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Gen. Sudger.-(all alone soloquizinR. These .
ID Wings: I'll have them beat; they beat me
twice for Poor House Director, once for Justice
OF the Peace, and a number of times for town.
chip Offices; and III be Tevenged! (stampng his
feet violently: at which time entered his parlicu-
lar friend, Mr.. Arbuckle.) Good evening Cap.
| am quite glad to see you; have been wanting
some friend 10 call; but Cap, what ails voul-.
You have looked bad for some time, pray tell me
what troubles you!
Arbucke.-General, am well enough as 10
health; butmy mind has for some time been sore-
ly tortured; and have called this evening to see if
we cant find some relief. These internal wings,
you know, this tax law-oh this tar law. Be.
fore we had 20 swear to the amount of our prop
erty, you got of by paying tax on nine hundred
dollars when YOU ought 10 have paid over three
thousand, and | paid on only one hundred and fifty
when ought 10 have paid on 81 900. You and
/ General, have chisseed the State, within the
last ten years, out Of hundreds Of dollars, which
was collected of Of that ignorant herd of farmers
Of our county; 10 whom We loaned our money,
and only chargsdthem about sixty-nine per cent,
and paid no tax at that. That is the way we got
rich, Gen. Now, cant we do something towards
getting this rascally law repealed, and fall back
on TO the old law, under which we didat have 10
swear.
Stidgor.-Gocd Cap, ,youhave hit the right nail
on the head now. The farmers have always
paid about ssven-eighths of the tax, and ii is
strange "pheR0Rme' that you and |, and other
rich men should have to pay now, according to
what we are worth; and if we set about il right,
we can elect Deorl and get tit repealed; there is
Atkinson that is in the same situation with you
and myself. He ought 10 heretofore to have paid
three times as much tax as he did pay, and think
he and such like men, will 60 in for repeal; and
we can pull the wool over the eyes of the dime-
Crdts, and make them 60 il blind. There will be
no trouble III that, if il wasn't for such creatures
as McMlen, who are all the time telling the
Wings that the law is just.
Arbuckle.-That's the way to do it. | wish
we were clear of McMlen, such fool as him,
aspiring 10 lead the party. Why, General, if his
ears was little larger, he would make good
match for VOLTS donkey.
Siidger.-Bu what plan, Cap, shall we fall on
10 effect our purpose. You know it wont do lor
YOU and me, TO lay the plan for the people can
at once see thatwa aint honest.
Arbuckle.-WalI,y youand myself, Cable, Cam.
eron, and John Thompson, are the Central Com.
mittee for this county, and we can get Cable, who
YOU know is unscrupuous enough TO write any
thing, to write an address, and 10 give it weight,
we will getdeac0H Cameron s name 10 it; and then
It's coming from the chosen representatives ofthc
dimecrat party, there will be great many credu-
lous enongh 10 believe it; no odds what kind Of
warn we spin. and think we had better say no.
Thing about any thing else than the tax law; how
ever, letus send for Gable, and hear what he says.
Enter Cable.)
Stidqer.-Well, Col. we have sent for you 10
see 0or a momanO what you think Of the Central
Committee publishing an address, &c.
CABLE think It very necessary; but will
not write an addres, unless the committee will n
gree 10 sign any hng may say about the tax
law; and am the only one Of the committee who
can write one. Gentlemen, am determined to
make dead sci on the tax law. | am oppress-
ed by it. In 1871, under the old law, my tax
was 500 900 90; in 1916, under the new law, it
is the following OOOO0 90. | am determined
10 throw it of, let it require what sacrifice Of con-
science it may.
Stidger and ArLucNc.-GonCoI.g goahcad and
write il; you have anticipated us cXacty.
CABLE will commence the address by talk
ing about the war between capital and labor, for |
cant be hurt much in the conhict for have no
capital and wont labor; aud after have read
that homily, will abuse the law because banks
are not taxed like other property, for you know
The people don't know that banks pay any tax, md
particularly so, since there is no provision in the
law for taxing them; and neither do the people
know any thing about banks paying tax on their
dividends. Out Of this matter ! think We can
make some capital; and then, we will charge that
the wings last winter made large appropriations
for a new State House The people away here
are a good ways from Columbus, and they wont
hink of looking INTO the statute, and we can palm
that off on them for truth. And then, we will
charpe that the increase of the State debt was by
whig management. ! know that at the time, two
out of the three commissioners were democrats
and we had a d.mocrduc Legilaturc; and the
matters connected with our State finances were
most shameiully managed; yet the people won
know where to look for the evidence, and we car
easy make them believe that the wings are ii
the fault You know that our party are kept to-
gether by laschood and Misrepresentation; ant
no man is good democrat who wont do or say
any thing for the advancement of the party
think, then, we had better ring about forty chan
ges on high taxes and conclude.
Arbucke.-Thal's exactly the way, 10, YOU
plan is first rate; and while you are writing tn,
address we will send for Cameron aud Thomp
son: they wont object to sign it. Cameron vii
sign most any thing we want hm if We take hin
in the righ, way. We must talk to him abou
the party, and what We have done for him, anC
what he owes the parry, &C.; and he'll 20 it if i
was ten times as bad. As for Thompson, he don
know tax law from Il Mormon bible, and We
could put his name to IL however, we had bette,
have him sent for.
Stidger.-Good evening, Mr. Cameron; (Com
oron enters,) we have drawn up here an address
TO which we want your name. II is the Canun,
dimecrauc doctrine; as it is now progressing, am
''aint as it used 10 was"
Cameron.-I suppose it is all right; woudn'