The New York Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1872, Page 6

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Matineo wag, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, ondway.— BOLENOK AND Aer sah Lee ice ere CONTENTS OF “‘TeeDAWS Raves I—Advertisoments, 2—Auveritsements, B—The Ste Capital: Lobbytsts Controlling tre Legisiatire and Dictating Laws: Passage of the Charter in Itie Senate; Demoral Discomiiure of the Seventy Soli Jrausic on its triai— The state of War in Texas—\acitting Notes— Misce!lancous Telegraph. 4—Europe: How the Schurz-Sumner Movement ts Regarded in Germany; The Coaitioi Among Spanish Poilticans Agamst tue Government; | The Approaching Elections—The Alubama | Claims— Muate and the Drama—Drifung } {ue Aulantie: ‘Twenty-Four Days’ Buifeung ca the Bitiows—Aquitic—Fire in Trenion—flec. | loral Meti outst Couvention—Sale of an Old Established Newspaper. G—The Freuch arms Inquiry—The Swamp An- gels—The Roveson Inquiry—New Jersey legisiature—art Matters—Lecture by Miss Tennte C, Clatin—Good Friday—the Metairie Races-- ‘The Pacitic Coust— Miscellaneous ‘lelegrams, 6—Eduorials: Leading Article, “Phe Question of Taxation in Congress—A Goou Beginning— ; Greater Reiorm Needea"—amusement An- nouncements, 7—Edlioriais (continued from Sixth Page)—The War to Mexico —Canle Telegra us from France, Germany, Spain and Cuoba—The Karthquake in Caitforntu—Connecticut: The Prospects of Repuolicans and Democrais—The Presi- dency — City Politics — Miscellaneous Tele ee emon lnteliigence—Business No- ices, Q—lnleresting Proceedings in the United States anda New York Courts—A Midnight Affray— Heinrich—Obiwuat estern Kallroad Wi Polsooing in brookly: Stroog Language iron Fatnery Ducey—Exam- Inailua Ol a Strange Proceeding—Legislatve Bruaders tn Austraias: O—Iron Founders in a Kix: Manufacturers of Marine Bower Piates Stopping Work—Vaccina- tion—Our Metropolitan Markets—Broaklyn Affairs—Brookiyn Mercantile Liprary Report for 1871— New York City News—Finunctal and Commercial Report—Marriages, Births and Deaths, né 20—The Washington Treaty: America’s Reply; Upinivn of the English Press—News trom Australasia—Literature: Criticisms of New books aud Chit-Cuat—The Domiician Friar— Jumped Jverboard—suicides—Snipping In- telligence—Ad vertisements, it—Columbia; Telegraphic Communication Be- “tween Panuma and Jamaica—Long Branci Races—Horse Notes—A Query to the Board ot Heaitu--Singuiar Colucidence—Advertise- meuts, 12 -Aavertisements, .» The Yrial of — Duicl Rapid Transit—Tne \ The Mysterious ALEXANDER MoCLURE, who has secured a seat in the Pennsylvania State Senate, has opened a budzet which will rcquire the con- gregated wisdom of the Keystone Slate a month's deliberation to digest. Hence there is no prospect of the Legislature adjouraiag immediately. Tue Income Tax is a prying, offensive, unequal, objectionable tax. It is not felt by the rich, but is a severe burden on men of small means, The Senate of the United States favors its repeal by a vote of nearly three to one. Let us see what members of | the House of Representatives will venture to | vote for its retention, Some Purvosoruer has figured out, after an | analysis of the last six elections in Connecti- | cut, that the actual average difference in the Strength between the (wo parties in the State jas been but seven votes. Politics in the “Nutmez State” have been at “sixes and | sevens” ever since Tom Seymour ceased to } lead the democracy there Tak Usirep Srares § devoting some of the wealth and property of the nation to the service of the toiling, labor- ing people. It is willing to make tea, coffee, gas and other articles of general consumption from ten to thirty per cent cheaper than they | now are, Let the people mark what members of the House of Representatives at Washington will dare to vote againat granting them this relief, ATE is in favor of “Our Countr N, Cart Sonvurz.”~-A number of tie German newspapers published in‘Germany and primed by Interested letter- writing faiherlanders in Washington have of late taken to praising ‘‘the great Missouri Senator, our countryman, Cari Schurz.” The French arms muddle affords an opportunity for the theme, It is not so much a love for “our countryman,” possibly, as for other motives that this foreign paffery is indulged in, There istoo mach method ta this lauda- tion of “the grout Missouri Senator’ to be either sincere or uabiassed, The policy pur. sued by Mr. Schurz and bis associates in this French arms transaction is, to say the least of it, questionable, and lacks that patriotism which should characterize all American itl. mons, whether of native or of foreizu birth, | fixed character of the securitles, NEW YORK HERALD; SATURDAY, MARCH .30, 1872.—TKIPLE SHEET. Tee Question of Taxation in Congress— A Good Beginuing—Greater Ketorm Needed. ’ We began to despair of anything belag done in Congress to relieve the country of burden- some taxation, but the proceedings in the Senate on Thursday with regard to the tariff and internal taxation have inspired some hope. There was an earnest discussion o2 this subject, and the Senate waa so absorbed with the consideration of it that the session continued till ten o’clock that night. The de- bate commenced on the question to remove the duty feom tea and coffee, The motion was carried, and then other articles were added to the free list. A clause to reduce the duty ten per cent on a lurge class of articles was also passed, Silk, however, was exempted from this reduction, The most sweeping amend- ment was proposed by Mr. Scott, of Peonsyl- vania, and it was carried by a vote of 28 yeas toll nays, This ameadment abolishes the income tax, taxes on illuminating gas, all internal taxes Imposed by section 110 of the Internal Revenue act of June 30, 1864, and all taxes by siamps, except the tax on banks and bankers, distilled spirits, fermented liquors, snuff, tobacco and cigars. The repeal is to take effect the first of next July, It fs roughly estimated that this measure reduces taxation fifty-five million dollars, Will the House of Representatives concur fn the action of the Senate? That remains to be seen, The Senate majority on the motion was very large, and this should have weight with the House, Mr. Scott's object, no doubt, was to reduce the revenue so much by abolish- ing internal taxation as to make it necessary for revenue to maintain high duties on iron and other things which protect the manufac- turers of Pennsylvania and other States. Still, the reduction of taxes to the amount pro- posed will be a boon to the country, The Senate has made a good beginning. It is fol- lowing the views to a certain extent which the Heracp has been urging. But it bas not gone far enough. Duties on articles waich enter largely into the industry of the country and affect its progress should be reduced as well as internal taxes be abolished. Instead of a reduction in the revenue of fifty-five millions it ought to be reduced a hundred millions, We hope the House of Representatives, there- fore, will not only concur in the measure just passed by the Senate, bat will improve upon it by a more extended reform. We have no doubt the President would gladly endorse the action of Conzress, though he may be pre- vented from taking the initiative in revenue reform by political considerations just at this time, His hands are tied by the Presi- dential campaign now commencing. But after his re-election—of which there appears to be little doubt—he will be free to ignore, if necessary, party and sectional considerations, aud to use his power for the welfare of the whole country, Being installed in office for a second term his ambition will be satisfied, and he will want no more favors from politicians or political parties. Much, there- fore, may be expected from his patriotism and the knowledge he has acquired while in the executive chair, The re-election of General Grant, consequently, will have both a con- servative effect and givo reasons for hope that after next November we may obtain important measures to give new life to the industry and progress of the republic, The great difficulty in the way of re- lieving the country of burdensomé taxation has been in the persistent determination of the administration and its party to raise a large revenue, with the view, principally, of dis- cbarging a considerable amount of the public debt, and thu: to acquire popularity with the people. Nor can it be denied that the liquida- ton of nearly three hundred millions of the debt in three years of General Grant's administra. tion is w great fact. Heavy as the burden of taxation to raise such a vast surplus revenue | has been, and much as it has retarded the development of the country, the people will look with gratification at the result io paying offso much of the debt and in reducing the annual interest eighteen millions. It is but fair to say, too, that such an exhibition of the resources of te country and payment of such a large portion of the debt in so short a time have s:renzthened greatly the national credit. That is, all the world has become convinced of the ability of the United States to liquidate the debt within a comparatively short time and of the determination to pay to the last dollar. This much good has been accomplished, and the people will give the credit to the administration of General Grant, We have thought that it would bave been a wiser policy, as far as the interests and pro- gress of the country are concerned, to have raised a smaller revenue and to have left more of the debt to be paid in the future, when the wealth, population and resources of the nation will be greater and the burden less felt, and, we have no doubt, the cradit of the government would have beea as well estab- lished. England pays very little of the principal of her enormous debt, which is nearly twice as large as ours, and there is no expectation that the whole will ever be paid; yet her credit stands very high, her three per cent securi- ties being worth nearly as much in the market as our six per cents, It is not so much the amount of the principal of the debt paid that strengthens the credit of the government as the ceriainly of paying the interest and the Nothing more {s needed than a comparatively small and undisturbed sinking fund with regular payment of interest to maintain the credit of the government. l[adeed, the less the bur- den of taxation is, and, as a consequence, the greater the industrial development and pro- gress, the higher will the credit of a country rise, England is a striking example of this fact. While, therefore, the policy of the admluistration in raising uanecessarily an enormous revenue, or, rather, the policy of the Secretary of the Treasury, to which the President has merely assented, may serve a political purpose, it is not sound in principle, and ought to be abandoned as soon as the Presidential election settles the succession for the next four years. Had Mr. Boutwell been more tntent on promoting the interesis of the country than his own ambition, and had not the dominant party studied the immediate political effect of paying the debt so rapidly, the people might have been relleved of many of the taxes they now have to bear. This session of Congrosy must soon end, The political conventions and the Presiden- tial question will soon demand all the atten- tion of members. There is not time, perhaps, to thoroughly improve our revenue syetem aud place it upon a sound basis this spring. Next December, after the re-election of the President, or next March, Congress can give more attention to this matter. Assuming that General Grant will continue in power another term, be will, as was said, be in a position to take the initiative in revenue reform. While he may be crreful to maintain the tntegrity and unity of the party electing him, aud his own position a3 the representative of that party, as he bas been during the last three years, he will be more independent. Regard- ing bim as a Western man, and as having grown up and received his early political edu- cation in the heart of the great agricultural West, be is not likely, wea untrammelled, to favor sectional or local interests or a ruinous protective policy at the cost of the mass of the people. As there is litile chance of the democratic party electing a President next November, and, If it wera possible, as that party will have only a minority in the next Congress, the best prospect, probably, for revenue reform and a removal of burdensome taxation will be in the re-election of General Grant. He may be able to carry bia party with him, or to combine a party of different elements for attaining this great object, whereas a President in opposition to Congress and with less power might do nothing—might, in fact, prove an obstructioa to needful reform, To the meantime the publig mind and our legislators should be prepared for a sweeplug change. The idea of a war income, or reyenud of such a magnitude as the government still receives, and that seven years afier the war ended, is preposterous. From three hundred and fifty millions to four hundred millions o year in time of peave and under our simple republican form of goverament fs far too large a sum to draw frem the industry of the paople, Congress and the executive departments of gov- ernment have clung to ihis idea of a war revenue and have disliked to come down to a reasonable peace income. Money Is power, and no party likes to give it up. The enormous sarplus income of the Treasury is an inducement to all sorts of corrupt and extravagant jobs, by which the politicians profit, The collection and disbursement of it give employmont to a host of needy partisans, The protectionists find an argument in {t_ for aphgiaine high tariff duties. It is the most frult- ful source of extravagance and corruption. The income of the government onght not to excced two hundred and fifty millions a year, and that would be ample for all expen- ditures, and a good round sum to be applied to the liquidation of the debt. A less amount, indeed, would be sufficient for an economical administration, A hundred millions of taxa- tion might be removed safely, and then the Treasury would be well supplied. Tt is said the articles on which datles were imposed last year were about three thousand. They ought not to be as many hundreds, The cost and difficulty of collection, and the frauds that must arise from such a complicated sys- tem, can be better imagined than exposed. But it is not only the evil of raising a large and unnecessary revenue and the great cost of collecting {it from these multifarious duties of which the people have reason to complain. While the government receives two hundred millions and upwards from customs du- tles the people actually pay more than double that amount, Take cotton manufac- tures, for example. The duty {s about forty per cent. From: tbiriy millions or thereabout in value imported the government received less that eleven millions, raised the cost of domestic cotton manufac- tures to the consumer forty per cent, and as the consumption of these domestic manufac- tures amiounts to about a hundred and seventy millions, the American people pay a tax of fifty-six millioss, which goes into the pockcts of our manufacturers, over and above the ten to eleven millions which the government collects, It is the same, proportionately, with woollen manufactures, iron, silka, leather and other things. The duties might be decreased considerably, and then there would be a larger protective margin, both from those that would still be imposed and from the-cost incidental to foreiga importa- tions. The country needs 9 thorough revision of the tariff, lower duties, a simpler system of raising revenue from a few articles of luxury chiefly, and an income that will re- move the temptation to corruption and lead to an economical administration of the govern- ment. With theso refurms new life will be given to industry and commerce and the re- public will bound forward in prosperity, The Cause of the People. The United States Senate, by the em- phatio vote of twenty-eight in the affirmative to eleven in the negative, has declared in favor of the abolition of the {income tax and of all the harassing and op. pressing taxes imposed on necessary articles of consumption by the Internal Revenue act of 1864, leaving duties only on banks and bankers, spirits, liquors, snuff, tobacco and cigars, This affords direct relief to the poorer classes and devotes to their immediate benefit some of the advantages of the national pros- perity secured by their efforts and sacrifices in the war of the rebellion, instead of grinding them down under an undue load of taxation in order to pay off the national debt at bigh pressure speed. The people of the United States now ask whether the popular branch of Congress, the House of Representatives, will defeat the good work done by the Senate and refuse them these great boons? Let the vote of every Representative be marked, so that it may be known where the responsibility rests if the Senate tariff law should be defeated, The fight is between the psople and the special interests of capitalists, Every Representa- tive who may vote against the Senate amend- ments votes against lightening the most op- pressive burdens of the great mass of the people in order to protect special interests and to add to the wealth of monopolists, Tux Coxangssmen from New York should bo a unit ia favor of the Senaie tariff amend- ments abolishing tho income tax, the duties on tea, coffee, gas, &e., and the lessening of the duties on woollens, cottons, iron, earthenware, glassware, &e. We shall be careful to let the constiiuencies of New York know the names of thelr Representatives who may vote against these propositions for the relief of the people, But this | Tho Mexico Berder—The Texan Melegatipa to the White House and the Promise of General Grant. ’ A sirong delegation of distinguished citizens of Texas waited upon the President the other day In reference to Mextcan outrages upon the soil of Texas, and for the purpose of -ask- ing protection against the Mexican marauders concerned in these acts of war against the United States. Senator Hamilton, in behalf of said delegation, informed the President that he was in possession of numerous trust- worthy communications from Western Texas setting forth the frightful condition of affairs on the frontier, caused by armed bands of Mexicans invading the soil of Texas, driving off into Mexico thousands of cattle, and destroying tho property of our citizeus; that the raiders are Mexi- can soldiers, believed to belong to General Cortinas’ command, attached to the gov- ernment of Juarez, and that against these bands of moss-troopers the border people of Texas are powerless. Accordingly, through this delegation, they asked the President’s intervention for their protection, General Grant appeared to be deeply impressed with the representations made, and promised the protection requested. In relation to this General Cortinas our special despatch of March 26, from Browns- ville, Texas (published next day), furaishes some specific information of considerable im- portance, It thus appears that the Grand Jury of the United States Dixtrict Court at Browns. ville has indicted this Juarist general, Cortinas, tor levying war against the United States and for encouraging robbery, murder and treason. The presentment states that the Mexicans have been carrying on a predatory border war since 1865; that Moxicad officials, civil and mili. tary, have taken part in these outrages upon the property and the lives of the people of Texas; that a reign of terror prevails along the Rio Grande; that informers against these freebooters being threatened with death the names of witnesses agalnst them are sup- pressed; that the Moxican markets are open for the sale of cattle stolea in Texas; that Cortinas, in this border warfare, bas murdered citizens and soldiers and robbed the mails; that on application President Juarez has re- | fused to remove this brigand; that his com- mand are always mounted ou stolen horses, and that since 1865, on an average, five gand Texas cattle have been stolen ly, equal to a totul loss of six zillion three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the depredations of the ‘‘Kickapoo Indians,” who are Mexican citizens, We are not surprised that, with this pre- sentment, the Grand Jury making it, suggests the necessity of an efficient force of United States cavalry on the border as the only remedy for these evils, At the same time it appears there have been a number of ocon- victions for smuggling and for violations of the Internal Revenue laws before Jadge Morrell at Brownsville, but that he has been lenient to the guilty parties because their crimes, in comparison with the depredations of the Mexican raiders, had come to be regarded as “venial.” In other words, these Mexican forays upon Texas have so terrified our border people that they look upon smurgling as fair play- against their. government, which has denied them ‘protection. But the question may be asked, How is it that the State of Texas, which could send 50,000 armed men into the field to fight for Jef Davis and his Southern confederady, is sow unequal to the task of protecting its own border agaiost a few hundred Mexican border ruffians and Indians? Itis because the State of Texas, impoverished by the rebellion and robbed since the war from year to year by the carpei~ baggers, is not equal to the task of maintain- ing a body of two or three thousand cayalry- men along the Rio Grande; and, moreover, it is because this frontier duty belongs to the United States, Where, then, lies the grave responsibility for the neglect of this duty on the part of the general government for all this long period of seven years since the close of the rebellion ? It may be said that the President has de- pended upon his official subordinates for information on te subject, and that they have neglected from time to time to report to bim the exact condition of affairs. It may be said that Mr..Secretary Fish, taking his cue from Mr. Seward, has made it his policy to help rather than embarrass the government of Juarez, and that so he has ignored these border troubles as the passing accidents of Mexican revolutionary wars, thus keeping the President in ignorance of the facts, It may be said that the Secretary of the Interior has been too busy in his Evangelical experi- ments with Red Cloud, Spotted Tail and Standing Bull to give any of his attention to the Mexican ‘Kickapoos,” who are outside of his department, and that the Secretary of the Treasury has been so much absorbed in the affairs of the New York Custom Honse that the smuggling operations across the Rio Grande, whether involving thousands or mil- lions of dollars, have really escaped his atten- tion, But what can we say for General Belknap, the Secretary of War? Oaly thia, we suppose, that fn his zeal for the reduction of the expenses of hig department he has still delayed and hesitated to incur the expense of a few mounted regiments on our Mexican frontier, still persuaded that these border troubles were greatly exaggerated, and, if left alone, would soon blow over. And what shall we say of President Grant! But with the facts at length laid before the President from this delegation of Texans, and through the Hgratp from the the Grand Jury at Brownsville, and with the promise given of the protection required, we cannot doubt that these Mexican cattle-stealing forays will be stopped. We suppose that some regiments of mounted men will at once be added to our insufficient armed force on the Mexican border, and that the Secretary of War will seo to it that these reinforcements are prop- erly distributed along the river, So far so good! But something more in this business is required of the Presi dent, for there is much more in it than cattle stealing. Submitting all the facts we havo re- cited or suggested to Congress as calling for intervention for the pacification of Mexico, in some form or other, General Grant should recommend to the two houses an enabling act, whereby he may proceed at loast to treat with Juarez for the permanent settlement of these border trou:les, evon to the extent of the Proposition of a protectorate, Meantime, fa detailing an effective body of troops to the Rio Grande, we think they should be under Do hampering instructions in regard to the river boundary; but, considering the fact that Cortinas bas been depredating under a carte blanche from Juarez, our commander on the Rio Grande should havo full liberty to clean out these Mexican border ruffians on both sides of the river, {including Cortinas and his garrison in Matamoros, After nursing and strengthening Juarea through a period of ten or twelve years, including his protection at El Paso and the expulsion of the French protectorate, surely it is high time to put an end to this trifling in 9 decisive settlement with Juarez and with all his fighting factions by the strong hand of justice and in bebalf of law, order, civilization and humanity, For if- anything is certain it is that the people of these United States will not patiently submit to war. War it is on this Mexican frontier, by whatever name we call it, We are as surely bound to protect this Southern border as to defend the harbors of Charleston and New York, The averment that Juarez is unable to control his people and avoid theso acts of hostility to the United States amounis-to nothing, We can give Juarez and his government a!l pos- sible opportunities for establishing the repub- lic and crystallizing the elemenis of nationality into a sound and perfect nation, But he has had this opportunity and bas lgst it. What- ever we may think of Juarez, and however we may wisi to strengthen his hands as the con- stiiuHonal ruler of the Mexican people, we are bound to protect ourselves, Elso wherefore 2 7 oe, 2 e a goyernment? We appre- ciate the difficulty that stands in the way of General Grant doing anything that may look like an invaston of the prerogatives of Mexico. We caii see how easy it would he to regard the simplest act of friendliness as war, and how a reckless and ambitious chief like Santa Anna might obtrude a war upon America, which of all things, in the present state of our Industry, our debt and our reconstruction policy, we desire to avoid. We can appreciate the President’s desire to avoid the bluader of St, Domingo. We can see that there is a duty resting upon Congress that must be per- formed before the Exeouiive cad act. At the same time General Grant may, in the per- formance of the ministerial functions of his office, do something the moral effect of which will bo equal victory. Let him send Sheridan to the Rio Grande. Hehas a perfect right to do this, just as much as-to send him to Ghi- cago or St, Paul, The moral effect of Sheridan's presence at with a_ regiment or two as,a ‘‘brigade of observation” will ba equal to the movement of an army six months from now. If the neces- sity arises, and the President seez, what he cannot in time fail tosee, that there must be an occupation of the Mexican country or a protectorate to- secure immuaity from these acts of war, Sheridan will be ready to carry his orders into execution. Sheridan will go as the “liberator” of this richly-favored but un- happy people; and, in addition to insuring the peace of our border and the integrity of our laws, the President will have the satisfac- tion of setiling a question which embarrasses ug as much ag: Europe'ig embarrassed by tho Polish or Eastera question, and of enabling us, as our contribution to the progress of the age, to do with Mexico what we have done with Texas and California, Let General Sheridan be sent to the Rio Grande. Tae Senate oF THE Unirep Srares has declared in favor of repealing the duty on tea and coffee. This will not only greatly reduce the cost of these necessary articles, but will insure the sale of purer articles, The mil- lionnafre who buys tie best ia the market, regardless of expense, will care nothing for this repeal, but it will be a boon to the labor- ing man and to all the poorer classes. Will the House of Representatives, under the pressure of the lobby, refuse this concession to the people? Geyerat Joseph ©. Apport, of North Carolina, is mentioned in the Baltimore American (administration) as a candidate for Vice President of the Philadelphia Republican National Convention. Cannot so great a Con- vention afford more than one Vice President ? THe Centra UNpgrerounp RatLroap Houmsve Brut was yesterday ordered to a third reading in the Assembly, In the Senate the samo measure was reported from the com- mittee adversely, and the report was laid on the table, R. I. P. It is opttonal with the Senate whether it is ever resurrected or not. We have no fear of their action in the premises, notwithstanding the pressure of the lobby. Representing the State, the Senators also represent the metropolis, and they know full well that it is their duty to endorse the recommendation of their commit- tee. The bill is too palpably iniquitous for the serious consideration of conscientious legislators, Rapid transit is imperatively de- manded by our citizens, and any dilly-dally- ing with it by their representatives will be remembered. All the wild and visionary schemes now before the Legislature should be squelched at once, and the remaining days of the session, after the charter is damned or adopted, be devoted to the consideration of a bill for the construction of two viaduct rail- roads by the city. This is the only solution of the rapid transit problem, Cincinyatt is becoming famous as a place for the fostering of genius. Only a short time ago an inventive individual obtained a patent for stealing the subscription lists of newspapers (and itis a shame the rascal was not {nstantly horsewhipped by the first person to whom he offered the same for sale); but now the “Queen City of the West” has eventuated a “Bristol Bill,” who seems to be as able an adept in picking the pockets of the taxpayers of Cincinnati as the notorious burglar of that name was, in years gone by, renowned for picking bank locks, * Tux Lrerat Repusiioan ComMitTEn OF ARRANGEMENTS propose to send home free of expense all delegates who shall attend the Cincinnati Convention on the Ist of May. ‘This is “dend-heading” on an extensive scale, but it does not matter much should the Con- vention prove, as has been suggested, the political Morgue of many aspiring individuals, fo a Matamoros, * What the United States Senate Has Dees for the PeoplemNow for the House of Representatives, The United States Senate has reduced the duties on cotton, woollens, iron, earthenware, glassware and similar articles ten per cent. All these are articles of general use and con- sumption, and the reduction in their cost will benefit the great mass of the people all over the United States. But the modification of the duty will strike ®@ few dollars from the enormous. profits of manufacturers and mono- polists, and hence will bea opposed by them with all the power of the Washiugtoa lobby, which is always at their service, rs The United States. Senate has resolved to abolish all duties on tea and coffee, thus admitting these necessary articles of general consumption into our market free of tax and materially lowering their cost, Every family in the United States whose means are limited will be directly benefited by this policy. Every laboring man, every mechanic, every clerk, every citizen whose income is only sufficient to barely~ support his wife and children, will feel the advantage of the saving that will be effected oa every pound of tea and coffee lie may purchase. _ But the large dealers and monopolists who control tbe trade will labor to have the duties retained, as they find in high tariffs and high prices a better field for the use of their capital, and a more available opportunity for practising the tricks familiar to the trade, than would be afforded them under free importation and an open market, The United States Sonate proposes to abolish the income tax, Thijs tax does not affect the duily Jaborer fund ordinary mechanic, prob- ably, but it presses with a painful presgure, upon the toiling clerk and the small trades- man and all who have limited means and large families to provide for, Men who ara compelled to live in a respectable manner and who are earning only just sufficient to exist from hand to mouth are frequently brokea down by the income tax; which, burdensome upon them out of all proportion, is oftea the feather that breaks the camel’s back. It is a tax odious In its character—prying, inquisi- torial, unequal and, unjust—and is peculiarly offensive (o the American people. Itis, wore- over, a tax {mpossible of strict enforcement, and is notoriously evaded by mon who arg, disposed fo be unscrupulous. For this very reason, and because, its proceeds enable the dverhment to impose problbitory duties in haven of spacial Tnterests, its repeal will be opposed by the wealthy manufacturers, bankera and other special interests at Washington, The United States Senate proposes to abolish all duties oa gad, and to strike from the internal revenue list the stamp tax on matches, medicines and the thousand and one articles of dally consumption, leaving only taxable distilled spirits, fermented iiquora, snuff, tobacco and cigars. This is signally legislation for the people. It will cheapen living, will do away with fraud, and will ren- der needless the present expensive internal revenue army of office-holders, For that reason it will be opposed by politicians and office-seekers, as well as by wealthy monop- olists who desire to make the poorer classes bear an undue proportion of the burden of taxation in order to lessen the load upon their special interests. The House of Representatives, the popular branch of Congress, has now to vote upon the Senate tariff amendmenis, Will the members of the Lower House venture to vote with mil- lionnaires, monopolists, special interests and a corrupt lobby against the rellef of the peo-, ple? The citizens of the United States, fa every Congressional district, will keep their eyes upon their representatives, and will mark their action on this important subject. The country is rich and prosperous, and the debt has been lessened at railroad high pres- sure speed. But the masses of the working, toiling people have been pressed down by taxation ever since the close of the war. It is time that these war tariffs and duties should be lessened in order that the bulk of the people should find some relief. No Con- gressman who desires to retain his seat should venture to vote against.securing to the toiling masses the boon now offered them by the Senate. The Farragut Statue. The resolution adopted in Congress to erect & monument to the memory of the great naval captain of the republic will give satisfaction to every loyal American. It is, however, desirabla,that it shall be worthy of the people who erect it, and of him whose virtue and courage it commemorates. We think that proposals of this nature ought to be made ia Congress without being associated with the name of any individual artist. To honor suck aman as Farragut it is necessary that the best ability of the nation should be employed, and itis only by throwing the work open to competition that this can ba done, An effort was made by the friends of Mr. Stone to have this gentleman appoiated to carry out the work, but, forivaately, the friends of Miss Vinnie Ream succeeded ia defeating the attempt, and Congress has resolved to leave the matier open to competi- tion, We are informed that models will be re- ceived in January next from such artists as desire to enter the lists, This decision is right; but Congress ought to goa little fur- ther, and issue a general invitation to American sculptors to send in designe under certain regulations, Our artists should at once be informed what amount of money has heen set - aside to erect the statue and the scale upon which the models are to be constructed, as otherwise there will be no fair and sufficient means of comparing the different designs. We have a right to demand that equal justice shall be done in this matter, for it concerns the nation. There are interests to be consulted. besides those of Mr. Stone or Miss Ream, and wo think that the claims of other Americar sculptors who are better known to the art world, if not to the Washington lobby, than either of the artists who have been mentioned in this connection, ought to be considered. There have been already too many jods in art about the Capitol, and it is time that merit should have some recognition, Congress will, therefore, do well to issue a general invitation to the artists to compete, furnishing them wita such ioformation as to time and conditions as may be necessary. We want such a statue erected to the moworv of the gallaut Farragat