The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-12-13
From tte .fldauy Daily 1Argus.l
The Duty of Congress.

If there ever WAS disloyalty North Of
the line OF the Potomac. il no longer exists,
and the Administration is weak there only
because it persists in he exercise of unau-
thorized power Let Congress assert and
resume lis rights in regard To the writ Of
Haheas Corpus, and let the President be
the first to advise them TO it. Let Con-
gre~s devise AL legaIise such a passport
system as the eXigencI,s of the country
ma reqnire and provide instruments for
lis execution, and provisions agains. its
ahu.e. So as 10 suprrcede the mediling
ab>urditv that Mr. Seward has extempo-
riz-d.
Congress also should revise the Morrill,
Tariff aud substitute for il, az far as prae-
,icabie, tariff leveIed to revenue basis.
Such tariff would invite he importation
of what is now substantially prohibited,
and make the large free list, now EXEMPT
ed for the benefit vt certain interests, con-
tribute its share of duties The system Of
internal taxation should also be revised.
and the States be allowed 10 commute
upon reasonable terms, bv advance pay
i.ents. not only for lie direct tax, but for
the income tax also. Give the States the
power to substitute, for the vast and ex,
pensiye and inTui>torial organization
which he Tax bill of last session provides,
the machinery for collection now in opsr.
alton in the States, and The economy and
simplicity thus secured will amount TO y
| substantial gain 1t will not be difficult
/ :, Io ,1,o -
come Of a State, upon the basis of its az
gregated capital, in real and personal
property. and the tax may be levied on
that sum.
Congress must have the courage 70 meet
this question Of taxation with firm front.
The immense national debt rolling up and
the increasing volume IF government cur
renrv. in circulation. can maintain vitality
only Nv means of taxation. There is no
such thing as a National Credit, to which
The Nation itself refuses its contribution Of
means The banks hold some hundreds of
millions Of Government stocks, and cannot
perform their functions, As lenders of cspi-
lal to enterprise aud trade, and regulators
of currency unless the people yitalize this
public credit by willing contributions Of
money. The moment tie life blood grows
sluggish aud begins 10 stagnate, then para
ly>i> will fall upon private as well AS pub
lie credit, upon trade and industry, and
upon the upitted hand of war.
AT The present moment the revenues de.
rived from all sources from the ordinary
expenses Of government. fall sixty millions
year short. The annual interest of the
public debt, as it now exists, cannot be
less ahI provision must he made for
Sinking Fund also. This vast sum mus.
he contributed by two thirds Of the States,
many Of them already impoverished by the
war Bnt in order that this war mar be
a short one, The people must not hesitate
, To sh"nIier these burdens. They caunot
/ Sink them; aud even then there will be
sill larger AMI heavier one for posterity
to struggle under. for many generations.
Whal else can he done to make the WAT
Il short onea How purge the army of
spectators and prof1iga'es, OF inc"psbles
and mhecies? That, too, is for Congress
! TO look To and II is "A worthier task than
the sc.uIiny into the politics of Clerk oe
the Departments, OF The induI gence in alb.
clifton ora Dry Al the expense OF tue Coun-
! try.