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tbe 8w, 90 f.a fma lbs people, tIf9ug. their
agents. we're receiving ihe bDffowei mousy u,
0f before if w1a received o1d 4penf ny them,
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confederation, bot Il strikes me aa entirely too
late fp start the objection to the u1cousf.iu.
fpnaIty of the law, aud the abuse oi their
power NJ attorney by the agents. after we
have sanctioned the receipt Jt the money and
squandcred it in dissipation, extravaganza and
rioloug living
Caa-Bui here, Mr.. b., is the error into
which you and your party have laIIen--thc
people never did receive the money either by
Hem~ipcs or their dVig qppoiated ogeHh.-.
The whole transaction was fraudulent uuau.
thorilcd and therefore void from beginning 10
end
Hcc.--WelI, Sir, you are a Lawyer, and |
am nothing but an humble blacksmith; but
must presume to correct you in this natter
You say the peoples bgdiy appointed agents
did not receive the money; now as boldly
affirm that they did, and proceed confidently
to the proof. | find by careful examination,
that the money paid by Mr.. Bidde for those
Union Bank bonds was paid into the hands oil
the len "Daadge,S" Of the Union Bank-whch
ien glgndgerS were created by the origiRal act
chartering the Union Bank. find that those
ten MANAGERS rere elected By tile people'S imme-
Idiate REPRESENTATIVES, on Joint ballot Of both
houses of the Legislature--l find that the said
money was not received By board of Direc.
tors elected bv indi0idual Stockholders, but by
these ten managers, provided for in the orgl-
nal bill Ohe constitutionaIity of which no one
disputes) and that to all intents and purposes
these managers, thus elected by the RePreSentd-
ttveS of tie people, oCere the peoples La'gtuHy
dDDointed agents for receiving 1t. Now II ]
am right in this, and challenge you to show
that am wrong, all your fine legal argument
about the want of a regular authorized agen-
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CIV in the transaction is scattered to the WINDS
CAM begin TO see, Mr.. B., that although
YOU stand here by your bellows and anvil from
Iday to day, you have found leisure to examine
this subject very closely. | don't profess to
understand it very thoroughly myself, but one
thing do know, that if these bonds are PAID
they will have TO be paid by "taXatlon," which
must fall oppressingIy on the mechanics ana
|laborinc men Of the country. am resolved
to oppose all taxation for such purpose, be-
cause it would grind down the aborlng poor
men and take the bread out of his chlldren's
mouths, to give it to the brokers and tundmon-
GERS of Thread Needle street.
) Nec.--I am glad my friend that you have
touched on this subject OF ta1dtlon, particular
Iv the taxation of mechanics and laborlng men
like myself. | have reflected on this matter
and beg to dissent from your views OF the OPP
Dression TO which we are to be subjected 6y
The imposition of taxes to pay the bonds with
Take my own case for example: You see the
business follow for living. have nothlns
but shop and tools. My labor yields me an
nualIv, clear of expenses, about $1,000 pay
no other tax for the support OF government
but poll tax of some seyenty-fye cents :, I
wear. If this were doubled it would come tt
81 5O-if quadruped it would only amour
70 S3 90, and this should consider an lns,g
uifcant sum for me to contribute towards the
preservation of the pIighted honor OF m!
State. Take again for another example, 0nt o0'
Of our worthy overseers from $500 to $l@O'
ner annum, and if his taxes were increased
fonr fold he would at last pay but 3 or dollar
70 the State in the shape of taxes, and IRON
NV knowledge of this class of men, their pa'rl
ntism would deem this trile in comparison
, with the honor and character OF the State
Con.-WeIl | confess these views are ne"
70 me, and must ponder on them Inc oP
nression on the mechanic and laborlng MAJ
r r Po,Id no much lighter from an increase