Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-09-26
THE WAR TAX QUESTION FAIR
I,Y STATED Ii

The papers Of the country that oppose
the Administration in the prosecution Of the
present war have been publishing column
after column, during the past few weeks, on
the subject of the war tax authorized by the
last Congress; cndeavoring to prejudice tho
people against the war by magnifying and
misrepresenting the burthens of taxation
that they will bc required to, bear in order
to sustain it. To the miserable disunionists
who have been urging every plea they could
think Of in order to get up an opposition to
tho Government, first by crying out against
the war because it was for the abolition
Of Slavery" and then because the Presi-
dent had violated the Constitution by calling
out three year volunteers and suspending
the writ of Habeas Corpus and now because
of the unjust and burdensome taxation,'
we would say, in the language Of Dickinson,
the great leader Of the New York Demo-
cracy: d.t. 'll ..lH.
He who rebels at taxes is no friend of his
country, and rhen you see a man crying ont
against The tdres to support such a ,cor, you
may believe that Judas Iscariot is laughing
in his sleeve to think that he was not living
in this day, for he would have been surely
underbid.
! We find, however, these men have sue
cecded in misleading some honest Union
men in this county on the question of taxa
ton, and propose, for their benefit, to make
true statement Of the matter.
| The law Of Congress provides: THAT a
direct tax of twenty millions of dollars be,
and is hereby, annually laid upon the United
States. The law then proceeds to appor-
ton among the several States and Territories
that amount, and assesses on the State Of
Ohio ''one million, FIVE hundred and sixty
seven thousand eighty-nne and one-third
dollars" 1t then goes on to provide for the
appointment Of Assessors, Collectors, &C.,
and then in the 53rd section it provides,
THAT any State or Territory, and the Dis
trict of Columbia, may lawfully assume,
assess collect, and pay into the Treasury Of
the United States, the direct tax or its quota
thereof, &c. IN its.0,on ,oay Gn,on',er, : y
and shaHbe entitledto a deduction of fifteen
per cent. on the quota of direct tax appor-
toned to such States" &c, provided,
further, That the amount of direct tax ap-
portioncd to any State, &C., shall be liable
to be paid and satisfied in whole or part,
by the release Of such State, &C., duly exc
cuted to the United States, Of any Hqai
dated and determined claim Of such State
&c, Of equal amount against the United
States--and be allowed the same abatemen
as if paid in money.
There is the whole matter Of direct ia,
in nutshell. The State may assume tn,
collection Of the tax, or may Offset any liqui
dated claim against said tax. The State o
Ohio has raised three millions of dollar
and advanced that amount already in til,
shape Of equipments, &C., for troops to thu
General Government, and has levied thre,
| and one-half cents on the 500 of the tax
able property of the State for the purpos,
!, of repdying said amount. Now the who'll
:, claim is 81 ,567, ,Osoi less amount allowc'
: State; for collection Is percent. sa35, ,O63
Nett ttamount due United States 81, 1892, ,0261
Suppose this war tax should continu
for two years there would still b.
balance due the State of Ohio from
the United States of S2,943 and the Who'll
/, amount Of the $3 900, 900, would ultimate
ly be paid with the levy of 81 cts, on tn
!, 500. But, suppose it is to be collected b.
/ the State, after she shall have assumed it
payment, what will it amount TOP Tn
$ taxable property of the State amounts t,
, $sSs, 302, COL. A levy Of | (! mills on tn,
1 dollar, or one dollar and fifty cents on tn
{ 81 900, will amount to 81 ,332, Ash or Sl27;
more than the amount of the tax SO tha
II this direct tax is to be paid by the State
Independent of the three millions alrcad!
advanced, each taxpayer would have Il
= pay one dollar and fifty cents on each one
thousand dollars worth of property he wa!
possessed of and no more.
These Internal scoundrels, because they
are traitors themselves, assume that the
people of Ohio are all traitors and will re-
: fuse to pay the tax; and will thereby make
it necessary for the Government to collect il
through its own officers and according to the
provisions of the law of Congress. Thi.
will not be the case, Ohio will assume tn,
; payment Of the amount assessed against her
; aud collect it as other taxes are collected.
We ask every man inthe county to make
| his own calculations upon this matter. TAX,
tho value Of the property in the State
sSsS, 1902, ,60l-take the value Of the pro
perty in this county, $l2,2O7 1913, and as
certain the per cent. twill require to rails,
the amount-$l, ,567, ,0s0!, less IS per cent
s2s5, ,o6s--leaying.sl 1882, ,O26i--and you. vii
find that the above calculation is correct
7. Now, look at this matter fairly, and 20,
. will see at a glance the internal meanness o
: the cowardly traitors who are controlling tn,
r Plug Ugly organs of this county. They at
: Tempt to persuade you that there will be
Y host Of Government officials thrown int,
: your State, and that the whole Of this Ia,
!. will be collected off Of the real estate of tn,
o country. They do not tell you that tn,
State is entitled TO an offset Of the amour