Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-08-29

AhfI-1AX 4kAIfoRs.-Ine lnolan
apolis Journal draws the following strik
ing portrait Of the anti-tax sereecherl
OF the North:
"There is many a man in the world
who weighs dollars against any suffer.
ing. and if be is well paid considers hi:
life well spent. A roll Of bank bills, il
it is big enough, viii satisfy the honor
Of his seduced wife and make him
friends with the seducer. A pile oI
eagles. if it is high enough, will recon.
cile him to the man who spits in bis
face, and kicks him into the CUTTERS
He will chatter for damages" with
one who has shamed him for life as il
he were higgling over q difference in a
grocery bill, and when he has got his
bargain. will receipt IN full for the igno-
miDy and pocket il along with bis check.
He will acquit any injury for a proper
tionate price. What makes other men
dangerous makes him greedy. Where
another man would pay an insult with
blow, he is content with bargain
Having no shame, be has no resent
ment. Like "Joe," in the Rough
Diamond" he don 7 care to be revenged
on the man If he can only "get re-
venge on his Wittles." Such men can
be found in any community, not unfre-
quently rich, and occasionally, by hand
ling their disgraces with legal tongs,
respectable. They are the men who es-
innate the value of safe and free
Government by thousands Of dollars;
who rate the right Of trial by jury at
so many thousands; the right Of elect
ing officers at so many more thousands;
the protection Of personal liberty at so
many thousands, and thus through all
the list OF advantages that an enlight-
ened Government has over despotism.
Up TO certain point they are willing
to pay for Government, but when the !
expense goes beyond, they had rather
go without.
overnment. history. liberty, fame,
bonored citizenship, all that made men
proud Of the country they were born
in, or OF the Government they have
chosen to protect them, are nothing,
II 1t costs more than the calculated
number Of millions Of dollars to keep
Ihem. "Let them CO." says our peace
man, ait is paying too dear for the
whistle 10 keep them at the expense OF
high taxes" This is the spirit, both
of the arguments and actions, Of those
who gabbles so constantly Of the "cost
,f the war" To these mean souls .
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i've cents on the hundred dollars more
70 keep in mems minds that Washing
lon was an American and our Govern
ment his work, than TO let his name
perish forever, they would vote against
he tax. II it were proposed that all
Who should surrender the right Of suf-
rage should be exempt from fifty dol
ars tax a year. they would accept the
exemption with delight. For a dollar
or two Of taxes saved, they would Just
Is soon pass for Mexicans as Americans,
and would prefer the Mexican system
Of secession at will to a permanent
that had power to collect
taxes, and purposes TO apply them to.
The same spirit that makes them par
don insults that they are well paid for.
and accept shame as a profitable in
yestment, makes them Indifferent to
every sentiment Of patriotism, of pride
in their country, or confidence in their
Just as they balance
personal honor against compensation,
they balance patriotism against taxa
ton. 1t needs but very little reflection
to show a sensible man that their econ
omy is as false as it is mean.