The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-14
VANCE IN BROWNS RUT.
THE LAW AND NOT THE TAX WHAT
he OBJECTS TO.

Every Cabin in the Mountains with a
Still Attachment Should Be Castle
Free from Intrusion by the Minions
of the Law-Iniquity of the Tariff.
WASHINGTON, Jan 1S.--In the Senate to-
day, Mr.. Vance proceeded TO address the
Senate on the resolution offered by Mr..
Brown proposing TO abolish internal reve-
nue. taxation. The lines, he said, had been
drawn closely by the Presidents message on
the subject of the surplus, and the taxation
contest had to be fought out squarely, and
the question had to be decided
unequivocally on its merits That question
was, should taxation be enforced for the
support of the government, or for the en-
richment of private Individuals Should
money be collected from the people for pub
lie or for private purposess No reputable
hypothesis could be formed which presented
any other phase of the question. The ques-
ton was where should the reduction of
taxes begin! The proposition of most of
the Democratic Senator's following the lead
of the President, was to begin and end with
tariff taxation. The Republicans on the
other hand proposed TO begin by reducing
(only in part internal taxes, and by adding
TO the free list those things coming from
abroad, which did not compete with things
made in this country, and the duty on
which was therefore all revenue.
A Two-EDGED SWORD.
For himself, he proposed to begin with
both evils as he found them, excessive in
ternal taxes and excessive tariff taxation.
In North Carolina there was cause OF COM
plant against each, but there was far more
complaint as to the method of internal tax
alton than there was to the amount. Why,
he asked, should not the excise tax be re-
pealed or greatly, modifiedf The ext
gency which called it into existence
had long since passed away. 1t involved
the right of a man TO do what he pleased
with his own within the bounds of the law
of liberty. 1t involved the right of the
farmer to sell the product of his labor to
any purchaser who offered the best price.
1t involved the right of the husbandman to
utilize the fruit of his orchard instead of
leaving it to rot on the ground.
EVERY MANS CABIN HIS CASTLE.
1t involved still more the momentous
question whether the poor mans cabin
should be indeed his castle. protected Ey or
ganic law or whether it might be ran
sacked at any hour of the day or night by
petty official dressed in a little brief
authority" in search of tribute for an over
nONlllS IItdSuI uo pSbplS VI NOIUu
Carolina cared little or nothing about the
tax on spirits and tobacco They would pay
it cheerfuly if they could be spared the OPP
pressive and vexatious methods and
machinery of its collection. 1t was not a
question las was often 50 triumphantly
stated of a choice between free whisky and
free blankets because the duty on blankets
was now practically prohibitory, and they
would not be any cheaper if the excise on
whisky was removed Mr.. Vance pro
ceeded, with much detail, to illustrate many
of the inconsistencies of the tariff, particu-
larly as bearing against articles consumed
| by the poor, and in favor of those consumed
! by the rich. He declared that
the central theory of the tariff
was iniquity, and that he was
opposed to the whole thing, out, and
out. He should not vote to put anything
on the free list the tax on which was pure
revenue He should strive earnestly to re-
duce taxation on the necessaries Of life, and
he should discriminate in nothing ex ept
against luxuries, and in faver of the help
less and unprotected. The resolution was
| laid aside.