Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-07-04
From Me Tuscarawas, AaVocate.
THE LOC0S AND THE TAX LAW

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A few weeks since the general cry of the
! locotoco press was "dOwn with the tax bill. !"
IWhy? Don't ask the reasons. tits enough
to.know the wings had majority in both
houses of the legislature, and every thing
| they done, no nauerhOW beneficial it ght
be to the farmer, mechanic or day isberer--
no matter how Just and equitable the laws
| they had enaCted~-it was enough toknoW,
they were Che work of awhig legislature,
ana the loco papels denounce them as bad g,
| if net infamous. The tax law had scarce
| y been signed by the speakers, until the
Statesmanopenedi its bul dog mouth against
it, and every pennydOg Of the loco press,
barked iniconcertWHl'its fsedera atColum-
bus. Theyknew nothing of the merits Of
the law--itsubiects, or effects. 1t wassuf-
fcient that "a whig Legislature passed it,aEd
that their party Representatives were eK-
pected to have voted agGinstit. Here their
laundering ignorance for once must stand
bare before theirsUpporters. 1t wasknown
that theirgreat loco leader Disney with 9TH
ersof the party had given their support to
the tax law in the legislature. The loco
presswiiii itsUsual disregard of truth, hon
or or honesty, haty denied that their party
had any thing to do with Il. Though Dis
ney had notthe independence. tocohtradict
the false statements Of the loco editors on
the subject, he ventured to uphold the prin-
Ciples Of the'Iaw by publicly expounding
its provisions. His article on the subject, |
was published in Che Advocate some six
weeks'ogo. In the mean time the law went
into operation, and it's beneficial effects in
taxing The rich, and protecting the poorer
ana middle classes of society, became daily |
more apparent. Look at the v6st amount
Of capital in Our iargeclies which hitherto |
escaped taxa ton, while the eownersof small J
pieces of land, or houses, Or horses or cat |
lie were all placed on the duplicate, oand
had 10 pey their yearly quote, to sUppoftthe
government and defray their share Of the
State debt. Under the old law, one 1nIlion
one hundred thousand dollars escaped tax
ution in Cincinnati whchunder the new
tax law isput0n the duplicate In Zanes-
vile, Columbus and Steubenville, the'ag-
gregate iHcreese of taxable property under
the new lawamounts TO upwards Of one
million.
Here we have tlie towns people--the
rich traders-- meney lenders and brokers', at
last by AlC operation of this,whig tax law,
justwhere they ought to be-bearing their
equal proportion of the load of ta1ation.
The locos talkcdioug'and ioudagainst such
paople--but never touched their pockets to
seturea revenue, They ptied the poor
farmer, yet never moved one step to light
en'Gts burrhenof taEaton. But what will }
the loco newspapers dowho have denSun-
Ced the new lax law as a whg measure, -
who have denied that theirown party had |
any thingto dorwith it@-IWho have tried to
lie dgtoR the statementsoof' tne whig press |
made on the authority Of loco oleaders in the
legislature of Ohio-~-who have in fact ig-
noUntly and viciously poked their snouts
into Il subject which they could not under
stand and thus hoped to lead theirownitot
lowers blindiolded, asusual, inopposition to
the measure. What think you, democrat
ic farmers and mechanics, of such political
Instructors We told youa large proper
ton Of the raiional members Of the loco par
tyinthe legislature went with the wings
in supporter the new tax law. We in
stance Disney, Archibold and other prom-
nent members of the socailed Democratic
party. We now give you the testimony
of General Meredith. Who is he?
'JNoftO knoto himargues yourseLmikno,On.'
General Meredith is the great Van Burcn
and Polk leader Of Coshocton county. No
man stands higher in his party, either in
civil, politicafor miItarypointof view than
General Meredith. He was the very heart
and soul Of the iocofoCo party lastwinterin
the legislature. He writes 70 the Editor Of
the Coshocton Democrat, who 1t appears,
Ike the Skunk in this quarter, had been
taIkingrtoutthingsof sof which he was as ig-
rnorant ms ujaekass. Just read the follow
ing extracts from General Meredkh'sviews
on the new tax law:
81 have looked on with regret at the
wholesale denUnoiations which have been
thundered eHt without reserve through
your pupor as well as sseVeraiothere, against
the new tax law, and against those who
voted ior it. AS you are doubtless we'll A.
ware, an, one of those who voted for that
law -One who believed al the time ihat