, 1864-05-13
TAXATION AND CoPPERHHAB
TRUTH.

LIE UemOCI&u III ANu OUT O1 tOugTcb.
claim to be divided as regards the War. A
small section arc "for peace At any price, -
and have the courage to say SO. although 1t
must Of necessity expose them to odium.
Another section, and much the larger one,
claim to be for the was, and lie in Wait to
catch the party In power In some delinquency
runfaithfnlness in carrying It on. "Amore
vigorous prosecution of the war;" was the
c1y under which Seymour was elected Gov
ernor Of New York. Ills ground is In sub
stance that Of The party in Congress-, which
claims to be for eubduing the rebellion by
1orce.
Now this section Of the Democracy know,
a. well a. anybody else, that war eosts money,
and tllat 1t il ~ necessary to maintain the
financial condition Of the country as to fight
the enemy in the field. Hence one mode OF
their attack upon the Administration has
been, to find fault With it, financial position
and measures. They hare predicted Ill sorts
Of disasters from the unfaithfnlness Of tho
Govexumcntin not taking care Of the moneyod
interests necessary to hold mp the country.
But to take care Of tho finances, meanb tax
ation. That ne have not borrowed enough,
even the Democrats could not aver. But Va
have failed to tax sufficiently. Well, there Is
nothing 1ike putting men to the test. It is
easy to talk; let Us sec how they will vote.
The proof Of pnddings IL not in writing verses
about the meal they IRE made OF, but in the
taste Of the Pudding itself when cooked
And SO bill IL produced, increasing and
extending the taxation SO as to secure an ade-
Quate 1eyenue for carrying on the war. The
bin was carefully drawn and thoroughly elab-
orated. Its aim waa to tax lu1uries heavily,
but to leave tho necessaIiea Of life to bear
Lighter burden8.
The bill commended itself to the Democ-
Tacy, to the extent that no considerable fault
1gas found with It. Some little carping waS
dndu}ged in Is to its minor provisions, but
its main features deded criticism. How did
The Democrats meet 1T Did they como up.
like men and make good their brave words,
by voting for It, Did they ssy-as tho oppo-
sition said in the Mexican war. "This is not
our affair; 1t Is Of your getting up; but ~
the country is at war, and its honor must be
maintained, We shall vote the moneys to sus-
tain It, and leave the responsibility with
you"
When the bin came to vote only little
section Of them voted for 1t. OF tho ffty-two
mtmDef6 VINO FOtto aoE SoA As 6Poaso1s
ostensible war men, but seven voted for the
4a1 bin, VIZ: bead"1n d maen~. Gsasena' 1ng
nj e+a.,e ofN T. and Winfield ofN. Y. and
: @.; otee s .ta5 e,xnswso, o,,1~.-o
ofthe tWc1Te "no FoLeo 4ot ~" eoo' 'V'n5 t"o'
Bailey and &iuef- VI e1AIJ-aoue men "na
oppose the Administration, and yet profea.
to DO for the war. ''s"< al told sustained TN
measure vital to carrying II on. nc "a5 ss'
in this test how much Of sancef1.g 1here u u
their profession OF being iof tne "sf. NJ
man can be for tho rsr VINO Is not 10, sap
plying the means 70 sustAu ~; Aaa al Ill
@M 10 lne conI13s -, - .u,s ' u1sn :,
-.s 'Ao W,e. A.. ~ oo"n
oostoas snou9a: "aea tuo e'ecuon come
on, ana Inc SWALLOW ana alsconteuted begfl
4.,ota ri tbe cnr arhoo1 u-;,1 +at. tha-, r,
t...s 800 ~. 49, -. .. '">s 'usn =: