Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-07-01

them In the way Tor the purpose of replenishing
their drained Treasury, and aid opposers OF the
U. y. Government by apparently keeping oil able
bodied men upon her delaware )sacrcd sod "Out
of the draft" But "the hest laid schemes OF mice
and men oft gang aglee 'and so while Deaware's
wise men taxed the R to oppose the general
Government, then said r. r. deems " turn about
fair play" and extends the refreshing draft to
the people. Takes and curses, like fowls, come
home to roost."
But let us see where the greater extortion lays.
The wise men composing the General Assembly
of Delaware, met last winter at Dover After n
feint at legislation upon the great question Of
taxes, tkey with hearty accord throw this great
burtnen upon their former Atlas land, IN addition
10 former taxes" levy upon engines. cars, tracks.
Gross earnings, Capital Stock. (and the wonder
is), that they forgot TO mention the waste oil
used by 'said engines &c. or the boards used in
storing the freight In 'ssnid cars" am credta-
bly, informed that tho amount tins attempted 10
De eztorted.from this Company will exceed some
fifty thousand (5O00O) dollars Unfortunately
for Delaware Statesmen, the Atlas that has 50 long
born them up ''stood from under" and the nice
little sum OF taxation incurred, falls like au ava
lanche upon the people who most righteously dc.
serveit for hescand only such thesedesevre such
burthens, for the mean hypocrisy used during
our civil war; while they declared to the Govern
inent the determination to prevent enlistment and
oppose the drafts made for men, they did all the
Government asked by rapidly filling their
quotas, though not in so amiable manner
,s it was wished. Yet the Government could
well afford to stay Secretary Cumeorns hand
when he threatened the obliteratIon of her boun-
Diary lines, MS the Government was receiving the
men and the State Of Delaware, with dignity
worthy OF her name, refused to receive n COM
pensation for them. Certainly not Had she not
I'M Atlas to hold her up mighty Samson
chained to her pillars Of State? But what fall
Ing off is here. Il. Ii. @. says they are charged
five dollars each car. Trne and i, is so. But he
forgot to say to you that car holds five hundrrd
baskets of fruit. Nor did he tell you that the
total sum of taxes laid upon the Railroad Com
pauy reached fifty thousand 10000 dollars and
that the peach freights were more than oDe-flth
of the receipts of the railroad, while estimating
the crop to he one-and-a-half million baskets ut
the rate proposed, 1t would only realize fifteen
thousand (s15,00O) dollars to the Company Nor
did he tell the public that the result of all the
trouble which the Delaware Railroad has taken
taken to fully accommodate the peach growers
interest, is to be paid by base, dshonorable
violation of q contract regularly made by the
Committee and auiho, ICED by the Peach Growers
Association, and this after that Association ae-
ctptcd the terms and plans offered by tho Rail-
road Company fifteen Q5) months since. Now
the freight offered is less some 20 per cent than
in 1867, and am told that the plan Of 1868 was
entirely satisfactory. The only matter ut which
any parties can possibly take umbrage IS that
while the trainers OF the said tax hill assure the
people that the total amount OF tax to be paid by
the Delaware Railroad under the late act will not
exceed fifteen or twenty thousand dollars, the
Railroad Company assert the sum levied will
reach fifty thousand (5O,00O dollars. Here is a
discrepancy, but | feel satisfied If Il. II. Z. will
read the report of the last meetlngot the Peuin-
suar Peach Growers Association, he must bc
acquainted with the offer made by President
Hinckley to said Association Or il still dissatis-
fled let him wait upon the officers Of the rond In
courteous manner, and doubt not he will re-
turn satisfied that, in Justice 10 the enterprlsing
men who projected and carried to completion the
grcatartery OF The State and its greut Commercial
Highway the Delaware X. X. eau OF should do
no other than ms they have in the past and pro-
pose to do iu the future. b. I. j.