The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-12-05
Taxation.

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can see how it can be done, but any body
who does honestly want it can zee it with
one eye Tor both).
The way to reduce the tax is like
Greeley's way to resume specie payments
that is, simply, to reduce it. One House
passes the bill the other adopts it; the
Governor signs it, and, there, the tax is
one-half of one per cent. Mr.. Packard can't
"see it," because be knows that the Gov
ernor (so-called) riU not sign the bill.
And that is the only difficulty. The
Republican C. E. Committee, in response to
the communication of the Property Holders,
Union, passed three resolutions, the last of
which is as follows:
! Resolred, That this request finds especial
force in the fact that the committee fails TO
tons to taxation can be made to suffice II :
interest Oh the public debt and the aiuten ance
of the schools, levees and government of the
State. s. B. PAckAsD, President.
Mr.. Packard being in public opinion the
whole Com mittee himself, or at least the
"Boss" of it, we treat the resolution as his
own.
The interest and the School fond and the
Levee fund is all stuff. The State School
fund lie, 30 far as the public is informed,
principally devoted to the use Of those who
pay NO taxes, after deductipg the large pro
portion OF it which is stolen by the especial
carpet-baggeTs who are detailed for that
duty. The Levee fund is equally useless,
| since our late experience has proved abso-
lutely-a thing evident to common sense
without waiting for experience-that the
permanent crevasses do a great deal more
good by running off the water than the
levees do by withstanding it. The pro-
prietors are amply able to keep up such
levees as ought to be permitted.
"The interest fund" If the grand old
State of Louisiana does not pay her in
terest the proud head of her loving visitor,
Packard, will be bowed down in shame
How we Louisianians would ever be able
to stand that remains to be seen. We could
stand the non-payment of the interest
itself without groan but it would be bad
about Packard. To see the bushes of that
eminent man 1t makes no difference that
Mr. Packard himself and his little ring
have created the debt on which we have to
pay that interest !" neither should we
pause to dwell on the thought that it is Mr
| Packards friends who hold the little
coupons; we scorn these sordid considera
| tons as much as Mr.. Packard does himself
and We only glory in that flial piety witt
which he, though a stranger, regards the
reputation of our beloved Pelican. Shall
that devoted bird, which sacrifices herself
for her progeny, go back now on herse
and her fame Shall she refuse to give bel
life blood to feed her young, and thus dive
at one flop FROM the sublime to the absurd
Never, never says Packard. Ditto, ditto
say the tax payers themselves.
l But just here, in the midst of the en-
thusiasm, the annoying little question
comes in: Who are the real chicks o
mother Pelican7 Packard says: We, we
we. We of the Custom House we of tn,
State House we of the tax department
we the coupon men I'VE are the rea
chickens. We are easily known by gu
being so we'll fed. The tax payers say No
You are a bastard brood. Our wives ant
children are the helpless ones for whom til,
Pelican State will give her life blood
Honor, as we'll as charity, begins a
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that her children be not crushed out 0
home and country, aud, Gfterrdrl, that he
outside honor be maintained. She will
not slay her children to feed the vulture
that hover over them with the hoarse or,
of "houor Shy Jocks honor.
But the "intereSt," says Packard patrio
tically. That's al! very well for Mr.
Packard who can get on quite comfortabl,
whatever may be the rate of taxation
For his satisfaction, however, we can tel
him that whenever prosperity returns, AM
no sooner, Louisiana will pay the interes
if she owes it.
We believe candidIy that our peopl
have no favors to ask of Mr.. Packard AM
his whole ring-not even of Presiden
Grant the graudarch ring. master. It i
the first time in the history of this countr,
. that its ODhlic affAira have heen rnled hv