Mr. RAMSEY. We were told yesterday by the Senfrom Ohio, [Mr. SHERMAN, ] who is a member of the ComFinance, and has had some connection with this tariff bill, that the raising of revenue by increased duties on imported goods is not a matter of choice, but a matter of necessity; it is the tax which the patriotism of the country is called upon to pay to its necessities; and hence all the industries of the country must be taxed. The poor man in all his consumption and in all his avocations is compelled to contribute to these necessities caused principally by the derangement of the currency and the large internal taxation. This may not be so plain to many of our people who are called on to contribute their respective proportions, small though the mite of some may be, to the revenue which this bill provides for. It is not very plain to my own mind after listening to the argument which we heard this morning from the honorable Senfrom Iowa, [Mr. GRIMEs.] It is evident from what he said that he, at least, has serious doubts about it. But, sir, there must be a large, intelligent, and wealthy class in this country who ought to appreciate this fact, and I think it is. body of men that the honorable Senfrom Massachusetts in his several amendments here this morning is representing. They, if any of our people, ought to appreciate the necessities of the country above all others; and if they are exempted it would seem to be very unfair to tax the less intelligent and less favored portion of the people. If any sacri fice is to be made, they can appreciate the necessity and are better able to endure it, and they ought to be the last to be putting in this perpetual claim for exemption. I am the more strongly fixed in these views by a further reason: that as the revenue is necessary, if we exempt the rich we put greater burdens on those who are not so well able to bear them. A wise adjustment of the obligations which all owe to the Government to sus.tain it and to relieve it from the indebtedness which unfortunate circumstances have compelled it to incur is not only consistent with the lightening of the burden of those who have been less favored by fortune, but it is a dut on statesmen to see that labor is not crippl in its exertions while wealth is insensible to the hand of Government. Exempt the rich and injustice is done to the poor, for in that proportion you increase their taxes and depress their energies. You magnify the claim of the Government upon them and diminish the means by which. earn the necessaries of life. If inequality be admitted the discrimination should be adjusted in proportion to the means to contribute, property should pay for its protection, and industry should be fostered and labor cherished. With these views I shall certainly vote against this amendment of the Senfrom Massachusetts, as I have voted against the others which he has proposed today.