Taxes On Human Labor

Few persons are iivaro of the mmy ways in which the inrlustry of the people ia taxed to support Govoruinent and the other institufion3 of society. At llio head uf our Taxing Power in our country, stands the General Government. It taxes ahnost every thing that we eat, drink, wear and use. It taxes U3 in our sa!t, so that every iqouthiul of bread and meat we eat, as well as most of our vegetable íbod, is taxed. It laxes all liquors, so that we cannot make merry w-ifh our friends or take a drop for medicine without paying a tr.x. It taxes all the broadcloth, eotton, linen, herop, woollen, leatherand silk which enters into our cltjtbirig, so thkt our coats, pantaloons, jackets, shirtf', flan nel, stockingsr mitteria, gloveí, hats, shoes, pockethand-kerchiefs, stocks, coliars'cravats, wo menrs dresse3,a5 we!! as üieti'i, our bedding, tablecioths, curtain, hed-cords, car pets, rugs, towels, every thing of the cloih or leather kind we use, paya a tax to tho Government or to the manufacturera. It taxea iron in all its shapes anti forms. Tho farmer ploughs his field wilh a laxed plough and trace-chain.-, while vviih taxed line he guides liis horse, ciad in taxed harnea and shod with laxed shoes. He cuts wood with a taxed axe, hoes cora with a taxed hoe, digs his garden wih o taxed spade, raises rocks with a taxed crow bar, reaps bis wheat with a taxed sickle, mows, his grasa with a taxed scythe, puchos his hay with a taxed pitch fork, and hauls it home on a taxed wagon. His house is built with a taxftd hammer; his doors are hung on taxed hinges, and fastend with taxed latches and locks; he makes his fire on taxed andirons and stirs it with taxed tongsj the light shines upon him through r taxed glaas,hÍ3 catuile burni upuna taxed candlestick, and he sleeps upon a taxed má. His food iá cooked in taxed pots and pans, is served upoa taxed dishe3, and he eat3 it with taxed knives, and forks, and ppoons. jiolpsse?, so that we drink taxed coi Hg", made in taxed ixed cnps and auKtaxed, and the mead, and cries for taxed bread -and -mol s?e? . The blacksmilh h; Bs his taxed iron with a taxed si Jge upn n taxed ativi! ; the oarpentèr and cabii maker measure with taxed squares, bore willi taxed auurs, and pnieels. Tlie shoemated leaihcr with a taxed pt with a taxed awl, and it with a taxed thread. The miller Knill upon taxed gudgeon?, and ogs with a taxed saw. l fine, there is no business in society which the tax on iron does not reach and affect; for noariicle enters more generally into the occupations and comforts of civil- ized man. Taxed thus from infancy in almost all we eat, in most that we drink, in most that we wear, in our business and in our pleasures, in our habitations aud.our beds, we lake taxed medicines from taxed phiuls, die upon taxed pillows, are wrnpped in taxed winding sheets, carried to th grave in taxed hearses, and aro buried in taxed coflins. These taxes, r.nd almost numbnrless oihers, are intposed upon us througii the instrumentality of a Tnrifif of Duties on imporíed producía uv rnerchandize. The xv hol e amount paid, however, dues not go into the Treasuiy of the United States. - The TariffofDulies increaáe the prices, ï notonly of the imporied artïcles, b;it pfaji articles of a sihular character manufactured or produced wilhin our jvn country; and whilo the government obtains a nue on he itnported anieles, (he f'uvored ] manufactures and producers obtaio an i equal revenue uppon their fabrics and yduels. It is in effect a partnership between tlietn and the governmeul to get money out of the people. The General Government lelies uther taxes in the shapo of Clerks', Marshals', Attorneys,' and othor fees in the administr.uion oi'justice andotherwise, to no smull amount. The next Tuxing power a our country 9 the State Government. Tlieir system.are vurious, but most of them impuse direci taxes on lauda and buildings,so ihat every farmer lives in a taxed liou?c,burns taxo.l wood, shelters his stock and his orops in a taxed barn, culiivates taxed iiehit--, and feeds hiscattleon taxed pris tures. Nur is ihere any other ihiñg belorigtrrg to nian,or any private business carried on by him which ihe State may not tax, and oiany !liing9 nnd somo kinds of business thcy do lux. Subordínate tp the States, fho Cotiniies. Cilies, Towtvs, and Pn nsh.es j exorcice the 'ju-er of taxa! ion. üeueraily, he Öiate ond General Government do nol tax lluFreeman'ö head: but these authoities, in most parts of the Union, finding man taxed in every thing else. seize upon his scalp. So ihat mau getting up frorn k tuxed lied, covering bünsetfüp with taxtd cloihing, eating taxed food from taxed plates vviih u trtxed knife and fork, goes forib, from a taxed house to cultívale taxed iïelds wilh laxed implemenls of labor. Nor do these uiuhorities conteflt themseives wilh taxing the poïl. Tlxey iiicrease the burden upon property and h.bor in varióos ways, and sumetimes to a greai exieut.The citizens is taxed to rmke and repair roads, sireets and bridges. He iö laxed to pay pieachers,,shoo!maíters and mugistrates. He is laxed to buüd mseting-houses and áchyül houses - court houses and jolito free rogues and fcions, lo iry crimináis nod hang m,urdercrd. iJe 3 taxed in every civil suit hruught by him or agaitist him, ihe clerk'.s t'ce, iawyers' fees, magistratet' tees, shcrifl's and, constables' Tees und eominibsiuns, uud ioss of Unie. He is laxed for the record of deeds, and aherpapers,furcertificate3andcf[)iesyjpün nis marriage license, and upon the prooi o wiüs and ihe adininistialioji of estales. He is taxed irr loll ujion bridge?, (uuipikes, rai.lroads, and canais. In addiuop to these taxcs i.mpösêd hy public auihority, ihere are HÍmost numljetless modes by whiciv inea'a iiiftumè or capital 3 abstracled fron thom by what miy be called volunlary laxuion. SucK are contributions, regular and irrpgnlur, lor the support of churohes, inissioiuuy aöcielies, uible sucietie, imsunu: s_u'.:icn-;, and al! oiher societies uud ao()c;;.,iis, Religious, Moral, riiilosophical, Li'.cran , Historica!, l'rolessionalj Musicai, or ui what nature soevcr pertaiiiin to ihe relatit ns of man to rnnjQ or mun to nature, und man to Gnd. Tiie cuntribalioiis made (y many for such purposes,. are more tiKtn all lts instituiions.