Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-08
Taxation.

Te.t ressure Of taxation should be adopted, sum-
esnt, comprehensive to meet all present and iusufe u
.pd, on the Confederate Treasury in the shape OF IN
,s,s.. and current expenses tresiVs oil tie eIAofd
nary and enormous charges eltailsd upon Us oy our
rvv,s for indspendeuce no one in out Of Congress
can haze ary doubt but tina. the Measure PROPOSED oy
ths Comnite, Of Ways AID Means is called Tor oy tue
exEspces of the times, or thai II adopted by congress-
Il could be carried into tfct without imposing the
heaviest burden upon the people Of the South, ie" per
sous, We spp-ehe1d at ali conyersant with the WORKING
Of past systems Of exorbta1t tsIIton will be osposeo
10 assert The evils Of depreciAied currency great Is
they my Icon up in the future are as ro;6ing when
compared with the grinding oppression, the crushing
weight Of the system proposed to ba insugurated Inc
present generation Of grown men, constituting the bone
and snew Of tho ConfederScy o-led upon to DO the
,b,iny IN this War-such of them the law eIompl
4o service in the field being entrusted with tie NO less
apor.su. duties Of taking care of the families OF the
abeent volunteer or Colscrip OF feeding and el''oue
sur armies Of tending the sick, and of exercising over
cur slave labor that celseless and vigorous snper''n
vi,hou. which 4. would become comparatively worth
less.
Under suoh circumstances, Is i! just, is it polite
even pra,,icabs that to all the sacrifices which euS
pie are daily making for the common causs burden
Whch esma,sly belongs to Pitsrty should DO e. 20
in order soOls, prevent tho too rapid sceumGa-
lion OF plpsr money and its consequent depreciation
Is there no o,ier esclps from tie dreaded demuAr-
And svea-Hhich We far very far, from admitting
u be the fsc-sheull there DO 10 other remedy than
The one proposed, ia i. not of tina. class of sPeeas
l,svr Ia ma lent in Fuch
state Of "a ar ton that tae powers nature osipg their
.onted elasticity sTs 20 onger abe to restore animation
10 the battered frame, ssi lingering death is substi'
u ed for sste Of vioea though 10; Esees9AriIy fatal
i,aAnmAtiong
Toe issue Of paper currency bya government en-
gagged IN srvSge fer life and death, is no new feature
in rhs Lis,orv q nS.ocs The Revolution Of 70. the
F,,p,b Revolution the gigantic contest Of England with
S,po!eop vera all carried 90 By the same Means that
". are now usug the North herself, bankrupt as she
without credit abroad and With her revenues reduced
Almost to nothing ty the operation Of the Morrill, Tariff,
has no cther resource to raise equip, feed and pay the
enormous armies aud tee powerful naval Srmameat',
with which she still pursuss the igri. fdir' OF South
EN- :sOl Why, then, should We, the Producers OF
tie OILY srsEagytoB. staples OF TIE old United States,
rush st o-os into measures OF tHlion for the
purpose Of wardiug CT remote and, at the worst,
secondary ev.r Lot Congress adop: such measure Of
t,1Aian az will secure, beyond dOGtt tas prompt and
puacuL psy rent Of the nteres, oa cur Treasury borG
e, ,ie By soue well devised financial eIpeden makei'
an Oh for the holders Of Confederate notes TO convert
hem into Ceufyd,Ists certificates Of the public debt e'
a. the ingenuity Aad legislative skin they muster be
applied to til, solu ol Of the pcblen Of our currency,
bas s. thea 5sS.Io lest in their srt to guard asan''
its depreciation, thcy stris, ial blow ct the agrieu-
cure aud tie i1du Try Of the country.