This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...policy, a sympathy with its interests, an enlightened and generous feeling of participation in its prosperity, are due to the west, and will be met, I doubt not, by a return of sentiments equally cordial and equally patriotic. Gentlemen, the general question of revenue is very much Oot nected with this subject of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...policy, a sympathy with its interests, an enlightened and generous feeling of participation in its prosperity, are due to the west, and will be met, I doubt not, by a return of sentiments equally cordial and equally patriotic. Gentlemen, the general question of revenue is very much Oot nected with this subject of the public lands, and I will therefcie, in a very few words, express my opinions on that point. The revenue involves not only the supply of the treasury with money, but the question of protection to manufactures. On these connected subjects, therefore, gentlemen, as I have promised to keep nothing back, I will state my opinions plainly, but very shortly. I am in favor of such a revenue as shall be equal lo all the just and reasonable wants of the government; a, id I am decidedly opposed to all collection or accumulation of revenue beyond this point. An extravagant government expenditure and unnecessary accumulation in the treasury, are both, of all things else, to be most studiously avoided. am in favor of protecting American industry and labor, not only as employed in large manufactories, but also, and more especially, as employed in the various mechanic arts, carried on by persons of small capitals, and living by the earnings of their own personal industry. Every city in the Union, and none more than this, would feel severely the consequences of departing from the ancient and continued policy of the government respecting this last branch of protection. If duties weis to be abolished on hats, boots, shoes, and other articles of leather, and on the articles fabricated of brass, tin and iron, and on readymade clothes, carriages, furniture, and many similar articles, thousands of persons would be immediately thrown out of em ployment in this city, an...
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