The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-04
NO. 232.,
.of All Gus glrengll \. uaalLr csaiiest ii,s lhe

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4 been instructed to vote for tho repeal. Qf
The llaheas corpus act, but they had. besn
!. instructed to have reduced the, ad ,gAlp:s
e rem tax from FIVE to iAto,-npd :, h4tf ,per.
i cent. lie was much obliged tethe- Iiegiss.
! ature for not pstructing him 70 vote for !.
:. a repeal Of all The ta&ss, and 70 have tbu-'
$ army supported without annoying this
people. ~f%@ 9sse " istfsFAi !
1t was amazing how unreasonable zen.
) sible people could become, when theirin.s
+ terests werc involved. The oonscrIrflaw, 4
X the tag in kind Jthe ad valorem taxribe.
inconl6 tax, the anti,substituio law. lhe
suspension Of the habeas cofpuswrif,- the
\ impressmcnt act, every law, in faet, which I.
4 Congress had enacted in aid Of tlie great,
|, struggle now going on had been denouno. n
ed. Some people seemed TO think that .
armies could beraised, put in. the field.
larmed and equipped, fed and clothed, all -
i by magic. So
i There we're those who Judged; .by-tlcif :
/ actions thought'it was the duty Qf.every ,
body except themselves to join the army 4
and OF everybody except themselves To
help support the army. But fof=the con :
Iscript law we should have hanf no afffy;.S
! and butfor.the tax laws, the army ,atter VI
Il II was raised, would have been .stagyed !,
Il out. lie was most relnctant to disobIge I
4 any portion of the people, but he nrist.f'
u say to all whom it concerned, that Ne :
A could not, in this conjuncture OF AFFAIR.", =.
vote to reduce taxes 1one-half or one
i fourth, or any other amount. Indeelshe
should esteem himself fortunate il he
did not find it necessary to increase the
taxes rather than diminish them. The
currency must be sustained. IL could
not be done by maggie The people might
as well understand first as last, that heavy
taxes must be paid or the currency must
fail, utterly fail, and when it fails tho
cause must fail with it. That there wero"
defects in the laws he was quite ready to :
admit and as fast rs they were develop,
ed he was for curing them; but in all
their essential features he should stand
by the laws .9sathcy were written. II
would pain him 70 encounter the re-
proaches OF his constituents. But bettcrl
Chat, thousand times than, the res, :.
proaches Of posterity- for having sacrificed
d glorious cause in an ignoble hunt l6r
popularity. -
He had an abiding failli in the justice,
integrity, patriotism and cburaga of his
people. lie. thought they would suskaiis.
him mall his honest Efforts 10 help This :,
Young Cohfederacy on to indepenNsnce.
And il, in doing his duty; he found 'ittna-T
eessary TO impose on them. heavy .buftk.F
ems, be thought they would braYe them.
eteerfully. While the army was heroic.
ly struggling against the foe, he felt an
mistaken confidence that the people se'
home Would make an equally heroic .el,
fort. 10 support them: If theywould not.
he Mr.. B. was unfit Gtto-represent them,
and his commission would be at the.r dis
posaE -
His coileage and himself had been, In,
structed.on one other.poirt, tiiat was to:
secure sath modification, the law inn.
posing taxes in, Kind as would exempt
from operations those whose. ~crops had
been wasted, by the enemy. 11appaS:
Congress had anticipated The wishes soE
she Legislature At page .186 .;of.e.the,
laws, ''An act for the rella of,
tax payels in certain cases. would 20
found, approved FEBRUARY l3, 1851. Tho
second section of that act was, hethoHght,
in full accordance with the wishes OF. the
Thatit had. failed to arrest
tlIeir ait nlion was attributable, he sup
pos cd, to The fact that the as nat channel
d'f commhhicttion the newspapers. had
for some time been broken UP in MiSsis.,
sippi. 80 =
Mr.. B, desired 10 repeat, ii, conclusion,
that he would, st all times, be most hap
py to max ehis action here .copiorm to
the will Of his Legislature, ands would
solve all reason >ble doubts in flyor of
their Judgement. Bat when he had to
choose between obedience to their wiiLon
one .sids and sacrifice of tho best ain
terests Of tue country on the other, lao
should not stop to calculate Tho conse
quences, but would proceed firmly to the.
discharge his duty the country;
FRExcm NOPE or AppoISTlNg Qfr. CHS
All the officers below the Minister Of FL
nancer equivalent to our Secrefaryu uf the
Treasury to begin their: career Of
service as clerks in a bureau, with a'saln-
~ of from $lG0 to $500 per annum, &C.
,ording.to the class Jhey are fot1Yd fitted
for by the Board Of Examiners.- ,N6 po.
itical influence or favor or -eliang+in tho
Government, OF revolution even, II per-
nitted to interfere with this faw Of pro
notion ".Even in the Revolution of
1913, no notifications whatever were
made" in this rule, or in the persoStet Of
he service.
By faithful service and capacity, the
owest clerk may in time rise through ev-
cry, department. to be Director General
next in. authority to the Minister. of
Mr. Bigelow mentions the
present Director General, Mr.. Barber, as
case in point he entered the lowest
lass, and is now, at. the age Of sixty, at
he head, having served in every sdbor-
Innate grade, according TO the rules, at
east one year. French civil officers are
,aid far less for a similar service than in
his country; but reckoning the cost OF
procuring the commission and the uncer-
ainty Of retaUning II, the United States
,fiicer is not nearly as well paid as the
'geneh.
SuEE7Ax's FIELD MARsHALs WOUNDED!
jherman's field operations around Resa-
a, which were pIotracied through .rlreo
lays, cost him quite dearly. The enemy
stimate their loss in front of Resaca az
1000. Four Generals were Wounded
LOCKER fiishting Joel slightly; kilpat'
ick, the raider, who did not get as near
o Richmond as Dahlgreu, painfully;
fanson. a KentuclSian, well known IN
,ouisyille, seriouslys and iNAiichS it il 10
elieved. mortally. Which sa German.
nfi has figured IN this army'of the CuniI
Ill eli tf.s