The Hillsborough recorder., 1877-07-11
pilIsbaluugk 4srarasr,
wEpNEsDAY.,.. July 1871
TIE INTERNAL REVENUE RUI-
SANCE


tiaa Of the internal revenue system. We
apprehend tina. it asks too much when the
country staggers under the enormous load
nf National Debt. and when every resource
is taxed TO meet its obligations. Asystem
ofs.exeise seems inevitable to provide for,
,aatsiie of impart duties AID other contin-
gent sources ef reveiue. the demands on the
public credit.
Nevertheless. what may be accepted as a
necessary and anaveidable h,iic,ion may be
shsrd of half of rs OfTensiveness ~ reform
in the administration Of the revenue laws.
They may be administered honestly; aud
then the burden Of taxes may be reduced
one half. They may be enforced hunanes
lys;apd then they viii cease to be esaded.
or resisted as d hostile intrusion. They
ray be iaiS with judgment; and then taey
vii. cease to bear with unfair discrimina-
tion upop special industries. }'aAy @ss
but they are not administered honestly
and the people are plundered that q swarm
efpampered officials may live in luxury, or
that partizan politics may strengthen its
power by diversion Of money, levied for the
support Of :he government. to party uses.
They are not administered .humanely !;
and swarm Of spies and informers. Of off,
eiais and their satellites, backed mp By fe.
deral authority, rayage the country in the
insolebcc Of power, converting the collec-
tim Of taxes into q predatory warfare, and
investing their movements with all the hor-
rors Of hostile invasion. ~
They are lot administered with jadg-
ment and taxes are aid with diserimi,
mating partiality upon the products Of the
soil, imposing gresous and unequal burden
upon class which is She foundation rock Of
slls.natioaal Eeal,h; and making certain
products and industries bear . dispropor.
tfonste load Of taxation. and making one
-.Ns ~
special southern staple, a fayorite subject
Of fxiudictiyeipposiiion; thereby giving 0
sectional character to a system which should
be'ss broad asthe national domsin.i Us 1
And 50 from want Of honesty III col.
lection; from want Of hamanityin enforce
ment, and from want Of judgnentin inpo-
sition, The whole ipisrual' l'rerebue systepis Is
hatefuItO ihe people. While q texis,s With
its.present features, il viii be the subject
Of irrecOnciiesbIei confiet. Itiarsss ibe
people in hostility against 30 oi5ebsise no.
veIty novelty beeaase il introduces the
Infamous macbinery 81 spies and informers.
the natural growth of the eorrapt and des.
pOliO governments Of the old world amOEg .
race frank. irustfal. and straightforward.
substituting treaebery for unsuspeetiDg con-
fdsnee. aud generating suspicion to replace
,rusaDlnsss; aud il keeps up q feeling q
irritation utterly subversiye of that attach
mentio government which IL should be the
simsof every lsw 10 frsier. a w-1yjlsa
hihesystem caBuot BE repealed. that Is.
the levy Of the internal revenue tax. stiIi Il
may be 20 modified as TO be effective With
cut being offensive. The machinery m,y
he changed. the pressut instruments dis
placed. The suggestion q Mr. Robbins is
yrseticsl and wise. LET the dis,iller land
she toBseco manufacturer tool list bis pro.
duets ior taxstiOn to some official sitting q
,bs Court IIOu,e Of bis county. At certain
stated periods for this business. swearing to
his statement. and made liable fOr perjury
for falseIy swearing in regard ~ ID. and for
dOuDls iax Cor NOT listing.' as e.i " ais ~
Odtpeopie are not dishonest when trust
ed. and We DO not doubt double the money
would nov reach the Treasury tllsn is now
tuieteslie tsselrit through the bssds fthe
present. collectors p 49, e.s7s taa3 .s8as
Lai..s ideas Of VIZ. Eobbinsbs pushed.
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sihce the above was in type. We have
seen she-lSaier ofIIon. A. D. WadSell II
ihs Ngws u The Sdl Inst. confirming Our
riss,ss toths nppraeiicsbiliiy OfabOlisb-
ing The Ip.erpaI RssenEs System;
The Herald pabIi.hsd the obi,uszy d :hs
psrnecraiie paris O-s day The next Day 10
,urued round spd aaughtsssd he Repu5li.
can party. IsH bow going 10 brsabe the
breslh. .or iife into thst new psrtyr That
new. puviy moves but .lpggisbly Il waits
for The PrOmstbesB Ere Of tIse. Herald. ID
I'll ssver ga % its feesh our liberal
frisas Cont nsssgs better. They blos
warn into d one day. and cold into d ihs