Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-08
The Tax Law Efforts Of the Federalists
to deceive the People.


to deceive the People.
No efforts Of which the federalists are
masters, has been spared to misrepresent
the effects Of the Tax Law, and, particu-
larly, to lead the minds Of the agricultural
portion Of the community into the belief
that it will have tendency to tighten the
burthen oftax which has heretofore pressed
70 heavily upon them. If such would, in.
deed be the effect of this law, we should be
really glad, and as far as it did Tighten that
load we should be far from objecting to its
provisions; but we do not believe that such
will be its tendency, nor do those who assert
it believe that it will have any such effect.
For the purpose ofconvincing the farm
or that his tax will be lghtened they en-
deavor to show that the amount of the tax.
able personal property in the State will be
nearly if not quite double that of last year
and more than double the amount liable to
tax previous to 1915. And they would
carry the idea that the tax upon real Es-
tate will be diminished in proportion to the
amount of personally brought upon the list
for taxation. One cannot take up one of
their papers without seeing long columns
Of figures paraded to the gaze ofthe public,
showing the vast increase in the amount Of
personal property subject to taxation which
has been or will be, brought upon the du-
plicate under the whig tax law of 1856.
We are far from denying that vast a
mount of personal property will be brought
on TO the list for taxation under this law
which has heretofore been free from tax
and which shsdldhaye been taxed as other
property. Yetdtdoes not follow that the
tax Of the farmer Will be diminished to the
amount of the tax upon this personal prop
erty.
If it brought this amount upon the list,
anda the same time the value of the land
ofthe farmer, to which his industry has
added more than double its original value
continued to be taxed at the same rate as
heretofore, then would the law tend to
tighten the burthen Of the agriculturist.
But, no; the real estate Of the State, which
has heretofore paid tax upon its original
value will more than double, if not thribble
in value. Then, suppose the personal
property of the State paid one third of the
ak under the old law and the Real Estate
,aid two thirds. Now, the advocates of
his whig law oflast winter, claim, that the
'mount Of taxable personal property will
|ouble under that law and they attempt to
|eceive the people into the belief that this
lmount Of tax levied upon this increased
amount will be so much deducted from the
mount which landed property has hereto $
ore had to pay-when in fact the landed r
roperty, instead of fhaving but barely doub- h
ed has nearly ifnotquite thribbled; and con- 8
equently the proportion of the tax upon r.
cal estate over and above that upon per- i
onal property, will, in all probability, be Z
Increased under the law of last winter. i
But for the purpose of effect and party
ain they keep the fact, that vast amount I
( the personal property thus brought upon
le list, is the property Of the farmers them
dives, and if it were fact that the tax $
pom land were diminished to a small a. e
lount yet much of the amount of this d. @
'lnntion, if there should be any, is drawn 81
ON the pocket Of the farmer upon his u
eretofore untaxed personally. Ii
But the federalists are cunning enough ii
} not set these facts forth; as ifthey did so I
eir interest would not be promoted. They @
i'll find that the people are not TO be delu- P
ID into the supported their party and "
'ntinuance of this law upon the Statute by
9 use Of such subterfuges as tbis-they y
g not so blind as to be deluded by these u
tempts of the federal leaders to gull them /,
. the beliefthat this law was passed for h
d will operate to the particular adyant- n
Q ofthe agricultural interest. The ides /,
October will teach the tory wings that n
people know their interests and know
, will maintain them.
.a 4. . . y y
l THE unterrifed Democracy of New :,
mpshire have nominoted ]. w. Wnx-
is as their next candidate for Governor. -