The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-28
The Spirit Of DiCtatiera.

Secretary Chase demands the passage of two
financial measures: Repression of the redundant
circulation of the miscellaneous banks bv taxing
their issues, and all amended tax law that VIII
raise half the current expenses OF the war. Will
Congress pass them Or will factiOus dema.
gogues and wildcat sdvOcatts be allowed to de-
feat them p Chicago Tribune.
Who is Secretary Chase, that he shoud
demand the passage of Bills by Congress?
Who has invested linn with authority, that
he should say to the Representatives of
the States and the people, Il demand this
OF that at your hands" and they shall not
dare to disobey? BY what authority does
his august highness address the Congress Of
the United States in the language used by
superiors to interiors? If he has the right
to demand it Is the duty of Congress to
comply without hesitation; and if this be
true Congress had better come home at
once and leave the Secretary alone amidst
his schemes. and thus save the country
from Tie humiliation OF Congressional leg
islation under dictatien But let Is look
at these financial measures Of this would-bc
Dictator. depression OF the redundant
circulation Of the miscellaneous banks By
taxing their issues" Why? Simply TO
make room for another flood of grecnbacks
In other words, to compel the people to
loan 500 COG GEO of dollars to the govern
mcnt, to be used i'll prosecuting still tar
Their the present war for the freedom Of
the negro. instead of loaning it to the va
rious banking institutions of the country,
as heretofore lie demands twill Con
gress pas the measure at his bidding?
His Imperial IIighncss demands tax
pcnscs of tic war also, at the hands Of
Congress. Suppose the bill passed; what
then: Only that for every dollar Of
United States tax paid by the peopel nor,
they must pay fire thar That we may not
be charged with Misrepresentation, disloy-
atty, &c, &C.. we subjon the following cx-
.r.,. "a H. washington Correspondent
of that intensely loyal sheet the Chicago
Tribune. Under date of April 18th.
1864, he says:
Mr. Chase has expressed the OF inion that Con
grcss should impose taxes at least equal to half
our yearly expenses. But the fact has been that
our expenses have been ten times greater than
the amount raised taxaiion so far Here Is food
for reflection. Let our Congressman act up to
the exigenccs of the times Ii they fail i. the
present emergency, the consequences will be
fearful to contemplate.
Here, then. We have undoul teddy 10y
az authority for saying that hitherto uct
one tenth part of the current expenses of
the war has been raised by tax1tion, and if
ono ho!f must be raised a. dcronded by
Mr.. Chase, We must multiply former pay
ments by five in order to reach the amount
necessary
In order that our readers may understand
how far this will affect them, they have
only to remember that every note which
heretofore required a stamp Of 10 cents,
will hereafter require 30 cents; every deed
which heretofore required stamp of one
dollar, will hereafter require five; that cv-
cry article used by them will be taxed five
times as much as heretofore Coffee is
now worth half a dollar a pound; sugar 20
to - cents; calico, muslin. &c, at least
three times the former prices in conse-
quence Of the existing revenue laws, and
the inundation Of the country with green
backs, Vet Secretary Chase dcadadS that
Congress shall quintuple the taxes, and
virtually authorize him to double the
amount Of Treasury notes already in cir
culation. This is not all; by taxing the
circulation Of the bank out of existence, to
make room for an equal amount of green
backs, the banks will be compelled to close
mp under very unfavorabc circumstances,
aud many Of them 10 doubt will 90 to the
wall, thus creating still further disturbance
in our monetary affairs, where everything
is already so unsettled that none can tell
what a day may bring forth. Yet the
Secretary demands the passage by Con
gress of these measures, and the Tribune,
sycophant like. asks: "Will Congress pass
them, or will factious demagogues, and
wildcat advocates be allowed to defeat
them ?" All have heard of Satan reprov-
ing sin, and of the pot calling the kettle
black, but we apprehend that nobody pri-
or to the commencement of this war ever
heard the Tribune and its partisan friends
denounc;ng wildcats. 1t would be dcci-
dcdly refreshing to hear them do so now if
ii were not quito so anrarent that the only |