Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-08-27

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: And first to taxation N its doubl
: form as--Tarih and internal Revenue
The sole foundation Of <he right o
: Government TO appropriate any par
OF the property Of the citizen by tax
ation, is the necessity o. supporting
the Government In its several depart
ments, working strictly within the lin
of their duty; and the only measur'
Of the right is the extent Of the neces
} slty, a reasonable economy being thu
fixed rule by which to terminate tha
necessity. Every dollar which th'
Government extracts from the people
beyond this, is sheer downright rob
berry. Now O protectivb tariff In il
very nature, implies tho Favying Of I
tax not for the necessities ofthe Gov
ernment but for the benefit OF class
Levied upon articles Of manu-
facture, 1t is money transferred, BY
act Of Congress, from the pockets o.
the consumer to the bank account o.
the manufacturer. And this is rob
berry. Previous to the war and IN
Democratic times an average duty O.
some fifteen per cent. was laid upon
imports; and without a dollar OF in
ternal revenue collected by the FEEDER
al Government, the amount received
was ample to pay the then seventy on
eighty millions OF expenditures. Now
as part OF the blessings OF Republican
rule, continuance OF which you are
promised under Ten. Grant, these du-
ties run from a nominal sum or moth
ing. on raw material, 10 three nun
oreo per cent. on manufactures, aver
aging upon the whole list more than
forty-hve per cent And OF THIS, one
half at least an absolute g.t by the
Government TO the manufacturing in
terest--a gift taken by robbery from
your pockets. Eleven times has the
tariff been raised by several acts OF
Congress since 1860, and we have
now just barely, by the adjournment,
escaped another elevation. Oh, the
choice blessings Of Republican rule,
which are 70 be continued and multi
lplied under Grant,
But the inequity, and iniquity too,
of the tariff, is greatly aggravated by
the fact that its chief burdens fall up
on usof the West One-halfoftbe pro
ceeds Of the tariff 60 to swell the prof
its of the Eastern manufacturer, who
buying our produce cheap, sells us
wares dear, and then investing his
rapidly accumulated wealth in bonds,
purchased with ''greenbacks" at sixty
cents on the dollar, escapes taxation,
receives his interest in coin, and after
his bonded claim against the Govern
ment has, in the ianguago-ef the Chi
cago platform, been extended over a
iair period Of redemption, like the
English debt, he or his herr 10 the
tenth generation, expect to be paid IN
gold at the rate OF one hundred cents
to the dollar Oh, the blessings Of
Republican rule TO be continued under
Grant! But the West, blinded during
The war by the veil OF loyalty, at
last Is beginning TO open her eyes TO
this enormous wrong pled upon her
and warn the East, IN no sectional
spirit, bat IN all klodnfss, ye. IN all
earnestness, that the strong patient
men OF Tho West, staggering under
this burden, are resolved IN inexora-
bic purpose, TO shake y from their
shoulders at every hazard
have said that the necessities Of
government economically admins
tered are the limits OF It's right to tax.
wherefore, also, II Is true that every
dollar stolen from The Treasury, and
every dollar misapphed iiom the leglt-
innate purpose OF government, is so
much robbed from the people And
ye. 10 the very hrst year OF Repnoli-
can blessings, the year Oh grace, 1851,
we hao the testimony upon the moor
Of Congress, oi leading Republican,
tnat the treasury nao ncen plunder-
cd wen nigh IN that sihgle year as
mucn as tne enure currett yearly ex-
Penses Oh .he uoVerhmenl curing Mr'
Buchanan administrator hepuo-
mean petlt larceny was then put INTO
tne pup or embryo out several years
OF raplo ana vigorous growth nave
oeseiopeo ~ now INTO NE oone and
grls1le o. STURDY ana gganhc tneit
snu roooery ana to-uaI the exPen-
ull1res o. sne ooVermen.' leglt,mate
anu lArcenous, are neAry DVe umes
as gneat as wnen elgnt years ago, the
power was snaecnee IRON ,ne Demo
S,AelS T parry, anu oen'ereo over 70
AePuoncan m'srule'
Ihh PUBLIC DEBT.
= Anu '',,,; nov anoT me q aNoro ~ 70
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