text:  We shall not reason with _them_; but to those who like ourselves are smarting under the effects of the late Ministry's misconduct who have a right to complain loudly and indignantly and enquire with eager anxiety when their suddenly augmented pressure is to cease we feel compelled to express our opinion founded on a careful observation of our present financial position and prospects that we see no chance of being relieved from the burden of the income-tax before the period originally fixed by Sir Robert Peel