The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-03

sH W Cons.,x
| The following savage o,..
spcn Reresary MeCulloch !,
the Nsw York Hersli 2 III. T.
Tho amazing and lale., ,,i.,.
frauds on the government, ~.
/ the evasion or non-collee,i I's
tax o. vhiskey and o,be, -.
cannot NJ to arouse tho attend.
ne pscpss y the utter ineaci,,
the Secretsfy of the Trca.uy
evil has reached such a lnae,;. -
that Congress vii be guilt II ~
neglect Of duty il i, should no -
fh3diassly 6sias6 the renee, q
Mr.. MoCulloch, and a ihorousI u
vestigaaioa ints the rainou. me-, = u
ageness ofthe Treasury Dep,,,r.'l 4
His incapscity is costing the eon,' w. Y
somcshing like two hundred Mil. y
year, andis fast bringing Il, i
public to . state Of bantru,. u
Should Congress be so uumindETz
this startling fact AID adjourn ia <
out demanding biz Immediate rem, Il
al. ws shall probably lose And !
hundred millions between ihi. 4.
and the meeting Of that boay !, Il
csmbcr. We shall hnd 5sr.,,' i
having = deficiency 10 the rry,,, a
and uGhble 10 meet the expeuli,ss i
1sf she government. at the sane b, \
the people are taxed to the lina u
forbsassnse, aud at a time when de-, &
ought to be a superabundaut mem, a
The facts are 50 astounding ii.
eyea the friend. Of the Secre.ary =, /
not igsore them, One OF our vi, \
ming contemporaries Of thu "a :
while ssien pt,ng 70 expose some si
irsads 10 whiskey, tobacco nal ,
,rolcum, endeayors to whiieva.sl
MeCulloch. In the face u Ia
revelations il sQeAb Of hi. xii 4 {
Wisdom in mAhagine the aussa +
Affairs Of the nation. and tres to IA
,lw responsibility on his suborh,ais
land On residens johnson Buu
I forced sp4loey OF la5oreI ni.re,s
sepsalon IN deceive the peopks
Ia The really respectable party W
MeCallock y to Name. T. blaa.
We say, but that word is too mild,
guilty is not too strong word b,
such gross neglee, of duty supvos
= man a, the head oil ans large bss
nes establishment should rern
f'raudulsp. aspais and outside rasis
to steal mere than a third Of hi. Gu
ployer'. iacomc. and bring them u
the brink Of bankruptcy how aesdI
VIC characterize his conduct WI
should say j, was little short Of beis.
criminal, II at all, though the dAii
qucat might not be reached By III
laws. What is the difference be've,
the Aof such srerson and that d
the mar II the head Of the Treasui
-of the financial business Of u.
nation ? None, except in the ofcue
bring msgni6sd in proportion to III
amount Of the foss. The guilty MAJ.
aser Of . business firm may 'ose hs
employers ten, fifty, or lgndrei
thousand dollars Mr.. NJ ulloA
has ssst IL people and goserausr
whose ss<vsot he is, hundred' 4
millions.
Let us repeat the facts, which "
have stated before, in order that is
public nay sot Lose sight Of thea
Sixty or seventy millions of galls,
Of whisksy . rear arc mar uiaeiurea
in thi. cosntsy. This must be n
u,rded N : low estimate when "
consider thss nissky millions yer
were produced hsfbrr the war Tk
tax i Two dollars ! gallon. The rev.
enuo fusn this artico alone should
be from q hundred and twenty nil
lions to n ndrsd and forty millions
yet according 70 prsssst returns The
amount will - reach twenty o
,hirsy millions. IL Dlaie terms, M
Mc('alloch has suGuea the govern
| men, 10 b. dsftss1l1 about hue
drcd milliors . year on whiskey alone
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