Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-19
For the Grant County Herald.
No8ey US. Paper Money
PRACTICAL Deception.

EglT3E:-About eighteen hundred
~frseYen Years ago there went out g
~ that all the world should be taxed
I'D lew many cents on the dollar wa.
.b 10 satisfy Augustus, we have not
IT. means Of knowing; neither are we
whether he demanded gold from one
y EaeA, and permitted Others to pay in
iaa} f rromises: if he did, it follows tina,
, Wisconsin method Of collecting taxes
Ia new ana cannot be patented. If he
hot, think our politicians who suck at
,s;n treasury bag had better take out a
gsl bit. l once knew a county treasurer
"F1 made a handsome fortune by collect
200 god aud then buying bank paper at a
rs mt to pay in TO the treasury. It is
aoHd that What has been done can be done
h.. aud if so, others will no doubt en-
themselves in the same ay, unless
II reople lock to it in time. If our State
suIer receives bank paper from other
% nte lie will receive it from this if off
-four legislators did not intend to
I'd The paper Of the Banks they chartered
:. 0sment for their 0alua6le services
lid they carter them? There can
d. one answer to this question and that
9py thoHght bank paper would 10 for
: mers, mechanics, laborers and such like;
aS ii would not answe 10 pay governors.
o. e$, AM the thousand and one other
r, &prs that lave Eeen created, and their
o. WE lis attached to the treasury bat for no
- Mreut use but to suck the life blood
E0A This young and what should be, rich
7 prosperous State.
100000 dollars to move the wheels of
M g gayofnment one year, seems a mighty
tm. Let us look at it a moment. Far
Eef,if your rulers will not take bank paper
,,kHy for governing you the past wear, let
bAppose" for a moment, that they will be
T. 6Wry tond"seeniiug and accommodating.
kn iaEe Your wheat. 1t will take 600,-
b0 bushels delivered at Madison at 50
i Enk per bushel; it will require twenty
l hol sand wagons, each loaded with thirt,
IusI els and allowing four rods t a wagon,
i y Il require two hundred and fifty miles
70 i BAL to form the wagons upon. Now
bat inc All those who draw their susie
EaaSe from the treasury, assembled at
Dad sou to see their subjects come in and
bgs tribute; would it not he a melancholy
: FgN TO sce hat long line Of wagons heag-
Id el with wheat which has cost so
bae ,weat and labor, pouring into town
pft so weeks and all elnptied at the feet
a AaudfDl OF men whom you have per
bth though your carelessess and mat
END p 10 Eletan their jaws with a death
aekt upon your hard earnings. What
nav We suppose wiz be the feelings OF
has osed squad whaa the triLaeeis be-
bgt ,,ected. No doubt there viii be va
oss 5a0sa,.ous eXperienc~ the old ouo
Fh9 has Teen hanging to the teat f..
IasH and where conscience has been scar.
Il -iicc BE was little boy, wil grow
b. lhs degrading -pecta"iie; while the
oan g Il who Is st beginning to draw
,.elaueo from .hc la:gr Of others,qn1
Ea8 Gems ieaco Is not wholly scared viii
hn viii horror rom the 81 ken:ng sight.
Pt shall be told that q part Of this mon
q oes 10 build deaf and dumb, blind and
hu e asylums. So it does, but those
pfg piles Of masonry can 10, and are *
ID to 10 10 good to that unfortunate
h@ Of persons. They are bailt mainly,
n hree purposes: First, to give fat jobs
c%ontfaet' IS while baiIdIug; and for
be 'er>, supetJnteudauts, clerks, and hang
On after built. Second, to enhance the
faf e Of city lots il their neighborhyod.-
Phi j, to make a great show and make
Phi j,on look ike New York.
PIT shall he told that it is u small bu
|anf to Object to an appropriation for the
'bah lit Of that unfortunate class of our
|eaf RS. So it is, but who has ohjscted TO
Pa What | oppose is taking the chill
de as bread and casting it To dogs-or
vii = IS no better, putting money into the
ha ls Of unrrincipled politicians and polit-
la gamblers TO spend for their ag-
gH a%uzenlent, under the false pretense
Ela it is for the benefit of the afflicted and
200 %Gionate.
We are told that "charity covereth IL
m Itltude of SINS and we may add, that
|A pretcaSe Of charity has in our Legisia
nc covered many more; so that the Peo-
|f have not generally seen them in their
p knd deformity, but they are covered
y chilly, and all who have a desire to look
b on human depravity ana think they
a re the nerve 10 bear it, can easily strip
the covering and behold it in all its de-
.rmitv.
Had the money already s%quandered or
i bose huge structures been put to Interest
|at ten per cent. and that interest been
given directly to the deaf, dumb, blind
md insane. or, TO their parents and guar
bans for their special benefit, it would
ave made a perpetual funi which would
ave done more for them thar eve will be
4One by any amount of brick and mortar
'adTidual skill and enterprise would have
'%lded the necessary accommodations
nd Instruction, aud those unfortunate per
,Y0S would have had cause to thank the
2aa'e tor their charities. But alas! IL
nst way there could have been no .fa1
oos' no chance for hangers on! no per
i"sies-and so it was not done.
LUTHER Brown.