The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04


and that rule IL made judgment, to be en-. |
forced BY attachment, srecuiion, or SUCH 9TH
Err PROCESS as the court may direct n--Seciion
6l.
What can be more thorough What more
summary, that allows any triali No appear.
ancc terms. No process. No declarations
or pleas. No attorney to be employed. None
Of "be laws delays" Forthwith YOU get
Judgment, and you may use execution! IT.
that won't do,.you take out such other process
as you want, under the courts order! Can
you think Of anything beyond this! aver,
cir, there is nothing beyond it, except the
mere power or the mob. Nothing that this
ACT does not furnish, except that it allows the
citizens, in the courts 10 shcw cause" If he
can, why his properly should not be seized
All that this bill can dosin the way of effec-
lively securing the taxes, except organize the
mob, the law does. Now, sir, may not claim
that all this bill legitimately aims to do is TO
shut the courts. Sir, have said you can't
do hdH So much the greater outrage in ma
king the attempt.
Sir, will only notice one other fact, indi-
deprive these banks of the benefit of an ap-
peal to the courts. A bill was presented to
the House providing that these banks and 9TH
ers might pay all these taxes, and let their
receipts from the Treasurer show what amour,
| the tax payer thought was illegal, and then
r let him, within short time, sue and recovel
!. it back it the courts say it Is illegal Tha
: bill is in its grave, and by the hands of tht
friends Of this. What! not take this money
o You now want to "gig" out Of the vaults with
n pckaxes and crowbars. That measure wal
5, approved by, believe, every bank in Ohio
o All would doubtless have paid this tax an,
/. tried their case to get it back, in your courts
e The friends Of this bill would not have tn,
& money they now are digging" for, if the ia
If king was coupled with the right to try th
e question. Gn court composed of these '.gen
o tlemen's friends) as to whether this tax, thu
d taken, was illegal. What can demonstrate
n notion if this do not!
Il Sir, what now is more clear than the obiec
h OF the bill. 1t is by violence to deprive thes
!, citizens of A TRIAL. 1t is not the collec
!, tion Of a tax merely. but the collection of i
> so as to take away, If possible, all inquiry a
y to whether it is legal.
q Sir, the courts in some cases have enioin
O ed these trensurers from doing the very thinl
:. you compel those treasurers to do. Agains
9 these injunctons you compel them to proceed
J.. TO collect. In other cases these banks hay,
il gone into your Supreme Court and BY III,
). very provisions OF the act which assesses th
@ tax. There they are nor awaiting. under tn,
Il 74,h section. the answer of your own suprem,
c judicial forum, to the question "do we ow'
these taxes" To that answer, or that %
I the court of last resort, they will bow. viii
you say they shall not have it! II you will
y then you should not pass this bill, FOR the law
n now makes all possible provisions for thest
l. collections that are at all compabe with
Is the right of trial. fyou would not allow
il this answer to be had from the courts, pas.
q the bill, and exhibit again, to the Amusement
r OF your State, very mpotent and harmless.
attempt at tyranny, against which the people
are protected by the constitution
Sir, 1t must not be said that in opposing
, this bill we justify violation of law, or q
less taxation of bankers than others. I jus.
tify neither ] am in favor, in all cases where
we can. whether we have the power, of tax
i"S thcH DO your constitution says they shall
be taxed, $50 that their burden of taxation
, shall be equal to that borne by the property
of individuals"
oppose the bill for the reason | have
stated. That il these taxpayers are to have
any trial ut all, this act utterly unnecessary.
I IL is meant whilst these questions of the !e-
gality OF these taxes are pending in the courts
to compel their payment and take away this
, right OF trial, then it is unjust, oppressive
unconstitutional and abora,ive.
Sir, these banks ought to yield, in my judg-
mcnt, any peculiar rights secured by their
charters and submit to be taxed as other
property, if the Legislature will tax them as
other property. This am informed they
are all ready to do, il they can have any guar-
nnty they will be so taxed They are not,
they aver. taxed, by the bill of last winter,
as other property, and to try that question, they
are compelled to resort to the courts. viii
you let them try it3 If not, pass the bill.