The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-04-20
COLLECTING THE REVENUE.

Enough has already been published con
cerDing the mode Of collecting ouFrevcnue,
70 show the people the. utter iIlcgaIity
and inposibility Of its collection In the
Southern States BY ships outside The ilar,
bors. w ere Mr., Lincoln to attempt il,
be would be violating the very laws he. Is
sworn TO support, and which It would be
tFisking q civil war 70 enforce. Ii is,there.
fore, q Fixed fact that Lincoln cannot col.
lect the revenues outside of the haIbors.
But again, how is Il possible for him to
collect inside the harborsa The most
trasllypated simpleton viii see that this
can alone be done BY o direct ciytl war,
or d war Of conquest Mr. Lincoln has
not the possession d q single custom honse
or foot Of ground inside those ports. He
cannot acquire sleh possession, except BY
invasion and war II isof no use to mince
matters and cover up thingsby false names
The revenue can be collected by war alone.
The question then aTises--can ii and
ought Il to be collected by warS-- d y,
We are assured by the Republican
press, Major Anderson and other military
authorities, that Fort Sumter alone could
not be relieved with less than 10000
troops. $500 s.. .s..i,
Senator douglas declares that It will
take at least $50, 600 troops 10 collect the
revenue by force. These accounts may
seem extrayagalt, but they are not even
up to3the mark. We do not hesitate to
say that 250. 900 men cannot, for six CON
secntiye months, collect our revenue in
Southern ports; and that &C, 900 men
could not relieve Major Anderson. The.
GaA States alone viii pnt into the,
field an army Of l00, 600, men, and upon.
any special emergency, the number would
be sweiled TO zoe, 900. Nor are we to
eolnt upon the Inactivity of the other
Southern States =, ,::... I. =: ....
ltgould be safe. to say that the private
volunteers from the Southern States now
faithful To the government, would not fall
short Of leo, 600 men. :,5. ~. -
|. Those States are filled, nearly oneihalf
with seeessionikts as frey as those of Geor-
gia; and the young men would rnsh to the
South by thousands to defend their breth-.
req. When, therefore, VIC reflect on the
distance we would have to send our troops
aad supplies, the sickness incident TO the
climate, the enormous amount Of money Il
must cost, and the thousand other draw
backs and difficulties in the way, we are
sale in saying. that il Is next to an fmpos-.
sihility Tor Us to collect the revenue IN the
regolted States. 8 .S-# !. !. ls5 Z fs4> T n.
w hen We add to these considerations,
the complications which would spring up
with foreign commercial nations, the waf-
iare 6y priyateeriag which would fall up.
on onr own commerce., the utter derange-
ment OF all our business, exchange, COM.
meree and industry; the utterly inadequate
remuneration We shonld receive; the utter
destruction of all hope Of the old Union,
atd' the almost equal certainty Of the id
ditiohal tossof the border States, it wonId
appear that nothing but fatal judicial
niinnness and utter madness can tempt
Mt Lincoln to attempt the collection Of
revenue nom the Seceaing States. Moth.
Ing but a reckless desire for yereHse, Mt
the expense Of the Union, Of tens Of thou.
sahds OF lives, of millions Of money, and OF
every substantial interest of he North, \
can stimulate sach course. # TF5. .i.a
we are glad to believe that, In spite
ol rue wicked, reyengefnl and diaboiical
advice OF the Abolilionists, Mr.: Lincoln
= opening his mind more and more to the
Irnth and to the immense responsibilities
resting on him.. Every day brings news
from Washington calculated to inspire
nope IN the future course Of Lincoln.
All mast admit that his position Is one Of
great complication and diI6eulty;; and if
ne fails to flake the bull by the Lorps' at
once ttreqaires no great Bagacity to per-
eelNe The true cause of his hesitaney. Mr.