Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-09-09


called the attention of the editor of the Appeal to
the manner in which the tax in kind" levies are
being disposed of in some portions of that State
In some of the counties through which he passed
the planters hauled in their wheat as soon it was
threshed in the field. AT some of the depo:s large
piles had in consequences accumulated, and being
left lay without attention. while heating process
was going on that would soon rot the whole, if it
had not already done So We cannot afford this
waste-one that no farmer would permit to occur,
and the handling of this great source of supply
should be placed under the control of competent
men, Surely such can be found, and had better be,
even if the government has to 60 outside of its "a
vorites.-Augusta Gons.itutionatist
The policy of the Tax in Kind was seriously
doubted by many, while under the consideration of
Congress- from apprehension of the very results
which, it seems, already being realized Unless
the provisions of that act enforced with degree
of care, vigilance and energy which are not often
found in the public service and which the country
would be most agreeaby surprised to discover in the
Commissary Department, the law will work great
loss to the country, with but slight benefit to the
army. The matter is of the gravest importance, and
should receive the attention of the President and the
Secretary of War.-Riehmon2 Whig.
Is it possible that this matter "should receive
the attention of the President and the Secretary of
WARP Has it not already received their attention !?
The people of North Carolina are ready to pay
cheerfully in money any tax which may be imposed
them to support the government aud carry on the
war but one of their main objections to the tthing
law is the great waste of the precious necessares of
life which will certainly be the result Of it In some
instances faithful officers viii doubt be appoint
ed to receive and take care of the produce-men of
good common sense who know how to store up
aud preserve the grain, the pulse, and the meat
but in majority of instances the officers will be
branless, thoughtless, unprincipled partzans, who
| will seek position in the Confederate service to
make little money, and screen themselves from
the war they we're instrumental in bringing on
Two thousand men will be employed in this State
to collect the tithes Three fourths Of these will be
Destructives and nehalf of them will be able DO
died men, liable to Home Guard duty. We learn,
for example, that of the ten subcollectors in the
County of Franklin nine are under forty years of
age, some of them kinsmen of the officer for the
Congressional District who appointed them; and
We have no doubt that this is the case generally
throughout the State We apprehend that by
Encouragement and fathessness, at least one.third
of the produce collected will be wasted or allowed
to SPOIL This will be q serious evil, especially
when every bushel of grain and every pound Of meat
are indispensable to sustain life
But We do not believe our people will resist the
law. A portion Of them-selfsh Destructives, and
Spectators who are growing fat on the suaerings
of others-may evade it, but no armed resistance
will be offered in this State to any law of the Con-
fed5ate government Our people are conservative
both in principle and practice. As long as they
main party to the Confederate alliance they will
respect its laws and contribute their full proportion
of men and means to the common defence; but they
know they have Constitutional remedy which
they can apply at any moment to wit, that of
"peaceable secession"