The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-18


were the blunderers then, and have blundered
on to their own ruin. The true patriots are de-
that their blunders shall not ruin the
country also.
Obtained 20 spend ON Congregational
Jobs.
Elsewhere will be found list Of the income
returns for the Fifth Internal Revenue district
OF this city for the year 1865. This is not
locality whore our most wealthy citizens reside,
and the amounts given after each name do not
run into the ifty and one hundred thousands,
as in other localities. They are mostly mode
rate sums, and the names represent that class
by whom The tax is more severely felt than
il ID by the more wealthy. 1t will be seen,
however, that the amount Of income tax paid
by the residents of that district for the years
1862, 1868 and 1854, inclusive, amounted TO
about half a million Of dollars. This 10 a heRvJ
drain upon their enterprise and energy, and
now that the war is over. there is no reason why
tne tax should not be reduced. That 1t has not
only proves the incompetency and recklessness
Of the present radical Congress. They are the
party that is to blame, and they alone are
responsible for retaining the income tax at the
war rates.
According to the official reports, the revenue
receipts Of the government from all sources
during the past year were six hundred and
twenty millions in currency. This is shown by
the statement OF the Secretary Of the Treasury
TO be fully one hundred and fifty millions in
excess of the amount required for the current
expenses Of the government and for
the payment of the interest on the debt
Yet in the face of this fact, we find no
reduction Of the national debt, and Congress
still insists upon retaining the income tax
the same as it was during the war and votes
down the proposition to exempt all incomes
under one thousand dollars. The law as 1t
passed Congress this year is the same as the
old law in that respect, requiring tax on all
incomes in excess Of six hundred dollars. This
small difference Is not sufficient to demand the
attention Of our princely merchants but when
1t is applied to the medium class-men with
one, two and three thousand dollars income
1t is no minor item in addition to all their other
expenses and increased price Of living. The
msn who ara called upon to pay this tax Of one
hundred and 6fty millions In excess Of the
amount required BY the government are all
voters, and now II tho time for them to CON-
slider who Il guilty of this robbery. We can
tell them that Il b the present radical Congress,
which has refused to reduce tho income tax OK
increase the amount Of exemption.
The radicals In Congress have retained the
income tax ct the old rate In order that they
may have more funds to spend ON jobs Of oil
kinds. They persist in exacting one hundred
and nfsy millions fon the people In excsss Of
the amount required, in 0rSer that they may
keep up the Fresdmen's Bureau end support
the negroes Of the South in idleness. They
force this much from the people TO assist such
men - Whittlesey and the New England
agents Of the Fresdmens Bureau In carrying
out their speculadons In the South. They rob
the taxpayers to this extent for the purpose Of
paying bonus OF thirty millions annually to
the national banks, and to pay Jay Cooke q
Co. thirty or forty millions by way Of fees
for manipulating government securities They
continue to demand an extra tax to assist Thorn
in their Montana jobs and numerous other
schemes which the radicals are dividing the
profits Of between themselves. This Is the
reason why the income tax IL not reduced, and
tho people are required to pay ono hundred
and hfty millions In excess Of the amount
needed for the legitimate expenses Of the gov
eminent
The fact Of the matter IL, the people Of this
country have been robbed by the present
radical Congress out Of one hundred and fifty
millions OF dollars. The amount stolen during
= year by all the thieves and plundersrs in
The State Prisons in this country does not
equal that enormous sum, yet the radicals con-
iinue their robbery Of the people In the most
shameful manner. This they expend In their
private jobs under the plea Of patriotism, while
hey are ct the same time preventing the rssto-
ration Of the country. We are fast approach
Ing the Congressional elections, and the only
way that this robbery can be prevented in the
Future II by the repudistion at the ballot boz
of the Thad Stevens, the Morrills, the Kslleys,
he washburnes, the Boutwells, the Wilson's and
wades, who, with their radical associates in
Congress, voted against the reduction Of the
income tax Unless men Of this class can be
defeated this fall, this wholesale robbery Of the
people will not only continue, but increase.
This is the only way that the jobbing in Con-
yress can be stopped and the taxes reduced TO
anything like reasonable sum.
The UNDrGSIynD CONDUCT OF CoxoREss.--
We have had various opportunities 10 comment
,pon the want Of decorum In the present Con-
yress. Neither the high ofdcial station Of the
President nor the courtesy due to members
rom their colleagues on the floor Of the House
rave had any weight in the regulation Of the
conduct Of those parties who, from their posi-