The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1865-10-28

country hyntvholv Wbi 4 l'ss ~
knuw shat 4, DO or how something /.
shall be- done. E,orylhls that b.
done mutt have % starting point F.
.omcNhprc Some llink that sepor |
Al fepnlinlion must take pncooi nll|
tmills s'mo thluh that ona debit
shoall ba rcpndInlcd and others
think that sol6o other one should bo, |
bu none propose the wlysanimpWsI
by which the di1rlIt oUIueAru hu.
accomplished 90 iuat aud fair term. .
without one party or the other being
itjnrcl more than tie othc' Every
body nlmin that the widow and or.
phou have claim which nome ever
dare TO dispute, all are willing col
NEE, a claim so just, but where slnll
the means be sought except by taxa.
ti1r2 And right here the fhhan.
throry er the human heart will make
4 pause, whilc the voice or the bleach.
ing bones Of the gallant dead strewn
over the many fields Of strife, ull
dressed in natures most beautiful
garb, though luXurlant in growth,
vet bows with most tender affection,
and with the pleasant brc,tc that
brushes SO gently by, proclaims aloud,
though dead, yet liyiug-though
dumb, will be heard, and they that
live shall still remember that "thc
Iaborcr is worthy of his hire. ]
have done all that was in my power.
| My life has been sacrificed for you,
my companion, my children, mother,
my all are left in care of the living,
all they have is destroyed except the
home en which they live, and tkat is
security from one Of the great ro.
suits of the war. Tsgcs collected
must pay the great dcbt-tO0, 900, 900
viii be about the amount which Mis-.
sissippi win have to pay the Federal
Government, and how shall it be
paid2 The interest on that amount
at & per cent, amounts to 5000, 600.
This is as much tax as the State has
usually paid in ten years, or in other
words, ten times as much as our an.
nual tax has been, which about $500.
00o, which applied to an individual
tax would be as follows: $1,000
worth Of land before the waF, wa'
taxed Just S2, after the war s. State
tax, Federal tax $40, and county
tax about as much as State tax, SAY
81, so that whereas your tax was only
81 it is now S2l, ts say nothing o
the widow, orphan, manned and in
valid, all Of whom have to be sup
ported by some means. Public con
tributiOns will help ssme but soon be
come irksomc and fail. Kindred cal
support some but all have not kin
drcd who arc able and willing. Th'
people are impoverished ard renni
less, and what property is left is una
vailable and will continue so for sey
cral years. People cannot pay al
adyalorem tax on land, the old sys
tenn Of taxation must te alandonet
and adopt that one which suits the cx
, igcncy Of the times. Legislation
. now is what We nosd, we want j
, quick and promptly, the end Of thi
| year is drawing near-the 'beginin
Of another is close Ms hand. The re
sources of Mississippi are rich, lare
Q and greater than the whole Of Cal
r fornia's mineral wealth. The coito
( crop Of Mississippi before the wa
4 amounted to more than five hundrc
thousand bales, worth ut $50 pc
!. bale, just s9i,OO0,Ooo which wcr
!. into the pockets Of the white maj
e Now we may safely count on 30O,0 00
!. bales in 1866, which at SOcts. or Slj
It per bale amounts to Slj, 900, 600, Il
# most Of which, under the prcscl
| system Of labor, wiz land in Il
0. pockets Of the freedmen, and as y
q all know will be Immediately squa
i. lered. will be Of no service to the
or any other person. The gener
opinion is that gects. IS a low es
ID mate for cotton for the next f
years to come. Ii so, what will
The price Of frcedmcas wages:
can only judge BY the past. VIII
4. cotton was worth i0cts. per posI
or the price Of fellows was SIS ?
he month. aud as the price Of cotton
es crcases over that amount SO likcw
ch will the price Of wages ihcrea
pc Say cotton at 3Oct'. per paand.
II vueeigf i,llqvs 81 prt mouth