Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-10-04

Of tenant. Now the party in power have
made ticket with names Of all the men upon
it who were in Office last year--the very men
under whose auspices the taxes have swollen
10 their present enormous amount. Upon
what ground they will urge upon you the
election Of these men. know not, unless it
| be, that having known 50 well how to put on
taxes, they are to be supposed to understand
equally well the best mode of taking them
Off But. gentlemen, that the taxes may be
llightentd, il is not alone nc cessary that these
men should know ho,D, but that they should
also have the disposition to remove them
and of their disposition, think we are justi-
fed in looking upon their past history as
sufficient irdex.
Now II the opinion of tAe Republicans,
the rule OF toxalion should be entirely differ-
en-. They hold that if a man begins life
with nothing. it is wrong to crush him be-
meath burden OF taxes. Give him an open
feld and fair start. When he has means
then tax him for them, but fairly and equally;
and apply the same rule to all persons
whether natural or artifcial-to banks and
insurance and railroad companies.
To illustrate the rule adopted by the State
Administration, take the case Of a man who
borrows one hundfed and fifty dollars, and.
mthout using it hiUsel!, lends it TO his nei gh-
bors, receiving his note In this case the
person Supposed is taxed for $3.50, simply for
being the agent by whom that amount is col
iected from the last debtor for the benefit of
The o.iginsi creditor.
But the defenders of this rule OF taxation,
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that il increases the tax bSt. This is very
true. Put upon the list everything the people
have, ano you will undoubtedly swell it to a
pretty good size. ,.ut let me show you by
another Illustration, how this plan works in
increasing the list.
Suppose borrow $1,000, and then loan
the same amount TO person who lends it a.
gain. and SO on through the 400 600 voters in
the State till we reach the original leudei,
who in his turn gives his obligations for a
thousand. We hase then 100000 obligations
for s 900 each, amounting in all to ss400,-
/ 100000, which according to the present rule
is the subject Of taxation. In other words
| $500 600 600 is added by these transactions
to the taraJ!e property Of the State, while
the ccludl property is not increased parti-
Gle: 50 that every man in the State, pay $40
for the privilege OF borrowing and lending
! 81 600
| This is all wrong, and SO utterly indcfens-
| Bile is it, that never heard respectable ar
gurnent in its favor. The only case ever
heard Of like it was the story OF the two Yam
KEGS, (and by the way, if you will keep it a
profound secret. will inform you that am
by birth Yankee. born, am almost asham-
cd to say. in the same State with NJ. Pierce:
but could not help it; and WIS caught and
brought to Ohio so young that it didn't hurt
me,) who being in Jail with not cent of
money between them, made $50 in three
months by swapping. So similar is the mode
IF raising mouey adopted by the State of
Ohio, to the plan by which our Yankees en-
riched themselves, that think it properly de-
4 serves the name OF the .jact-kn9e system of
taxation. But it is the bus ness ofthe Legis-
lature to devise system, by which the bur
thens OF The State shall be born equally By the
property OF the Stl.e. And If the decision of
the Supreme Cour's in gooi llw,and the Con-
luton re lily STANDS in the way o. such re
suit, then am in favor of whatever charge
in the Constitution may be necessary to eff.
fec: it.