The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-21
From the Baltimore Republican.
THE EXPENSES OF THE GOVERN
MENT ONLY ToBE NET BY TAXATION.

MENT ONLY ToBE NET BY TAXATION
There are certain considerations which require
to he brought before the people day after day.
We are engaged with foreign Ee. We are
in the midst Of al expensive war. Although the
position iha, the people must pay every cent ex
pended by the General Government. is a perfect.
" obvious Que. it is yet apt tn Re lust sigh, of
Many speak Of raising funds nv loan. as If that
We're some other way procuring money without
taxaiion-Now every nne should understand
that there is no possibility uf evaiing this paint
the people must contribute all the funds of
the ordinary and extraordinary expenditures
Of The Government. There is ~ legerdenain
nor hocus pocus. an which can depend. Our
own packets are our resources.
VI all the plans for raising money those which
are more immediate in the provision for the pay
ment at the debt. if any is created. are to he
preferred. To pay rs we 90, should be the
nn'inrm plan where it is lcahe.-O iherwise
The burdens increase in propnrlinn as their liqni
datinn is removed. and We do not tax ourselves
SD murh as the next generation This we have
M right In do until we have done all we can do
of "nrselves.--Le, us help ourselves, and then
Heaven will help MS.
II Ia in accordance with the s,riciest principles
of taxation that we have advocated n tax on tea
and coffee. To The cry tina, has been raised Of
" don't touch The pnnr mans lea and coffee" we
ask in The first place il all The teas and cnffee are
teas, n" Java aud Mocha coffee. entirely beyond
the reach of the lahnriug classes? And if SD,
why should not these he taxed
Tea and coffee are of such general use that il
will scarcely do to ral them luxurios, and vet
they are neccssaries of life. as salt, sugar iron
cotton and wnollPn goods are.-Now 1--WE heg at
ien'i"n To this point from those who oppose these
duties, We have no hesitation in taxing salt,
' an arncle." SAYS the New York Evening Pos,
- of hla 49,, h.
universal consumption we tax sugar. a commo
diy of more general than lea and cuffep, and
The immediate cons Omptiun OF which cannot, as
that OF lea and cuf'e sometimes does. degenerate
into vice; we lax iron, the great necessary Of
cIviliZaiion, in all lis forms; we Tax cloths OF
wnoilen and cotton, though indispensable Ia life
we tax fnel. ihnugh we cannot support existence
without IT, The tax on these things uf vital ne
cesSity. essential 10 the simplest furm of civilized
life. and sumo of Them To he very continuance of
l'te itself in our climate, is horne without com
pialni but The momeRt we talk of laying mode.
rate lmpust On a narcotic leaf from China and a
narcotc bean from the Arabian peninsula and the
isles OF the iroPics-indulgences of luxurious
and ehemlnate age-Ihe representatives Of the
people rise up almost 10 n and declare the
measure inexpedient as IT, OF all articles of yen
eral consumption. these alnre were ioo sacred To
he subjected 10 the comInun contribution To the
treasury. This is kind of superstition that we
cuniess we do M, understand
This is so we'll and frrcihly pm, that we need
say no more. Another day we will have some more
la add. To the consumer of tea and coffee il
should he comfort if, while using a little less, or
paying little more for what he does use, he is
putting his mite into the common treasury His
country demands the small sacrifice and " no will
acknowledge himself deaf 10 such call The
women al The country, who willingly send their
husbands and SINS to the field have tno much pa
trIotlsm 10 demur TO slight tax on their own
comfrIs
We confess that we should not like to hear the
bitter comments that our soldiers in Mexico will
make when they find that Notwithstanding all
their plivaii0ns fur their cuuntry's sake. thuse
who stay at home refuse to bear such light taxes
as thuse on lea and coffee.