Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-09-19
PARIS, MAINE.
Taxation Cheerfqlly Considered.


limits OF their expansion and resources. We
are only a, the commencement, Of the dcvsl-
opment OF ours
Tbsrc is nothing. therefore. to discourage
Us in the expectation OF n happy "is'ue out
Of oil our troubles" We may look cheer.
fully at the taxation which we are about to
encounter. and adopt the philosophy Of an
] Irish member OF the House Of Commons.
who .aid that the ",rue way Of avoiding
danger was TO NEE, !, plump"
Asa nation, We have been sI-nally pros.
porous; We have becn bu, lightly burlcned
with taxes. 80 ligh,lyas scarcely to feel their
I existence. Fortune has followed industry
with unparalleled certainty, and million.
aires have risen M among Us with the ra'
pidi,y of thought. New States have been
formed, and populated. and consolidated.
and become rich in day, aud our free in',i.
tuuons and our benign laws have conferred
greater amour, OF happiness upon great.
cr number OF people than was ever before
achieved w any form Of policy.
. Bu,as Satan entered Paradise, 80 hls chill
drcu have penetrated the home Of our peace.
\ conspiracy OF rebels apparently possessed
o. the demon. ha. undermined this happl.
ne.s. aud. should IL succeed, will destroy
our prosperity as well a. our glory. II its
abet,or.. North and South. ovcrturn thi.
Union, we shall be bu, collection Of in.is-
nifcant confcieracics. each struggling des-
peraiely for existence. We shall have 10
give up all the grea, outlets Of the country.
We shall lose the Cult Of Mexico. the Mis-.
sis.irpl, the Potomac. the Susquehannah,
the Delaware. the Allechany, the Ohio
for in losing their mouths, We shall lose the
power of supply. We shsll lose our eapi.
tai, and large par, OF our commerce, and
acquire only an endless .crie, OF conflicting
tariffs. d,puted boundaries and border
wars.
Now if the South. in the unholiest and
worst OF causes. can make such sacrifices Of
life and property with 80 much readiness ne
they have done. can we be excused, IN our
most righteous one, IL we leave un,ried eve.
~ possible eIer,ion? The southern traitors
ere t'eir houses and their cotton, "trip their
plantations OF their slaves. and drag old and
young alike from their homes to rerrui,
their dscina,ed ranks: and shall wc he-i-
tate or complain, II we are called upon, out
of our yet undlminIshed abundance, to con-
tribute fractional par, Of our incomes. our
earnings or expenditures, To preserve tho
priceless blessings We have enjoyed'
Bat le; us bring this home - individual
feeling. Shall We, in this Empire CIty Of
the Empire State. rrudcc our share Of con.
,ribu,ion 20 the national wants? Let Us
rva.c, Tor a momen; on the eShorbi,an, out.
lays going on every day around N. and SEQ
il a par, may no, be saved :Or acts OF grace
and loyalty. Will ,ha, family. which is
now saved the expense OF the 'ui, ION Of a
son by educating him for ,hrcc year. in our
admirable free schools. and Eve years in the
Free Academy-,he saving amounting TO
the sum Of a, lea., 81 OO0-.will ,ht family
complain IL 1t Is asked TO part with $500 or
$500 to the country which gives them these
schools :?
. WILL the young men who smoke cigars a,
ten cents each, day after day. and year after
year. refuse to pay u small tax annually to
/ sustain the government, under which they
are able no, only to gain livelihood. hut
indulge in such luIuries? viii the women.
whose prosperous husbands have arrayed
them in the most gorgeous robes OF silks and
laee-. refuse TO do with n less number Of
dresses. that those husband. may again
prOsper'
Will the ancient danes, who now recline
on velvet cushions. or drive through the
parks in cquipages such a. royalty itself
would dscm a .rlendor, ohjcc, to restricting
their bills at the carriage makers until tho
war i. oyer? Will no, the lounser in
Broadway, or the man Of fashion in the 81.
looms. spare the cost of one dres. coat to
clo,he the poor and homes, soldier?
/ For IN this way, and with this desire to
DO our duty. We may all reason a- the tax
ga,hcrer approaches our door. The useless
and .uperauous ,saws which GIL the
dwellings Of the gay un,hinsins crowd,
whom pleasure. power, and aiiluence sur.
round" ifturped into money. would. IN the
city Of New York alone, raise and sustain Q
hundred regiments Of infantry.
/ The classes which form the basis Of the
State are doing their duty without the aid
Of any such Arguments, To them We find
no occasion to appeal. Let Us then remem.
Der that this taxation is the FIRE, trial we
have had 10 encounter of kind; that We
have to choose between il and ruin; that
,ho.e who grumblc at giving little, may,
ii they do not give. lose oil.
! Twenty years hence. il will be Of little
consequence whether we are taxed 500 or
$500 but i, is Of the mish,ies, Consequence
,ha. we pu, down Shis rebellion, and give
our children the same chances that We have
enjoyed, Tor "life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness" whether twenty millions of
coed and loyal men shall be ruined by eight
millions Of bad ones whether great ma
ton shall be putfsd out Of existence BY tho
ietid breath Of drunken eonspira,ors. and
whether the people OF this continent are
able to govern themselves, or must yield at