The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-20

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the ooilgatlons otaaaty, gpats nysNlse aapiih-
,stration, we secure so Ens sg J. gtst M -
human enort can 90 SO, tne blessings we nave
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protect ner gailant men hslng' anu iioiior hef
deao neroes.-4es aas -eaess-1uf.iei's 4 hase
oeen ireeiy fn SSe sAsStsesiy ty ooiee ioi .he
reason ina. tne cause was 'eas o' ha.lon
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OF accom- pfishihg the res.eraU'oa oltoe gov
efnment ana oun Ililor we must aa'esia'e, as
iar as praes'ca the suHerIgs; sio pa44i essiitlan
t lorIltuoe lne earInens imposed upon Is Us.
IN one Parelcuia1 oniy 40 oesire' upon
.l's oceso ~ fua =,
my P1eescessef - e,Ae 80 ~ 70
the act oi March Nls., iooo' ii.ipo',.is 'aA
lof the ald OF tne ialnliies oi soloiers ana
marines IN the service: l nave carefully
watched the operations OF this law IL is not
suhcient for Its purposes. l cordlallT ap-
prove the recommendatlon oil Governor TOD
| for the increase OF the tax; put IN my ]aas-
ment that increase shoalo oe even greater
than he propose IN ofaer 70 90 ;@Stice aiiKe
to our sedtsEs srd 9'lr peopie Inc advance
/ IN tae cost ofsfivlng mas reseheddthe necessa-
4 ries OF life as heavily as the luxures. Ihe
| increase OF wages does not reach the labor OF
dependent women, w with children to elothe,
ieeo ana educate. me amount saVeu from
4 thelr scshty Pay' anu sent nouns oy our SOL
diers, thou Sh large IN the aggregate, Is very
small IN its distribution among those for
whom it is designed. When this revenue,
| and the proceeds of the tax, are added togeth-
er, there Is still large amount dependent up
Oh private bounty, TO meet the actual wants
OF this class OF peop.e, and ward on POSITIVE
suffering. L have not been able to collect
the statistics as extensively as L desired-,-
but in many counties of the State the private
collections for soldiers families have consider
ably exceeded, and in some cases doubled the
amount OF the tax. Even IN these cases the
object has not been fully accomplished. 1t
IS argued that 1t is better to continue thus to
| TO divide, between State and people, this con-
| tributlotls; so that N what the one falls the
otner makes good: The true and Just re-
sponse Is
ist. nat II the 0'ate aekho"ledseS this
ooisa'loi' 10 Tue ia'iiiy oi ene aoseh1 Soiu,ei'
shc shoulo meet 1t as CON- Peisaeioh tor ni'
services. ana 10 10 manner iuiiy equai 10 'ne
neeessltles OF tne case -,
"a. friVate contribution Is not equtaoie
IN us character, ana cannot ne ADJUSTED 10 the
property ana interests tnat are protected oy
our armies. Ihe generous Will give oeyond