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PROPERTY TAX. (To the Editor of the Lead...
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MIRACLES : SACRED AND PROFANE. (To the E...
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There is no ] earned man but will confess he hathimich profited byreading controversies , his senses awakened , and nis judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —Miltox .
Property Tax. (To The Editor Of The Lead...
PROPERTY TAX . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sir , —I hope yet to see the Leader first in at the death of the income-tax principle . Most of our journals are on a wrong track on this subject . None of our public writers , for the last fifty years , seem to have mastered the subject of taxation . Strong , perhaps the strongest , interests in the country are against the adoption of fair measures for raising the taxes . If Free-trade , however , has one meaning of undoubted , unquestioned , and unquestionable fairness , it is that all interests should get equal favour at the hands of Government , that no one should be taxed more than another , and that capital invested in land or Government stock should not have a less per centage taken from it in the shape of taxes , than capital invested in commerce or manufactures . Tho yearly rate of profits should have nothing to do with the question , except , perhaps , in determining the value of tho good-will of a business ; and there , even , it is hardly a fair test , and other means of judging are practicable , and easily available . The effect of a property-tax is almost immediate in reducing incomes not derived from property , and it is thus only that such incomes are legitimately taxed . Employers have it in their power to pay those whom they employ smaller wages , or not to raise them so soon as they otherwise would . This is leaving the incometax in the hands of those who can best adjust it . With regard to unproductive capital , it is not generally a subject for much commiseration . The nobleman's parish of a park is not the grievance a philanthropist will feel most pity for . lhit in some cases there might be appeal , and if property were no sunk as to be lost , it would , of course , cease to pay tax . What can have ko long prevented property from being a subject for a peace tax , one can hardly imagine , unless it is the strength of its holders . Now that the question is fairly opened , we may expect to see it not Hhut up again , without some explanation . If Mr . Gladstone won ' t do it , somebody else will . Your obedient servant , CoaiMEEOE .
Scot C Ii S A U U A T () I. A Tii Y. (To...
SCOT C II S A U U A T () I . A TII Y . ( To tho Editor of the . Loader . ) ICdinlmrgh , l » th Jan . 1853 . Sib , —I hftvo for some time been in hopes of Hooing tho *• Sabbath" * question taken up in tlio leader on a broader basis than that adopted by your Into correnpondentu " A . " and " , J . " No doubt the truthfuhieHH of " A . V picture of tlio droarineuH and unhappy conncqueiicvH of tlio Scotch Sabbath aro undeniable , and lii » domolition of" . ! . '« " nt'lf-Hiiilicient , fallacion in < :
omplete . JJut what is it that " A . " lu >]> eH for from his amiablo renuoiiHtraiice ? To induce a rational application of ii falHo and irrational theological dogma . ? Truly , lie is preaching to the deaf adder . lOven within theHo few days , udvei'tiMoincntn and handbills have been extensively JHHiied by an association of fcho Prcnbyteriau proacheitf of thw <; ity , for the purpoHo offsetting' up a great demonstration againHl , the Sunday-ojjening of tho CryHtaJ Palace . This hopeful cniMudo against tho liberty of conscience of their fellow-tmhjeetH in London
will of coiirite I hi hotly HUpportod by that enlightened chtKMof ScotiHinun on whom " . J . " lavishes Iu m eneoiniumu , and whom lie fondly denominates " tho cruufn of the country . " They are ( as 1 am aware ) iu tho habit of considering theniHolves mich , and do not wcruple , uj » ou occawion , to indicate plainly their conKciouHnewH of their exalted portion . Do they not hold the wound of a p ' mnoforlu on Sunday to ho ; i Hin as aWiorrent to the llenetuHiut Spirit of tho Universe a « in tho l ) cllowed iuiprecationof tlw Subbuth-UMuto drunkard ?
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Every beautiful and civilizing art—the cultivation of every soul-refining faculty with which God has blessed mankind , is condemned and discountenanced as " sinful " by these " creamy" gentlemen . Utterly ignorant of most of the details of their own creed , and believing only in a " non-natural sense" what they dp know of it , their active religion consists mainly in pharisaically cumbering themselves about their neighbours' " Sabbath " observance , and joining in anti-popery demonstrations at the call of the preachers whose ministrations they attend . Their mode of working out their own salvation is by constant and unscrupulous aggression on the Christian liberty of their more numerous fellow-subjects who decline to swallow their nostrums .
The only way to rescue the rational portion of the public from the machinations of our modern Pharisees , and to preserve to the working man the liberty of employing his day of rest in the healthful recreation of his body , and the improvement of bis mind , is to lay the axe to the root of the " Sabbath" dogma itself , by enlightening the public respecting the ground on which the " Sabbath" delusion rests . How this could best be effected , it is not easy to say . Few people are inclined of themselves to investigate the truth of any theological dogma to which they have been accustomed ;
still fewer have sufficient logical training to detect a fallacy , however mischievous , on such subjects , or nerve to kick it at once out of their Hinds , as they would a detected impostor out of their doors . The errors of any long-familiar delusion must be laid broad and bare , and the exposition reiterated and reinforced , before the intellects of those who have been crammed with " catechism" by way of education are able to realize and acknowledge them ; unless , indeed ,, some immediate and temporal interest quicken their apprehension . Good service in this respect was
done by various writers during the Post-office closing struggle ; and any one desirous of really understanding the " Sabbath" question will find it amply treated of in two separate works , entitled The Sabbath and The Mosaic Sabbath , by a Layman , published by Chapman and Hall , and of which a new edition was recently advertised . For such as have neither means to procure nor leisure to read those treatises , a spirited summary of the question , published in Edinburgh , under the title of The Whole Doctrine of the Sabbath , by J . W > may suffice . *
I am no enemy , but a sincere friend , to the weekly day of rest . I would even gladly see it changed , not to every tenth day , as Luther and Calvin actually meditated doing , but to every fourth day , instead of every seventh . But I would ( as St . Paul enjoins ) allow no man to judge another in respect of it . I would leave every man equally free to determine for himself whether he should spend it in listening to Presbyterian preachment , or dedicate it to religious service , or to the recreation of his health , or the cultivation of the faculties his Maker lias endowed him with , or in any other way that might be most congenial to hi . s feelings and wants . There would be little drunkenness were this free choice allowed . I am , & c , Auquis .
What Is The True Policy Of The "Irish" P...
WHAT IS THE TRUE POLICY OF THE "IRISH" PARTY ? ( To the ' Editor of the Leader . ) Sir , —There aro , generally Hpeaking , two classes of individuals to be found among the advocates of any particular measure , tlio practicable and the impracticable . The first seek by lucid arguments and temperate statements to convince and conciliate their opponent * , embracing every opportunity of obtaining an instalment of their demands ; tins second , by abuse and vituperation , generally contrive to make personal enemies of their opponents , and thus place the realization of tho object they have in view farther off than before . This appears to be the case with the Irish party . The greater part of these gentlemen heap denunciation and malediction on tlio bends of their advernaruw ; but what aro they gaining byitr Nothing . Yes , there in one thing they do gain , they confirm opponents in opposition , and disgust the public mind instead of enlisting it on their side . A political , crisis arrives . Certain of tho more able and prominent liimnbors of the party have situations of great trust and responsibility ollered them by tho head of the new government ; they , taking this to be a iair opportunity of obtaining a good instalment of their claims , accept ofliro . What in the result r Tho " larin >
hearted" men raise a tremendous howl against these gentlemen , accuse them of selling themselves to the government ; of bartering their country ' s cause lor place nnd its emoluments , and denounce them as traitors to their religion and their principles . ' # Now , sir , let them ponder two or three tilings . The Conservatives claim about 300 members of the House of Commons ; the Irish party cannot reckon on more than fifty or sixty ; the remainder , consisting oi Peelites and Liberals of various shades , which , by a fair measure of Parliamentary reform , may all be rallied
round the government . Now , if it be true , as is reported , and I am inclined to think , not without foundation , that some thirty or forty of those who have hitherto been supporters of Lord Derby are prepared to transfer their allegiance to Lord Aberdeen , it will obviously render the government independent of the Irish party altogether , and the result may be that , instead of getting a good instalment of justice , they will get nothing . . I would earnestly recommend these gentlemen to give a careful perusal to your excellent letters to anti-slavery agitators , as conveying a most wholesome moral , especially suited to them at the present time . Yours , & c .
An English : Opebative who wishes well to iheland Manchester , Jan . 10 , 1853 .
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* In a pnHHiifro whieh wo huvo oinitl . od from Huh lottcr , our corroHponrioiit hii ^ oh ( . h our treatment of t hin Huhjoct , in a Morion of nrtidon . Ho in probabl y not awarn that tho <] uoKtion has boon riiMcuHmul in tlio Loader with hohio minutonoHH . We refer him lo an artido that appearod in our Portfolio , mider tho litlo of "A I'lm lor ( Sunduy Reform , " in Si' | tt « 'iril ) er , jNf . l , n , u \ to urlidoH on tho mtbjoot of tlio oponiriL' «> l' I ho CryHlul l » nlnoo on tlio KubliJith , whiuh appeared in llio Leader during tUo uutuinn of tho paat yoar .
Miracles : Sacred And Profane. (To The E...
MIRACLES : SACRED AND PROFANE . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sib ,- ^ -I have been , creditably , allowed insertion in the Eeasoner , which goes farther than you would be disposed to do ; therefore I am emboldened to ask of you insertion foivsome brief observations . You compare ( p . 66 , 67 ) the " Miracles" of Rose Tamisier with those of the Old and New Testaments . In remarking on which I beg you to believe that I speak of " Christianity" in the widest possible sense , binding myself by no human creed . Two things plainly arrange themselves for consideration ; and I think that I have put the right first in this instance— " Motive" and " Fact . "
1 st . Motive . Rose Tamisier ' s operations were to support an established priesthood , which we Protestants consider an erring and corrupt one , and one which proves itself to need such aids ; or how happens it that English churchmen and dissenters do not essay similar onea ? What interested motive had the first preachers of Christianity ? Granting that every priesthood or ministry were as legitimate fruit , could they tell that their descendants would feast on the " fleshpots of Egypt ? " If , sir , you were a low-principled person , would you work fictitious miracles , and give up your life in proof of consistency , in order that your children , or those of your associates , might obtain lucrative situations ? The usual amour propre of humanity , when there in not the chivalry of noblo conscience—seems opposed to this .
2 nd . Fact . Rose Tamisier did work a " miracle "i . e ., a " wonderful" thing , beyond ordinary experience , which is the primary meaning of the word . She caused exudation of blood from a painting , where could have been no blood but for some extraneous contrivance of her own . And the solution of her " miracle" has been found out in medico-natural science . Apply the same Holution to the miracles of tho New Testament . Could any scientific trick , if all modern appliances had been at hand , have raised the dead , restored the long-palsied or withered limb , or opened the long-closed eye ?—or , more wonderful still , created food in a desert ? Granting that the thing was done , as in tho case of Rosfb Tavnirtier—how was it done ? I am , nir , your obedient servant , J . I ) . Parky , M . A ., St . Peter ' u College , Cambridge . London . Jan . 18 , \ m \\ .
Notions To Coimichpondknts. Wu.I.Iam Joi...
NOTIONS TO COimiCHPONDKNTS . Wu . i . iam Joiidan . —Tho « or of mouHo in known ; there aro malonandfemale * - —eoiiHequentlymaMculinoand femininogendern . JLimlley Murray'H arinortioii Unit . " when an ttninifii ' n Hex in not olivioiiH or known if , in neuter , " ih simply almurd . In answer to tho question , What in tlio gender ol mousoP ono may reply , manuiilino mid feminine ; a ha iiioiiho i » inaHculine , and a « no moiiHo feminine : a iuoiiho that is noithnr ono nor tho other doe » , not oxinl . J . M . T . 'n letter in excluded only for want of ( vpnee , but w « may remind him that " Hiater Uyder" hoo probably boon made very unhappy by wind han occurred at tho Vwlo of ArnOB , and that , though tho results of her negligent ^ ma y vory fairly point a moral , and bo a warning to others , it would certainly navo boon worno than inhuman to havo viaitod a lady with any punishment for an act which , though utterly unintentional , will , we foar , be lo her a never-failing Hource of rogret .
Mr . HormoHHy ' H confunod loiter loaven tho matfcer in dispute preciHely whore it Htood . Wo are fully aware , and aro glad to find O . Tj . and hifl friends equally ho , ol the dinereimiioioM in the foreign oorrenpondenoo of the two journalH he alludoH to . Wo uhould iniieh regret , for tho worth of our rorrcHpondonco , if Oiomo dinurepanoioa wero Iohh decided ; und we beg to draw the attention of O . Jj . to the waul , of harmony between the foreign oorroBpondonOo , and tho tone and temper of tho leading nrtieloH of the eminent daily journal ho eiten . Thin dinagrooniont ooiinintn in tho faot of tho former being u mere uhridgnusut of the lionapartint print * , and tlio latter , no doubt , baaed « u aioro reliable and confidential Information .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1853, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22011853/page/16/
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