Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-03


ton. by the General Government. even il the
war were nov % stop. One twentieth OF tins
viii lsil 70 indiaHa making seven millions TINS
IS 70 be in pddifion 70 our state. county. &c.
iaxes which we now paw. and (which, from The
extravagance and increased expenditures or our
State aduiinistrAton, must be greatly increased
IN future
Ii the var. then stops to-day. our future taxes
will Toe seven times great. st least Is they are
nov, while sharp property men Will be smuggling
away property from taxation. thus throwing
greater burdens on the houeSt.
The man who nov paw fifty sIoFlar- will N
the lowest. be compelled 20 pay three hun.
dresi ard hlty in year or-s~o. with pork at balf
price, and coffee AZ double price besides. There
en- be no mistake about tlis. AM man car
make D. getting The amount We raise nov by
tax atom. and the proportion Of IL he has TO pay
aud calculating his proportion OF the General
Government direct tax, which can DOT be STAYED
Of long. and adding 70 what he nov pays. with
fifteen per cent for collecting. Snch tax must.
and vii Of necessity. IA y greatly to be feared
lead TO repudiation, for have no hesitation in
saying thai IL can not be paid but by beggaTiRg
the pe0Die. And say that that people who are
only able 70 earn and raise enough BY continuons
labor for the year, 70 bread and cl0the themselves
aud pay the exactiOns Of the GOvernmant are
slaves. az much the feudal villain. the
Russian serf Such, men of iuiiana. is our con
dinou-such our prospects Such Is the result
OF our speculation, our Investment in sectional
Philadelphia and Chicago platforms. and sec
tioual irrepressible conflict Presidents
The present Administration seems 10 have de
mOnstrated that, for want of brains for want OF
capacity to administer the Government, IL can
not conquer the South; bat that il can feed
up favortes; can trampie under foot the Con-
stitation and laws, can destroy the liberties
and Government which the Democratic pnrty.
during the last eighty years. has preserved and
built up; can squanaer the national treasure, and
sink the country hopelessly in debt and bank.
ruptcy
The people should remember that the old con
tinental currency could not be kept up; the
French Assignafs could not he kept up. Indi
State scrip could not be kept up, and the
present national scrip. If issued beyond Ger
tain amount, not be kept up unless Il law is
made 10 hang every man who refuses To take il
AZ par and every banker that refuses to receive it
on deposit
know that what have written looks gloomy.
and may not be concurrei in by some. but it IS
only because we. are not now realizing what is
hong 20 he upon Us. We are now in the con
dtion Of the man who has Just iged his
farm, borrowed money 10 It's entire value, at
twenty five per cent. returned home, and is enga-
gel in spending IT, in a general bust of himself
and family. Times with them, during the ex-
penditure, are good; all are laughing and happy
while they think not of the future. During the
borrowing and spending time, all is merry as a
marriage bell But there is an earning and
paying time looming; and then there will begin
to be heard the cry of what shall do to be
savedg SO with us now, as a people, this ques
ton should begin earnestly TO be pressed, what
we do TO be ss,ved2 Where is the Star of Beth
leheml where is the cradle of II redeemer,
from whence will break forth the glad tidngs of
peace and good viii to men?
This Government ought not to be lost-this
Union ought not to be twain; but how is il to be
preservedg Where are rhe men. and what is the
instrumentality whereby this infinite good is to
be acheved2
/ may give my own thoughts on these queries
IN my next. ours, &c,