The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-04-19
Jm Aome sanraal,
lblIshcd Weekly, At 81 u Year, slrlnly In Advance,
by w. j. SLATER.
TIE TAX.

TIE TAX.
The feeling in favor Of taxing the
s21 900 for the purpose OF b'nId'
Turnpike to Scwancc is gaining
ground every day, and we are gIaa OF
it, At first, many opposed 1t VINO nave
since considered, as became wise .men,
and are now completely changed IN
their views. At first many m%isunder'
stood the whole thing, and under the
influence Of passion and prejudice urged
many flimsy arguments TO sustain II
position assumed without 10rcthought,
and based upon premises entire y wrong,
And we do not wonder that the sim
plc.t mind should become converted
into the right position fit would only
leave Il few dollars and cents out Of
view, and coneidcr the necessity OF the
proposed Road, We find men all oven
the county coming over ana taxing
strong ground in favor Of tax. Still,
however, there are many who oppose it,
and it is really amusing TO hear the
sortof argument they use. a man .!
fine sense, and one who, Of all men,
ought 10 lend bis vote to thg promuIga,
ton and establishment Of literature,
writes to US and says that the "pitIiul
sum Of 81 900 will not scare the school
away" Now, Of all arguments, that is
the least entitled to consideration. 1T
is 50 Gimsy, and it implies in the begin
ming, Il desire to avoid gratitudo-Onc
oftho noblc5t passions Of the breast
The man who uses such an argument
tacjtIy admits that scIfshncSs and in
gratitude are uppcrmost in his heart
And if the sum is 80 pitilul why in The
world refuse to pay it? Magnanimous
minds, tsccms TO W., would not call the
sum "pjtifuI,' and chen gctup II terrible
buster about paying it, especially too.
when the reduction orour State tax ha,
taken off about $1,000 from this county
leaving the sum additional De itci0 only
$1,000 per annUm for three years, AnC
yet, "pitiiul' as the sum is, we find the
very men who call it thus, are the one.
who refuse to vote for it. "I1dbh
Mctu.' Where is the consistency OF
such men?
But some say-(that is, those who
think the sum "piGfnl,' yet will not
vote for the proposjlion,J thaL $1,000
is not enough we are afraid you will
ask US for more. Now, that is another
argument, and amt it the climax Of alb,
surljty, Suppose 81 900 does not
buiId it, the men who are advocates Of
the tax, say that they will raise the rest
ifmorc is needed, by subscription
They will do it, and certainly when
they publicly pronounce that S2I,oOo is
all they want the couHty to give, that is
sufficient, and if they forfeit their word,
we shall he found ourscIf among the
bittcrcSt opponents to voting additional
taX. But we have no fears in this re
spcct, and if we did, our sufficient rene
dy would be to vote AGAINST such II
proposition, should it even come up
again.
AnothcrIooIl&h argument is, that be
cause many IN to~H favor the tax, it is
for the benefit Of the town alone. Now
we do affirm upon our honor that itany
one ought to oppose the tax, the people
in town should, for they win be least
benefited, and wen tell you why. We
must buy almost all We eat from the
producers, or farmers, and rs the price
OF all things that come out Of the earth,
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