Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-07-22

government for the last twenty years; who
had increased their taxes from one. eighth
Of one per cent to one fifth, with cores.
bonding increase in the poll tax? Was it
not the democratic partyl Had not the
amount of taxable property increased in
as great ratio as the taxes had been in
creasedl Had not the population increased
| in like ratio? All knew this. And yet,
| with an increase of taxes, and increase of
taxable objects, new, unjust and tyrannica
taxes had to be imposed to keep the wheels
of government rolling: The lawyer, the
doctor, the journeyman mechanic, the
clerk, the overseer, the school teacher, and
the minister of the Gospel,-embracing
the poorest classes of society-are taxed
one per cent on the amount Of their sala-
ries, while the richer classes, those who
have their thousands, are taxed one.ifth Of
one per cent! The democratic party have
long had possession of the State govern.
ment; they have steadily opposed all works
of internal improvements; they have in
volved the State largely in debt; increased
the taxes; and just at the close of the last
session, they find themselves so bampered
as to be forced to resort to such means to
sustain the credit of the STATED Was it
not time for change?
Again--Three per cent on the neat pro-
ceeds of the sales of the public lands in the
State, has been donated by the United
States, to Missouri, for internal improve.
ment purposes. Instead of preserving this
fund.- and appropriating it to some desira.
bic improvement, which would be perma.
nent benefit to the State, it had been equal.
ly parcelled out to the counties, and no one
could see or feel the benefits of it. Had it
been preserved snd loaned at interest until
now, or five or ten years hence, it would
have constructed an improvement which
would have done more for the State than
twenty years of locofoco legislation.
Representation had shared about the
same fate of the three per cent fund. Ter.
ritory not population, is the basis. Why is
this so? Why are the small counties so fa-
vored at the expense of the large ones?
There is neither Justice nor the show of
justice in it. Ii is the work of political as
prants 10 office. What was the Peoples
liberties, their interests, their money, to the
longings of an ambitious man for place and
power? The past had shown them to be
nothing.
The attempt Of Mr.. Jackson to draw
Gen. Clark off on National Politics did not
succeed, but rather made him stick more
closely to the affairs of our own State, and
show the wretched manner in which it had
been governed, and the fathlessness of
those who had been delegated to transact
the peoples business. His expose was full,
complete and triumphant, and no one could
have atten,ively listened without being
forced to the conclusion that the democrat
ic party had shamefully neglected the true
interests of the State, and were not worthy
Of further confidence.
Mr.. Jackson was sorely perpexed, and
with oil his forced efforts and ingenuity,
could not relieve himself from the unenvia.
BILE position the Generals scrutiny into bis
acts placed him. To ask pardon and make
promises for the future, was all he could
do--and this he did, with humbeness and
earnestness.
But we think, although the old rifle has
never missed fire but once or twice, it
would have been better for the people ifshe
had snapped oftener--and as they seem to
be the loser, whether she snaps or fires, we
think they are disposed to try new gun.
THE WHOLE THING IN A NUr-sHELL-The
Boston Courier, in announcing its determi,
nation TO support the nominee of the Wing
Convention, says:
"We take the matter as we find it, and it
comes TO our hands in very plain shape. Shall
the Wings support the Wing candidate, or by
withholding that support throw all their strength
on the side OF their opponents! This is the true
state Of The matter, and no rehnements or so>
jurisdictions can put it in any other shape that
can be plain 10 the common sense OF common
men,"
This is the true ground. An electors
vote is not his property; it belongs to his
country; The privilege is guaranteed TO him
for sacred purposes, and as an honest man,
as patriot, he is bound to exercise the |
right of suffrage, in what he believes to be
the country's true interests.