Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-04-04
Prom the National nteliigenccr
TayluR the Com M eree of lJu mn m Ar. tIn,.

IL there be one principle which, more than auoher
from that Of all other countries on the globe Il Ia tb
the indispensable neccssacs of human life are to DO I'D
sale and sacred from the gripping pinch of taxation-
ihere are certain articles Of food which
in this country would dare to tax whatever might be
the exigency to which were reduced as nation.
Now there is precious article which millions of poor
men and women in the United States feed with an appe.
tite as hungry satisfied with bread IL il that
noseleSs invisible communion with the friends and homes
OF their youth in the Old World which can only be sus
tanned by cheap manuscript correspondence across the
Atlantic. We insist that this ntercommunon of these
sea divided families to them necessary the first ur.
gehey; and IN the name Of religion justice and humani-
~, we ask that this necessary DO held as sale and
sacred from taxation the bread which these poor men
aud women earn and eat by the the brow And
who that has heart to live to the susceptbies Of our
social nature shall that IL Is not necessary Not
necessary Why there hundreds Of poor decrepi old
fathers aud mothers in Ireland and Germany who some
times put themselves on short allowance Of bread for
nearly week in order to obtain from the posmaus hands
letters from children the sea. OF all the prohibit
tory tariffs imposed on human productions that which now
presses like mountain Office upon the commerce Of hu-
man affections Is the most cruel aud wanton IL involves
what the most ron.handed fiscal restriction never did
heaSy TAX upon the export well import of words of
affection and loving remembrance. And are these
words ana thoughts that make the cheap currency of
family and friendly intercourse such idle uxues when
ienus and relatives separated sea that their
transportation must be charged more per ounce when
written on paper than the costies jewels that ever shore
IN Oriental diademss Let contemplate for moment
taxes analogous TO the postal charges on the COM
nce OF human affections, aud see how they would seem
TO the and sound to the For now an excise
duty on prayeI How profine and abhorrent would such
proposition sound In our revenue tax for the
support OF armies aud naves laid upon the voiccess up
oreaihngs Of penent heart the God Of all grace for
mercy aud salvston How does that sound? An excise
duty upon the silent thoughts that climb heavens from
tue soul IN its hottest hours Of meditation! How do YOU
like THAR postal tariff the communing sympat6ies
na' seek to fellowship with God and siinted spirits In
Heaven! Think of that transit charge on the FIGHT
OF faith across the sea that divides the home and heaven
OF It'd love from this ncement island terrestrial ex
nee What Government would ever dare to name one
OF these proiane projects though within its capa-
city TO enforce II! But next such as this would
TO III cruelty and wrong is the present heavy tax Imposed
upon the intercourse OF human hearts divided by the At
imtic next to this is that crushing excise duty levied
upon the widows dying message to her across the
ocean Next to this is the postal tariff the transit of
wish, word Of loving remembrance from brother TO
sister, from vile TO husband, from friend to friend be-
tween whom roll thousand bOsterous leagues of sea-