Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-04-17
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[Extract from private letter from Washington, dated
-"t April ., 1891 ~ = 19f a.,
The telegraph will have Informed you Of
the passage Of The tax bill by the House of
Representatives. This bill came into the House
ln a very crude form. II has received great
many valuable improvements; but there was 90
much room for more, that II ls hoped and be-
lieved here that the Senate will amend 1t TO
make II more acceptable a great many who
voted for II, saia It was the bitterest pill they
ever swallowed. The Kentucky members 40
felti bat they were peculiarly situated and liable
to unjust taunts. There we're very few, even
including the New England men, who liked 1t;
but all got tired of 1t, and hurried 1t through
hoping the Senate would amend H. All the
Ohio Democratic members voted against il, but
one or two, Their State ia taxed about 20 Der
cent more under 1t, than Is fair and equal. oa
one article alone, as Mr.. Mansfield shows, In
bis last volume on statistlOs, Ohio will pay g..
eoO,OOO. This Is within half million of ono
half Of her whole share II the tax we're levied
fair. Ohio ough. to pay, If all the States were
In the Union, one tenth.
The bill, as Mr.. Morrill, stated, will raise
$l0l ,OOO,O One-tenth Of this is about &c.
UOU,OUO. oo whisky alone, or as has been
shown, on corn (for 1t comes to that, whatever
We may say about it) there is, at fifteen cents
per gallon, $500 600 to be collected. Il Is @
mistake to say that all this comes from Whiskv
drinkers. Only ons third of the whisky made
in Ohio. is used In drinking. So that the moral
reform sought by the bill, is not 90 extensive as
10 believed. The fact lie, there is q great deal
OF inequality on different trades and business
\ ltis computed, that while the middle States
escape, the bulk of the tax falls on New Eog-
land and tbe Northwest. This 10 true. Ooly
one New England man, Bafiogtop, of Masss.
chusetts, however, voted against IT, The abo.
liion laeh OF Tnad. Stevens was applied and
ell those who denounced the bill and called for
another prepared by Mr.. Haight, Of New York,
on the bssle Of sales), we're compelled to 20 10
for the bill. The Illinois and Iodisua members
disliked 1t. Richardson, of Illinois, and Law,
OF Indiana, voted against it. Bat they With
others from Ohio, who voted against II, would
perhaps sustain 1t with all its inequalities, II
the outrageous. inqulsitoFial and expensive
sr'tsm for as collection were abolished. The
main objection to it, 10 the machinery Of It's
collection. IL iseumbrous, and will give rise to
fraud and trouble. Why could not the States be
allowed 70 collect itby the officers already eleoI-
cd in the States for similar funotions7 Il ls no:
necessary 70 make Il direct tax 10 have It col.
leeted BY tie States. There is no legal d fieulty
In avoiding the immense system Of espionage,
and Of Office holders Numbering owe, tventy. .fye
thousand, which this bill will create. Why could
II not be left TO the Ststes7 I have reason 70
believe the Senate will attempt this. If.so,
there will be greater satisfaction In thu bill.
Mr.. Stevens made en- abolition speech In ite
favor. He threatened emancipation and con.
tseation, and threatened The Adminis.ration
that the expenae would be even greater than
three millionsa day, and the only Wsy to stop
~ 10 by the sbolion Of slavery, TO stop the wsr!
De said further, the poor man escaped tag
alton by this bill. That ie not true. Even his
meat and sel. are taxed. Diamonds and all
jawelry are taxed three per cent. A Sl0o dia-
mond pays 50 tax. A barrel of lager beer, ale,
etc, worth SIS, say of thirty-one gallons, pays
about $lj 90 you see one luxury for the rich Is
taxed more than twice az much as luxury for
the poor! But that, perhaps, will not cause 60
much trouble. II is ths mode By which this tax
ts to be collected, which Congress ought to
make right, even If it has 70 sit till winter The
Government credit will stand, especially under
the glorious news now reaching here from the
South and West.
The city 10 filled with rumors ss 70 the bAs.
tleht Corinth. When the news was read to
the Honse Of Representatives. ewing to the i'm
menSe loss OF our own troops there wes NOS the
same rapturous applause which greeted the an.
nouncement of the capture of Island No, 10.
You will have noticed how persistently the
Abolitionists pursue their schemes in Congress
On day before yesterday they succeeded in get.
ting &C emancipation resolution through, raising
committee for the purpose Of lnquirirg into
the subject With viow to action. Was there
ever such fatuityf el-
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Our victories are glorious; but In proportion
as they are great, indicating the restoration Of
the Union, do the fanatics grow bold for their
doctrine, which ls nothing but dIsunion.