New Jersey claims the right to levy a tax for State revenue on passengers and freight in transit across her territory from State to State,--in other words, to levy a tax on “commerce among the several States.” Of course the right to tax is the right to prohibit.
Sumner argues against New Jersey's taxation on interstate commerce, claiming it infringes on federal rights.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
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