New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-13

TIL. article 10 Tie T'ribsn> q March - Oh ''e
-. ~. s-bo,l, Free % AL does not s. =
..eras o. ne Do ius-ice 20 ,hoss who AZ A''a's
Gel ,r.,b the present Free Scbool Law ne Is
.st..fac.loa tat 50 widely prevails : 30 a'o
,s.,a- u.reasonsb.e nor Il. founded Inere s-e
-,,... which Mt only account ~ II, bat Which, u
,.,. ,sr,ovea y j perpetaate and i1s;i.y u
one objection T. the new .a~' toe one in's' % III
rsa-lv urged i thst the b1rttea - TIE soio'-''
-. exo.nss Of supporting them. "a according 70
e.. --e.a,t mole Of taxation. aoeq1aly upon in1i
,.5,ais and classes This objection . gng1estoA-
sbly ,,-rsct. Indeed the system IN tins respect
in severs places where ny observation mas e1
,,,4as w5-ks ms. unigs:ly sad iniqai'o1siy- II
+. q potoro1, isc. that IN many. 90 not kDo" O1'
,b,, H. most Of the oJgnIy districts thro9eh TIE
So, al r-,,ertv u assessed. IS general thing
r., b.Irys is p Al value wh1e personal properly
esls.as ox~aot ~ particular cases a4io5 eIDrf' ~
q. n,ast. Witfost taxation. Ia one town DO" n ID!
mind. where there rn1st be personal sTope'y 90 az
amount Of az least 500 600. but about fy'.oo " u
!. ,sxed. and tn res. estate "a assessed a. -
-, one third # IL true worth II - oovlons that
H. ,rtas,ica OF al til must be the more hraEAy
81, b. ,b,s. who are wr0uyed. under the increased
/ Lad of taxation imposed upon them ~ ,ns }. &c
school law swelling as II does, the per o1H.a.
rnenseIy D0n such property As hafP'"'
! fastened 0poa BY the assessor. ,r-...-. ID
! - ,bo,sards of rsses q the following hini
/ . s-a.te,ed through the state Here HVes
I i.,-,.e, q rbvsiciHn. &c. &c. &c who, Oy ms Pro
fess,o, or trade may be resrinz an income ariy
~ fr,ro 800 u - 500. more or @ss lie, however
cbooses ~ spend ms earnings year by year so tna
I 10th NJ acctlmuiates in rs hands and be escapes
,sxai,on altogether Near hun ives farmer. on
bis farm. out Of which be digs and p.o~s subsist
euca for himself and family far more scanty and
dearly earned than the income Of hs neiehbor, and
vet be- IS compelled To school and educate the Gnu
drcn 0f that neiehyOr IL this far and lust acts
! Ike these and others that might instance viii
necessarily and properly excite DISSATISFACTION ana
opposition 20 the new system.
il will PERHAPS be answered that tnis : 0wln-
not b the Free school principle, bu' 70 the present
/ unfair mode OF lev1iug the taxes. undoubtedly
that Is so But yet a. kong As the schools are s1p
portcd b. this kind Of taxation. while this taNaiIn
| IS thus made a part ct She school system. 50 long
| will the latter be exposed % these ch,ges OF 'se-
quality and Injustice IL - the occasion, u not the
csu.e' of the wrong and As suchit will be regarded
and opposed BY those who suffer from y
| How. then. shall we remedy the evil Shall W.
abolish the Free School system ! answer, No
/ Not a. leas, tall We have made an attempt TO pro
/ yde TOR nm honest and equal taxation That IS the
true remedy. which alone will quiet this opposition
| and place the new system on sound and perma
/ nert basis.
! Nv idea OF q perfectly fair and just taxation IS
something like the following In the first place
think poll tax should be laid upon every able
bodied man Do the State Tor educ stional and state
| purposes Every man who is able, and who en-
iovs the protection and benefits Of public Insu
tutoas should contribute according u his ability
for their support There is no able bodied man but
can contribute something-say dollar or MY
cents But let every man understand that he
owes a debt TO the country. and 70 some extent at
least lc, him be made to pay IT,
Again there ought 10 be an Income Tax iad
upon all incomes which exceed a certain amount,
10 be fixed by law, which amount might be that
which common labor Is able 10 earn per year, or At
that IS too low an amount say $500, or any other
proper sum, and let all incomes over that amount
be taxed. The proprlety of this seems b. me ob
vious on the plainest principles of justice II |,
LAWYER am earning 81 600 year, II is right that
out OF II shOld contribute 10 the general expense
and welfare as well As my neighbOr the farmer,
who makes but his $500 on his farm. And yet,
things now are. at the end of twenty years / will
have made and spent my 100000, aud have con
ubuted not a cent toward the general welfare or
education. while he has IN the same period made
but his $4,000 and yet out OF 1t he has been com
PEELED To school and educate my children well as
bifs8yD be .A{ituRf s4Jsabth & RI64eE Rsr ceptsgs
see no sufficient reason for any distinction what
ever Indeed as It is out of Income that the taxes
must all be paid, strictly II is only Income that
should toe taxed.
Bnt however that may be, and whether we
/ have a Pol and Income Tax not, let the Proper
/ tytax be made inst and equal. Let every man be
| sworn by the Assessor to the true amount he Is
worth, and let the Assessor also be sworn that he
will make a Just assessment. and after he has
/ completed his task lot hun be made to swear that
| he has done his duty faithfully and equally. and
| let every false swearing, whether by Assessor or
| Tax payer be held in law TO be what it IS in fact,
Perjury, aud be made punishable as such, and let
4 every man who can show himself aggrieved hy an
unjust assessment OF his own or OF his neghbors
property have, as he ought to have, legal remedy
az sinst those who have done him the wrong. w ere
tins done cannot but believe that the great mass of
| the opposition to Free Schools would be quoted,
and that the majority of our property holders would
| gladly bear their part ~ tax or otherwise not
| only the promotion of Universal Education but
IN any and every other enterprise which v III tend
to the happiness and well being ofthe country.
wv
~ All Well, neighbor except your Poll Tax
on men " no may have work for themselves and
not halt enough bread for their children better
drop that. We go for taxing all Property, and
assessing 1t at its full value. and don't object 10
! your Income Tax. though it would be more likely
to hit IN this quarter than any amount OF Property
tax But taxing men who have neither Property
nor Income will hardly answer. ia T1b
LAW COURTS.
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