The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-03-07
THE WAR TAX.
Editor Hyanclot Pioneer

Editor Hynndot Pioneer
DEAR SIR AS there is, and has been
a great deal of grumbing and croakins
BY certain few Rich lHen on account o
The enormous tax that has been imposed
upon them as they say for the relief o
the families OF Volunteers, in our county
we are constrained to believe that the,
have not investigated the matter yer,
| thoroughly. They have taken the aggre
gate amount of tax three fifths of a mil
will produce, and as it amounts to a con
siderable sum, they conclude that the,
are paving too much, and that the WA
tax, rs they are pleased to call it, is going
TO ruin the taxpayers.
We admit that a levy of three -ffths o
a mill on the dollar valuation, will pro
duce, say $4,000, in the county. Is thi.
too much for the three thousand tax-pav-
ers of our county to pay, to aid in sup
porting, or rendering comfortable, thai
worthy class of persons whose supporters
are in the army of the country, fighting
our battles for us, and defending with theil
lives, if need be, our property and our
selves, i'll its enjoyment, safe at home ?
If this tax was levied per capita, would
one dollar for each tax-payer be too much
Where is there man that would not be
willing to pay his dollar?
But our laws wisely tax every man ac-
cording to his ability to pay. Now, let
us examine, and see what a man paws fol
this purpose, in proportion to the valuation
of his property.
Any school boy will show YOU that at
three-ifths of a mill for each dollar valu.
alton. man whose property is assessed
at $l00, will pay the enormous sun, OF
sac cents, and Ill the same ratio, the s 600
man will pay sixty cents, and the one
that is worth $4,000 will pay six dol
lars. Now, we would be willing to pay
small premium for any man in Wyandot
would not be willing, if worth ten thou
sand dollars, for the purpose of making
comfortable his neighbor's family, whose
husband, father, son, or brother is in the
glorious Union army"
AS this is a State levy, and not confined
TO particular localities OF counties, and the
fund to be raised by it is to be distributed
ments, it will be more equal, and come
lighter on those small counties like ours,
whose proportion of soldiers furnished, is
much greater, according to it's wealth,
;han many Of the older and richer coun-
ties. There can be no doubt that this
distribution of the fund, will bring one
half more monay into Wsandot county,
than it will pay into the State Treasury
and as the law makes no provision for It's
disbursement in any other manner, nor
Tor any other purpose, than for the benefit
of soldiers families, who is there that
will not be willing to bear his proportion
Of the burthen ?
We envy not the happiness of the man
whose philanthropy is SO contracted,
whose selhshpess has SO absorbed the bet
ter feelings of his nature, that he cannot,
out of tie abundance of his wealth, pay
sax cents OF every hundred dollars, for the
assistance of those families, whose friends
have volunteered bold service in a cause
SO glorious.
But we are happy in the belief that
Wyandot county contains but a very few
bipeds, claiming the proud title Of man,
who would forget, that they, too, have
mothers, sisters, wives and daughters,
who might; if it were not for the brave
soldiers who are now fighting our coun.
try's battles, soon be stripped of wha,
property they are now luxuriating in, and
bbecome equally as needy as these this ia,
is designed to aid.
+ We ought not only to pay this ia,
cheerfully, but we ought to be thankful
that we can enjoy the blessed privilege
Of remaining at home with our families
attending to our own business affairs, ant
preparing the means of subsistence fo
ourselves and families, instead of having
to endure the hardships of camp-liie ane
duty, exposing ourselves to the diseases
and contagious always incident to caml
life, to say nothing of the peril and risl
of the deadly aim of the enemy. AS fo
US, we say, soldiers fight our battles, de
+ fend our homes, our fire-sides, our wives
our little ones, and we will not grudg,
you the small pittance of tax, which W,
may be called upon to pay, for the aid o
your families, whilst You are on the ten
ted field, battling for lhemaintenance o
the laws and the Constitution of our ono
happy and prosperous country.
l STARs AND STRIfEs.