The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-14
A Flank Movement.

we published yesterday morning. ieso'
,uiion adopted by the House OF heptesen''
.,,vcs on Monday which was intended &c
fink the revenue rcformcrs. ihat reso'u
zion declares in favor Of abolishin2 all O
the internal revenue taxes except those
,pon whiSkey, tobacco, and malt liquors
ss soon as it can be done and MOI "'.n'-.
the credit Of the Government. ne o'!,
os ,,;s movement seems to have oee" ~
oioar,, apprchendcd by the revenue '''
c,-mcr> that they turned its Adoption INV
=. farce by voting for It themselves III
,.,v.nrc rrformcrs are understood 10 DC,
srst q, nil. opposed 10 protective tarlll.
.rhn, Is the one ,hinS against which they
1,o,.o b;thor,o directed their batteries. They
no,;cvo that il is wrong in principle and
;n;nrouS to The country to levy tariff Tor
,,ro,oct;ou. They hold that when the Gov
arnmcnt lcvies tax of three dollars upon
every ton of pig iron brought into this coun-
,ry. il does In effect add three dollars to the
price OF every Ton ofpig iron producedinth tins
count ~, and so whilst securing only lew
thousand dollars in the WAY OF revenue,
nuts hundreds of thousands Of dollars INTO
the pockets of the manufacturers OF tha'
article which must come out OF the pockets
OF the rest OF the people. Naturally, then,
the revenue rcformerS wish the tariff TO be
50 imposed as to produce the largest re'e'
nue. to the Government aud the MINIMUM
OF protection to manufacturers, ana thus
take as little money rs possible out oil
JoSEs's pocket to put into SMITHS. 1e;!
and coffee, for instance, are not produced
in the United states. Therefore, whatever
tariff may be levied upon them. will be
strictly revenue tariff. Cloth aud clothing
are made here. Therefore if tarlf be
levied upon them, the manufacturers VII!
profit by as much in proportion as the do
nestle manufacture exceeds In quantity the
imported, and the people will have to pay
the difference.
Well knowing that the people do not feel
the tariff as they do the internal revenue
taxes. and calculating that they have not
sense enough TO understand how much
mere they pay indirectly than directly. the
protectiunists introduced the resolution we
have referred to for the purpose OF taking
the wind out Of the sails Of the revenue re-
formers. The trick is an ancient one. We
read in the Acts of the Apostles that the
protectionists Of old resorted to the same
sort of popular or demagoguical cry.
When PAUL and his companions were try
ing to do away with idolatry, a certain man
named DEMETRluS. who made silver
shrines. said to his craftsmen
"Sirs, We know that by this craft we have
our wealth. "Our craft is in danger"
"And when they heard these sayings"
"thcy cried out, Great is Diana otthe kple.
Eians."
This is just the point at which the House
of Representatives arrived Oh Monday.
They cried out, "Great is DIANA Of the
Ephesans." There were only six negative
votes. The whole crowd united in the cry
and soft sienifed nothing. The iconoclasts
will 70 on with their work Just as if nothing
had been said. Tie indications are that
they have not yet been flanked.
But whatever may he the effect Of pro-
tectire tartl-whether it dcHrauds the con-
sulner and enriches the manufacturer or
not-the people Of Kentucky, Virginia,
Missouri, and perhaps other States, cannot
endorse the resolution we are discussing,
and which declares in effect that q few
States ought to pay all the expenses of the
Government. 1t were the most cruel injus.
tice to raise so large part Of the money
needed for the support Of the Government
in the States which grow all, and manufac-
turc most OF, the tobacco. Mccannot sup
pose that the southern or western members
are silly enough to agree to abolish the in
come tax, which is paid chiefly in the east.
ern and middle States, and keep the pre-
sent lign tax upon whiskey and tobacco,
which is paid so largely by their constitu-
ents.
Virginia pays over four millions Of dol
lars tax upon tobacco and only a few thou
sands in the shape of income taxes. Is 1t
possible that any representative from this
State will relieve New York city from seven
or eight millions Of dollars Of income tax
for the purpose of relieving Virginia Of as
many thousands Of the same tax, and vote
at the same time to continue upon tobacco
a tax which impoverishes the State: we
say, Down with the revenue reformers l.
they propose thus to Cypress Virginia we
say, Down with the protectionlsts II they
propose thus to Cypress Virginia. We can
not consent to be wrongcd, cheated, or de
frauded, by either the one or the other o.
these parties; and we do not intend thai
either shall flank" us. We have no sym
pathy, 1t is true, With the protectionists,
but it is also true that we cannot afford tc
sympothize with the revenue rcformers il
they intend to unite with the protectionist>
in burthening Virginia interests with load
which these cannot bear.
We shall keep our eyes upon these move.
ments. We repeat that we do not regard
the vote upon the resolution as indicating
that all who supported it would be willing
to carry it out in the shape of law, but 81.
showing that the revenue re(ormers ar,
not to be frightened by "glittering gene
ralities."
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REpIsTRIcTISG TIE STATES FOR MEMBER
OF THE HOUSE OF REPREsESTATIvEs.-Th
superintendent Of the census says that h,
expects to have his report on the tables o
the members Of Congress immediately afte
the holidays. A tabulated exhibit of TIT