The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-01-04


Ha. The time hiss arrived, in our judg-
ment, when it is impolitic for the govern
ment to attempt to carry on the war by
loans. The war cannot be successfully Waged
without money, and at the beginning of this
struggle we should be careful to preserve
unimpaired the credit of the government
and resort at once to the only fair and i'm
partial method of collecting revenue-by
taxation. in this enlightened age, war is
not waged for the sake of plumber, hence it
involves enormous outlays. We do not seek
to impoversh the South by making its
treasure pay the expense of the INVASION
| as perhaps we ought to debut we wish to
uphold the authority of the Constitution, by
lawful and constitutional appliances. The
Goths and VandaIs of the middle ages car
ried on long and successful wars without
means or resources, but in the absence of a
common treasury, they made raids into
| the rich provinces of their more Guilt
waited neighbors, and retired with all
the treasure they could lay their hands up
on. We have no other resources, except the
individual wealth of loyal people, and the
time has come when we must realize
this fact, and pay each his own proportion
| of the expense of this costly struggle for the
existence of the government.
1 The New York Chamber of Commerce
has already i4iitioned the government to
| adopt this sep at once. We trust that the
necessary measures fer collecting a war tax
| will be taken speedily, that the burden may
fall equally on all. In this State, we do
not believe, there is any considerable
party ready to seize upon this bug-bear of
taxation and turn it to political account.
The Democratic Convention which meets
next Wednesday, will not dare to do it.
The opposers of the policy are found only
in the lodges of this new of-shoot of treason,
whose internal purposes have been timely
exposed by the public press. We believe
the truth is patent to all that the war cannot
be vigorously prosecuted without this tax,
and he who resists it, so far as lies within his
power, does what he can to cripple the re-
sources of the government. Men may vote
unlimited supplies of men aud money, in
Congress, but they cannot be furnished
without the people are willing to bear the
expense. In this emergency every patriot
must feel willing to drop his last dime into
the Treasury, if that be necessary to sustain
the government. No less measure of patri-
etism will meet the case, or rise to the level
of this crisis. If it be true-as has been so
often asserted-that the pocket is the vital
pa with Americans, then the time has
rived when we may test our loyalty in
substantial manner. We may be patriots
and lovers of our common country, but are
we willing to contribute of our means, to
support the flag of that country, no matter
what sacrifices it may entail upon us. Upon
this point the people are in advance Of
their representatives at Washington, and
we only fear that they may quibble and
draw back, and lose precious time. Poll
ticians who waver now, will be remem-.
bered Let the old i~sues go. g Let the
dead past bury its dead" No matter what
was the policy of the government in times
/
not if this or that man proved loyal to OBJ
solete theories of government, but rather
was he equal to the times in which he lived
and scted2 Did he grapple with the vital
issues of this terrible PRESENT. And it will
fare i'll with any man who leaves a weak
spot in his record touching these. The
war must be carried on until the insurrec-
ton is entirely suppressed. To do this the
government must have the means, and we
might as well to-day begin to bear the bur-
den imposed, upon US by loyalty to bene-
fcient government, as to wait until the Sc
curities of the government are deprecated,
and the war languishes for proper support.
Let US go fearlessly forward in whatever
course is necessary to bring about a speedy
and honorable peace, by vigorous and
successful war.