Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-02-18
Our @'axes.

be received.
Our "axes.
We do not Ike to keep the glaemy pic
turo before oar readers. but duty urges us
to speak Of facts as they exist. that all may
he aPpFizod Gf the true condition of things
and govern themselves accordingly.
Most Of eur people think their taxes are
already Sufficiently orpressive-,hat the
money thus paid is an ample remuneration
for al the benefits AMI advantages received
from Government And we are willing to
admit that our taxes, in these hard times.
are extremely burdensomc. But the exig.
encias of the crisis demand far greater
sacrifice for the public good.
We ere Evolved in a terrible war; ard
in order TO sustain the Government in it's
successful prosecution, our means, incomes
and energies must he taxed to their utmost
extent. Oar State, county and other taxes
/ heretofore have amounted to about three
millions Of dollars annually. In order to
/ pay our proportion of the interest Of the
/ Government debt, which will unavoidabiv
result from this war, it will be necessary
that fifteen millions of dollars be raised by
taxation in Illinois per year. This NAV
seem large amount to many, but never
thcless ii has got to be raised if our State
bears her proportion of the expenses OF THE
war
Every man whose taxes now amounts to
ten dollars year, must prepare himself 10
pay at least seventy for at the lowest esti.
mate, if our Government be preserved from
/ bankruptcy, our taxes must bo increased
! seven fold. When we consider the conli-
/ ton of trade, manufactures, Commerce
| and the low prices for all kinds of produce,
/ we can well imagine how difficult it viii
( be to raise the money. Blu. the GOvern>
ment mast have the wberewith to pay cur
soldiers for fighting against tho rebels ami
/ to keep the wheels of State 10 motion, aud
the m,noy must be raised by taxation or
the authorities Will be driven to the ex-
IRENE necessity Of iegyiug contributions
fer that purpose.
Therefore. ii becomes our solemn dutv,
as public Journalistic, to warn the rcayls Of
the approaching burdens. They will IN, n
learn from sad experience that war is
costly experiment The people must come
mp to the work Every man must prepare
to meet the heavy exactiCns upon his sub
sisgsn,e aud capital. We know it will be
the ruin IF thousands, bur let it oil be set
down to the fruits Of lauaticisn, \ nth as
well as Syuth-for, without Offering an
apol gy 5ur the conduct of the rebels, We
viii say that if there had been no triurnrh
of purely Northern sectional party, there
would have ieen no rebellion, or civil war,
OF crushing taxation.
The future, indeed, presents a sad uic-
ture. Coupled with the destruction of e7-
cry legitimate business in the country, is the
VAST depreciation cf the value Of property.
Men who considered themselves worth
thousands Of daliars twelve months ago
cannct now calculate upon being worth rs
many hundreds. j complete revolution Is
taking ? ace with car Gaaaces as well D.
wits our political mGtters.
And tn ugh we feel that the Democratic
patty dId not contrbuts to the bringing
Of this vast expenditure Of blood and
treasury upon the nation, still we believe
it IS the duty. Of every man to put his
shoulder to the wheel aud to bear bis share
Of the bardon that IS being fastened upon
the country. Illinois and the West will
however insist that the taxation be levied
upon all classes and sections alke-that
the property Of the rich manufacturers and
comaercial men Of the Eaatcrn States. paw
in the same ratio according to value as the
property il the West
Let Congress d, its duty and tax the
people f0- 1he support of the Government,
but let it not compel man in Illinois
worth only hundred dollars to pay as
much tax into the national treasury as a
man IN Massachusetts worth a million
Let property be the basis. that the rich
may he made to bear their just proportion
Of the weights Of Government.
Illinois Will ray, without grumbing, her
portion Of the taxes necessary to keep. the
Government from sinking, as large as it
mag be, if the Eastern States be taxed in
proportion to their wealth.
Mt NECESSARY Some Of the Republ-
can papers arc publishing notices that
VIZ. II. Seward decl res being considered
a candidate for the Presidency in 1861
They neeG not trouble themselves about
this matter, however, for if the country
be not iIretrievsbly ruined by that time.
tho people viii be careful not to elect
another "irrepressible ConGict'' man to tho |
Presidency. Consequently, announcements /
OF Mr. Stewards determination not to be q |
candidate, are uDealied for.
g@s3- The people of Maine have petitioned
Congress ''to drop the niger, and attend
n the Legitimate Ius;re-o =, 8 ~. - -. >, Z