Stitched self wrappers
1824 · New York
by New York Chamber of Commerce. Bayard, William
New York: Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 1824. First edition. Stitched self wrappers. A very good or better untrimmed copy, mild foxing, mainly on the edge of the front wrapper, signed "R. Hand" with the word "approved" on first page.. 23 pp. 8vo. Argues against new tariffs and restrictions on Trade which it declares are unconstitutional. There can be no taxes whose purpose is not strictly to raise revenue, thus taxation cannot be used as a policy tool. "It is painful to your memorialists to perceive that while the nation... is beginning to see the advantages of a free Commerce, and the evils of restrictive laws...attempts are making in the United States to induce the national government to adopt a narrow retrograde policy." 18th Congress, 1st session. Shaw & Shoemaker 17405; Kress Lib. C.1301. (Inventory #: 27645)