New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-01
TAXATION-REPRE SENTATION.

DIR. Harriet h. Hunt, who happens, unlike NOS:
Reformers, 10 have little property Of her cTn, and
has not as yet seen fit TO "endoT any gentleman
with the o~nersbip and control OF it, Is annually
waited on by the Boston taIgatherer with On invita-
ton 10 call at the captains Office. DR.. Hunt obeys,
because she must, but shows cogent reasons why
the property, which che has honestly acquired and
is thoroughly competent TO manage, should not be
voted away from her by shoeess vagabonds who
cannot read, and neither know how TO earn nor to
keep goods and chattes. Listen to Hsrrets state.
ment Of the csse and say vine her there be be not
reason in it.
To feeTei u Trey Treasurer and tbe As'sars snd other
A1thofiies Of the City OF Boso9 ssd the citizen. sens
ally, ADD the Legislature particularly;
Harriet X. Hunt, ply sciln, a native and perma-
neHt resident Of the City Of Boston, upon the payment
Of her taxes in 1882 formally protested ,inst the
injustice and inequality Of levying taxes upon part
OF the citizens who not accorded the night OF rep
I(sebtaiion. Her protest affirmed the fact that all
persons in Hassa ;busetts twenty -One years Of age
and upward-iDcludiDg even druDkards, felOns, lGns
tics idiots, who may De indepe1 dent Of paupersm
guaTdianshp-a if males, qualified, By the pay
mept Of State or county tax, 70 vote at municipal
elecons-Do standard Of morality justice prin iple
being rtgarded-the payment OF said tax aad male
sex being The only required qualifications
Her protest also alluded 10 the Oh |. scter o. your
alien laws and DatLraL alton privileges; aud pointed
out the positive wroDg existing 10 Connection '. n the
prtteDt system Of Pubhc-SchOOl education, which
while t.erly Ignoring the reed OF High school for
girs in Boston, utterly ignoring the need of College
for III Mhssacbusetts-yet suffers taxes t. be
as upceremoniJusy levied and den sDded on large
body Of female cuZeDs, though tina. body ap
propriately recognized IN law. Her protest also ret
forth that while it is broadly and distinctly admitted
that governments are IN, titu,ed among men, derry
ing their just powers from the consent OF the gov
"eIn.d"-tbis pIoscribed class Of Taxpayers have
never, either publicly or privately, co1senlel to the
government ebich, Year after year ley'e. and COLLEGES
iis taxes their pro )ery-b!s year with increased
rates of valuation aud per ceDtage.
The following year, 1888, on the payment OF her an
Iua taxes, Der act was accompanied by another pro-
test ia wh,o 3D. after the pitulsOn OF roe foregoing
facs notice was ken OF the decision OF the tDOst
tutiona Cow entOn of that year with reg ri 10 tue
proposed from your la We of the WORT IN .e,
IL inmed1te reference 10 your unequal aud sexual
system OF Public School educatlOn, aud allsiJn was
made to the iDefhc-Dcy of your school Committees,
as well as TO the il Justice of sighting the petition OF
1900 citizens for equal advantages OF educ On, edl-
cation for mind and not sex. And now, IN ne year
1854 this Der third protest is laid before your b)1y
Shall II be sci osde with the Others will your mag
paniniy be equal 10 duty oflayDg before The L3ss-
la,ure 90 peculiarly organized this year, a. II we're
pleoge TO inveSiga reforms , These are questions
which await your determination.
Your seBse of Justice Is agan appealed 10. lhs
noble spirit of our fJreia,hers held these truths - be
selfe, ident that all men are created eqaal; that
"they endowed by their Greater with cert in IN a.
" ttDabIC nights; tnst among thcse are NE hUeIyi
" and the pursuit of happiness. Natural aud p)ht-
ical Justice and the aXiOms of En5sn aud America
lsw olike determine that rights and burdens should
be harmoDious-taX iion ana representation c)eX
iepsiye Their affrmaiiODs have nos risen = the
dignity OF political principles. They are accepted a.
The Fundamental basis of all just government. oars
are but logical conclusions from there the es'ab-
he'd premises of all Republics. We affirm that white
women are liable to punishment for ac.s which ths
laws call criminal or while tue, are t1ved 10 thsir
labor or property for the tupDof of GOyernmenthey
have sei.evident and inds puta Die right 10 direct
voice in the enactment 81 those lass and the i0rmt
ton OF ID at Government.
Yet while increased taxation. both as regards val
ustion and per ceDtage-is accepted by men, VINO
vote for those who impose such taNes-~omed are
compelled only 20 pay Thdt yo1 icta,e but F4cH
Won say-and the righi TO determDet0 what purposes
tbeir money shall be applied is declared by your
usages 10 be beyond Their province Are scnoOl
committees to be- chosen from each Ward Men vote
for ucb, and, although gr's are included IN Puouc
School Educatlon women denied rec 1sniti)n on
those Committees The revised City Garter was
submitted ID Nov 1884 10 the citizens FOR thelc rati-
fcston or lection and the question arose, Who arc
others WY, males; why, fOrelsuers-pOI taxes
the ibiemperate-tbe vicious-the ignorant-lny
body and everybody, who has had the wit 10 elnde
pauperism aDd guardanship-if they are only ~ res.
And ye, this City Quarter women are to i've un'er-
obey-be taxed 10 suppoft-and no pauPer est4plSn-
IN. bt or guardianship is thought necessary for taem
tboueb be law tacIy raj Ks them in The condition OF
those who live under both How Inconsistent Is all
this how absolutely at variance with the Declaration
If lpdependence-the principles of Republics Dsn-
tie theories or practices OF ju0icious Government
with all hat is wholesome reasonable and just
When party factions, political iDtrsues. aud the
selfish cabsls of scheDiDg politicians are stricken
down and abolished and the people come back TO
hIsi principles, they will realize the enormity ~ de
priyiDg half the citizens Of Boston OF rshts Sc
cured 10 them in the parcbments Of republic We
ave strong in The right, and hide cur tine Pro
tests viii Yet fall and thicker around you bat whether
one, or nsny, the demand is siill for Justice for
privileges which shall insure FREE and willing pay
ment of taxes; for representation through aGtire
c,hseasAip. in those laws by which We are bound.
Your iemonstrsDt in pay ing her taxes for 1884 for
the third time utiers her protest against the prestn
usses of Boston which deprive citizens OF the rights
nohly sustained by ancestors, and precisely ldeo
teal with those on which rests the basis OF American
Lb.rty This ia respectfully submitted.