Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-05-15
From tie Ohm Siair Journal.
WHO ARE HOSTILE TO TaE REVE-
NUE. LAW-AND WHY!

Every days experience mOre satlsIacto-
rIy demonstrates tllat ho-tIuy to Ihr Rev
erue Law comes from the hlsgs, aud II the
result OF caucus lalor aud iuiiless effort |
to divert attention trOm the great issue |
mtdp nv the Bth OF JANUARY Convention Oh |
the Cur eucy QUESTION. Having Witnessed /
the fierce a~sauIts Of the leaders OF The np |
position and tie shavers and UtGkers ane |
money iahtPrs, on the amended IaW OF Iaz
ear, we are not ia the least surprised al
he iuces- ant efforts OF the same rcI 10
mslead the pubic mird in reference 20 the
law OF the late session, WhIrh Is OF the
same character as lts predecessor, EN- ra-
res the same features, and is designed to
nrlng about The same results: dr rqUaiisa.
ii0H # The bnydeaS n hrafoR, ttr w'cSrrva-
IioH u HIr Crcdt NJ Hr state, and the LlM,-
TATTuS aud ultimate IlQrIpArioN y !ir State
| DctE Who due- not drSre Ilror results!
The honest aud upught laN-puying ciuzpn
viii ueVer be louud urraytd in opposition
TO them.
There are, however, large class who
huvp hitherto escaped their lust share OF.
| the mrlhrns Of the Stale. luey arr ra,-
phntcaHy the wealthy ald wci.doing-
! those who are tcSt aIIc to hrar those bur
thens. When puud in the couUlly, thry
are those who have spIcudidIy improved
nrms. who pay now hut ltdr morr thau
| they Hid when lberI bands were il state
Of nature, although hose lands have quad.
r0p'ed m value. Along side 0t them are
tyose whose lams are tut pa tally rulu.
ted, aud w)oafe ouly alIe 10 llrai4h he
mm lr catin, Ih pay, however, ne.
quenlly, n, much tax per acre a. The man
Wr have iu-t aIIudrd to. Again: 0ar man
| !rpr da on the cattle wlth which his farm
- storked lor his livelihood. Year attcr
year h" has paid bis tax on every head, vet
his n,ightor, who has turned. hDs attention
tH phIk raising, Is aCcumnla;ing wealth
and goes scot rfo! The last named is tie
nan " no complains Ol !hr new tax law,
And perhaps he has height or who ha-
Itvuled bis whole attention % raising pnot
WHO sympathses with him. ut, Us we
| have already said, these cases are srarrc
| Complains tcm the corHhy alc seldom
! heard. The honest farmer sees that tho
Il stlActious which Hre thus done away
! should never have existed, and knows that
til" additiounl properly thu, brought on the
.isl. must trduce The nrerag" per ceutag"
and cUualzc the Nuthens Ol taxation, aud
he gives the pystem his hearty support.
! Those in towns W h0 have lhrir stately
and coumidious dwellings filed with rich
! frBiivr, Whohveeuuonudpd Themselves
with he comlorF and Injuries ot lciu,d
| he, " ho have their Piahos, Their goid rat.
chCE their jieasHrF carriages, ther kiontird
strod', their goid ard slipef pite, and tht
! usual accnmpanlmcnls OF wealth, Who nrc
heard to omurmurngainsl lhe opprefsiverx-
actlous Of thr new low, Nrp quite astonish.
| ed to frd, when mklng thelr inventories,
! that they have accumulated in and around
! ;hrir dwellings much more Than enough 10
| urchase and stock halt the farms oil thrir
| coun,E
Still more h6slerous and vehement ARE
those Who hive hcen netting their cent
per cent. on their bonds, mortgages. notes
land accounts. and who hive aIyly managed
10 evade The INK law, while they we've rsa.
! ping thoir harvest Of tax outof dependent
/ hundreds! It II these, and sUch as thrsP,
whose complaints are echoed ard rt.ccho-
Ell through the I.ocotoco pcs These
democratic champions oi The pofr. have
suddenly become tnamored oi the wealthy
ard nsurone, and actually gronn in spirl.
while they declare ths, these men ore he.
plved ct a portion ht their spols a few
r months and men will Ree and understand
these things il therPpre any yetundpreiv.
ed There is, perhaps, stjtl another class,
whose complaints find a wiling place in
the Lo"oioco press. Those who pay little
or no tax, nat who tax themselves, lhei
/ owr cnnseieEees, every day. with the hort
of II, king a little roI'hcai capiiaI out o
the Revenue Law! 1iis class is numrr
ous. and they are hungry as leechea. Ae
ter imving welled the State Debt by ihph
prniNgacy and Encouragement. and almost
robbed the people. at the same 1iniN. OF the
very means Of meeting Ihr demands of ths