Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-10-09

The Tex Bringing the War Home t" Etem.
The war tax is making the people Ct the North feel
they are at and paying heavily for it. The Fall
River (Mass) News says September has ushered in a
strange polttco economic dapeGsatin for the Ameri
can people" 1t says:
The excise law went into oIerati0n yesterday, Sept.
ls 1t marks a novel era il our national history -
II Hitherto the which have been w9glng tOr the
Union has been with many only brilliant sentiment,
an ideal cy, more practically, grand arena for
| the marshang and display Of military power. Thou
sands ind cd have paid heavy price in blood and ite
other thousands have been compelled tIer at the
shrine of devastating the obation OF scsdipg
ard heart aches but the OF the people have been
exeU pied from the burd6ns. They have bought, and
sold, and toied and got gars usual. HenceOrWard
the ideal must give place to the practical AID TIE Dev
table Everybody will feel the cold touch If the iron
fingers of war n TIE future. We have been irdulging
in expensive luxury and as tie payday has at last
come around few VIII be able to escape the claims
The demaDd will be presented in every conceivable form
None are rich and none are porr escape the
burden. The humble lab0rer with no stocks, ard with
only half Of a taxable Income, will be compelled to
tribute from his poverty. The enhanced prices of all
the luxues, and many Of the obsoute necessaries OF
e, will swallow up faster than before his bard and
mite earnings.
TIE manufacturer, the merchant, the fnancier and
salared ffcias will be called upon to contribute OF
their prof for the public welarenot indC ed in pro-
portion to their ability This is impossible under any
existing system oil Government. Power always resides
with wealth. and wealth. IS seiQSn Ia It's aims, and the
power which it creates will be used it always
before in similar Instances in transferring the costs
Of tie TO those classes OF the people WHO haI
mems oil escaping the dilemma Patriotism is word
extensively mouhed but its reality is far Ofener found
amo the ranks OF the poor ban IN the circles Of stock
johbers and contractors The law which went into e
fct yesterday requires the taking out of licenses by
numerous classes OF tradesmen 1t imposes taxes upon
manufactured articles, upon all brewed since the first
August last, it evies specific toll on carriages plea
sure boats slaughtered animals and dd p0oyem duty
OF interest on railroad bonds dividends official salaries
and rtceipts for advertisements; it eves tax in
comes above 5000, and upon all egaces, &C.. and it
qures stamp duty from medicine and perfnmerv man
ufacturers. The operation of the section requiring
stamps notes, checks, contrac charter parties and
business papers generally is suspended until the first
October All this is new to us-it will divert money
from its accustomed c1annes create the necessity in
some instances of rigid economy bear hard possibly
for some time, upon mercantile and industrial in
terests but the people, who accept it sterr
necessity, will get used to it, and after time, wheI
our national integrity shall have been established they
will look upon the price of the great blessing alto
gether inconsequential.
i GeeD News, IF TRUE.-Passengers by the Western
tran-accorI1ipp to the Bristol Advocate of ve,terdax