The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-10-03

from the Constitutional rulo as to give
just cause of complaint The States
Of the South say that it has, and that
for period of forty years, from 1920 to
1850 that they, with representation
not to exceed one third OF the whole,
have by tho passage demonstration
al laws, been compelled TO pay and
have paid, three fourths of all the ex-
ponses Of the general government, and
that they have from the same cause
been compelled to pay to New England,
and other manufacturing States, an
extra profit or tax, equal to that asses
sed upon them for the common benefit
ofall the States. Is the complaint
well founded2
The revenue of the general govern.
ment for forty years prior to 1860 was
PRINCIPALLY derived from dnties Oh inn
ports. The question to be determined
lie: Did that mode OF assessing the
taxes, produce the result as stated in
the complaint Of the Southern States2
Official documents now on the table of
the writer, show beyond the possibil-
ity of doubt, that for forty years
prior to 1860 moro than three fourths
of all the exports, from the United
States was the products of th South
ern States, and Southern labor-Cotton
being tho principle staple. In 1860
the crop of cotton, which is grown no
where else except III the South, was
! five million one hundred and ninety
eight thousand and seventy seven
/ bales, oG 400 pounds each, four million
four hundred and twelve thousand
seven hundred and eighty nine, of
winch we're exported. It's value was
two ohundred and twenty million dol
lars. II the South Is the only place in
the Union where cotton is or can be
trown, and this people have but one
third oftho representation in congress
all will admit that it would be an out
rage upon the rights of this people to
lay all the taxes for the support of the
general government upon cotton alone
Mono would doubt but that the cotton
growers paid the whole of the expense
of tho common government. Now is
there any difference between assessing
the tax upon the cotton direct, or the
proceeds of the cotton when sold2 II
| w " NiuNiNHNS III Midb NONb ~
consist2 Congress is forbidden to tax
any article exported out OF the United
States. What is the difference to q
grower Of cotton whether he be taxed
on his cotton when Il leaves pert OF
the United States, or on tho proceeds
rs il roturnsl Ifthere is a differ
ence in what does i. consist2 For n
period Of forty years cotton and other
} exclusively Southern produce made up
J more than three fourths OF the exports
of the United States. Th . proceeds of
J tho exports have been taken to pay the
} taxes ofthe general government, Now
, if the Southern States did not pay
three fourths Of the taxes, who did
, then No two intelligent enquirers
! after truth with the facts before them,
: can arrive at but one conclusion. The
} Southern States with ropula. Ion en-
J titleing them TO one third Of the repre-
senta,ion in Congress did for period
Of forty years prior to the war pay
{ three fourths OF the whole expenses OF
3 the general government, instead of one
: third as required by the Constitution
4 The laws which compelled them to pay
4 those extra taxes were in defiance OF
4 frequent appeals, entreatics, and pro-
q tests, of Southern representatives from
: those States forced upon them, by 8
b combination OF New England and 9TH
t or manufacturers with the Iron inter
: est of Pennsylvania, who were ena-
o bed to max large. extra profits, off o
t the Western and Southern StaeeS
. through the protection, and monopoly
b that the protection Tariff gave them,
,fl The tariff is a device TO traustcrthi
earnings of the laboror to the pocket
y of the capitalist.
d There Is no device known TO man b1
n which the daily earnings OF the toilini
It millions can bo so cfiectually takel
10 from them, and quickly transferred q
q tho safe of the capitalist as the socallo'
IS protective Upritf. If the capitals
l. could place special collector at cacl
? workshop in the whole country %
II pay day and as the weary laborer re
ID ceivos his nine dollars for his week
10 toll, demand and receive five dollars {
a the sum from each laborer, hewould nc
a. more completely deprive the Lahore
ts of That sum, than the labOrer Is dopri
ID we'd of it through the tariff and til
r, groat bondhoiders claim that h'
er been fastened upon the country in II
70 interest of the tariff, and those fl
ut whose benefit it was devised The I,
OF riff, tho greenback law, the civil wa
O. (any other war will do as we'll, prov
it ded it can be made big enough,) Il
n gold interest bearing bond law, al
wheels within wheels, and nom pa
es of schome to transfer the laborer
yet earnings TO tho capitalist, each belr
all necessary 20 the other The tariff
no the first place, enabled tho manuta
turer to become capitalist. The W