Year: 1878

As the result Of the injustice OF the


present laws providing for the collsc-


ton OF county and State taxes, 1t is nc


unusual thing to hear numbers ol


voters say that they intend to pay nc


more taxes until the law Ii altered


Without commencing such q course ol


action, we think that this would be an


edeetual remedy to cure the evil com.


nlain.d Of. Even Democratic property


holders would be apt soon to rebel


against making the real estate Of the


county pay all the taxes II must not


be assumed that the class who threaten


the retaliation referred to intend to


pursue that course TO get clear Of pay


ing the small pittance due To the coun-


ty and State, but simply because Of the


insincerity and injustice Of the law. II


its object was to raise revenue with


which to carry on the Government,


they would have no objection, but


being enacted for quite different pur-


pose, and that purpose a political ons,


they do not feel In honor bound to obey


such = law, which when enforced only


innres to the success of one political
party, and with them 1t is q question


whether they are morally bound to


obey a one-sidsd partisan law. II the
State had been really honest in its in


tsntions to collect taxes alike from all


citizens who are or would be voters II
assessed, it would have provided more
stringent means 70 snforcs the law, and
not have confided the execution Of It to
violent pavtisans who are ever ready to
take advantage Of every technicality TO
further partisan ends. When q person
in any kind OF business has q number
Of creditors, hs uses the greatest
energy snd watchfulness to collect the
debts due him. He does not post two
Or three bills up where they cannot be
seen, telling his creditors that he will
b. found at 4 certain place al a certain
time, to receive what they might have
10 pay him, and then stop right there.
This Is oil we'll enough ss far ss 1t goes,
tut after he has received the debts due
rom those who call upon him, he then
makes those who did not call the espe-
,ial objects Of his attention. He goes
- work and he hunts up the delin-
luents, calling up,n them from time to
line, until he either gets his money or
'ully satisfies himself that his debtors
ire not able to pay him before he trans
or. their names To the loss column in
he ledger. A single thought will con-
Tince the reader that this is the only
honest or REASONABLE course to pursue
BY any person who expects or desires
% succeed In business. The question
hen arises, why cannot the State Off
,ers who are entrusted with the collec-
i>n of the bills due from the State
collect such bills


We have only to say that there is no
eason except to give political advan-
age to the party to which the collector
,elongs. Itis no wonder that people
hould become disgusted with law
hat was evidently never Intended TO
~ lust, nor the enforcement Of which
va, never expected to be entrusted TO
anybody but the strongest partisans
Who fully understood its intent and
Who would enforce. it accordingly. That
he law is overreaching itself in the un-
ust purposes for which it was intended
= evidenced by the determination ex-
pressed by many never to pay any
more tax until tits repealed or changed.


IN Kent County wher- the Republicans
lad no ticket at the recent State election
he State Sentinel Is open in its advocacy
If no Republican paying any more
axes until just law bearing equally
alike upon all is passed and the small
lumber of votes polled in that County
On Tuesday last, shows that the advice
If the Sentinel is being acted upon and
the refusal Of the non property holders
% pay taxes will soon make itself felt
II tn. increased taxation of real estate.
As we have already said, We do not ad-
socate the same course to be pursued in |
New Castle County, though the neglect
,r refusal to pay the taxes imposed by
'uch partisan and Unjust law is one Of
he least crimes that could be committed.
W. would much rather see the people
aunt up the collectors and pay their
axes than to allow themselves to be.
,ome disfranchised and thereby be
placed in position where they could
not possibly have any voice in deter
mining matters of deep interest, when
such emergencies arise. Any time be-
tween the present and the meeting of the
Levy Court in March would be a good
time to pay taxes by those who may
happen to be assessed, as receipt for
tax paid now would entitle the holder
TO a vote in the city election in Sep
,aml,ar 1870 and the city election in