Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-01-30

renuifcs Thus lhc government "'
The United States has become II con-
solidated governments and the peo-
{ nile of the southern States are COM
nelled to meet the very dcSpoiism
their fathers threw of in the licyo-
luton of lIIG,
The consolidation of the govern
ment of Great Britain over the col,
onics WI. attempted TO be carried
out by the taxes. The British Par
lament undertook to tax the colo
mics to promote British interests
Our fathers resisted this prctension'
They claimed the right Of seli-taN-
alton through their colonial legisla,
urcs. They were not represented
in the British Parliament, and there
fore. could not rightly he taxed by
! It's legislation. Tho British Gov
crnmcnt, however, offered them n
representation in Parliament, but
il was not sufficient to enable them
TO protect themselves from the ma
iority, and they refused the offer
Between taxation without any rep
rcscntation, and taxation without
representation adequate to pro-
lection, there WAS no difference
In either case would the colonies
tax themselves. Hence they rcins-
cdSo pay the taxes laid down by tho
British Parliament,
And so with the Southern States
toward the Northern States, in the
vital matter of taxation. They
are in minority in Congress-
Their representation in Congress is
useless to protect them against un-
lust taxation and they are taxed by
the people of the North, for their
benefit, exactly rs the people OF
Greet Britain taxed our ancestors
in the British Parliament for their
benefit. For the last forty years,
the taxes laid by the Congress of
the United States have been laid
with II view of subscribing the in
tcrests of the North. The people
of the South have been taxed by
duties on imports, not for revenue,
but for an object inconsistent with
rcvcnuc-to promote, by prohlbI-
tions, northern interests in the pro-
ductions of their mines and manu-
factnrcs.
There is another evil, in the con-
dition of the Southern towards the
Northern States, which our ances-
tors refused to bear towards Great
Britain. Our ancestors not only
taxed themselves, but all the taxes
collected from them were expended
amongst them. Had they submit
ted to the pretcnsions Of the Brit
ish government, the taxes collected
from them would have been eXpcnd
ed in other parts of the British Em-
pirc. They were fully aware of the
effect of such policy in impoverish-
ing the people from whom the tax
es arc collected, and in enriching
those who receive the benefit OF
their expenditure. TO prevent the
evils of such a policy was one of the
motives which drove them on to
revolution. Yet this British policy
has been fully realized towards the
Southern States by the Northern
States. The people the Southern
States are not only taxed for the
benefit of the Northern State, but
after the taxes arc collected, three
fourths of them are expended at
the North. This cause, with others,
connected with the operation Of the
general government, has made the
cities of the South provincial
Their growth is paralized whilst
they are mere suburbs Of Northern
cities. The agricultural productions
of the South are the basis OF the
foreign commerce of the United
States yet Southern cities do not
carry it on. Our foreign trade is
almost annihilated. In 174O there
were five ship yards in South Caro-
lima, to build ships to carry ON our
direct trade with Europe. Between
174O and 1873 there were built in
these yards twenty five square-rlg-
ged vessels, besides a great number
of sloops and schooners to carry on
our coast and West India trade. In
the half century Immediately pre-
ceding the Revolution, from l725 to
1775, the population of South Car
olina increased seven fold.
No man can for moment believe
that our ancestors intended to es-
tablish over their posterity exactly
the same sort of government they
had overthrown. The great object
of the constitution Of the United
States. in its internal operation was
doubtless, to secure the great end
of the Revolution-a limited free
governmental government limited
TO those matters only which were
general and common to all portions
of the United States. All sectional
or local interests were to be left to
the States. By no other arrange
ment would they obtain free govern
ment, by constitution common to
so vast conferacy. Yet, by gradu-
al and steady encroachments on the
part of the people of the North,
and acquiesence N the part of the
South. the limitations in the Con-
stitution have been swept away; |
and the government Of the United
States has become consolidated, with
a claim of limitless power in its
operations.
1t is not at all surprising, whilst |
such is the character of the govern
ment of the United States, that it
should assume to possess power
over all the institutions OF the coun-
try. The agitationt upon the sub