Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
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The phslaaelpi.ls lassirsT sAys ttsl che
sensruscrsy between shs Hashe 81 Repre-.
sea,Asi<ue d waahlnesen and The whisky
spectators, astolAe pruprsvsy Of increasing
the sax apoa the article which ssAshflaaes
and does not aehecr. Is one oi those eosAsests
which the pahlie can look en With sereait,' Z
Moderate temperance mon will Asarsili
suaser.l,e 10 tbs policy Of making tlse Gre.
water pay as laarh toward he support os
Of the war as possible. ulsru acsnpersfce
enthusiasts. may object that By taxing the
..x,le ls,sllatiaa the prodnciion is lrgallsed.
and wh;aks. sl.c cause al innnnseFAble woes,
win - manufactured according Law. Bat
whlskx han ,ep,, alxpd Qla sAs iaespsals
aIs.,,sf extiss kssssni seHts = gals
loa il bears BY the laws d 1869 So sixty
cents gallon il is to endare BY the Law Of
lsa4.
The increase is locked upon a. matter
not 10 be resisted. but the great controversy
is a. 70 whether the impost shall be put
upon new whisky, or whether that already
on hand or waiting sale shall be mulctsd. -
This Is a matter which il might be supposed
Affects another class, tbe whisky drinkers,
who ought 10 oenable,l 10 be purchase their old
Monongahela and cid Bourbon witt, only
The twenty cent rxcise. But those parties
kaow very web that il the bardsn is raised
to sixty cents per gallon on new whisky,
they win haxe % pay sixty cents gallon
saore for their Old whisky. Human nature
among wonders of nerehanise ever ineites
the seller 70 lay hold of any pretense for
victimi1ing the buyer. IL Congress puts
20 much per gallon on whisky Of any kind,
so maeh more per gallon viii be demanded
for whisky of al kinda.
Old whisky at sixty cents increase will be
decidedly more popular than the gaw and
ficry produetiaps. of the stiil. bearing its due
proportion of pure spirit and fasel OIL 1t
under the ex post faeto notion--aa sbsardi-
ty. ifappliea 10 taxaiien---the heavy rate Is
placed on the hew whisky only the consasn-
es% will be none thu better for The eonstitu-
tianal scrupics OF Congress Every gailon
Of old whisky in the United States viii
have sixty ccnts put upon the price At siice.
The tliiferenec win be this III whisky. now
paving. twenty cessss per gallon, Is taxed for
~ cents additional, the country win expert
ence the benefit in aa addition 70 the reve-
nue., But if The old liquor Is not toachcd
the forty cents per gallon will be put upon
il by the dealers, aud the whole amount Will
go into the pockets OF thewhisky mcrchants.
Hence the drinkers need not careeveh IL the
spccuiatDrs are fpilcd indeed, they should
desire their discontinue. II win be al the
same 10 them in any poiat Of view, and
they can afford 70 regard the present strug-
gle with the eqpanimity Of the model wife
( IN the story, who enjoyed the light between
her husband and the bear, with impartial
j feeling te the iinaI success of either com.
! batant
| There can be no donbt that immense
quantities Of whisky have been bought up
| by spectators, ander the hope that any IN
crease Of taxation woutd be levied upon
spirits hereafter distilled If they should
pr0ve 20 have burned their fingers a. bad
! Ii as some Of their stuff win burn the con
SINNERS throats. nobody but themselves vii
feel ueHte sorrow