Litchfield enquirer., 1855-08-02
Ihs Lifctfieio Enquirer.
 LIT HFIELD: Thursaay Morning. August ?, 1858.

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 Thursaay Morning. August ?, 1858.
 WHAT TAXES, ,MEAE.
 A recent foreign arrival brings speech of MT. Bright on the war question, in which he sets forth the consequences of taxing the people of England to support the war. The following foseiple parag graph is reported from his remarks:
 'sI ask the honorable gentlemen to con sijei what 1t is that taxes mean What is 1t but the clothing and furniture of many a poor family Tn LancanshIre or Yorkshire {; medical attendance fo many sick wife 1; the school pence of fIiree or four little chil- dren hopeless toil to the father of the .fa,n- ily, ,penury ihrougi, life. cI,eefIess old age 1; and # may quote the language of the poet loIied hastily for the paaper's funeral..'. That is what taxes mean. The honorable member frdms Dorsetshire spoke in a man. ner that Thought rather dippant and hardly respectful of some of us on this bench some nights ago. bet me tell him that tl;e lahar- CTS of D0rsefshire andsthe weayers and spin ners of Lancanshire are toiling. and must toiI, harder, longer. and with smaller remu- neraiion for every hundred pounds that you exact in taxes from the people beyond what is right and necessary for the just and jud;- clous requirements of ti,eexcheauer of the county. Il hope, then, that shall be per. mitted to treat the question on this ground. And Feeollect that th0f srhicA sfrikes d0aun Ike children in fhe cottage, aiiacks also the children Tn the palace."
 Itis encouraging to see occasionally man. ifested in s.high places," a feeling of sym pathy for the rights of labor. A desire 10 tighten the burthens of the poor. is com lnendabic, even though an accompaniment of that desire is the knowledge that !" that which strikes down the children in the cot tage, attacks also the children in the palace r It is very true, that both are sufferers but the "children of the cottage" suffer much the most-for the laborers bear all the bur thens, pay ali the taxes of the government, produce all that is consumed by themselves and by the drones of community, the "chil- dren of the palace" Retreachment in pub lie expenses brings measure of relief to those who toll !; and should be made wher- ever compatible with The public good. Bu, ii MT. Bright thinks that the war should be discontinued because of it's oppression of the working classes, combined with the small inconvenience to the "children of the palace," let him devise other means for their relief. Let him advocate labor-re- form, one whereby each man may receive the full product of his own skill and exer- ton, instead of being compelled to share it with the lidlers of the palace.
 Many of the reformers in England per eeive tire injustice to the laborer. and inc obstacle to national progress. which spring from the wbitesiavc system ot thatcountry 1; and we are strong in the faith, that England will soon grant to her subjects many rights of labor. such as are enjoyed in this country. One strong indication of that end, may be seen in the repeal of the stamp duty on newspapers in Great Britain which is re- sulting in the establishment of three-fold more newspapers than have heretofore been published. The prices of public journals have consequently been reduced ia some instances more than one-half; and hence the great majority of working-men, who are in- trinsically and in tae sightof God as much entilled to the means of life and in,ellee,u- al alcultuse, us those of more fortunate birth will have access to these great means Of enlightenment and progress. On pnblic enlightenment and virtue depends ,he eman- cipation of labor.
 Taxes mean similar shing in our own country.A To, augment them, means an in- creasing draft upon the muscle and life blood of the laborer, with no more percep- ,ible pressure upoa tha droue. It means less clothing, food aad enjoyment to Inc poor farmer, who is in debt to tho speculator for the soil which is his own by gitt of nature, with an insignificant demand upon taS aWNlt-htfSu 3sNt tSu VI dsc sctdttu~SuOuUFOttSts It means morn toil, more stripes, and less sleep to the human chatsels of the south, with small inconvenience to the siave-owner and driver. l, signifies increased oPpress- ion 10 the free white labor of the whole Union, and the greater competition to which it will be subjected by the unpaid slave labor of the south. a
 What, then shall we do, to change the meaning of taxes, and work a reform there in. We must let the !aborer receive the full hire of which he is worthy; and let every man enjoy his natural right to occupy and cultivate portion of the earth. Those who have tue power must remove the chains of the bondmen, and destroy the competition between slave and free labor. And not another fraction of Gods free soil must he subjected to the biigh,ing and luinous curse of Southern slavery.
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