The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-08-07

time lie calculated TO produce; and the
motives Of the author in giving tito the
public. Il hears the mark of1he Beast
upon ils face. and doobliesswas written
by The edilGr Of the Advocate himself;
he signs ii Farmer for the purpose Of
giving credence. TO the false Impressions
he wishes The article to make upon the
minds Of his readers. 10 charging Mr..
Patrick with being the author, ] do so
because j believe it, and his denial
would not satisfy me 10 the contrary.
As an editor. ills his duty TO prevent
upon his readers, and he has
no right to publish sI communication
the promises and conclusions Of which
are false; he should ediiorialIy have
made comments, which would have Pla>
ced it lnits proper light; he has never
been backward 10 puttiuga note 10 anV
communication, nor would he iU this
case, had he not beenin fact tire authoy
or sanctioned and approved the article.
The writer asks, "What business a
United States officer has 10 inquire how
many Hoge, and Sheep, and Horses,
and Cows have got? how many Bush
els Of Wheat, and Rye, and Oats and
Corn, | have raised this year &c., and
then he.wrter winds up his article by
charging (indlrectly) tina. the OSjoct OF
The Government is 10 levy Tax on ev>
cry man according TO what he owns or
raises. Now in order 10 defeat the obs
ject ofthis insidious article, and 10 pre-
vent any trouble between The citizens
and myself, in The discharge ofmy duty,
| shall here give brief history Of the
action of Congress on this subject.
By reference 10 the Journals of Con-
gress, it will be seen that on the elev-
en,h of February 1889, Mr. Rice Gar
land, a Wing member Of Congress from
Louisiana, introduced into the House OF
Representatives, bill toprovide for ta-
king the sixth Census or enumeration
of the Inhabitants of the United States.
On the 29th ofihe same month, the
Huuse being in committee ofthe whole,
this same Mr. Garland, the Champion &
leader of the Wing party in Congres,
offered the following Section as an a.
mendment to his bill Of The lllh of the
same month:
SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That
the aforesaid marshals and their assistants shall
also take census OF all persons receiving pen
sions from the United States for revolutionary
or military services stating their names and
ages: and also shall collect and return in statis
tica! tables under proper heads according II such
forms as sballbe furnished, all such INFORMATION
in relation TO mines. agriculture, commerce,
manufactures, ald schools, as will exhlbHa full
view Of the pursuits, industry, education hid re
sources of the country, as shall be dlrecfdby
the President of the United States. And ashall
be the duty of the Secretary of State, undr The
direction of the President, to prepare such
FIRMS, regulations, and instructions, as slhll be
necessary and proper TO comply with lhq pro-
visions of this act .
Ii, re then you sec a leading Wing Of
fer an amendment TO the bull to sui,' the
whole opposition party in Congress; it
met with no opposition from either par
,y, but wac adopted and mads part of
the Law, Ihave now shown that have
The authority ofthe whole whg party in
Congress for asking The questions that
Mr.. Patrick fears will bring so much
ruin and distress upon the country. If
! could quote any higher authority by
way of satisfying the Public mind, tnat
| only discharge my duty when asking
these questions, would cheerfully do
so But | fondy indulge the hope that
every honest enquirer after truth v i'll re-.
gard the fact of Mr. Garland's smend-
ment receiving the sanction ofthe whole
Body OF Congress, as sutiicien, guar
antee that the whole story about Taxing
the people is a humbrs. The propo.
sition is self evident, ,hattte idea orig
mated in distempered mind or a cor
rupt heart. But Mr.. Pa,rick's real mos
tive is this. lie knows that i'll fail to
make my return by the first Of Nov,
next, | forfeit my compensation allowed
bv the act Of Congress for doing the
work. THIS fact offered TO the mind oI
the editor an opportunity 10 pour out a
portion Of that wrath and bitterness,
which he has had treasured up against
me for two or three years past, and 10
effect such dlabolieaI object he resorts
to an attempt TO excite the citizens o.
this county 10 resist the Law ofCon.
gress, and that Law which received the
support Of both political parties.
II follows then, that If the law was
contemplated and gotup for the odiout
purposes charged by Mr.. Patrick, we
know one facts that it was brought for
ward by the Wings SIS Whig..maasurei
and another fact il will be seen by refer.
ence to the vote on the final passage O.
the bill, that it received the unqualified
support of both wings and democrats
What is the conclusion, if Mr. Pairick'>
allegations are true =? Why that in this
one instance, both parties have combin'
ed-!orgotten their duties to their con