Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-02-02
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My Views on The Tax Question
Defended.

views on tho Tax Question. | am sorry Tor
this, on account of the reflection Il easts on
the loyaty Of our town, Besides, hia first
paragraph contains an allusion TO my name
as disgraceful to himself as it is disrespectfnl
towards uIe, My name is Penniless there
fore he hopes "you have not many subscribers
of the same style" as much as to say that il
patriot and gentleman Of leisure, like my
self, does not happen to have relatives in the
Treasury Department, or the good luck TO
have got u Government contract, nor yet to
have been born rich, Notwithstanding he may
be member Of the loyal league; an ardent
supporter of our beautiiu aud graceful Presi-
dent, and believer in his policy, his procla-
nations and his anecdotes; and in favor of
paying the bills Of ''our soldiers, he should
be deprived of the privilege OF reading the
papers. That shows his "style" But | can
tell him that he is a very green Butternut IL
he supposes all the people who read your pa
per are subscribers TO it, for ever since the
League determined that il was disloyal TO take
the Empire and pay for it, numbers of the
| Fullpurse family cousins Of his but unlike
| him--"loyal men'-have been daily in the
habit OF taking it from the doors Of those
who do pay for it, and reading il around the
corners. ... II
True, he admits that may be honest, and
privately should be glad 10 know that any
one will do that But it is clear enough that
the only motive he has in making the adms-
sion, Is to give me public reputation which
will render me odious TO the members of the
loyal league, and be an insurmountable bar
rier In the way of my obtaining any office IN
the gift of our present worthy Chief Magis-
trate."
lie also comedies the disinterestedness Of
my situation, and says | shall "be no better
nor no worse off, whether the County ioots
bills To the amount Of millions, or escapes
with few thousand" This ia all true; and
herein he shows his ignorance of human ma
ture, exhibits TO the world the sordid basis of
his Argument, gives the best OF reasons for
the difference Of our views, and at the same
time shows how it is that my Judgment on the
Tax Question is entitled to much moro weight
than his, He judges Of a tax for the pay
ment Of the bills OF "our soldiers" from the
effect It would have on his income look
from a stand point Of pure and diSiRtercsted
patriotism. I unhesitatingy declare that in
addition TO ''all the able bodied relations of
my wife" am willing TO add the sacrifice OF
the last dollar that any of my neighbOrs have
srs and tho loyal public" especially on ght 10
feel grateful that two men similarly situated
and equally self-denying and pdfriohc-the
editor Of tho Dayton Journal and myself
have voluntarily come forward TO enlighten
them on this subject The Copperheadism of
FullPurse indicates that we have little favor
to expect OF him or any of his clsss
Honr correspondent, however, is not con
tent with his disloyal opposition TO the tax to
pay the bills Of "our soldiers" his deliberate
and well-plAnned attempt to bring me into
disfavor with the loyal league, &c but goes
on to hurl his bilingsgate AT the highly mlral
region "0ur soldiers" came from; calls cheese
dom an outlandish place In this he displays
his ignorance of the geography of our relig-
ion. And | will not descend TO his level in
the nss OF epithets, will meet him with
facts, Why every loyal citizen knows and
takes pride in the fact that long before the
election Of Mr.. Lincoln TO the Presidency
long before this war-negroes were more re-
spected in that locality than white men. Then
think of results, Our present able President
at the national expense, sent sixty-Gve "Yan-
kee school marms" TO Port Royal TO whom
he extended all the fostering care OF the ''best
Government on earth" Yet The result TO the
nation in whole year, in that salubrious eli
mate, has been no more than sixty-fonr little
halfblooded pickaninnies, while q single vii.
lage IN in cheesedom, on its own account an
nnaly turned out more than that before the
war. Cheesedom an "oullandsh place" in
decd am afraid Mr.. Pullpurse knows
more about money than the progress Of relig-
ion and civilization. And that slur at cheese-
dom is in keeping with another slander OF
bis, to-wit. that he knows plenty Of "loyGl
leagueIRh who would "gladlv have vrasbad
Lieutenant McLean's pants. Indignantly
deny that assertion; for il is notorious that
LienteRAnt Mclean, though a verySow one,
was still white man.
To make Il apparent that Pnrsefuil is on.
gagged in bad cause, il is only necessary 10
note that no unwiltingly declares the praises
of that exemplary christian and eminent ex.
ample for Sabbath schools, Major Keith
Hear him: Ale was a perfect sponge; a sand
bank hottomless reservoir for every river
of whisky that ran in his direction" lie
does not seem 10 know that he has here de-
scrihed one Of tho mast distinguishing capae-
lilies OF that most estlmAble officer lie had
no nohler trait He could consume whisky
enough boiore breakfast 10 drown twenty
Copperheads, aud while hero was an india,
pensable adjunct 10 the labors OF the "Wateh-
men on tho walls Of Zion, and the temper
anes cause He made total abstinence \
necessity 10 every one but himself Witness
his daily practice and military orders in this
city More than that, no officer of less ca
paeily in that respect could have done the
work Of the loyal league, inflicted the punish
ment upon "the fathers brothers, sons and
relations ot brave men in the fold lighting
the enemies Of the country" which ho did.
As 10 the balance Of Fnllpursea article. Il