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and sells it to Smith on years credit. Nov
how stands all this matter 30 far as the subjec.
oftaxstion Is concerned. There is no money
in the whole transaclion, except what Is bor-
roWed from Lyons, the banker. There is only
the one piece Of land in all these transactions.
Yet Lyons is taxed on Browns note, Jones is
taxed on the money he received, Davis is tar.
ed on Smiths note. and Smith is taxed on the
land. Here. then, you perceive, is tax
paid i've or SIX times on this one lot Of land and
one sum Of money; whilst the fair rule of tax.
alton is equality. Tax all property at its zeal
value once only, This same process Of taxa.
ton might be carried out till one lot of money
was taxed twenty times over. But how cure
all this9 1t is a very easy matter. Let every
mans property be taxed according to its true
value, deducEing his liabilities from his assets
that is, let every man pay tax on what he is
worth. But enough Of this,
After Gov. Medill had got through his hon.
lily upon taxation, he took up, and it was also
the burIhen Of Senator Pugh's speech, the sub
iect Of Americanism, or secret political sOCie-
ties, Now | am not a champion Of secret sOci'
cites; there are many; but l am not one of
them. Yet it is fair for me to criticise those
public gentlemen and their efforts in that be-
half Ithas been charged through the public
prints repeatedly, and never denied to my
knowledge, and is generally believed, those
two gentlemen are and have. for long time,
been influential members of a secret political
society, the first that was ever organized in
Ohio, and the most influential tool mean the
Miami society, This society is composed ex
clusiVely of members of the Democratic party,
who are bound together for the purpose OF
helping themselves to all the Offices, and pre-
venting any outside Democrat from obtaining
Office, without their consent. speak it with.
out fear Of contradiction, that members of
this society hold or control all the State offices
when the Democratic party is in power, and
Gen. George E. Pugh is now. or was lately,
the President Of that secret, corrupt political
society. These, my fellow citizens, are the
gentry who are to hOrrify us, until each partic-
ular hair stands on end, with the awful dongs
Of secret political societies.
As for myself, believe such societies had
better be disposed with. And if the Catholic
who look upon tue POpe's bull as law higher
than our constitution, or any other constitution
or law, let us go to work openly and above
board and prevent him occupying any position
that will initiate with our constitution and our
laws, for all voters ought in fact to pay alegi.
ance 10 the government under which he lives,
and not to any foreign Prince, POtentate, Pope
or Olgarchy.
In connection with the subject Of American
ism Messrs. Medill and Pugh associated the
late lamentable riot at Louisville charging upon
the natives in the most vituperative and repul.
sive epithets the murder of innocent woman
and children. If such be the fact, hope the
aw will meet out tO.them the Just deserts Of
murderers. But Senator Pugh, here in Ohio.
knows Just as much about that transaction as
anybody else, who has gathered ii from flying
and contradictory reports. gotten up by those
deeply engaged on both sides Of the catastro-
phe, and yet ventured the assertion that the
widest Irishman in that brawl, has not colored
his stOry.s highly as Senator Pugh did when
he spoke Of the bravest American among them
deliberately walking up to woman, with q
babe in her arms, and firing pistol, blew out
the brains Of the innocent child The man who
would thus falsely and maliciOusy try to array
one portion Of our community against the 9TH
er, ought. if ignorant of bis offence, be cOnfn-
ed in Lun attic asylum.
Senator Pughi is lawyer, he knows he has
no right 70 make up and pronounce judgment
upon the helter-skelter hesrsay of every foo
or madman who chooses to put lie in circua
ton; be knows. if he does take for evidence The
newspaper reports, that the foreigners com
menced the row. But he knows. particularly
we'll that he and his party leaders are the dirty
tools made use Of by these Louisville, and
other shareholders to trample upon the rights
and liberties of all poor men, whether native OF
foreign, white or black. And be further knows
that it is the policy of his party, in opposition
to Mr.. Chase and the Republican party. to put
four votes into every Shareholders hand who
Ownes FIVE slaves, while the native born, the
Irishman, and the German Of Ohio. each have
+. but one. And he knows that franklin Pierce
sits calmly in his Presidential chair at Washing
G ton, and sees the mob Of Missouri slaveh1 1lders
{ under the lead of AtckisOn, march into Kan
; sas, and then with bowie knife and FistOl
drive from the polls the peaceable Irishman
Ohioan and Pennsylvania, because these ar,