Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-07-23
The Government.-The Administra'
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The Government.-The Adminis'ra-
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The "no-party'' Republican managers TAX
their ingenuity to eonfOund the Government
and the Administration in the eyes oil tpe PEG
ole, and they declare that because the Demo
cratic press 10 laboring TO hold the Adminissra.
ton to proper account for Its nisdeeds anu
general incompetency, that therefore IL ID Up
posed to the Government. This assumption 10
too transparent to need much labor to controyert
Il. The Government existed before ABRAHAM
LINCOLN or any Of his Cabinet were born and
if our constitutional Union survives the present
trying ordeal, the Government will remain ai'er
the Administration shall have gone out OF ONCE
and be remembered only as its policy operates
for good or evil upon the people and the country
The Government has various departments
viz; the Executive, Legislative and the judicial.
Mr.. LINCOLN and his Cabinet do not embrace
all these. If he and bis Secretaries conhne
themselves to their Constitutional limits Of
authority, they are then only the trustees ior
the time being Of the Executive Department.
The charges Of incompetency which the
Democracy very generally make, can be sus-
tiined in the most abundant manner, from Re-
publican authority, and the point Will be press
ed with energy before the people, and their
judgment obtained upon it.
The Republican "no-party' managers fear
this, and exclaim: "These Democrats sympa'
thizs with secession; they are opposed to the
war, and unwilling to sustain our volunteer
now in the field" These assertions are un
qualifiedly false, and known to be 80 by those
who make them. The Democracy are the rea
aud true friends Of the Union, and the enemies
of the doctrines and practice of secession; and
as to the volunteer army, why, at least four out
of every FIVE men in it are Democrats, who
have gone forth to maintain and defend the dag
OF the Union and the authority of the Govern
ment in the so-called seeded States,
The army is able aud willing to do its work
veil; but there are elements in the Executive
and Legislative Departments OF the Govern
ment, as at present constituted, which will
serve to prevent prompt, final and complete
settlement Of the controversy and an ad'
iustnient of the difficulty in such a way as to
insure peace hereafter and maintain our Consti'
tu,ional Union as it was when Mr.. LINCOLN was
elected.
Incompetency may result from various causes,
aud in making up bill of complaint against
the Administration, there Is no difficulty in fur.
nishing abundant and specific evidence from Re-
publican authority. Mr. CHASE is q part Of the
Executive Department. He is the Chancellor
Of the Exchequer. We may send forth mil
lion Of men, but these will be ineffective unless
Mr.. CHASE furnish the sinews Of war-the
money necessary to efficiently support and sup.
ply them. He has submitted bis budget to the
consideration of Congress, and it appears from
the diversity of opinion between portion of that
body and the Secretary, that one or the other Is
Incompetent. This fact we mention only as an
illustration, and to show how easily the Demo
cratic press may fortify itself by drawing evi.
dence from the most distinguished Republican
authority. Having referred to this disagreement
between Mr.. CHASE and portion of bis "no-
party" Republican friends In Congress, we can.
not refrain from making an extract from an ar.
ticle in the Cincinnati Gssette of July 20. on the
subject, not only ss proof Of this disagreement,
but because of some views embraced in II on
the tariff question, which sound queer coming
ous Of the mouth of Republican editor. The
article Ia In the editorial column, and the cub.
jsct our finances. Among Other things It
says;
"The efforts Of Congress to increase the reve-
nue. seem TO be directed exclusively to meas
ures which are but an aggravation Of the evils
of the present false financial system. As sys-
TEN, simply for revenue, the tariff could not
stand upon It's merits. Saying nothing of the
enormous per cent on the receipts, that goes to
psy cost Of collecting and protecting the reve.
nues, Il 10 an unequal system Of taxation, by
Nich wealth escapes its proportionste burdens,
I'd taxstion coznes more on persons than on
veoperty. Ths prsposed heavy duty on sugar
and The other heavy products Of the cane, and
on coffee, are sn illustration and an aggrsvstion
Of this. The consumption Of these articles is
not very unequal So fhmilies Of great wealth
and those Of moderate means, and they are i'm
po.tant iteps y the purchases Of the great ma
iusity oi families.
"fs cannot be pretended that heavy tax on
thess articles will fall with any approximation
20 squ4IIty On the property OF pecunisry ability
of the country. IL 10 evident that IL will be q
very unequal tax on property, which In this and
all other countries is recognized as the basis for
."But aside from the inequality which is fatal
TO the principle OF this taxation, the opera.
don Of these duties will 70 great extent de-
feat 1.-The motive Of them, which 10 immediate
rcvcnue. iAsa Nt.tA'p t'F~
,.rns frst effect is TO create great specula.
don n these articles, sugar and the other pro.
ducts Of the cane, coffee ard tea. This has
already taken place under the proposal TO levy
these duties. The price 10 rsised 20 consumers,
and large profits ore resped BY holders and
spectators, The people suffer all the burden
OF the high taxes on every pound OF these arti.
cles nov 10 the country, while the Government
is not benefited cent.
"These high prices will greatly diminish con,
sumption, the stock In the country will be pro.
-tracied, merchants distrustIng the speculative
prices, and expecting that the end Of the war
mar bring change In the tariff, will import
very ca liiously, and The financial result Of Che
frsi year Of these duties will be large gains to
holders and speculators, the full enscts Of che
taxes on the consumers, and no receipts Of I'm.
portsnce n che National Treasury"
The Bsttlc nt BoIit Run Will rank With ire