The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-04-11

sTRoUDsBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. APRIL Ii, 1861

: tramm tue Faue tnat catered their seS
/. port; aud, IN after years, xbrn our ow
Legislature re-chsrtere the same rou,
to f. nsylvania cohpsny to carry th
produce Of our own people to ,oreig
city. no tax OF any kina vas rciposed.
tru>t the gentle m n understands De nov
His grand revenue bubt lie has been pier
ced and it waste, into moth psucss. Th
untold millions OF revenue whi b be ,n>S
ted We had harssiued away. in order {
construct tho Pannsy ylvania railroad
proves to b. the offerings Of a road iha
Baltimore twice refused to make. an
4 Pennsylvania still refuses to make, an
that has given bankruptcy to all who at
teupted 20 bring it into life, although
is free from all restrictions upon tonnag 9
and travel.
Let me here sugre>t to the Senate
fro.p Berks how his eloqnence nigbt bsv,
sppesed to this SeDate With all the pow
er of ju'tice Relying upon hi premise
a. bsrUoplziDg with CORRECT State poll
cy, be should have gone farther thar
merely to demand that the transporter
on the Penusy ylvania Railroad shall pay q
tax to the State. can appreciate bi
fattering eucomiuns. lavished upon hi,
own im mediate constituents. | concede
even that they night raise their hand,
and thank God that they are not as
other men-tbat they are not radical
reckless iunovoters. But when we cone
to the question Of taxation, looking to
that equanty that is due from the govern.
ment TO every class and section of our
people, | casnot understand Why ton OF
goods aust pay tax when it passes
throu. b Lancaster to Philsdelphis. aud
why it must go free if it passes tbrous b
the county of Berks. lyon thi. point
the Senator was stransel, reuiss. 10
bis almost frautic energy in advocating a
tax upon tonnage. h. should not have for
cotton that equal and exact justice to all
10 imposing tie turdens OF the State. is
one OF the first duties of the Lrgls sture
When be leave. hi, beautiful City of
Reading for the commerclai Gu poriup OF
the Goa monWealth, he ,asses oser road
running through tie fruitful farms of bis
constituents, that has a capitul cuu-idera.
bly, grester than that Of the mon>ter cor
loraiioD that has thrown bin INTO .uch
viol, nt paroxysus 90 tbi- floor TO light /;
that ays les than Que third thr ordins
ry taxes 10 the treasury paid t'y the G. u
trail roadi and yet il ha, never paid tar
thing OF tax upon its tonnage Can be
inform thu, Senate Hby the farmer. fac
tor, or miner, who iive> iu tue interior or
western art OF tb. State. along the Prpu-
sylvauis RaIlrosd, u ust pay tribute to
the rea-urJ tor tbr night to tearb home
market While the farWer. factor, or ui
DIR. OF Letauou. Berk-, Schu, ,lkli. &c.
ale untsxed' Suppose that He sbouid
TO Gay. la To>e tax uio" the tonnage OF
the Il adiDg road. upon tue more thss
tso u,lliIon- oil ton- OF coal it annual,
veets o. the farm. aid the fruits of tie
furnsce. and foctorirs. Wkico haze no
other chanuel for tran-portat,on 10 the
pTe-eut depr' '>srd condition OF cur iDdu.
try it would he gar a thousand bones,
and pasalyze countless energy aud cspi
tai, II we should adopt the policy OF thr
S. Dator frou Berks. be surely cauuot re.
list It's e. neral Application; ana i; ~e we're
TO lmpo-e this tax upou the Industry OF
hi, osn people he could not return to b.
u axe to tbeir lamentations He could
only say that be advocated the doctriue
of taxing the energies OF the people OF the
State. and that the State bad scce; ted bl,
theory-tbst it had not wronged his p.o
pie, hut had teen ju-t to thew. Do er,
iu ,hi-l Ii | had digeed e pit aud fsli' n
into II ou this question. By appealing to
thr pa.sion- or prrjudices of ay own peo
pie. I-hould. | think at least be silent hen
one portlou OF the State a.ks aerely 10
tie placed upon terms of equality with
those | represent; or if sileuce would not
answer. | would LAY boldly-tax ny con
rttuept-, tax all. for oil should pay alike
Is the S, pator from Berks prepared for
thi-l Ii %, he is consistent. aud be
should tomorrow bring in bill to taz
the thrift and sIneWs of his sdmired and
adniring constituents. Ii be is not pre-
pared for such Law bow 10 The name of
Justice can be demand that this uu,qa!
restriction shall be imposed upon otber,
Nor does the force of his argument end
here. We not oDl y tax the tonnaye OF
our farms aud mines transported to or
from any point between Harrisburg and
Pntsburg. while sll cur other lines lead
ing to Philadelphia are free; tut we bave
opened a direct route to New York from
thi~ place. over which our produce can
be carried free to a rival city, while il is
taxed if it goes through Lancaster to our
owu great emporium Of trade. Is this
ju>t to Philadelphia l. it just to our
oxn producers lsit ju-t to to the Stated
The tax upon tonnage is either right aud
should be universal. OF il Is rot ri hit aud
should be abandoned. Epecisliy should
we not discrimin ate sgaiD-t lines leading
to our own city. OF in other words make
our trade to foreign city free. while 1t
is taxed when it co1es to enrich our OVID