The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-01-22

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) lst That if the State acknowledges thi
/ obligation to the family often soldier
she should meet it as composition 70
, his services, and in m amer fully ebua
, to the necessities of the case.
Cd. Private contribution is not equit
able in its character, and cannot be ad
justed to the property and interest ths
are pro tected by our armies. The gen
erous will give beyond their actual abl
tiles. while the parsimonicus or the op
ponents of the war, will withhold from
pecunary or unpariotic consideration tax
alton alone will equalize this burden ant
impose it, where it should,upon the prop
erty protected by the services that tht
revenue is designed to compensate. 1
the additional levy increases the taxation
Of generous contribntions,it relieves then
from larger amount Of private bounty
and impose it upon the non-contributeri
where it should fall. Even when the
State ASSUMES the entire support of the
soldiers families, there will be scope
enough for private contribution to allie
viate the privations and suffering of siol
disabled, wounded men, in hospitals and
at home.
Sd. The form CT private charity is
pot always acceptable to its recipients,
and especially the class to whom this is
applicable. Much suffering and priva
ton will be endured before pride will suf'
fer application to private charity, where
there is d consciousness that moritoriou'
services Of the absent provider, should
promptly call the State to the protection
and supply Of his depenent family. We
should divest this fund of the appellation
of charity. It is not such, III any ap'
pllcation. Of the term. 1t is an honest
debt, and an imperative duty that we
owe the men who are serving in Positions
Of labor and danger. They save us
from invasion-from the destrutive raw
ages of war within our borders. While
they ptSss the cond uests of onr armies
for the restoration of our Government,
they protect our PROPERTY and our lives;
they are the consevators OF all lhe pros
perity that surrounds us. They do not
perform this service for the small com
pensation allowed them by the Govern
ment. They are actuatcd by higher and
a nobler motive; and while they incur
privation, danger, and death, for the com
mon cause the State should not only
protect their families from waut, but
make the act one ofright and justful com.
pensation, instead of burthoning 1t with
the offensive appelation of charity
Neither should it be governed by the ri
gid economy Of mere subsistence. 1t
should be, at least, such plenty and com.
fort as the stalwart arm of the natural
provider would ftrnish them, il he were
at home to do it, instead of laboring in
our sertice, to ward calamity from our
hearth-stones.
In my Judgment, three mills on the
dollar is the least sum at which this tax
should be fixed, and | would prefer to see
it four mills. The patriotic people Of the
State, will eheerfully pay it, and justify
you for imposing it. The act should, al.
so, require County Commissioners, to
collect reports Of disbursements from
Township and Ward Truatees, and COM
nunicsts their aggregates annually to tho
Auditor of State.
Our State has heretofore filed her QUO
"a in the armies by volunteering. In ad-
ltion to this, we have several thousand
men in the service of West Virginia,
and Indiana, for which we can
lot have credit in our allotments. Hope
ire entertained that we will be able to fill
he recent call, without resorting to
lraft.
The conduct Of our officers and men in
he field, has been highly creditabe to
and honorable to the State
Upon every battlefield, they have won
Ugh enconiums for cool and steady cour-
ge, prompt obedience, and deeds Of no.
lie daring. They are bright jewels in the
rowil of the State; and while we wear
hem with pride, we shotild cherish them
Vith affection.
During the past year, steady and ef-