The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-08-18

- man .:fotsd for his ,restrictiv We
fnausiaissA od' commercial policy The
Rights 1wayA ri tectionists, adopted Free
otter &ghtip8 for many months against his
proposition to levy an import duty upon
raw materials, they covered. at the last
moment beheath his bold challenge to-them
to strike If they dared, and he marched TIL
,umphant out of the arena. 1t is probable
that in the rural districts his policy will be !
generally supported. 0atside, the eRtfe.
pots Of commerce the tax upon imports
wilt be generally preferred to an eight
penny Income Tax, which was the aiterpa-,
tive, but in the great seats of manufactures
it will be very unpopular; and this feeling
will be increased and embittered when
those foreign Powers with whom the EN-.
peror contracted commercial treaties begin
the war Of reprisals.. NJ. Theirs defends
himself behind the plea that q large loan is
Indispensable to the resuscitation of
France from her present depressed condi-
ton, aud that the proposed tax is indis-
pensable to the successful issue of the
loan upon terms favorable to France. An
Income Tax would be more equitable and
withal a more productive source of revenue.
No doubt the pressure Of direct taxation is
more acutely felt. A man will without
grumbling pay shilling in the way of in
direct taxation, while he fumes at handing
fourpence to the tax-collector. In the
the name of price, while the little pill ia
obvious to the senses but the great merit
Of direct taxation 10 that it reaches the
rich, while indirect taxation in general
falls the heaviest npon the least afauent.
There is nothing in the state of France to
make it an exception to the general rule.
The Debate on Raw Naterials.-The de-
bate on raw materials has been driven on
energetically by M. Theirs, who must have
uaed n good MANY of the hlank notScpa
that he is going 70 speak which are placed
| in succession upon NJ. Grevy's desk. He
has goaded the Assembly into voting the
principle Of the Bill by telling them that
he must have two hundred millions before
| the Loan was issued, that there was no
time to get them in any other way, and
| that the opposition to him was political,
! not economical, and so on. After all this,
| some sop to the Assembly was necessary,
and 80 NJ. Theirs told them that they
would reap the reward of their vote
when they returned !" for" said he, +" If
Assembly is to be opened, as it is asserted,
| let 1t I've known that we will never be ac-'
completes" The Republican press en-
deavors to draw distinction between ga
campaign against the Assembly" and ga
campaign for its dissolntion," about which
last, it says, the President has said. nothing.
But if he meant to include that also, con-
tinues the RepubHque Francaise, if he is
not an accomplish" in such campaign,
it may very probably turn out that he. is
"au agent" in it. Aud this is precisely
what he is. Consciously or unconsciously
NJ. Theirs is working for M. Gambetta; and
beneath all the ostensible measures of
finance and reorganization there is steady
underground work going on, which is pre-
pairing the road for the advanced Republi-
cans. NJ. Gambetta himself is not idle. He
is busily stamping the country with view
ff,f I,oD of no A.,
sembly itself offers an extraordinary spec
tacle. Although there has, perhaps never
been body containing greater number of
right thinking, honest and intelligent men,
their influence is absolutely paralized by
want of boldness and initiative, and the
liberated from the invader. The latter
motiYe is in itself a respectable one,
but it should not have been allowed to tri-
umph ever every other.
ITALY.
Talue of the Italian Guarantees-A re-
ply which the Holy Father has just made
to an address from some. of his old civil
servants has excited great anger in the
Revolutionary press. After saying that the
acts of the so called Governments of Italy,
Madrid, and Paris, proved that no help was
to be expected from them, he spoke of the
there are certain guarantees that there is
liberty for all to vote in the administrative
elections. l see, however, that this liberty
comes to nothing. A minister publishes
a circular which friGhtens every body.
There are tumults in the streets. The
guarantees and the liberty do not exist.
Let every body, however, do his best let
everybody follow the advice Of persons of
weight, and if we do not succeed, it will be
proof OF the hypocrisy of the guarantees
and the liberty" "Unfortunate, thrice
unfortunate speech" says the Oapifalc.
Let the Pope speak; every word from his
mouth is a stone which falls from the cleri-
al ediiice; bat what will bccome of him
IN the day when the people shall execute
ustice ~ The threat is plain enough, and
) in itself an disqualification. OF the truth
II the Holy Fathers assertion. The
guarantees FOR the safety OF the Pope do
,"t exist, or the menace of tho Capitale
would be meaningless.
Preparations for HE E9ccGoaS,-The diff
cIauI antj-Catholic parties in Rome coal l
seed, with a view .of not dividing the
liberal interest, aud presented only one s
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