The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-15
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cIpies OF their religion, Of which thew
alone are to be judges: merely wish 70
remar!l that churches of this character
may fairly be classod as luxuries. and az
snch, are peculiarly adapted to taxation.
Many good Christians deeply lamens tha
expen diture of so much money u1 N edi-
fires which minister to the desires al. 60
few and to these fey during only few
hours in every week. But |. tell those
'amonting Christians that tho only way
to koep within bounds the erecti IN zof
these costly churches is to subject them
to h n. t... F s4 .s-rT
JUST AND EQUAL TAXATION. ~
The 1Ts6nne tells US that our Episcopal
brethren are about to erect in this CITY q
cathedral that is to cost two millions Of
dollars. 1t will mestlik ,ly cost five; and
there ia one gentleman interested in the
scheme who couId build it outright, god
candlesticks and all, by assigning to it
his surplus income for Two years. Among
the subscriptions already received are
two of hundred thousand each. WOULD
put it to the justice of the American peo :.
pls, and | would submit it to the heavy
laden taxpayers of New York, il itr1
faIr to the lnhoring men of this city to
EXEMPT NucA an edifce as that from taxaE
ton. If it is to be ex ,mps from the
charge of supporting the Government.
then the Government ought to be exempt
from the charge OF supporting 1t. There.
Is a peculiar reason why this subject
should be considered now. Rvory ceiitu
~ has its pet virtue; ours is benevolence
The works of the philanthropists ap-
peal SO po"erfully to the hearr and Sc
klndlo the Imagination that it is easy for
US to attach an exaggerated value to them,
In truth ,nosvirsue needs mo5e instructine,
restraining, and guiding than benevo-
lence. If I may trust my own very limit.
ed observstson of life, I should say that,
generally, very benevolent character
IsA WEAK CHARACTER.
A weak character is, usually, extremely
sensitive 10 the appreciation of others,
runs readily so vanity and an iguoble lust
Of glory, and in itsiextreme Development
is n"t far from maGnesa. The strong
are just. and justice is far rarer. nc
bier, higher, more difficult. thing than
benevolenee. But bene Violence being the
popular virtue Of the century there is. a
general propensity to win it's easy and
lavish honors. Hard old moasy.maksrs.
after long life of hard dealing, smuse g
dreary, childIess, friendless, ioveless o. d age.
by founding institutions, of which we have
too many already, and consigning masses OF
ill-gotten property to the spoilation aud mis-
management of trustees.
A just taxation of these institutions wilt
but iavigorate those which have right to
exist, and gradually extinguish those which
neye" ought to have been called into being
America has been the
PARADISE OF DEAD HEADs.
Perhaps all good dead-heads in other lands
when they have died have come to America,
and we know for certainty that many have
been translated here without going through
the ceremony of dying. Dead-hea dism in the
United States has been s cause of widespread
decentralization. All Washington was more
Or less corrupted by it. The franks of mem.
bers ofCongress used 10 lie about everywhere.
and people grew rich upen the mere waste
OF the Capitol. AS to railroad passes. I was
once told that nobody bat fool ever paia
his fare. Base was the slave that paid. But
OF late we have been making an effort to,
change ali this.
The late Horace Greeley was one OF the
frst to set his face Fagainst the dead-hea6
principle in all Its manifestations, going SO
far as to put dswn his cents every time he
took copy Of the Trs6wSc from the counter
Of his own Office. When the late Horace f..
Clark offere him in Chicago q frse pass 80
New York he refused it, and denounced, with.
his usual vehemsnca, the entire system Of
trying to get something for nothing. The
Thanking privilege has been abolished. Mile
age is allowed no more. Free stationary ana
penknives are o "reminiscences. These three
great measures of reform suffice to redeem
whatever errors of Judgment the last Congress-
may have committed The railroad corpora
tions are making vigorous effort to break
I'D the fraudulent system Of free passes Con-
ductors of newspapers ne longer quarter
members Of their staff RPon hotels. The free
list is everywhere and In everything strxg.
Cling to get suspended It rema ms TO erase
from our statute books the entire catalogue
OF exemptions from taxation, and to adopt. Il
os as inviOiaAla rrii,ciOln that MI.