, 1864-01-27
TIE INTERNAL REVENUE.
TIE DEBATE ON. TIE
WHISKY TAX,
Remarks Of hfessrs. Lovejoy, Fer
nando Wood, Stevens, Grianell,
Ward, Holman, Morrill,, Etc.

| ~A1'ANA Ao VI !heoS1 d A-4sCjU$s EEE
nando Wood, Stevens, GrianelI.
Ward, Holman, Morrill,, Etc.
THE BILL as IT PASSED
We g1To below the more Important feature
Of the memorable whisky debate which occr
pied the close Of hast week in Congress. Bot
its connection with the history Of passin
events connected with the great rebellion an
Its influence on prominent branch of th
business Of the country warrant the space v
give to 1t.
! On Thursday, the House being In Commit
tee Of the Whole, and the Revenue Bill pend
ing, Mr. 1ovejoy, of Illinois, said:
REMARKS OF Mr.. LoyEJoT.
Mr. Chairman, move to amend the sect;o,
by stirling ont "sixty ccnts' In the tentj
line, and inserting tone do1laF.' I offer iii,
amendment because it seems to nc to be dn,
to those who arc engaged in the manufacturt
o. 2. me aftacle % under consideration that tbf
they should not be subjected to this capri
cions legislation. I subbose the COMMITTEE
| Of Mays md Means Contemplate erndr1a1iy
eaf73 tAls tax mp to dollar on the gallon.
| and that being the case, which assume. i
! insist That 1t ought to be placed there at once.
md become permanent ut that point, or at
some point, SO that those who ci1care in >he
manufacture of this article may undcrstani
tie liability TO which they arc exposed IN tia
manufacture take It that one Of the Tery
worst things for any interest is this Capri
cions and eycr-yarying legislation. We have
already imposed ta1 Of twenty cents cai-
Ion: We now propose to put it ut sixty
cents, and by-and-by it will be nut M to
eighty cents, and then to one dollar; and all
this 1nures, not to the benefit Of the Govern.
ment nor to the benefit of the manufacturer.
but TO the benefit Of those who buy up the
article, Keep It on hand, and then aEitate for
IN advance in the tax.
NOW, Iii. Chairman, call your attention
/ and tlat Of the House, as we are Ill familiar
with Scripture, or ought to be, and hence /
Will assume the fact TO the case OF d certain
Fon-in-law, and Kept constantly CHANGING lIis
wages, changing them, I believe, some four
teen times At first the youup man 1Yas tn
hasc the increase of the hocks marked so and
50; bnt as soon rs his father-in.laW found
that ne was growing rich under ono arrange
another. You viii 1ecollect t
that that old curmudgeon-like father.in.lsw
Of Jncob changed his Nages fourteen times.
AsMEs1nER~ And yet Jacob grew rich.
NJ. LoVE1or; Yes; heg1ew fich because the
1ofo a1a1 prospered him. propose that the tar
those who are well informed on this subject
That the class Of persons who arc to be nticrt-
cd By this law have marched up to the pay
pasioieal19e ana ss1e taxss 1cs ihsray
dodge or evade the provisions Of tie Inv.
and Insist that they-be dealt with Justly
ana honorably. / understand that fhev a.
not care at What point You 1lx It, so only that
yon mike It permanent It is tie tickle and
esef-changtng legislation that works harshly
10 lhefn- i usk therefore that, as the Cnm-
!niftee Of Ways and Means intend ultimote1v
70 carry up this tax to dollar, 1t be now
piaced at that sum. Then the Inv will In
permanent, and there will be no encourape.
aptca mfn5 10 speculation no buying up Of t6is
~ t.1 tn5 ana aaen agitatng for an increase Of
Of the country or Of the Government. hnt ~
the benefit Of spectators, nav ~
hEMAREs OF Mr.. GR1kNr11, OF 1ov.
move to amend the amendment OF the pan.
Il e per gallon. ' ~. -
ANY an wiling "a that NJ party, il have par
;ha4 pay tar Of three or fire dollars mi.
on ior It, they drink 1t as beverage.
1ean conceive very readily how uafIara1 IT.
$ 1of the gentleman over the way to oppose
ne q mgh tag upon whisky. 1t may be true.
= aaT,a mas asserted py an eminent eubterrancan
,ame cannot recaii, It was was 50 @ ma1v @noss veoss
go, that these corner groceries are tie in1is.
nurseries Of Democracy, TLaurhfer i,
4o not Stand here to dispute that ossertion1
ihefe Is another reason why 1 wish to have
angn .ax upon Whisky. In the midst Of an
gives needing Ill the grain that can be f1r- !
aenea ior the purpose of feeding our stoct !
ID supplying theanmy. five siimniatn tha
foduefion Of whisky We wit1- uof haya cor,,
n9oueh le1t Tor the feeding Of the stock In The
"a rsn s5nn' 5atea, ~ would rather that the corn
am sure, would fathcr na;n peGple tpn r
lf'cr thereby. We are. informed. nnM i
1at 11cre is 9 deficiency in IT, G
ipp!y oi me one article Of corn OF more than c
e 90 as wise men, then, but reduce as 1aras
oss1Dle the production Of whisky? III Il bnd nd 7
e power Won1d Issue an orier tn .,ra,taaa nau il
together disfillotion for drinking rnrnosaa o
y ~ monla vote with any man that duriug tilIs IL
y aa 1os Fo one onshel Of corn or rye should be
onld be no more Of that common. m,seras1e aasfe b
~ ~ Which has name In mr. countrr that : b,
y not repeat; there should be no ynora ~ | e1
ut dreadful poison which is damaoinv ~ ~. M
ny ol onr SOLDIERS and officers. and nav 1a
,4taMae1ns their souls. It should not lead re
heta EN- ~ tne future Of which it is allcs 81
70 nave peen the cause Of in tha past # h. in
y attributed to General Meade fhat 11s he th:
nld nave achieved q victory in ~ ,aat ~ Isl
npa1gn If It had not been for the drnn,on at e:
. o. one Of his corps commanders. r. 1as rn1
-. - etaIea N the public prints that when q tel
# too drnnh 3e vas ordered TO move he as as,
much tneapacltatcd to execute The orda1 is
1eason ha OF drunkenness. The fact has zone 1isl
&c country. I think, therefore. fha3 Il ma
"a I render the public service esseuflai aid
ne o9sa Pfoaaetion Of whisky was reduced or ten
know that it was said liquor was norrea Sta
~ t4e 1aE9a against me in my dIstr4ct Inc
ng Tue last election. Thank God. Ihnvn ere
lsSire ST; to belong to a party that cannot Til
1uto power c1eept upon q whisky bar tbe
lL1ueIteE.I 1telieve that when Whis- 1att
Aooll60ed morals will f1Ourjab ] Jn | MAJ
snow what will become Of the cant1e' l,ay
3 party when whisky has been done awav, mo-
) and do not care. - gall
LIES OF AR. STEVENS OF PENNSYLVANIA ~
:. CHA1RAAE, should be glad If lepisla. fnS
.gaio CURE 1ntemperance, bnt have seen T..
Cd, and tried In vain. I do not believe viii
as1p eGsmptualy laws ever had any effect to Tie
g man, md would not object to heine 81 Sn'
ain, was In a State Legislature an5 Tan
g tlat tue sale Of liquor shonld be rro- a ris
"a IN my district, and the motion Waa rric.
a. did not find that I therchv 1nade !G.Io,n
dr9nkard the 1ess-they Wonid nn1v 4tA
me more when they had a rhorass n
Is no other way than by moral sraeio- 5ts1s
e reformation Of the world on fhs s,,I- 1anu
u dfunkennees But that; is nnt the ftaEg!
ion now before us, 0es e'c Eoee
e this article viii be used. Mr. rhs,. Ltht
now can We raise from It the moet - pued
;: think the ta1 of sixty cents r,e, came
is about the point where We viii ~ ~ hnkc
&c without being injurious to ~ ~ contl
i Of business. = If IT were 5as; - any gutlil
be growth Of corn in the western corn' 1ne
It were not for The Interest Of Iowa o. hsra
Rising q tat aetiele pelSaps s12 III .ssE e.
go for the amendment which thc zen. ind In
| has proposed. believe tbers 1e Lare b
oEn taised in that country than can he .aonal
1r 1attentng hogs or cattle and there r. sres "
should be nsed for fattenfne. not crcnte
'ut men. (1aughtcr.l Eba1i E
opposed to the amendment. L do not in the
whether eighty cents FER gallon add 60
reduce the revenue; :, but It would stafet cnada
treas asonably upou that branch of bust thcrro,
it It. eeeoS splr'ts: Therefore am to tod,e 1s
Gentleman from New York Afrr.; Fer Nha
Wood stated that this nfght pverturn upon
and the Administration be- adopt
fc1elton Was suppressed, very much -of the
Itef Of that eloquent gentleman 1hage accnm
IT. ! an theretorn for sustaining the th1s Sc
tee in the action they hare taken, aud forty G
lie sorry TO see It changed. =, teIeaf'
Mr.. HoLMAH's AME1DMEsT.. muIete ~