The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-07-15
"A WIG i"-AND THE TAXES.

Our attention h as been called 10 communication in
the Advocate, signed "a Wing" in which the writer
takes excepuons to an expression made use Ofby this
paper, and makes it the premises from which he
draws conclusions that fheiieved must set the Dem.
ocra,ic par,y in a false position. The expression u
sed BY u.s. was this. THAT the penpq of Tuscarawas
county are taxed too much, and becoming dissats
fed with their public servaLts.' Mr.. "Whis' says
'phs may be all true but coming from such source
the object was give the people light, hut to gull
them and make the people believe that they (the DEM
ocras) were opposed to such taxation Not so fast,
Mr.. 'Whg.' Let US explain. The Democratic party,
are and ever have been oppused to high taxes 1t is
because they are opposed 10 high axes that they wage
A war against your corrupt Banking System. 1t is bes
cause they are opposed to high taxes, that they
panst the distribution of The Proceeds Of the sales of
the Public Lands among the States II is because they
oppose high taxes they cry down your High tariff sys
TEN. And it is because they oppose Llsh iaxes that
you see them anayed TO man against the daring as
sumptons and usurpaons, of your present Federal ADJ
muislraton. For it is notorious that every act propo.
sed BY your "Reform ADMINISTRATOR" either in tho
State Legislature in Congress, tends in its ultimate
end to increase the taxes wiring from the producing
classes their hard earnings for the support Of The
producers. Can you gainsay thlsl Yet Mr.. "Whig'
says it has been the policy Of the Democratic party in
stead ofgving Iightto the people. to Impose upon
them" to "bedarken them" How is this1 how was
it las. lal While the democratic press dissemn-
a,ing knowledge while was ppcalng to the reason
ofman: 20 his thinking powers-was not the whig par
ty appealing to his passions; not this "Whig him-
self (for we know him) in his paper inviting to
hard cider orges making them drunk, drowning their
reason, and promising them Low taxes better times
agood currency &C., fthey would only vote for
Tip, Ton, and Tyl" Did he not print tickets, with
"Low Taxes on theml and by other promises induce
unsuspecng men, to give his party m the faith Of
those promises being fulfilled And have they been
| fulfilled No, every man will say. Was this impo-
sing on the people1 How is it nowi Look the Re
formers at Washington quarrellng and fighting as
mong themselve about the Spos bringing forward
measures tha. passed would PROSTATE any country,
and this 'Whig,' he who made so many promises, not
even daring to publish their proceedings for fear of
ceiving the overwhelming condemnation of those he
deluded, deceived, and cheated out of their votes.
This is way in which the people have been 'tax'
ed too much" by humbuggers mposors and decelverS
Again. Mr. 'Whig says, ifthe State tax is too high, OIL
the County tax too high, the Democrats are 10 blame
for,hey have had majority Of Legislators, and o
Commissioners, for years. Very well. We admi
they had majority, in the Legislature but does it fol-
low that they to bamel They levied the State tax
"to the best of their judgment" and the people did no
complain, until the cider suckers came along and b.
"hoowing low taxes saying to them "it you will
support US, your taxes shall be less" "instead of get
| day md nj, Van RI
rem, you shall have dollar day, and roast turkey
der Harrison" got into power. But none ofthe golde
promises, have as ct come pass hence the peop
of Tuscarawas instead of being taxed less, are begil
ming to think they were ta1ed much. and becon
ing dissatisfied with their nao public sarants.
AS respects the County tax, we cannot see that til
Commissioners, are TO blame # it is too high DO the
they not before levying it. make estimates oftie prof.
able expenditures of the current year, and then levy ac
cordnglyl And do not the other county officers cbart
pretty good bills, and have they not all ofthem Gel
tain amount of perquises. or extra charges for Ext
services, on Extraordinary occaSops' We say the
have and some Of them very extraordinary indeed
But they must all be- paid and the Commissioners ru
stick the tax, in order to pay them. Ought the
then to be censuredl No. Go to the root at once, Al
lion an instance, which must strike Mr. "Whig' re
(orcihly. PROBABLY he knows all about it. The b
for Printing last year, amounted to one Hundred al
Forty five dollars. Well, lheres Stark County "a lure
and mure popqlous, and more expensive county, Ihi
Tnscorawas, yetth Printing bill last year, amonn
to but one hundred and sixteen dollars. And we h
leve that all three papers have hand IN it, (hy the b
avery wise provison.) Now if three papers IN Star
can do the printing cheaper than one in TuScaraw"
is the inference not very plain, iat the people a'e 'ta
ed too much, in this a'ilcIe alonel There are 9th
POINTS we could bring forward. to prove our asssrIo
but we have neither time space. On the whole, v
ran tell Mr.. "Whig that ''he hands of the tarrls
party not go clean of such dirty business, ds tn
I | let on to be-
The Distribution Bill.
Mr. Wise made speech, IN opposition TO the DIST