKE
it appear that our is travelling the pain
of those which have gone before it. But it is some
times said that the diffusion of education, newspaP
ers and universal suffrage will protect u.s. II any
one thinks let him look to the city Of New Iork
There are in abundance newspapers, intelligence,
and universal suffrage, and yet that community, ~
spite of its efforts, is oppressed by an enormous syS
for IF fovo tho IF which NANNY