Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-09-25
Letter from Washington.


NAsaISaTeN Carr, Aususl 70, losl,
. Ihs EiilsIs si'ls Rslls, Iisssli'
The return from tho lnteFna
Revenue Department 0f receipts io
tho past year indicate that the COS
OF collecting this infamous and lTu,y
unconstitutional tax is about a
1 great as the amount collected there
from, The receipts yesterday wer'
a little over 100000, The mOnll
Of August produced a trife 0yel
SIS, 900, 600, aud since tho 80, o.
June, 1869, the amount collected
was only nearly s35, 100000. Ia
conjunction with this We learn from
a s., ,emeat prepared by the Bureau
~ internal Revenue, that the
amount Of whiskey now held In
bond throughout the United States
Is eighteen million two hundred
and iiily.seven thousand gallons,
now in the bonded warehouses. Ii
has been calculated that this amount
IF whiskey Of thrown upon the
retail market would yield the enor.
nous sum of one hundred aud six.
ty-four million two hundred and
twcnty.threo thousand dollars. II
would not take very long TO pay
or the National debt at this rate,
say the Yankee caleulators. Now
forgetting that the sum above men.
toned is turned over twenty or
thirty times, | would like 10 SEQ tho
process by which they make IL. But
in the amount Of whiskcy now
bonded, We see tho rnse Of the
"Bondholders," who are determined
TO put on an additional tax. Not
for revenue, but in tho interests of
the whiskcy ring. A high tax nee
ossarily defeats its object, has q ten
dercy TO break up the small dealers,
who arc generally honest, and throw
the whole trade in tho hands Of the
wealthy firms, who, n general thing,
are successful in their determine
ton to swindlo the government, or
rather to evado tho unjust require
ments Of this unconstitutional and
intolorablo Internal Revenue laws.
The corruption engendered by this
law are appalling to any pure and
conscientious man.
President Grant arrived here yes
tcrday, and after brief interview
with the host of Office seekers who
sought his presence, Cabinet meet
ing at which were present Secrota-
ries Fish, Rawlins, Robeson, and
Cox, Postmaster General Creswell,
Assistant Secretary Richardson and
Assistant Attorney General Field.
The session lasted four hours. The
principal topic discussed was the
condition of the South. Grant per-
formed another of his strange sum-
mersaults by refusing to entertain
a proposition to remove all the
office holders in Tennessee who
were in favor of Senter, and fill
their places with Stokes men. 1t
is impossible to calculate on Grants
position. Freed for a time from the
influence Of Boutwell,, the President
may and probably does, feel indis-
posed to take an active part in poll
tics, because he loves peace and
quietness. When Boutwell, comes
back to his official duties Grant
will, in all probability assume the
role of furious Radical again.
l have made diligent inquiry but
do not find any confirmation of the
rumor so industriously circulated
from here few days ago to the of-
feet that the Cabinet would be re-
by the designations of
Boutwell, and Crcswell, said rcsig-
nations to be made at the request
of the President Neither Cres-
we'll nor Boutwell, have any more
brains than the laws allow, but they
have far more energy and deter
than the rest Of the Cabi-
net combined, and hence their dom
mating the government. If these
two men are requested to leave the
Cabinet the Radical party will be
split into two irreconciliable fac
tions at once. But Massachusetts
has tasted power SO long she will
not resign it if possible. Should
Grant dare to molest her, in her
grasp on the public purse, he would
very quickly be impeached and re-
and Mr.. CoIfax be installed
in his place. This is probably what
Boutwell, desires. Such an event
would secure him the next nomina-
ton of the party, and he believes
in the ability of that par
ty to elect it's next candidate. He |
would continue to be Secretary of
the Treasury Colfax's administra-
ton and he shrewdly calculates up
on the effect his manipulation of the |
public purse would have in ensur-
ing his chances before the people.
And Grant is really 80 stupid, l
should not be surprised if he fell
into some such trap. He is acting
The part of the Bat, in the fable of
The Battle of the Birds and Beasts,
and very justly, in any court, will
meet with the fate that recreant so
richly deserved.