【正文】 ll do so as soon as it can be done without imposing too heavy burdens on their citizens there is no reason to sound moral and honorable feeling of the people of the indebted States can not be questioned, and we are happy to perceive a settled disposition on their part, as their ability returns after a season of unexampled pecuniary embarrassment, to pay off all just demands and to acquiesce in any reasonable measures to acplish that of the difficulties which we have had to encounter in the practical administration of the Government consists in the adjustment of our revenue laws and the levy of the taxes necessary for the support of the general proposition that no more money shall be collected than the necessities of an economical administration shall require all parties seem to does there seem to be any material difference of opinion as to the absence of right in the Government to tax one section of country, or one class of citizens, or one occupation, for the mere profit of another.“Justice and sound policy forbid the Federal Government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another, or to cherish the interests of one portion to the injury of another portion of our mon country.” I have heretofore declared to my fellowcitizens that “in my judgment it is the duty of the Government to extend, as far as it may be practicable to do so, by its revenue laws and all other means within its power, fair and just protection to all of the great interests of the whole Union, embracing agriculture, manufactures, the mechanic arts, merce, and navigation.” I have also declared my opinion to be “in favor of a tariff for revenue,” and that “in adjusting the details of such a tariff I have sanctioned such moderate discriminating duties as would produce the amount of revenue needed and at the same time afford reasonable incidental protection to our home industry,” and that I was “opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue.” The power “to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises” was an indispensable one to be conferred on the Federal Government, which without it would possess no means of providing for its own executing this power by levying a tariff of duties for the support of Government, the raising of revenue should be the object and protection the reverse this principle and make protection the object and revenue the incident would be to inflict manifest injustice upon all other than the protected levying duties for revenue it is doubtless proper to make such discriminations within the revenue principle as will afford incidental protection to our home the revenue limit there is a discretion to discriminate。第一篇：美國歷屆總統(tǒng)就職演說詞(James Knox Polk)Inaugural Address of James Knox PolkTUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1845FellowCitizens: Without solicitation on my part, I have been chosen by the free and voluntary suffrages of my countrymen to the most honorable and most responsible office on am deeply impressed with gratitude for the confidence reposed in with this distinguished consideration at an earlier period of life than any of my predecessors, I can not disguise the diffidence with which I am about to enter on the discharge of my official the more aged and experienced men who have filled the office of President of the United States even in the infancy of the Republic distrusted their ability to discharge the duties of that exalted station, what ought not to be the apprehensions of one so much younger and less endowed now that our domain extends from ocean to ocean, that our people have so greatly increased in numbers, and at a time when so great diversity of opinion prevails in regard to the principles and policy which should characterize the administration of our Government? Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country39。beyond that limit the rightful exercise of the power is not incidental protection afforded to our home interests by discriminations within the revenue range it is believed will be making discriminations all our home interests should as far as practicable be equally largest portion of our people are are employed in manufactures, merce, navigation, and the mechanic are all engaged in their respective pursuits and their joint labors constitute the national or home tax one branch of this home industry for the benefit of another would be one of these interests can rightfully claim an advantage over the others, or to be enriched by impoverishing the are equally entitled to the fostering care and protection of the exercising a sound discretion in levying discriminating duties within the limit prescribed, care should be taken that it be done in a manner not to benefit the wealthy few at the expense of the toiling millions by taxing lowest the luxuries of life, or articles of superior quality and high price, which can only be consumed by the wealthy, and highest the necessaries of life, or articles of coarse quality and low price, which the poor and great mass of our people must burdens of government should as far as practicable be distributed justly and equally among all classes of our general views, long entertained on this subject, I have deemed it proper to is a subject upon which conflicting interests of sections and occupations are supposed to exist, and a spirit of mutual concession and promise in adjusting its details should be cherished by every part of our widespread country as the only means of preserving harmony and a cheerful acquiescence of all in the operation of our revenue patriotic citizens in every part of the Union will readily submit to the payment of such taxes as shall be needed for the support of their Government, whether in peace or in war, if they are so levied as to distribute the burdens as equally as possible among Republic of Texas has made known her desire to e into our Union, to form a part of our Confederacy and enjoy with us the blessings