The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-02-09
Friday Eyenlng, FEB. ., 1854.

Friday Evening, Feb. 3. 1854.
TAX BURrHEHS.-The Cincinnati En-
quirer one Of the few papers bold and man.
ly enough to "speak out loud" even In the
face Of party says:
The expedients and projects, multitudin-
ous in character, to pile up still higher the
tax burthens Of the people, are in many in
stances extraordinary aud obnoxious. One
OF the latest that We have heard Of Is a bill
introduced into the Legislature, BY some
wiseacre, to pay premium for the killing Of
fores! the money to be paid out Of the county
treasures, and Of course made up by an In
crease Of the SLATE tar. During the debate
on il,
"Mr. Ross said that half million of foxes
were killed annually In the State. II they
are to be paid for out Of the State treasury
gentlemen will hear music about their ears
not quite so agreeable as that OF the horn OF
the hunter. He was not in favor ofencour-
aging at the expense Of the public treasury,
men who were too penuFious to keep q
hound, or too lazy to follow the chase.''
1t was finely sent to the committee on
Agriculture.
Why not include squfrrels--a more de-
structive insect than foxes--and why not IN
clnde Possnms, too, Coons, tool for "that
same" his friends say, is not dead yet! Let
the enemies OF all those several hostile
tribes of plunderers, that live upon the
labor ofthe farmer, get an Omnibus biL," as
they call such combinations at Washington, /,
put II through, levy the tax, set the hunters
to work, count the scalps. and have the peO-
pie taste the dish of folly that is now offered
them.
Pile up the tares, gentlemen, the great
public is well feathered goose, that will
bear world Of pucking without sqaGtok!
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6TThe following letter is in answer to
an article of ours published some days since,
in which we proposed to draw all Western
trade away from Philadelphia. The paper
spoken of has not yet arrived. When it
comes we may have something farther to
say in regard to the Erie difficulties. We
are always willing to give both sides a
hearing. The letter was written to u gen.
t.eman of this city:
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 80, 1854.
Dean SIR:-We received this day copy
of the Lancaster Gazette, containing the
record ofrather bitter feeling toward us Of
Penn. in relation to the Erie troubles. We
mail with this letter copy Of our U. States
Gasette, containing the proceedings of a
meeting held here at the instance of the
people Of Erie. We hope you will read it
III oaraf.ll,, MI ob ;R - EdsFaS o ~
Gasette who, we trust, is not SO far preju-
diced as to refuse to listen, but will give an
impartial hearing to both sides.
The limits of this letter which has some
other objects in view, will not permit us to
discuss the question at length, yet we may
take the opportunity to say a few words.
We are we'll aware of the feelings with
which we are regarded not only by the New
Workers but by our former good friends in
Ohio. These feelings did extend somewhat
into Indiana, but we are happy to observe
that the journals Of that State could not re-
sist the force Of truth, but have at last done
us justice in their leading articles, and we
hesitate not to say-the journalists and peo-
pie of Ohio will ere long do the same, freely
and openly. We understand it well that
New York is bitter rival aud unscrupu-
lous at all times, and especially SO to this
city in regard to the Western trade, is now
doubly maddened at being foiied by the peo.
pie Of Erie in an unjust attempt on theiI
corporate rights, and are now seeking sym
pathy abroad because that resistance has
been carried into open aggression. We
cannot, and do not defend aggression on the
part Of Erie. On the contrary, we heartily
condemn ii; but we cannot shut our eyes tc
the first cause ofinjustice on the part Of N
York. And this comprises all Of our position
in Philadelphia. Not one man, to our knowl
edge, at least, not one merchant has aidet
or abettcd Erie either by word or deed;-
and we have yetto find out that one dolla,
has been raised for that purpose here.
Our community has been besought, agar
and again, to take sides and condemn Fri,
from the beginning openly; and it has beer
urged with equal force to SIDE pith Erie in al
things.
Truth is never found in extremes SO w
have resolved on being just and have main
tanned careful torbedrdnce, willing to let ou
laws decide the right. Having thus far beeI
but lockers on in the quarrel we will rot b.
dragged into it at all. What our Western
friends can find to blame in US We are at.
loss to discover.