Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-07-13
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| .Iohnsou's Purpose The Adjournment
| The Close of the Frfr--Porland Sufferers
MIR. EDITOR:
The man who sworc the big oath which
Henry Ward Beecher once made use of 70
his text on an uucomfortably warm Sab
bath morning, has many imitators here just
now. In all my experience in Washington
| have rarely seen so much continuous
warm weather, as we have had and arr
now having. Notwithstanding this. how
ever, Congress is working away rcsolutel.
and with will to finish up the necessary
business, that the members may get home
to more consenial clines. From ].
O'Clock NJ. to 10 p, NJ. and then from
l-2 to 10 o'clock with the thermometer
at 100 in the shade, is no mere child's play
for the men engaged in the legislation oil
the country but they endure it, all like
Majors.
The Internal Tax Bill has finally passed
both Houses, and received the approval OF
! the President. The committee of confer
ence between the Houses after much pa
tent labor came to an agreement few
days since, and their report was was made
to the House yesterday. and adopted
Many of the features of the old law are
retained. particularly tho rate OF taxation
upon income, On many things
there is decrease, but in the main. it is
expected that the law will realize to the
Treasury about as much as the present or
old law but as the people will soon un-
derstand this new law, in a practical way,
l nccd..not spend much time in endeayor-
ing to explain it.
The new Tariff Bill has taken up much
of the time of the House the past week,
and is not yet disposed of. Several impor-
tant amendments have been made to the
measure in committee of the whole, with
a view as think to its ultimate defeat
The final vote will be reached on Monday
or Tuesday. at farthest, and the bill will
not pass. | may be mistaken in this, STILL
from what have seen and heard. cannot
at this writing5 come to other conclusions.
If this bill is defeated one important inter-
est must be considerably crippled. viz !:
Tobacco. \ pretty heavy tax is imposed
upon all the kinds of manufactured tobac-
co BY the Internal Revenue law. while the
present tariff does not impose a very heavy
import duty. Foreign manufacturers Of
tabacco can compete with our own even
now, and it is alledged, that if the new
tariff bill does not pass. they 1.-THE Foreign
Manufacturers can undcr-scll ours in the
market. If this be so, the Government
may obtain a considerable revenue, but it
will do it, at the expense of an important
interest. have the conviction that while
it is the duty of the Government to collccs
as much revenue upon imports. and by in
terual taxes as may he needed to meet all
of our national liabilitie. it should never
thelcss foster our home industries, and give
to all of onr manufacturers that protection
which is needed to keep all of our work
shops and various interests in full activity.
That only, is a happy nation where all the
people have. or can have, if they shall so
choose. chance for labor, and remuucr-
atiye wages for their labor. As this tariff
bill, though not perfect. is designed to Sc
cure Just this result. am in favor of it a:
and hope it will pass. | could never sec
any sense in that oft repeated objection to
all protective tariffs. that they tax the con,
sumner for the benefit of the manufacturer
The system which sets all men to work
and affords all good wages redownS to the
good of all, 50 at least it appears to me.
The work OF decapituton is going on at
the departments, and in many places il
the country; and the men who voted fo
Mr.. Johnson and his advisers, are ben:
displaced to make room for those who op
posed him. and the war for the suppression
Of the rebellion. The chief 1ualifcatio,
for office now is, that the applicant APPROX
'my policy" He may have voted 70
Mclellan,-he may be a copperhcad, an,
may have been 4 secession sympathizcr al
through the war. still, if he be willing t.
swear for johnson he is all right. Sue
men are appointed every day, and goo
men turned out to make room for them
and moreover, We are given to understan
daily, by exultant eoPperheads that wha
we have seen thus far of prescription is hu
the beginning OF what we are to see is
in short, hut as the few drops before tn
plentiful shower. compared to what W
may look for after Congress shall have ad
journed. This is what the country gain
for describing Hannibal Hanllin and tax
ing in his stead this trcacherous Tenncs
session. But all this prescription of oiEc
holders, is but trifling, is indeed. ms moth
ing, when compared with that other wor
which this bold bad man who occupies til
White House, inspired by his own malis
nant spirit, and By the weak and wicke
men who control him, intend to do II
has already declared that the constitutions
amendment shall not receive I'll. sanctio
of the requisite number of states. and h
will do all in his power to carry out hi
threat. The Tenn. Legislature is seen /
be without quorum and this is the wor