The New York herald., 1862-02-09


Their Willingness 70 at any sacrifice " About "
appsal IN earnest to The muchvsnned icyaliy o. Nv. s
~uprcrtos. The TAX gatheTer is about TO De sen. ou'
among The faithful people, and the eps7pseae"' shs
NJ now 70 be applied to the very soul suhss ~ Wv
YaDkee. -,
II rs no. vet definitely decided what The amount q NE
svy shall pe. The proposition for -four hundred
has bIoken down In Congress The Wall street demsh
for t~o hundred and fifty millions has peeh an. "a -
too large for the pstisnee OF the mu!ttnde &
too small FOR The exCent wants of the treasury I'm
promise between what is absolutely needed, anu " ~
thought possbe obtain in fair way TO oe aS'eeo
npou and hundred aud dfy millions sst's" as '"o
Amount Of the direct ta1.
ms ugurs N exact seven hundred thousand dollars
from every million Of inhabitants or twenty mnnons
from Pennsy vann, twenty six millions rom New \,
sxteen niiians from ohio eleven millions from Illinois,
eight millions from massachusetts,, and from the other
States sums proportion. Poor Maryland will have TO
pay four millions OF dollars and unhappy Kentucky SO
FAR subugated six millions To bring IN idea OF the
barthen the minds Of the people around US Viz
gnia If in the Union, would have 10 pay ten millions,
aud the city OF Richmond two hundred aud eighty shou
sand dollars in a single year.
II remains TO be seen what effect the sndsavor col
ect this tax will have upon the Northern people II Is
tax which they cannot pay The people would not pay
II ii they could and could not they would The colsc
ton OF II is double mpossibty The great Northwest
alone VIII be called upon for fifty i've millions Of
dollars. Their agriculture is hemmed 10 on the South
by the blOckade which their own armies tho Mssis
sppi and IN Kentucky are enforcpg and neir road TO
market through the lakes Middle States IL too long,
devious and expensive to save any pros TO thsir labor
They cannot pay their own proper assessed quota OF this
The mercantile and trscins Fast vs anasa yor 70
bF upon them. They are now lighting for the Union,
furnishing, indeed, all the fighting material that the
federal armies contain. Their loyalty IL seems, suni
cisnty strong from them their and broth
They chesrfuly offer the blood Of their country
upon the altar OF patriotism. II now to be seen
whether they prepared TO render the sacrihcs OF
their dollars The tax gatherer will be among the
and they will have opportunity Of showing whet
his vsage brings greater than those
farF ila Ia mi f4rS al
disease who have demanded the best children OF the
country.
We are not disposed to indulge a cynical temper the
prejudice Of the Northern people but know full well
that they won't pay this money. Blood they allow
TO pour OUT life they can see psrshng in agony but
hen their dollars wanted in worry small pittance
compared wth the public need then shall she whether
the Yankee nature is extinct The South rspudates the
Union, only because OF the defamation and aggres
sion ~ the Puritan fanatic but because Of the pscunary
burdens which the Union imposed upon her industry.
We quit the Union in part on money demand let the
Yankees now set US better example OF patriotism.
Our loyalty could not stand too large draft ,hs
pocket let the Yankees show by the dollar The
length and breadth Of their loyalty
The NEw YORK HERALD is striving, by specious stats
convince the North OF their ability the pro-
posed tax and TO persuade capitalists Of the sovency Of
debt which it admits will amount in another
year TO twelve hundred millions Of dollars IL parades
the figures Of the census Of 1860 and exhibits grand
aggregate of property in the United States worth
gpes fasens, as first mortgage on this vast field Of
wealth and amounts TO but fraction or the aggregate
y
10 dollar in hundred tax of cent in the dol
lar federal account woud be heavy in itself if IL did
In addition TO heavy taxes state county and
corporation account: but there is q swindle in the
HERALD's statement of the case. The property of tho
South nearly equals in value that OF the North and
will teach the Lincoln administration whether intend
pay Of his levy OF the HERALDs sixteen thou
sand millions OF dollars, at least six thousand mil
lions Southern property, and il is only
upon the remaining ten Thousand millions that
the Yankee assessment can bs levied. This
brings the federal tax up 10 one and three quarter
taxes levied upon she Yankee race produces At least
OF at least three per upon their estates
leave out OF account a large class OF unpr0ductve
and pershable property never entering the assessor
list the per centsge viii be considerably enhanced
In prosperous times and by the aid of the profits do
able, though is never would have been willing TO pay
tax OF three four cent upon its properly B, the
day of that ability is past forever; and the HgaALp
would more .protably employ itself IN beratpg
that horrible monster, Greeley, than in trying per
suade lie Yankee compatrots 10 pay such assess
meLt. afor
Not only will the TAX be paid but their Union
self will be shaken ts foundations by the attempt 10
levy il. direct federal tax is novelty in Yankee poll
tics i has been unknown 10 two generations and
when down suddenly upon that stngy people in
the ponderous and appalling amount OF hundred and
fifty millions, the shrewd Yankee will begin TO - cacu
laen the value OF the Union which imposes IT, The press
hen gather courage o speak the thor OF the
people and the tax ga;herer become the real traitor
bounded by the popuace and berated by the popular
press The deep curses now pronounced in
the war and its authors will grow loud and trumpet
t,ngued, ringing wrathfully through the land. The
camor against that has overwhel- ri the country
with debt will embrace new objects as gathers new
volume, and soon asss thai Union and iona
10 whose snle the ruinous war Is prosecuted