Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-03-03

US pain to say, that much difference of opinion
prevails in the House on the subject now be-
tore them. War out OF the question:, W.
should have been as much opposed to taxes
! rs any one; but when war measures have
been resolted to, and expences incurred, We
cannot see how those, tho have been thcl
warmest advocates, can reconcile with consis
|tency a refusal to provide the ways and mean
TOR carrying them into effect We canno
| thsrsfore conceal our surprise and regret a
having seen principal feature of a system
The result ofthe closest Investigation and ma
Iturest reelection, rejected---reIected aliilos
before its bearing was considered. The AT
gument ofunequsl operation will apply as wei
10 any other tax as to this, and will If suffered
20 pre- dominate, as certainly defeat every ta1
proposed by the financial committee.
The most favorable view which can be tax
en- of this subj ect is. that the indispositlon te
| vote the necessary taxes result from the laud
| able determination to make them contempt
| rary with tho war. to have no existence till i
| is commenced, and to cease when it is con
cluded. 1t is perhaps from this cause, com
| bined with the fearof alarming the people
by the runor Of taxes, that SO many are oppos
ed to the discussion and adoption of the pro
posed system. Taxes, it is said, are not pa
iatable to the people. They cannot be less Sc
we reply, THAI war----and having determined
| the greater quesNon BY authorisng the crea
| tion of vast .niiital> force, shall we shrink
| from the comparatively ulnmportant question
Of taxation, to an amount luificient to pay th'
interest Of the loans necessary to support it
| The people are, we believe, much less atral'
/ Of taxation than their Representatives, AM
will meet with checr.u,ness the cost OF a wa
undertaken for the support Oh their natIona
rights; cost for which their pockets are no
to be taxed until a,wsr shall actually com
nence.
Let US, however, hope for the best, ar'
trust to tie patriotism and wisdom or the Re
! personalities Of the people to substitute TO
the rejected item some object of taxatio
which viii produce all equalTevcnue, III man
! ner less ob,. oxious to heir feelings If sue
should be the consequence of yesterdays &c
| cision, we need not say that we Shall slhcerei
rejoice in It,
The follamCgs is the opinion OF Judg
! PUSH, Of Pennsylvania, relative to the mar
=! Ger in which InsoIvcnt Debtors, should be re
leased from the demands Of their Creditors
We copy it from the Philadelphia Gazette
2syh February.
| Philadelphia, FEB. 81, 1912.
| SIR---I have at your request read the bl
entitled g An Act for the beneft OF Ihsoyer
| D$btors and their Ccditols" now dcpcpnin
3efore the Legislature OF our State, It contain
30 many excellent provisions and is III ali re:
2ucts so much pgelerooie, TO the present, Ii
solvent Law, that Cannot aToid exp.cssin
my decided appreciation Of it.
| 1t holds up TO the Insoivant Debtor the re
| gard of Interest, in case he acts a talr and UP
right part towards his Creditors---ir avoid
Inc cruel absurd!ty Of thruSting into q Goal
an event which by wounding his feelings an
,ourng his temper. is calculated to produc
| IN the mind ofthe Debtor, plans and scheme
| 20 defeat the claims of the Creditor, bat aboy
all, it leaves the future acquisitions of proper
" to the Debtor, which should be always don
! where he has acted with integrity and goo
faith, the principle of the present law whiC
| qiyes to the creditor the right of snatchin
| from the Debtor tie least pittance of propert
the moment he acquires it, has always appeal
ed to me the height of barbarity, borderin
4ls,ost on murder-The law does indeed ST
| the poor man aRoat, but authorises tie Cred
cor the instant he raises his head above waite
q pounce upon him: and thus by keepin!
irn always down, to destroy him by degree
it would be better to keep him In Goal a
long as he lives, than to turn him out, dePri'
ed of every possible inducement to cXercis
iie least labor or industry.
I am sir,
| (Signed) JACOB RUSH.