The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-09-19
More about rax reform.

Below Will be found a pithy and
puugent Article from the Chillicothe
AdUer<iser drawing Or refining Mr.. CHASE
and his friends up to tho issue IN the
tax question
It seems a little remarkable that the
opposition, although frequeptly intima-
ting the necessity of retrenchmcnt and
reform" and a change in the tax law in
relation to deductions or accountsof in
debtedness, studiously conceal from the
public every vestige of their proposed
change. This is the more strange and
un~accouutable because they have been
challenged, repeatedly, to nou to
the people the mode of retrenchment
which they intend to adopt, in case they
are successful at the October election
Is it there you ire!
s The tax laws of this State demand
prompt revision. As it is, people are
now taxed on what they hare not, Zap
plausc instead of upon what they have"
I-ChuSc's Cincinnati speech.
Mr. CHASE did not design to enlight-
en- his audience in roh1 name : the
tax laws of this State, demand prompt
revision" The fact can not be success
fully c~ontroverted hat the taxes OF
Ohio were never more equally assessed
than they are now, nor can it be sue
.cessfully shewnthat they are not levied
in strict conformity to the requirements
of the Constitution. 1t is an i~udisputa-
bic fact that Mr.. swan, who was last
fall elected Supreme Judge by the Flu
ed strictly Constitutional audit is a fact
equally indisputable that FRANCIS d..
WRIGHT; the Abolition Know Nothing
candidate for Auditor of State, was the
endofser and justifertof Auditor Mon
GAN in his official conduct in relation to
the assessment of taxes in conformity
torthe decision of the Supreme Court.
A revision Of the tax laws GIN be af-
fected sensibfy in only two points. The
one is TO cut down materially the amount
assessed for purposes of education. If
Mr.. CHASE is in favor of doing this, Why
did he not say so ? The other is to
enact a law that shall restrain. within
reasonable and constitutional bounds,
SuC doSCOoAuCuIc uistuCw~DJ COuuby, DO-
rough and township officers. 1fsdMr.
CHASE is in favor of passing such q law
why did he not say SO ? The mode. of
assessing the taxes ean not aud will not
be changed unless the constitution is
amended.EaIs Mr.. CHASE in favor of SO
amending the constitution as shall allow
persons to, deduct their indebtedness
from their moneys and credits-and yet
the farmer to pay taxes without
upon his farm, horses and
and everything else that wears
the shape of real OIL personal property
upon which he may be indebted? fl
he is, why did he not say so Before
the enactment of the present tax law, |
and the ruling of the Suprene Cgurt
thereto, persons holdingreal estate we're
lecessitated annually to pay from screen
q to serenity nine per e of all the
levied; but now they are n%ecessi-
,ated to pay but from siEtylo,te to SIXTY
fUe and three Eourths per cent. of the
axes. Do they desire a return to the
I'D system of taxation Do. the far
ners, who are allowed toideduct moth
ng from what they owe on their farms
IT stock, desire that the tax laws should
,e SO amended as to allow the dealer in
money, notes, bonds aud mortgages, to
lednct his indebtedness, and thereby
,ut themselves under the necessity of
yet more to the support of
he State, county, and other municipal
governments. just as other interests
re exempted from taxation are they
compelled to make upwhateyer deficien-
y is created by such exceptions. A
amount of taxes have to be rails
ID and if one class ofindividuals is made
be favorite of the Legislation, sto5the
that it shall be required to pay
taxes, other interests will have to
upply the deicie icy, and as the real
state, which embraces the farming in
crest, is the pack-horse Of taxation, it
ill be put to the necessity of carrying
n additional load. Let men interested
o this matter consider well before they
ornmit themselves in favor ola system
f taxation which will inevitably add yet
to their taxes Ls1 @ +.