Mr. MARSHALL. I move proformd to strike out all after the word “ rawback” in the 3rd line and insert in lieu thereof “1/2 cent peround.” I do it merely for the purpose of su mitting a remark or 2 in regar to the subject oftaxation upon cotton. I am oppose on principle to the whole tax; at least I t lillk ifthere is any at all, it should be very small in amount and it is for this reason: in raising revenue to support the government, we should endeavor, as far as possible, to impose the burdens of the Government upon the wealthy, and not upon the poor. The effect of this tax upon cotton is mani festly to shift the burdens of the Government from the rich to the poor. The cotton fabrics of the country are consumed almost exclusively the heavy articles especially by the laboring white men of the country, and by the poor freedmen. By reducing the tax upon incomes, and increasing it upon cotton, you are shifting the burdens of the Government from the rich to the poor, and putting the tax directly upon the poor men of the country which ought to be imposed upon the wealthy men of the country. s This tax upon cotton will not be felt by the wealthy monopolist whose family are clothed in silks and satins, and in expensive imported goods from foreign countries. He will pay no part of it. The wealthy man who can afford to wear fine linen will pay no part of it; but the poor and humble men at the South, at the “cst, and at the East, and all over the country will bear the burden of the tax that is imposed by this provision of the bill and I must say here, that while there are many feat ures of this bill of which I approve, if these clauses are retained I shall feel compelled to vote against the entire bill when it is submit ted for the determination of a vote of the House. This clause which we are immediately considering I regard as exceedingly objectionable. What is the effect of it? You propose to raise the tax to 5 cents perpound on the raw cotton of the country; and when it is manufactured here, and the poor man of the country buys his shirt or his calico or the humble garments to clothe his wife and children, he must. bear the burden of this tax; but when it is exported to Germany or France, or any other foreign country, you take olf this tax; you lay the burden upon the poor men of this country, while you are furnishing shirts and other garments to the men of other countries at a lower price than you are furnishing them for to the citiZens of your own country. It is an unjust and, it seems to me, a most outrageous dis! crimination against the poor of the country, in favor of the rich of this country and the people of foreign nations. It seems to me that the system of legislation here for the last few years has been to discrim inate in favor of the wealthy. in favor of the manufacturers, in favor of the bondholders, in favor of the capitalists and monopolists of the country, and to impose the burdens of the Government u )0“ the agriculturists, upon the poor men of teWest and of the South, and even the poor men of the East, shiftingit from the shoulders of the wealthy who ought to bear the principal burden of the Government. [ Iere t the hammer fell.]