Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-27

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laid GA taxes lat Rfat, Ia 1851, and sdorsSd
tbsnthc best FISCAL System practicable, it weald
have required until now to .pus IL into susdsss-
fnf action, and now asystem has lass 70 ~
begun. They did nothing but au'hoE1ae notes
aud bonds until the last session. 1hcn sho
nhsurL idea was started that no direct taxes
could be laid until q census was taXen-lor'
getting that the States came into 20 Contcdc,,
racy each with a census and apporti6nment,and
that without an app'rtionment Of representa-
ton there could be no representatives st a'l.
That blunder would have unssated eve,
~ member of them. Then they turned
~ tax in kind. 1t ought to DO
called the tax unkina. l: has proved SIM
nly inpraeticable i. needs transportation
and an eve Of supervision over its collection mt
every farm house and s.oTehousc in town and
country; it wants veighers. and gaugers, ana
measurers, and wagons and teams; and stores
houses anil guards, and ha- none; 1t Oilers ,
bonus to the dishonest, and puts an unequal
burthcn on the honest Tax payer. Tue latter
al yiles and delivers his products fa'rl y, ana
the former smuggles and hides, and what ne
DIES pay is in shurt measure OF fhe relu'e III
his crops. 1t offers every temptation TO tn'
tag collector to betray his trust, aud perfectly
covers him i! corrupt; it ge.' the worst par
eel, Of products, and loses 50 per cent at least
of that in waste upon the highway. 1t mas 10
keen and interested salesman, and no demand
of purchasers, but consumers only III the mar
kct. 1t leaves every crumb that laia from
the public crib to the drones and dasiards VINO
are speculuting and pecul.ting ut home an"
it robs and starves the peop!e-fHe reG'' .'N
self.sacrifcing people whn are IN camp. A"u
before it can store its damaged portion Of pro-
ducts, the camp will have been without IA
tions or forage, the currency will have IN
creased and deprecated still more largely,
and the disasters Of o campaign consequent
upon want of supplies, diminished credit ana d
loss of confidence. will ha1e cnsued. It's iuli
time now that good system was operating.
One ought to be commenced immediately
God grant it may no. be too late. Then,
9Th. Repeal tie ,taS in kind: The interest
on the public dent must be kept down, and
the principal must be gradually sunk. IN the
greatest degree psacticable, tut stlii, though
il be in over. 500 sinaSl on amount annually
sunk in some degree .eVcry year. How! Ii
I rcmem bersright, according to MIR. Nemmln-
acr's report, the principal uow to provide pay
ment of interest for is about 600 mililons:-
Six per cent. upon. that is &c millions. he
proposed to raise 80 millions per AMMAN. iEe
Indirect ard direct taxes will RISE thas
amount, and the people will chcsiiullY pay
shat amount annually. will descend 10 no
details Of our wealth. but the amountol Con-
fedsratc notes in circulation is 50 imnense-
money in circulation Is ~ cheap that every
man has readily whercwith to pay taxes IN
that medium. Yes, one hundred millions !!
required. And the people have sense enough,
TOO. 10 know that if that amount, paid INTO the
treasury, will appreciate the balance Of circu-
l,,iua in their bands Ivy 80 much ~ TO more
than compensate for that sum retired IRON
circulation. they will be tie gamers By the
taxes, and tho hish her tho taxes ~ the
p int Of par circulation, the greater
will be. their gains. III other words. ihey
hive fully found out that the deprecated cur
reucv i. the worst extorticncr upon them
That it heats Jew or Gentle in shaving credits.
and that it takes the most Of tile labor and
living without compensation. Tho lIboTcr has
10 demand more and more Of q bad currency II,
order 10 live, and the more there is OF bad
money, tho harder it is to live. It's effect he
comes cause in geometrical progression. the
lahorer asks more, and that makes living
higher; living is higher, and lancr must ask
more and more; and thus the progression OF
currency falling, and of living risiog in price,
but lowering in diet, goes on, by mutually IN
terchanging, rrciprocating and alternating
double forces, with fearful rapdity IN tie Ger,
TIN end Of irretrievable national and indl-
ridual bankruptcy The highest rate of ta1es
i, not AZ burthensome as the rate Of extremely
deprecated currency.
But the apprehension is that the people will
not stand this rate of taxation Who are the
pcoplel I tell you they are in the camps
What does deprecated currency now tax
ayery officer and soldier! For the hat l wear
I paid $50. My orderly can't get q pair OF
GOOD troopers boots under $3.50. Suppose
taxes will appreciate currency 30 that the hat
and boots can be bought for ten dollars each ;
each will have saved fran fifty TO one hundred
and FORTY dollars in Confederate notes. Can
either complain, .tisan,sif he-issaad to ray. q
tax OF say 500 on the one and $3C on the 9th
er. in Confederate notes, if by so doing be can
appreciate the 500 or the $40 remaining in
hi, pncket at least one hundred per cent =
But ask again who are the people, and who
of them are PAYING most from depreciation OF
currency! Tie most and best of the people
arc in tho camn, Ircpeat. and they are now
.:amcfullr taxed more by depreciation of pay
and privation of rations than any Congress
would ever dare to levy on the people By Law,
and thousand fold more than any producer
ont of camn. or in it, is now taxed by laws,
both State and Federal combined. 7 will
prove this By law and the contract Of cn'ist>
msnt between Government and soldier he is
to get:
~ 80 h"e7n, or cqn.7aenh
90. rico
10 80 .uC>.
10 "a Office
] On riIrEIr
30 ca,dss
'esp
45 ian
Dua 100 men per e.m s93 30 o. rns ma. per ds7 81
ssna.roi,h Of raiior, Th.y now 7e' In this camp
e,3 u bacon. or sauivalent
ii .5four,
20 Ice
on Iug,r. n, esu'v.lsn.
no ccEre, I"
90 YiseGsr, I"
70 candlss, "
en IoA?,
Is salt,
o., q fatal r.aelv.a
$50 due
ss,.a
Cost Or tax upon every one hupdrod men
every day, or 6ls cents to each oan per day in
ra;ions; or each man is deprived of rations at
the rate of 1904 80 out of every $3.50 Al
due him per annum by iaio regulation and
contrnct-a Contract the hottest on earth,
which ved5 man to his country, witnessed
hy working and waiting and watching,
pledged hy life and limb and honor, and hour
" subject to Re sealed By his blood lie
must not PISS from the line of duty without
permit-not to see sick wife or mother. or to
feed a hungry child. In sunshine and rain,