Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-12


GAZETTE BUILDING, no. 70 PRINCE STREET.
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER y l5'.7
In The edsn time, when Virginia democracy
relied the eeu1.r5, ard r1!cd II, to-, 50 a. TO
afford the r9.. good 10 the creates: rurb=r.
Tree trade was oo= Of its cardinal principles,
bat nov, when that same d=n3crsc7 has Gsiia,
if any, Influence 10 the conduct Of Affairs Of the
nstioo, tbs anomaly Is presented Of the roll
nee of q democratic Coozre5=ioaa! cosT=osIon in
Virgiui. Recommending s-ta:lS tig1 enousb 10
support the whole po7e.nnao.. How aoy nso
eotersai.iog such ID ,as eau ezpsc: peer people
and they are tie ouss sho elscs csndlda:eE-
10 vote fox bin is more1han We caa u5de!5:acd
There can be 60 tariff nor aDy ioteroal rc7e1us
however high or Low, or however honestly co
Iectcd, that will 90. only bear u.ja:tiy, tu.
oppressively, and c:iminaIiy 60, upon the poor
rnan. l. is chiefly fcr.th protection Ct proper
~ that taxes are collected, and property, not
what man eats aud drinks aud wears, which
Providence provides for, him 10 hi. Natural
state, should pay them. By tariffs and internal
revenue Mr.. Vandartil: pays tu: lille mere
toward the sapport Of the Na.ions! government
than the poorest man 10 New York, for ti:
natural wants are % mcIe than those OF LIZ
impoverished neighbour; bus By :ys:em Ct
direc! TAXATION, appo:.loacd auoDg the se7ers!
States, be would be com PEELED 10 pay Liz Just
proportion Of Tao pubic cxperze, While The
poor man Scu'd Be relieved Of tie Ubiquitous
and cxorbitao! taxes l.: COW pays o. most OF
the neaessaries of lie TIE Oh :cl;on urged b.
some to change 10 the mode Ct raising tie
revenue for the gcTarlue ct Is TIA: movements
to that cod now viii oniy tend 70 sill tu!iher
Increase The uncertainty coocerDlog hnaucia!
affairs and tie coos:q7eat disuc:ina.on Of PEG
pie to commeDce new cutcrpElses or charge the
operations CT old occ5. but Eucb an eli ectlcn 90
far from ef3rdiUg ground for delay in making
the change 70 which We .ciar, faEushcs Ixc:!!eut
reasons for has:ebiag it. The duti1u, arG e7e1
precarious condition Of the Gnaoc:al affairs CT
the country, aided ia nc Sigh! degree ~ lie
attempts Of the regulators &c dep,eciae tbe
currency, hes so unsettled aut 1epreaz-d bual'
ness operations that they Gu hardly De trJught
to lower stage than they arc at present, 60
that almost any change must be for the better,
and if that be 30, .Een certaIbiy that b7 which
taxes will be collected from tho:e Ebo ought 10
be, and arc able, TO pay hem. ADD still tur,
Their increase be given 70 the demand 70, cx-
norta and cons.uucrt increment & !aDo.
to aupply that demand, by increasing The !u'
ports, and thus afotding forcigners some q the
means for paying Tor the articles hey buy from
US, is one to effect which all the friends Of the
country, irrespective Of party afh:ia'lju, shoald
bend their effort. at o':c, aid utv.r rcst Until
they succeed 10 The accomplishment Of 30 DE-
sirabe On object Free trade would, in cur
opinion, bcnef: the Cotton manuiec:Grcrs q
Massachusetts and the Iron makers Of Penn
sylvania - much az any o,lier c'as, Of people,
because by Increasing the importation Of goods
made abroad it would af ri thosa FROM whom
such goods were bought the % sars for cu'argog
their orders for goods made in this country,
and though VIC can ace how toe manufacturing
States, from mistaken idea Of their owo in
forests, can object 10 the abolition Of the tariff,
how candidate for Cooyres4 from such an CO.
sentialy agricultural one AZ Virginia caa op'
pose that abolition Or be- even iukcwarn 10 hig
efforts TO achicvcit i. one Of the many AROMA
lies Of this remarkable age.