The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-12-20
ALEXANDRIA HERALD.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1916.
roR THE ALSxAspa1A HERALD.
10 me pofers Of Loudoun, Fairfar ana
Prince Itih am,

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NO. ~ consider The 3D.. No. oi =" Il Re
hn6nean," " no has addressed Won In
me Lcesburg NashingloDian.-In hi.
hfst paragraph he says - The Fedora.
4" ADMINISTRATIVE PLAINLY approved o;
F." taxes and imposed moderate taxes.
lhs democratic administrations de-
Grace them, yet imposed heavy ones. %
wien man attempts 10 carry pcipt
by misrepresentation, ii is astonishing L,
see The length he will go i'll support CT
his cause; but when the tongue is lc,
loose IN slahder, II is the man and not
the subject that will become exhausted,
and the more he writes, the more his
cause VIII require support. IL is not
yet 10 years since AR. Adams termin-
sted his presidency, and net 20 since lie
commenced 1t. Many oil you can refer
TO your flles and produce receipts Ia ON
the u States tax satherer, land the facts
must >tiii b. fresh in many OF your me-
morles. The republican admiuis,ra,iug
OF Mr.. Jefferson commenced i'm 1901,
and immediately afterwards oil direct
taxes were repealed, and / refer with
pleasure and confidence TO every Far
mer and Mechanic, ana ask MN. if
eyer the tax galherer called Oh him Tor
taxes from 1901 until 1913, some ,tme
alter the declaration OF war, and EN-.
oracinS perIod Of IL years. You
have here according TO The admission q,
the Fede'Gi Republican," escaped
10 years OF moderate taxes - Inc
direct tax, commenced in l8l5--was
not heavy, and Tor The present year II S
reduced so per cent; from which II is
reasonable 10 conclode that it " i'll be e..
short duration Yet you will recoliec,
that when Mr.. Jeffe. sons aduiinis,ra-
ZION commenced with The repeai t..
the taxes, he and the dcu,otr +
&c party were "decryed" for ,ar
measate-. In the language Of MIR. Ca
Fey, IL Is the First time in the history
" OF the world that the repeal of pripd
" ing, harrassing, and degrading ,uxey
Z" was considered as matter of accuse.
" tion, or as an unpopular measure"
We will now take a view of the nation.
al debt when Mr. Jefferson commenced
his admiaistr alion, and also of its ter
mination, which was as follows:
AT the commencement s3n3s $50
---Conclusion 57o23,Ie2
In 1912, il YVES only As, 20,I50
From which must be deducted the pur
chase OF Louisisna--Sot that in q years
5 53,ooo,ooo was paid by the demo
cratic administrations without direc,
taxation or internal duties On the lst
ut the year 1915, the old debt was re-
duced below S 10000, 900. But my Old
ponents Will say, that during the demo-
cratic administrations, the revenue of
the United States increased, and that
its commerce Yves more fiourishing
than under the federalists. Gyented
SO much the more does it prove the
superiority of the republican over the
federal administration. Does not the
farmer, who, by MS industry and proper
cultivation, makes his lands produce
from IS TO 80 bushels Of wheat to the
acre, deserve more credit than the
slothful farmer, who makes from 10 10
Is bushels only, and sinks himself in
debt every year1 He certainly does
The farmer who makes from rs 10 80
bushels Of wheat to the acre, is lively
figure of the republican administration
and the farmer who makes from 10
TO 10, represents the federal, in It's true
coloTs.
It is probable that the writer OF " A
Republican" paid ms re tag in 1915 thar
he did in any year OF the federal admin
istration and the reason is obvious. -
But before proceed TO explain it, per
mil M 10 relate an anecdote which
occurred duringthe electioneering cam
paign of 1915, between Mr Mason and
Mr.. Lewis a wealthy old Federalisu
who wa; born and raised in England
sud who was for many yeats emp;oped
by British noblemaD, but for a long
time past has been a citizen Of the u
States, was eDdeavolring to inhus0ce
a eroupe of uniformed men TO vote
vote for Mr.. Lewis, and stated TO them
with great emphasis. that he paid more
tax in the United States in one year
than he had paid in England during tAe
time he lived there, and that he was sc
years Of age when he left England. A
gaping multitude stood round him, anc
swallowed lis assertions with counte
nances expressive of wonderl Won
der I! w oDder
A republican who was listening L
the old man stepped up, aud told bin
he expected when he lived In England
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