The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-12-17

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dat the Time lind arrived when hy Wi.p
anil prudent lrai la'jOu tuurncss should
Iook tuH policy which would place our
currency af rur with gold Uf M distant
day. The tax collected rom iht people
has been reduced mbru thBu 800 5000
per anuum BY stcaAnoss IN our pre- tnt
course, There u mo- reason why In a f.v
short years Me national tnN rlthrryr may
not disappear from tine dour of The CitizJu
almost entirely
With the revenue stamp dispensed by
posima.tcrs In every community, a taS
upon liquors of all sorts and tobacco In All
los forms, and by a wise adjustment of the
tariff, which will put a duty only upon
those articles which We could dispense
with, known rs luSurirs, and on thos,
which We usc more of than we produce
revenue enough may be raised after a few
years Of peace and consequent reduction
Of Indebtedness, 10 iultill all our obliWl
tons ana a further reduction of expenses
in addition to u reduction Of Interest
account may be relied ON to make hi.
practicable.
REVENUE REFORM.
Revenue reform, if il means this, In,
my hearty support. II il implies a colluc
ton Of all the revenue for the support o
the Government, for the payment OF prin
cipal and interest Of the public debt, pen
sions, etc, by directly taxing the people
then | am against revenue reform, and con
tdently believe the people are with me. !
IL means failure TO provide the nccessar,
lltull7 W h'iiAN Viz NADtllNth VI tllt NftN
eminent, and thereby reputation of tn
public debt and pensions, then | am still
more opposed to such kind of revenue re
form.
Revenue reform has not been defined b.
any of its advocates, to my knowledge, bu
seems to be accepted as something whic.
; is to supply every mans wants withou
any cost or effort on his part. A true rev
I. enue reform cannot be made in a day, bu
y must be the work Of national l~cgislatio
and Of time. "A 0 as the revenue ca
be dispensed with all duty should be re
= moved from coffee, tea, and other article
Of universal Use not produced by ourselye,
The necessities of the country compel u
' to collect revenue from our imports. A
army of assessors and collectors IL not
pleasant sight to the citizens, but that or
tariff for revenue is necessary. Such
: tariff, so far rs 1t acts in encouragement {
home products, affords employment to L
= Dor at living wages in contrast TO the pa,
, per labor of the old world, and also in ii
= development Of home resources. Und'
. the act of Congress of the 18th day of Jul
1870, the army has gradually been reduce
so that on the first day of January, 1877
, the number of commissioned officers m
men in all will not exceed t|hcnumber co,
templated by that law.
i DEPARTMENT BUILDING.
The Department building is m o
n structure, not flre-prnof, and entirely i
/ adequate in dimensions to our presel
! wants. Many thousands Of dollars Al
' now paid annually for rent of priva
/ buildings to accommodate the warrior
Bureaus Of the Department. ! recon
! mend an appropriation for u new w
1 Department building, suited 10 the presel
and growing wants Of the nation.
G ARMY AND NAVY.
The report Of the Secretary Of W
shows a very satisfactory reduction in I'll
/ expenses Of the army for the last iisci
8 year. For details you are referred to h
accompanying report. The expenses
q the navy for the whole of last year, !. 4
s from December /, 1859, the date Of II
/. last report, are less than $10,000,0O0, {
9 about $1,000 600 less than they were Il
previous year.
[ The expenses since the commencemei
r Of this fiscal year, 1. e., since July I, sho'
for the five months a decrease of oyt
S2,400,000 from those of the correspond
ing months Of last year.
The estimates for the current year we
$28,205, 768.0j, Those for the next yos
C are S~20,GS3,3l7, with $685., 100 additions
s for the necessary permanent improve
ments. These estimates arc made closel
s for the maintenance of the naval estal
n lishment as 1t now Is, without much in III
1 nottfFa of tIo Yaartnanapf trnprnra.,.A
The appropriations made for the last an
. current years were evidently intended b
r Congress andar sufficient only to keep tn
navy on its present footing, by the repail
ing and r%efitting Of our old ships. Thi
policy must Of course gradually but surel
D destroy the navy and it is in itself Fl
t from economical, as each year that It
pursued the necessity for mere repairs !
ships and navy yards becomes more in
. perative and more costly, and our curren
expenses are annually Increased for th
mere repair Of ships, many Of which mus
, soon become unsafe and useless.
| ] hope during the present session q
!. Congress to he able TO submit to it a pla
by which naval vessels can be built and re
, pairs made with great saving upon til
! present cost. 1t can hardly be wise states
+ manship of o Government which repre-
, sents a country with over five thousan
i miles of coast line on both oceans, exclr
sive Of Alaska, and containing forty mi,
lions Of progressive people, with relation
+ Of every nature with almost every foreig
. country, TO rest with such inadeauat
means Of enforcing any foreign polio
, either OF protection or redress.
Separated by the ocean from the nation