The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-03-22
ar and Taxation.

any other makes II dangerous one
! February %, 1862 AMOS KENDALL
War and Taxation.
War may be justly regarded as tho
greatest OF all curses; but It's influence Oh
Il nation is not necessarily debas;ng. Few
events rouse and elevate the nation SO
much us IL just and patriotic war traises
the tone OF public morality and destroys
the sordid seiii4hness and degrading sub
mIssiveness which so often result from
long protracted peace Such was the
Duich war OF independence against tho
/ 'pahiards such the German war against
the aggression of Louis XIV. and the
French war against the coalition of 1899.
/ Such were the wars Of the Revolution and
/ OF lSl2. DR.. Lieber very Justly inquiries.
Whence do Americans habitually take
Their best and purest examples of all that
IS connected with patr io;isni, public spirit
devotedEess to common good, purity Of
/ motive and action, if not from the daring
/ hand OF their patriots of the Revolution =
/ The government OF the United States
the most kind and paternal on earth-a
/ government that never injured uniustly a
/ single citizen entitled to rs protection.
/ was ruth!essly and wickedly assailed by a
/ band OF ambitious conspirators who sought
It's overthrow. and millions Of loyal citi-
zens declared in the stirring words 81 tho
patriotic jackson, the Union, it shall
and must be preserved Ihe,e burning
words were earnestly uttered by their
author, and IN -eZin. them as the rallyins
cry lDE the great emergency now upon the
country, their meauIag Is intensified Il
thousand fold. This Is attested Sy the
fact that more than Go 900 loyal hearts
are now Ia arms 10 defend that stirring
: utterance 10 the death and the best blood
Of the land ha- poured .Jrth freely in de-
/ yU,.Ca 10 It. These Eonie men cannot be
. armed, ted aud clothed without money
, and the government must sink to Iuil
unless the people patrlouca.ly submit to
taxation TO uphold IL Oar people are
/ unused 10 taNstiCh, but they must submit
F 10 It cALeenullg unless they are willing
/ 10 see then heritage ruined forever
I We present herewith the following alb
stracl of tie LAX Jlil which i now before
Congress, as reported by the Home Com
miltee OF Ways and Mean. Let Us all
make up our mind to meet It's demands
/ without grumb.iug, and labor and pray
/ the more earnestly that the cause OF the
present trouble may speedily como TO an
end.
The bill provides Cor the appointment
10y the President Of a Commissioner of
internal i.rycHue, with 4 salary Of 5000
per a"nu.n, L.s Office to De il the Treasury
Department, with L suitable number Of
cl ri.s.
The country IS to he divided as the
. I.es.4cnt may direct, into Convenient col
lection districts, with an assessor and
collector aprOnted by the President for
each district, who shall have power to
appoint sucl. deputies as may DC ueces.
s.iy.
The bill provides for duty on spiritu-
Gus iI4uDls OF - cents per gallon; ale and
beer ; per barrel; stem or leaf tobacco 3
cent er pOund-to add, when manulac-
tu.ed, cents, and ou cigars ., ~ and 20
cents per pound according TO value; on
lard and !!i--ed oil, burning fUid and coal
OIL > cents per gallon; refined coal oil 10
cents per gallon; gas, per 1909 feet, %
cents UaUh-noie paper, cents per pound;
printing paper, > mills Ier pound soap
mills per found, salt i cents per 100
pounds S34t leather one cent per pound
upper leather one half cent per pound
Hour 10 cents PEI Ua..cl; all other manu-
isctures = per certunI I'd t4'lrea. on rail-
road passengers > mills per mile OF travel
Communication iick.Ie . per cent steam
boat travel ! mill per mile; omnibuses,
ferry boats aad morse railroads ; per cent.
Oh gross receipts ilom passengers: adyer-
tseineuts per cent. on amount of re-
ceipts annually; for the use OF carriages
ANNUALLY from II to $40, according to
value; gold watches 81 ; silver watches 80
cents; gold plate - cents per ounce;
silver plate cents per ounce; billiard
table, go; OR slaughtered cattle 81 cents
each; hogs 10 ceats each; sheep cents
each. LIceGses-Ior bankers SlUO; auc-
toneers so; Wholesale dealers so; retail
dealers IN liquors SO; retail dealers in
goods $40, pawnbrohcrs so; rectitisrs
500; brewers so; hotels, inns and tav-
erns graduated according to rental from
81 10 $500; eating houses so; commercial
brokers 80; other brokers $50; theatres
500; cIrcuses so; bowling alleys 81 each
alley; wholesale poddegs $50; other ped
dlels from - TO SO coal oil distillers $40
Incomes per cent. on all over 5000.
deduciing the income derived from div-
deEds, dc, which ale taxed separately !;
interest or railroad bonds and dividends
of banks and savin.s Institutions ) per
cent; payments OF salaries of officers in
the civil, military or naval service of the
/ United States. including Senators and
| Members of Congress, ) per cent legaces
and ai.tsibutiye ,haIos of personal pro-
perty OF deceased persons from ] to Pc,
cent, according to the Gegisss of relation
ship; and stamp duties on al kinds of
legal and commercial paper all patent
medicines, telegraph messages and all
goods by express.