Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-07-02

a monopoly OF the sales which they make.
1ou co all this for the sole and avowed
reason that goods from abroad can be sold
cheaper than they can be made and sold bv
-our',wn citizens, and that protection must
be STven to high prices. Every school-Ioy
IN p,iiical science knows who paws This in
crease Of price. Need /. at tbs period Of
American history. discuss the operations Of
a high protective tariI2 Need | st5p to
show ITS folly and injustice No. sir. It
IS cae gi the settled questions of government
tai pClcy. Twenty yeas ago IL was fairly
tHed, amt the American people passed an
intelligent yerHIct Of condemnation against
It, 1t was fully heard by greater advocates
tAIn II has today and repUaiatcd as an
unfair and TuiuuUs system. Ifanv question
was ever, IN the history of this Government.
distinctly tried before trihuUa. Of the pco-
pie an, condemned 1t was tie question Of a
protective tariff. The country Tros2erCd bv
It's rcpudiaiiau, and tie lab5rers bought
where his money would buy most. But
this iSeHe has again risen. and I'm a shape
more offensive ana injurious to the true in
tcTest Of tie country than ever before Tie
present ttri.I IS one which u, party in the
past would have sanctioned. It wuulG hav.
alarmed the OLD Wing party as much as
any other BY rs stringent and lruhiJitory
features 1t g.,s far beyond what was
deemed wise oy pr1dent bv the strongest
prOtcciIwulsts %! iogler high tariff periods
And now, allow me 10 state some # its
specific practical operations as a part Of the
financial policy of the present hour.
l. forces the laboring man, the consumer.
the farming classes generally 10 pay Tor
manufactured articles. which embrace
large InIti,n of the necessities If Iife an in
creased price over their proper value and
over that for which :lcv can elsewhere be
bought Of from f.tv u one hundred per
cent. Thus a tax Of most fearful rate Is
levied on one branch Of industry. not to
support the Government, but 10 contribute
as %ratuitOuS donation II privileged aud
favored business. That is the first extor-
tioEate p-cics OF taxation which meets Us
IL the examination uf tlis subject. I Is one
which At any time would fail with oppres-
sive cruelty en- a large majority Of the loyal
Pe"Ile rf tie country. but, at a time Ike
this, - hen the Government itself Is claim
inc almost tie entire substance of the land
for it, maintenance. 10 language can be
found sufficiently strong with which 10 cha
r3cte7izs tie cnoTmlty of such 4 policy.
II tie next place, the present .ariif rols
the q 'vernmcut OF 4 much needed revenue
by keeping imported goods from our shores
Under its oPerations during the past year,
according to a statement made few W, eks
since in the British Parliament by the Chan
cellYT Uf the English EXchcGucr, cur impoT-
tatipns from Great Britain atone have fallen
off to the amount of $50 100000. The re-
Fort on the finances of our own Government
for the year ending June so, 1861, shows a
loss in our receipts arising from customs
during the first three months after this ia
riff went into operation of over ten millions
| Of dollars compared with the receipts during
similar period ear previous. Under the
tariff Of 1916. a revenue {" support the
GuvefnMCnt was sought by liberal terms Of
! trade with foreign nations. and richly oh
| tanned. The r@.e Is now reversed, and for
/ the unworthy purpose Of protecting class
OF business which ought to sustain itself or
/ be abandoned, this great fountain of pecU~
| MARY support to the nation Is dried up It
no longer flows into the Treasury, and the
money which is thus diverted from the pub
! lie TO private and individual benefit. has to
/ be replaced under this Administration by
! direct and specific taxes on the people.
Thus taxation grows and augments its a
| larning proportions I'm order that the inte-
rests cf favored few may be cLc-ishsd and
! promoted.
! But the manner in which this taxation Is
/ / Le levied. an In which II Is to effect the
! different interests Of the country exceeds all
/ the preceding features # criminal outrage
on tNoSc who live by producing from the
! soil. by the provisions cr the tax bin which
recently passed this House. a tax of three
! per cent. al ro70rcn1 IS laij u2on all articles
! uf manufacture IN the hands o.; the manu-
/ facturer. Il IS estimated that there will De
/ thus Taisel $4,000. 900 Of the annual in
| come arising from taxation. This the manu-
/ featuring interests Is t. rav ior the support
! of the Government, aGd tic airs OF patriot~
/ ism which are assumed H. consequence are
are cmiueatly cbaTacteriatic. Bat In as much
a. this manufacturing Is guarded by Morrill,
tjafiG from ali cnmpcti'iun IN selling. and
/ strictly protected IN Increasing IFS prices oi
/ sale T. its forced customers. 10 an almost Tn
/ limited extent. VIII any one. in lsis simpl-
/ city. pretend that the three per cent. where
| with II Is taxed. the $4,000 900 which /;
has 20 pay. will not be charged Up TO the
luyc- when IJs goods are sold The tariff
and taxation and kindred measures. born d
/ a common origin. and ike lashod hounds
hunt for ther innocent prey coupled together
The tariff stands guar! over L." interests oi
the manufacturer. while taxation hunts fol
every other substance In the lad on which
to fasien its fanEs. And IL, for the sake Of aT'
pearanCeS, the manufacturing interest Is men
toned in tax bill, the tariff steps forward
and enables its cherished friends to recoyC
everydollar which they are assessed byraisin2
tie price Of the wooden clothes. the linens
the calicoes, the plOwsha-es, and the imp.e
nlents of liUsbandry. and the articles of dali!
necessity which the American GovernmeD
forces it's citizens Il buy Of Its ProJecte,
monoPolists This Is the elimination, tn
climax OF wrong. a Government whicl