Middletown transcript., 1873-11-08
The Revenue and the Taxes.

Treasurer Spinucrs report, published
yssterday, exhibits . vast falling oil 10 the
receipts of the government during the las,
focal year from those Of the previou'
twelve months. As Congress waterfall,
reduced taxes aud duties year ago !, w.
to be expected that falling oH in receipt,
would be the imncdia,e effects uf that ac-
tion. but just ~ taxation has been 70.
duccd, both ,hc'legi,imate aud illssi,ma,e
expenses Of the government have incrcas.
ed. Every new year tue machinery Of
governing becou,sx more costly, new Offices
arc created. new officers aud salaries pro.
vidcd f,r them. and a custom house clerk
or g,uger expects to get such compcns"-
,ion as would a few years ago have salts
fled the modest wants of n Cabinet officer
or Judge of the Supreme Court. This.
however, il ne, the worst feature Of thu
business, for where there are 80 many pub.
lie officers !, is to be expected that there
will be q few not altogether honest once
But there are 80 many Of the latter sort
that Il il getting TO be a lu, stion where
e. honest ones are, and whether there l.
that wise care exercised in their selection
which circumstances would seem To de.
mand? IL is almost impossible to take up
. newspaper my mare without finding u
teleeraphic account Of so,uc official guilt,
Of defalcstion. What the aggregate cost
to the government is in the course Of
wear from this source, alone. is never ex.
hihitsd in the Treasures reports. but il
mu.t necessarily be very considerable.
O.. .tt.,i,. xu,U.sta NJ, Al IN
crease Of taxation may b. necessary ifh j.
determined by tho gnvernmcu, to c"n,in',r
the rapid cx,inyuishmcut Of the Daii"nnl
debt The people have never been salts
fed that tho government was not payiug
the debt too rapidly, injuring, thereby, ,h.
prosperity Of the country So much is dn"
abroad that the government, has, since the
close Of the war. been depicting our re-
sourccs aud swelling ihose Of distant ma
tions. II is true that when We needed
the money those nations lent it Ia Us. but
they lent II upon Mo.t rx'ravagant terms.
aud they would be better satisfied to h'
unpaid than paid They do not wan, tn
principal. bu, the Interest. aud We have
been, ut our own great Gust. compelling
them to receive the principal agsin't their
will
It IL folly TO talk OF increased taxes
The country is too greatly taxed already
Instead Of more taxniion there should b.
less, aud. il the affair. Of the government
are wisely aud honcstly conducted. any
increase would be .uperiluons But there
10 no a,tem ut made to cconouiize-to render
dcfalca,iou aud embrxxlrment uncon,non
by the selection Of men capable and OF
undoab,cd integrity. No measures are
suggested to stop the extravaganza and
fraud they go on, and, us II to put M
bar To them. increased taxes nre advised
Although the recent State election, show
the feeling against the policy of tho g"v.
cru,ucni it SCENE not TO have reached Mr.
SPISNER
The history Of the financial department ot
the government sinos the var csa be best
described by the one word. Drain-drain,
drain. drain alt the time. until at last busi.
ness being ovcr,axed. falls under the load
and wha, !. called panic sweeps over the
land like a hurricane. There is no necss.i,y
for paying ,hs debt MS rapidl, in the future
as in the past. and WHEN lh. fact is rccpg
nixcd il will b. found there is M necessity $
to increase taxation.-Pn hlairec.