The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-14 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14.

THs question has been put, where the individual in
who pays forty 'killings income-tax P The minimum
of that tax es double the sum. This leads to the
remise that ministers, in proposing to give the
Ilmishies to the payers of forty shillings en direct
Wades, are she prepared to extend the limit of
Hest to the income-tax.
Mb, Weed, scald not be does without some nee-
elidestisa hi the psepeetbm of the pesset tax, and
the admimien of a disdasties between the owners of
sea propseti, and the eraser eisjoyers of annual
heseni& The present Chemealler has, indeed,
alseset pledged himself not to encounter the die-
sel*, hat to shrink from it, sad allow it to exist as
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bwiatest toraJouctureasu. may prove hies ou
one et Ilea on this point—to whom nothing Jr, jab.
?OWN&
The trade is, that we shall never be 'kb, to ar-
rive at scything like reform, or jostles, or taxation,
midi we saluditsts the consideration of Wisp for
the emideratlen of sus. We ought to take the
stifeebetattee. the corer of taxa*" and apply
the ads to that, leaving whatever wens or
demo get of these manses, to take them
with the burden'.
Thee, were we to tax all real property es Bad
property, owing a certain properties Os the else%
the holders would soon snit themselves to the low el
the country and of property. If reel peopillp be
isherited, acquired_ by the good kern e el pro.
genitors, it I bond siweiy is.m_aer to the
state, whisk hes allieniedi It a greater
sad more valeidlo than what C. giv-7.'s to the pro-
perty el ths day. Pass
es
a law that all real
=rtowes perthe state,
s a Yll that shall thrarelher A
be acquired
is paid foe by the pmeasser, bet ia the
ratio of what temberidlorthenevessi is esdelied.
We should consider, the., that neither the tabsritere
et real property nor the future acquirers of real pro-
poly woad be at all aggrieved by a pearlier nut
siteedrig that erase of property. Those who slew
sight complain are the rsons who have lbw-
salve* soqidred each proppeerty, especially them who
have retired epos a small sullicieney, or whs have
settled small portions of that real prey,
or of its annual prated, epos the
the helpless of their family. Present legialet:
might put this clam as cm:optional. And however
great the minister'. embarrassment in making
all these nice differences, it would be repaid by
marking out the time when the fairest some of
taxation would be ordered with a fairness and sim-
plicity of purpose and of plan, which would place the
burden of taxation where it ought most to weigh,
yet without invidious partiality or injustice.
Reformers, however,--end reformers in taxation are
no exception--have a bard task. Those in power,
and even those interested, persist as long as they can
in turning a deaf ear to every advice and to every
complaint. And then at last, when they are sem-
pelted to listen to advice sad complaint, balsam
they assume the magnitude of clamour and the
force of pressure, then nothing can be water
plated or suffered that is gradual, or tempmale.
Those who have worked up the public sentiment
I and the public voice know the necessity
accomplishing their whole purpose *ldiot the
Seam is up. The very members of the government
feel that they themselvse Gould do meddler were
the excitement of the aconteet to subside. Another
year might bring a new majority he parliament, and
new subjects for the national interest. And to strike
at once and home, or not at all, is the
rule of politics.
At the present time, however, whilst the rest of
Europe is flinging itself from one side and ono
extreme to the other, England keeps the even
is.., of its way. It desires electoral re-
berm, but without agitation or extravagencies,
and it is quite prepared to consider and accept /nen-