The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-08-28
The Ircenla Tan.


ballot what tremendous power is thine.
The IEeeme Tax.
A prominent United States Senator writes
to Washington that the expression of pub
lie opinion elected by recent dispatches
from that city indicatin. 4 movement in
favor Of the repeal of the present income
tax, is strongly in favor Of modification
of the revenue laws looking to result so
desirable and SO popular. He further says:
Those who advocate the deduction of five
per cent. by the Treasury Department
when coupons are paid, claim this as the
most equitable and economical plan for the
collection of income tax on surplus wealth.
At least $1,GGG, Geo, eco of United States
six pcr cents are now held III Europe, and
on tie interest paid on these bonds not 4
cent of income tax is returned to the Gov
ernment. Citizens of this country are
obliged to pay the five per cent. tax on the
interest received by them. while tic foreign
holder is exempt. lie thinks that as a
Government we have 10 faith TO keep with
the foreign holders of our securities. The
United States negotiated her loans with her
own people, and not until after the com
plcte establishment of the supremacy of
the Government did the Europeans take
our bonds freely, and then the bonds
were purchased Of or through American
bankers, end should be subject to the same
taxation i'll foreign hanls rs they were III
the hands of the original holders, He
thinks Secretary Boutwell, will be justified
in recommending to Congress the repeal Of
the present income tax as an appropriate
practical exhibit of the fruits Of his official
labors. With Commissioner Delano to col
lect the taxes, sufficient can he realized
from whisky, tobacco, stamps, licenses, and
| 4 modified income tax, to meet the Sccre-
tary's budget Of eypendendtures. If See
rotary Boutwell, and COMMISSIONER EelanC
can and will relieve the people from! ti;o lii
quisitorial and unpopular income tax, il
. will be 4 difficult matter to prevent the
masses Of the people from testifying theil
appreciation of the public services of these
gentlemen. In conclusion, lie says he viii
| fight the rccently-cxpressod theory OF Sen,
ator Sherman to the bitter end.
THE AT!ANTIC.-TAe attractive paper
in the September number of the .Ahenti,
will be the True Stery Of Lady Byron
Life, by Mrs. Stowe. which is u revelation
made to the writer by Lady Byron fou,
years previous to her death. The latest
Byron sensation given to the world by Mrs
Stowe, purports to give tile true reason fol
the Separation of Byron from his wife, and
throws the entire blame upon him. The
crime charged upon Lord Byron by hi,
widow, G.,d for the first time given to the
world by Mrs Stowe, whpn tho parties are
all dead, is no less than incest. The reyc.
lation is horrible one, and we cannot pre-
tend to form an opinion as to the truth OF
falsity of the narrative. If Lady Byron
was the ethereal creature that Mrs. Stow,
paints her at the time of the latteI's visit
liSii tiic icNSi'tlioii " tH hiatt. IL WOULD bt
hard to ,!isbclicye the story; and yet there
is 4 chronological rGiGr in the account that
it seems difficult for Lady byron Ii. I.sal
made, or Mrs. Stowe to have overlooked
The narrative, or Story Of Lady Byron
claims that Lord Byron lived with his wifi,
two years. @!.rn the time between theil
marriage AID separation Wv. only G..e v"a,
and Il few days.
This Few revelation in tie life of til,
Poet by Mrs. Stowe, will Of course revive
again the old controversy of Byron and
bis domestic trouble, and the public vii
take sides fot end against the PARTIES as OF
former occasions. None will be satisfied
until they have read Lady Byron's pos,h.
nous Story as given t. the world by Mrs.
Stowe. The narrative will shortly be is
sued in book form by the publishers of the
Atlantic.
Whatever may have been Byron crime,
or immoral practices. ;!lc public has NOR,
to do with his poetry than Wit! hi: Private
life, and the former will live willie Iii,
English language remains, and when the
author will have been numbered among til,
dim shadows of 4 remote past, and Il.
little be known Of his private life as tina.
of Homer.
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