The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-12

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suspici' n n rrpudiatiun. y 90 the question
| q thc power q Congress a. tax the United
I ~fstr- bends. believe no one contends that
this csn b. done while the bonds remain I'M
| their present form. a. there are undoubtedly
vested rights in the holder q them. The next
| question l., hHs Congress the power 10 80 modi-
/ n or change the bonds by issuing a new one 10
! the holders In lieu Il the present One, that
| hall be liable 10 taxsfonf am not ware
| that this question has ever been directly de-.
cided by the supreme Court u the United
1 states In the case II Weston a.. The CITY
of Charleston, second Peters Reports. de-
'ided many wears since. the city attempted Ia
tax certain United state. securities In his
/ Weston hands; the Court held that the
state had no power 10 tax United States
bond. containing no prohibition. In the hands
Il the bearer thereof. The point, however.
/ whether Congress had the power 90
modify on change the bond wa not de-
/ cidcd. sir. 10 has been said that this
j., and should not be party question.
for the reason that IL l. question in which the
/ whole people are Interested. There l. perhaps
no question upon which the people are sen
/ s1tiNe. or In which they take 50 deep an inter
81, A. the one Of taxation. There are NJ this
time unmistakablc signs Of discomfort among
/ our people In consequence Of the present uu-
equal system Of taxation High prices Tor
all the nccessaries OF life still continue. not
I withstanding the war l. over. and xhy j. this ,
The answer J.. taxation. Look at one Of the
resolutions recently adopted NJ the Working
mem. Convention held in thi. city. which {. A.
follows:
Rssolrei. Thai ~s eater . = lemn protest ga Mt
that .y.sm OF Lsgi.lal N, Whistler stat. or ioas,
Viii taxes three-f,urth for he ben &C OF the ef
fourth, and II ers I'D Ia, must resell 10 udati0n.
Aud in this connection call the attention Of
the friends Of this bill o. the following clause
Ia The late message OF the Federal Executive,
Viz.
", favored class should d.ma.d freedom from ss
tessmfut, and The faxes should b. distrbufe ed
OF 10 fall uDdaly IN poor, but rather on The &C
cumuatsi wealth OF the country.
IL j. matter Of history that this question OF
leyying taxes 10 provide for the payment Of a
war debt once caused an insurrecton In this
country under circumstances less obnoxious
than the present. known ~ Shay's Rebellion.
The war Of the Revolution involved the
, United States in n debt Of go, 100000. OF
this sum ss,Wo,OO0 were borrowed from
foreign powers. The rules Of the Con-
federation Of l175, empowered Congress 10
carry on the war; but they had no power TO
provide for il. expenses, They could only re-
commend 20 the several states 20 raise money
for that purpose. Accordingly In 1881, Con-
gress passed a resolution, requesting the seve-
raj states to furnish their proportion respec-
lively of the eight millions of dollars Of bor-
rowed money. They also appointed committee
10 determine what proportion Of the money
ought 10 be paid by each State. Ii was pro-
posed to the states that duty OF f1ur per cant
on all foreign goods imported into the United
states should be paid, and that the revenue
arising therefrom should be applied to the pay
ment Of the national debt, both foreign and
domestic. The latter was principally due 20
the officers and soldiers of the army. All tho
States. except Rhode Island and New York,
assentcd TO the proposal. But as these two
States had large share of the public trade.
their refusal to contribute TO nav the puhlic
debt defeated the whole plan; and the conse-
quence was, that even the interest Of the ma
tured debt remained unpaid. Under these en-
barrassng circumstances, IL was perfectly ma
/ tural for those states which felt Sesirous Of
discharging their debts in an honorable man
ner, 10 make the utmost eXertion 10 do their
/ part. The country was not, however, in a
perfectly settled state. There were some
men in Massachusetts who, though they
had been willing, IN I1G, 10 20 10
war with Great Britain rather than
submit 10 taxation without representation
were willing, i'm lss6, TO go TO war with the
Government rather than pay their share Of the
expenses which the contest with Great Britain
had OecasiOned A. 20 whether these men were
bondholders or not | am not advised. In some
parts Of the country tumultuOus assemblies,
under the specious names Of conventions were
assembled. which Ob>tructed the courts and
other bodies. shay, who had been Captain
IN the revolutionary war. was considered as
the head of the Insurgents hence
the movement took the name Of shay's Insur-
rectiOn. Theinsureents continued TO increase
until they numbered 900, the spirit Of oppo-
sition To taxation was rife everywhere. and IL
required a body Of 900 armed men to sustain
the courts and suppress the instruction.
Now, n the state j. not prepared TO meet
the whole amount OF this Indebtedness at this
time without increasing the burdens Of taxa
ton, already oppressive TO the people,
proposed by the bill. il seems to that JUS
tce To the bOndhOlders, and good faith on the
part Of the State, requires that the amount Of
funds on hand of the state debt Sinking Fund,
which is said To bc about 81 600 900, should be
applied IN payment on the state stocks issued
twenty yeare ago. with such tax u may be
sufficient for that purpose only leaving the resi-
due, together with the war leyes to be pro-
vidcd for and paid hereafter and at such time
as shall suit the onNenicnce of the State to do
so.
There is no Disgusting the fact that large
class of our citizens are demanding the taxa
ton Of the Government securities held by an
other class in the state, and the present indi-
cations are that they will not be satisfied until
it is done. or at least until the experiment Of
- doing j. tested before the proper tribunals
OF the country.
On the motion Of Mr. BRANHAM, the fur
ther consideration of the bill was postponed
and II WAS made the special order for to-mor-
row morning ~ O'Clock,
Mr. WOODS moved an order 10 take up bills
of the House on the third reading.
Mr.. GRIFFITH moved 10 amend. by subst-
tuting the consideration Of bills Of the House
on the second readin
] bt NOlf It-uiittl tn \ UNISON -afDllnItiNc
81, negatlVe 32-nO quorum voting.
Whercupon the SPEAKER directed the
| Clerk To call the roll; and quorum being de-
termined-
Mr.. GRIFFITH withdrew his motion 10
amend, and Mr. Woods motion was agreed To-
On the motion of Mr. TRUSLER, Mr.. Kill
gore and Mr.. Rice obtained leave OF absence on
account of illness.
on motion of Mr.. MILLER the House or
dered night session At o'clock, M.
PROTECTION OF FISH.
! MIR kigores Fish Protection bill ii. II. ia
coming mp with the Committee amendment,
making II unlawful TO take fish by seine net
l or trap
Mr.. WOODS moved Intellectually to exempt
! the 81. Joseph river from the provisions Of the
/ bill.
! Mr.. WOODS then moved 10 amend the
amendment Iy exempting Cedar Lake and all
| the og-pOnds in Lake county.
1t was agreed to, and then the amendment,
As amended, was rejected.
/ Mr.. BU RWELL. Between the 18th Of June
and the month Of September was the best fish
ing season Of the year with his people; and
this was part of the time i'm which fishing was
/ prohibited.
| Mr.. SPENCER. BY this bill, fishing was
prohibited from December till March. and
this was the best time for fishing with his peo-
/ pie.
Mr.. GLAZEBROOK said the good fishing in
his region invited fishers from Ohio Michigan.
Wisconsin and Illinois. who would come i'm
with their Gill Nets and take away the fish To
I the injury Of farmers along their streams Of
water. He hoped the bill would pass, for he
wanted something 10 protect the home fish
cries
Mr.. BROWN said the spirit Of the bin was
right. But il restricted hook and line fishing
when they could be best caught He moved
to reconsider the vote by which the bill was
ordered to the engrOssment
I Mr.. LOCkHART. The best months in the
year for his people TO fish was February