The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-06-13
la SHEARER O GEO. W. TlPPETT
EDIToBs AND PRoPRrEFoRs.
POINT PLEASANT. w. VA.
THURSDAY. :. JUNE 70, 1901.
HIGH TAXES.

provo that thsgssseTlion is true. Some
people are much given to wholesale
dsnunciOiion oil men and things, EN-.
PloVing a great many meaningless words
in their furious onSluughtS. Yet there
are individuals who attribute these
mental distribes to hearty conscien.
iOusnesS.-A righteous indignation %
the part Of those who originate them.
They do not take the trouble themselves
TO examine into the evidence to sub,
Ssanliate these biQingsgOto charges. aud
altogether forget that h7poCrileS and
falsifsrs may have as good knowledge
Of Webster'S Unabridged Os the most
sancsimOnous ma 10 existence, Every
thing would be made perfectly plain il
they would only reflect that an assertion
is of value Orly sit is truthful. This
they do moi do, and hence lies are 90
current as mOtilated .Shinplasleta and
false prophets as much respected as
genuine saiu!s.
These preliminary views have been
suggested BY The SANDER of the opposi.
lion journals to the effect that the U MON
party is responsible for the present high
taxes. Is there any truth in this lsser.
ton? Is It o fact that the Uniou party,
-Ot the Radical party if you choose 10
call 1t SOS responsible for the preseu.
high taxstiOnl We answer unhesita
tihgly that il is not Lat US now Prove
our assertion,
We grant that taxes are now high and
grieyous to be borne. Nay, we will go
further aud say vlhut these toxes have
been imposed by Congress and Stale
Legislatures controlled by what the op.
position party call radical" representa-.
,iVes Of the people. But the question
is, who are responsible for them? Let
US answer that question by asking an.
other: Would the present high taxes
ever have existed il there had been no
rebellion? Most certainly not. It WsA
the rebellion that caused the great public
debt of the nation. The public deb:
vas incurred in endeavoring TO crush
treason snd maintain the government
undivided. The honor and the good
faith Of the government, demands tina,
her pscuuiary obligations be mot
What injustice, then. Is there in taxing
the people to pay this public debt?
Every loyal man within the limits Of the
nation iS the recipient Of the benefits
aud protection Of the government, aud
he 10 therefore bound 10 see the liabii.
ties Of the nation-incurred 10 labor
ing for his own ACCESSIBILITY net and
iquidatsd. Asa matter of course taxes
must be high in propo rtiou 10 the er-
penses iDesssed, and they will probably
continue high uutil the public debt is
paid. after which they will settle down to
q standard neeessaryto meet the aolu oil
and necessary expenses Of the govern
msut. At what conclusion .hen are We
10 aIti'Vr SrsaP'J INV 'sus ToVv'V asS
alone responsible for the present high
taxes. This can only be denied by
those who affirm that rebds were not res.
ponsble for the ,oar. Well, il does not
surprise us that traitors should raise q
hue and cry about high taxes, because
they naturally feel little sore about
paying the government for giving them
soena thrasLing. Nevertheless, we
not only say that tho government iS all
right and the thrashing oil deserved,
but that the man who Afirms that the
Experimentation party Of to-day is
responsible for the Inauguration Of the
.lale rebellion. exhibits an unmistokablO
sympathy for the dOIt cause" lie him
self an opOlOEiSL for disloyaity, aud the
IOyo Of The Union is not in him. Is no,
this logical concIusiOnl Some pOrty
ssusi DO made responsible for che WOr,
and II the tault iS act laid 10 the charge
Of tho rebels, il falls on the Union men
Of the country. We never yet heard
. Euo USiOp man use Suph on apology