Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-02-25

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countries and Al home nav hammer again
and immoderato issues have a iendeney 10
engender n aood Of ;r,edsemsbIe name, |
money.
Il /. undoubtedly Desirable that the
amount of Tho loan shonId ne ,educed n.
far as practicable and with ina, chico, 4,
view. The Secretary of The T,easu,v has re.
du,y on ten and coffee. The
pronrie,y or d;rec, tar ba. alan heen snc.
yested Cor Tho same nurnose
As an abs,,ac, nrooos;,;on II !, ce,ia;n
that n d;,ec, ,ax On nroner,y !. more ;u.,
than taxes on consumn,ion. These III
levied on articles of first necessity. such as
provisions. or on those articles which. like |
sugar. ten and coffee have become almost
articles Of first necessity. impose almos, the
same amount of duty on every individual.
whatever tina, of his propertv NAV be.
But, according 10 the Constitution. a di.
rect tax imposed by the United States is sp-
por,ioned among the several States. not IN
proportion 10 their resoec,,ye wealth. but
according 10 what NAV be called their fede.
raj population. The states of Indiana and
Massachusetts. both free labor States. have
an equal number of representatives in Con.
gress. and their o,o,a Of n d;yec, tar i'm.
posed by the limited states would he near.
IL the same nader the ccnsus of 1910 I'm.
der tha, of 1850 the ouo,a of Indiana will
probably be fiIty per cent greater than that
~ ...h,,,a,,. It'd. a-;.,;,,,, .;r,,,,,-
:. Zoo ooo -
s'""ees, n,e.' 'aa VI "nJ ~~'V'o'v "ou'u
oe ha'uiy 'e" ~ massachuse"s' aIu DC Up,
ess,e :" '"u,ana' ms 'ne p",p ~, Y,
'his Sta,e Is aoou. one 'wensy-nin part oi
thai oil the united states, 30 'oVo,VoO would
oe the 'ota amount oil the airect TAX zen.
crazy me amount OF direct TAX ieyied
oy the United states, must be regulated oy
the ability to pay oil those States which have
the least wealth IN proportion 10 'heir pop
uiaiion And It wilisaiways bear most I'M
equally and oppress'se'y on the states more
recently settled. -.
Yet, 10 defensive war, tue people would
cheerlully bear every species oil taxation !;
aud Government might call iofth oil the
resources oil the country. II Isl quite other
wise IN war oil invasion and conquest
The Administration says that Their object
is to conquer peace; that is peace which
viii give, according TO the common vague
form, Indemnity Tor the past, and security
Tor the future. IL Is not intended here to
inquire what right the United States have TO
ask any indemnity from Mexico. Justice
Is out OF the question; we have TO deal only
with expectancy. But, to say that we must
nave Seea.p. az eJnaer; 70, s"e 'u' ~,
49, ~, 49, III, 80. 49, ,ho III.
"a So ~. 80. ."s S ~
,h,, ~. -, $50 ""' ~ ~" sa
e,r,n.ni - ,a;..tv J .I'
snh;ng.,;on
yvs.,a.a. .,..;.. Of ,,.,.. ,,., hs .,r
,.o,rI.,aJ !, = ,,a...s,xy 4, az. g., ,,I...
10 6nd a Goye,nmen, with whom 20 ,res,
and ,ha, In country entirely CONQUERED
or nccun;.d il ;n,nossihle In order ,f
msLa n ,saI ,,e,,y of oasce ,ha, Govern
men, mus, he n free agent. and no such
ono can he form.d IL no ax,end ON, occn
nation oya, ,hs ,yhole y, The ,,e,,eSr,r, q
The eoun,ry TIA, free agency i he onI,
guaran,ee Ina, the uni,ed States want for
solid and real peace. A ueaty made updel
duress would be but the phantom Of ,
neace
Bnt The Administration in order TO AZ
tain the object thew have in view. ask fo,
more men and money. II mus, be admitted
Thai the army which under General Scott
,Ger n series Of extraordinary victories
pene,rated into the heart of the Mexica,
/ Jom;,;ons AM, ,ook nossession Of lhei
f me,rooolis was ,nnorenlly ;ncompe,eut 70
: snch = hold en,ernr;se and ,ba, with
+ Greater force The .,,ecess would have bee
. moe ce,,a;n and attended with a less /,
5 men,ahls loss ol men But Il Is neyer,be
. Iass ,rne ,ba, an army or loss than ten tbou
e sand elfee,iye men. did perform the won
: derfuI work defeated forces three times a
!. numerous as themselves. defended by 70,
Z tresses and strong positions. and aunihila,e
1 or dispersed all The troops OF the enemy. =
Y Aud now that our effective force from Yer
!. Cru m Merico has been more than doul
e led and ,ha, win The exceo,ion of som
|. miserable guerrillas there Is no enemy ,
a encounter The number Of ,roops authorize
Al hy I,w il declared IN he insnfficient: an
5, 6lv ,bousand regulars with a reserve
o twenty Thousand Volunteers are said TO |
i. necessary in order TO occupy that whic
E. hss hsan .onnnsrsd and IN n,,and ,b,, n
D. cnn,,ion oSsr ars,,er ey,en, If ,erri,or
10 ,rha al. s.o,vaJ oh;sc, IL IN conousr nsac.
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