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 |, ,ate1 24 pr cent. l5 pr cent.

 The other articles, on which additional duty is to he levied, are carpetng-three distinct kinds of which are specified, and the duty raised from 50 to7O from % to 4 and from 20 to g cts per square yard, Cotton bagging, and Sail Duck, both of which are raised trife,-Indigo, which was previously IS cts

 ctsper lb additional until June 90, $50 and then 10 cts additional, until the whole duty amounts to 50 cts per lb. Wire, brazers' Rods, axes adzes, scls les, scy,hes shovels &c. &c 10 per cent. additiona the old rate being $25 per cwt; Window Glass; (which raised from to $5 per 100 fee apothecaries vals, which are raised from $1 to $l 75 per gross: and states for buildings and schools flcm 7 per cent. ad val to B 1-3. It is indeed very questionable wheth- CT American industry and ingenuity can immediately supply all the articles which additional duties levied, ,-some of which are very high.-n sufficient quantities and of good qualities, to save the peo pie from pretty heavy tax for the benefit of the A. merican System. But must remember that here- tofore the many millions which annually go into the treasury, except what derived from the sale oflands, come really from the people, as though tax had been laid directly upon them and it will do no more or less under the new law. Those who consume the greatest amount of the above mentioned artices will

 

 dependent live of foreign productions, the less we shall pay in the form of indirect tax for manufac turing or mechanical monopoies spring up among us to extort greater price for their productions than they are really worth. The equal distribution of wealth, and the individual enterprise of the people, which will create competition, will effectualy secure us from this.

 Considering the bill as it now stands we think it entirely ungenerous to praise blame the members of either house of Congress, for their individual vote, whether for or against the bill. majority of the members however whose names stand in the affrma-

 tive, the fast friends of the Administration, and eryfnany of the same class of politicians recorded their vote in the negative. Two members of the Connecticut delegation voted against the bill and by some people, rather disposed to find fault all occa- sions the rest of them blamed for doing like wise. We believe it rather difficult matter for the members to tell how they ought upon the question, and they generally governed themselves upon principles of policy. The Bill is however full as good as could be expected under existing circum- stances, and eventually the people will be satisfied with it.