Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-01
High Taxes.

Congress 10 understood to have under enn-
sideration a bill imposing direct taxes fr the
support Of the government. The amount of
,.y,s to be raised by the bill, it il estimated,
will not fal, below one hundred millions. and
wsy resch one hundred aud forty or two
hundred mi! ions. The passion for hlSas
taxes ID becoms II perfect rsge. 1t is aaf9d
that the people are begging aud cntrealins
their Representatives. ~ pile up the taxes
MOUNTAIN, h.sh-the higher the better! We
do ~, Know xlo these people are. We are
unite certiau. they are hot the peopie.~ho ~a'i1
I've To p.y the taxes. the cutlery ON The
subject may u.,slcad Congress and it would
b.. a gre t latiuual misfortune if, acting un-
der III erroneous impression, It Should imptse
burdens to- heayyio,b DC bor.e.s, Wise states
men should never 20 OFF haltcockeda and IN
der the impulses uf the moment; they may
do N ,re mischief in one day than can be re-
paiie in .as. $%r:uria.f E:T
No doub., the great mass Of the people are
Wiling tn pay taxes " their utmost capacity J
but because They are patriotic and libe'af'
that il no reason they should be Crushed al
one blow. .,aas-' - IhinL = 81, -,
Tue taxes 70 be. imposed by this bill will
have to be paid BY a portion only. OF ten
States. Tue narrow stripiof country between
the muuntuius and the head OF ftite-Snter.
STRETCHING irola the Rappahsuaioek- y the
Mississippi, will have. tho chief burden u
bear. Louisiana and Arkansas Can pay but
hule-and .rxss not much more. Kentucky,
'reunessee aud Missouri cannot be expected
{, contribute anything; and this fact iahould
suggest to the Representatives from tho
States the propriety Of abstaining FROM a voto
GU y question i'll which their constituents are
MT auooted. This alssyes only seven Of the
Atlantic and Gulf States to bear. the brunt.
A.1 they are subject to curtailment. Large
PORTIONS of their t.rritory-mpuntain anu
tide. w~ater-hnve been overrun by tho enemy
and dcsolatei. Those districts, III course, can
.ay nothing, TITUS leaving the nare,S belt
Gr.t adyerted t. W pay oil, and at the ssnif
tune to feed the ar,ny. With M.jor' R,thn''
or the war. Departments scale oil prices %
agricultural products. the thing will be sim
ply impossible-ex.ept at such u sacrifice o
properly By the farmers for the benefit o
rpeculaturs and extortioners AZ will 10 in
t,lerable. -, ~ s
The Congressional Tag bill, besides ,spe
cial taxes. imposes d .tax-of fWo per cent VI
every hundred dollars worth OIL proprrty, per
sonul aud real In addition, the State lie
vics a tnx, OF one per. crr..-and each county
tax will be as much .mo-s-thus making u
l.ast four pei. cent. This levied on an rs
essnen in deprecated currency, and pait
by the sale of products at the Comnlissary'
prices. will-bring ruin on the Turning inter
est of the country.
The bill ~contemplates an army Of Confede
rate officers, 10 the shape Of Collectors
vastly expensive, infinitely annoying, and
5 4Tiousarawback On the srmy in the field
This, which, in better times. would consti
tute so indispensable objection, may, we fear
be one tf the chief recommendations witt
many gentlemen" in the existing state ii
things There is an awful proneness AMONG
TOO many Of our politicians to the Yankee
model at Washington. AS the willow to .hs
water so do tier hearts incline to that cor
rupt system.
With 8 view to avoid the waste and cor
rup,ion ol this System, we publish the sug'
gestion of a correspondent, proposing that the
States assume their respective portions o.
the tax, by exchanging their W bonds tor
Confederate Treasury notes. We hope the
suggestion may receive p"erc-sc3etiQn as
IL merits ESSsSfSTSSN ~,