Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-06-17
THE TAXES AT THE souTY,

The Rirhmu d Examiner. Oi . late date,
avs that the II ont, d, rate" taxes euving Uut
he individual State aid Il Cal taxes al'oge'lHI)
a. he |. vi, ia 1864. Thin the dominion Of
| Davis. Will considerably rxced four millions
| t dollars. This. too. t. i0 bP Obtained from
| less than wo millions Of white population. as
| here can be no taxes collected in lie S'dies
| ", st OF tie Mississippi, although the hands Of
| Price aud Mngruder, and the RlerillAs, are
st zng tvrrylhii they can lay their hands on
| IN that region for IhciF own purposes; but not
a dollars Wor h af their thievng will ever get
INTO the rebel treasury. II is, in fact. To be
taken iIOm the remnant lrit in Hirgini"; from
North Carolina. it she much lnrgrr permits
hPIself 10 be 'rampltd upon npOn South Car
"iina whose principal sOurces Of wealth are all
| closed up and her chief ci'iCs deserted, and
hr richts: pOrinlI Ofhef territory in the pla-
esSion the fret bmen, who wtre 'rrne " he'd
w bUudage and worked these same laIds Tor
hcir masters bent ft. Addtd 10 these are
Georgia and Alabama. bo'h at WHICH States
ave partially IN Pos-essiun 1f the Union tro"Ps
aud the whole will be ere long, when Sherman
has his orders To move upon them.
The territory now under such absolute con-
;r,l Of the Fet,eI government As will enable it
establish any Fysttm of xiliOn, did not
originally contain more than two or three mil
ions of whites. aid all Ihe busitPPs GptrsiiOns
ri these ale now br,ken up, xceps so far ~
ur rnisLing war supplies are concerned; theiE
labor, bat i lett 10 Them, is demoraliz aud
untrnsI worthy, ard v hal little they do produce
suij CT to be seized npOn as soon "a produce
I'd by the pless-eangs q hO are rsvdging the
Country in every quarter, 10 obtain suPPIi's
for their armies aI c YET people thus rItu-
4red are taxed to the amount OF four hundred
millions OF dollar! In the palmiest days of
,Le whole couhtry, with population Of Ihlr'y
..dd millions, with trade and cUmuIerce, and
az ricullure aud the mAnuiac uring aria all
AUaI isning iO the utmost extent, II such 4
,.r0pnsi ion tn raise such tax upon the pe0-
pie OF all the States had been suggested Ia Con-
xre,s, we WOnd baye heard the fie-eaIers ia
nd out Of GungIesF, throughout The Whole
South. Threatening vengeance AID dissolution
nf the Uni0u if such bill shond pass-baG
nuw they are heIpless-Ihe wives and child,
rem rtarving before their eyes, their meg O+s
independent Ot them. their prOprry relS d
Aherever fuund and dragged away from Their
control, their forced like galley sluYes in-
10 The army, aud Ihese cbiUdirOHs rOpH Oi lie
Suu Ia. VIII" have b Ell bJasting all IN .ir Iiv Q
"f their bravery and freedom and indepen-
rrp, are reduced tU ii. humble c.Indlii1n {
logs. whp are AFRAID even to OLrx al Ia. kick
ui their uwIIr%.
The while p 'pu'a'ipn from WHICH these tax-
= TO n. raised. is MT "a al To that OF Ihs
State oi New Yurk. and seine i,lrA may be-
tnrnIe,l or The bud n 10 the reb-li im' States
ny surprising that sIcI tex had o D. inp' -
d on ,hr Empire Stale, prOsperou. a+ il is.
Iarmnlks rUtRlpTary on the SUI j c =: Such
as IIl,. terrible dr'spp isp of Davis. II secure.
onc,baLf The p'o2eny IF rs subjects By repuf
giiOH, and 81 iz > The rehIand IN the Shtps Il
.sxa,inn and forced cbnrrinurions. We can,
uuI doubt at ibis pas "a single great and deci.
.ive Union victory ia the fed will b lag tie
= hole fabric Of the ID tvis cunfederacy in ruils
10 the ground and rnd lhe war at once. Such
4 victory, Too, We have every reason to h"Ie
rom the Army OF the Potomac, under Gen.
Grant.