The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1852-12-25

pays the FIVE buGdrcd dollars duty, in
the end, but the people WHO bdy Ills
goous. NJ t,I3 q
Now, suppose there were one hun
dred merchants in the Territory, each
of whom annually paid on lis goods a
duty of five hundred dollars, which llc
in truth collected from the people, in the
form of higher price upon his goods,
then the peoplewould pay an annual tax
Iol ffty Thousand dollars! in an indirect
way, where if paid in a direct tax it
would not probably have amounted to
more than ten or twelve thousand And
such is preciseIy whatthe people of New
Mexico have been doing for years past,
and yet in their simpioitySupposed they
were paying no tar, simply because
they did not see how or when they paid
it The fact is if the people do not wish
to be swja8'e3 out of three or four times
what is necessary for the support Of 60
yornmemt, they had usually a great deal
better pay their tax in a direct form,
and then they know just how much they
pay, and what tits paid for, 4
There is one more fact which wewiSh
to notice before concluding this article.
1t Is fact TO which we cannot Shut our
eyes, that considerable portion, a,
least, Of the people Of New Mexico are
opposed to any system of, direct taxation,
for the support of the, government =
How such persons expect government
to be carried on at all, isaa question we
are not competent to answer Certain
it is, however, that 'theypbave never
rightly understood the. obiectapd end ol
government, and much less their duty
as citizens. " " '
But what makes the case sill mbre
aggravated is, that many ofrthese per-
+ sons Squander at the ganing table, in
the grog-shop, at theliandango room, o.
upon worthless Srumpct, ten times as
much in year as would pay their pro-
portion oftaxeS, and think 1t no hard
ship at all to do so. More thanthis: we
know cases not alew, where individp'
ais paid more to, an eYorbitqpt priest fol
the burial of one dead baby, than woul(
have paid their tax for tie support D
government for several years. 'Aadwt
believe there is not a man in the Terri
+ tory who owns, any propertytA2t does
f not pay to his church every year in th'
form Of Titles, ten times as much AZ
, would be req qaired Of him for tie sup.
j port of government, And yet civil 60
veinmentis just as much Gods instltu'
ton as the church is. .> nD n "a
Let us be understood n We, do no
! find fault wit, any man for giving wha
is acccSSdyy for The support Of his churcl
on the other hand, we think he ough
; to do so. But willie he is willingto d,
lis duty, and more thanihis duty, in sup
port of his church, be ought 70 be will
u ing to do lis duty also as a citizen .
tIie government. In thellhgnoSe 'of Je
sus we would say, 'Render Unto Oaesa
z the things that ale Caesars, and mt
:, God the things thatare Gods a'a Il,
4 These views we submit TO the candi
c consideration of our fellow citizens, an
, especially to the Honorable Assembly
" hoping that the Importance Of the sub
), iect will commend it 10, their considers
Il ton, and that the magnitude of HE it
=, tercsts involved in il, will lead them I
u the adoption of some wise and judirioy
c remedy for TIE present evil. ''''a W.
Z. DHr ,il --,-,s-+tl ,i-t -i4-,sit HpitIqst
/. Legislative Assembly, ,,..
j. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
y '' M1haay, Dec. aD- i0'A NJ"
Q % House met. journal read and dpprt
n we'd. .'naH h7Pal
y "a Message from tie Council, Mr. Pr
Sc of. Santa Fe, from lhe Joint Commits
ut on Rules, reported in favor of the adol
lc lion ofthe 'r0ltsof last session -iepo
TO Was adoPde.9 '.''' '' wv" N' .
Ie 80 Fho joint Committee on the qresol
lie tions to lhe memory of Cox C9lhou
lc reported in favor of adopting the orig
er nal resolutions of the House; the repo
it was adopted. ,...... nd .,,,..,, r.,
dS Mr. Craddock introduced a bill I
r. holding an annual Fair in tie town
We Don Ana. On motion, ordered TO seto'
es redding, and reltIed, to committee
Is, the Judiciary, asbaa mos ui ,aoa1
ch Mr Chavez Of Valencia, iptrOdnref
or bill relative 10 education. On mott
TO Of Mr. Sena y Romero, the Bill was ID
Ire on tie liable tillto. noIrB%. 'f' 10 ~
int .1aSecond readiugoG bills and resol
nd lipps3lf9 'ilud' palnim l'iue G. ni
d l.. d. L. i