Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-05-24
The Union and Frank PierpOtnt's
6ueeoh,

The union and Frank PierpOtnt's
Speeoh.
The Editors of the Union come out yes
terday morning in their usual candid style,
ON the remarks of Mr.. Peirpoint,s at the
Court House, in which they claim to be of
the working class. If they are of the
working class, or have the remotest SYM
patty with ii, wen lay our lives that
there isn't working man in any depart
ment or branch Of business in this town,
that has ever been able to discover it, and
they are not likely to receive their asser-
ton as a fact, however much those
sprightly gentlemen may wish to make
the impression just ON the eve of an cleo.
ton. It is amusing to see the self-com-
placency with which they fall back upon
dignity-with what amazing nonchalance
they fault Mr.. Pierpoint for his lack of that
essential ingredient of their ,Oriti", be-
caues, forsooth, he illustrated one OF two
points by very apt anecdotes. The fact is,
Mr.. Peirpoint administered a number of
hearty thwacks, which made their edi-
toriaI backs vince like hayed beet, and the
laundering applause which greeted the
application of the lash, no doubt gave
them very unfayorabIe impression of the
dignity of Mr.. Peirpoint or the house
either. They (the UntOn) think Mr.. Peir-
point very uncharitable because he said
Gany man who has the meanness to say
that such is not the law" (referring to the
tar bill sis liar" In other words, be-
cause he said that man who tells will
full lie, is liar; therefore, Mr.. Peirpoint is
undignified. Beautiful logic and a fair
specimen of the kind vended so cheaply
from the Union office.
The usual catch penny style of the Union
editors never was better illustrated than
in the manner in which they speak of the
tax measure itself The duplicity with
which they endeavor to gull honest people
into the belief that they (the UniOn) don't
approve of the tax measure, has the very
thinnest kind of covering. They say
land emphasize it too) that he tMr. Peir-
point) can't put his finger upon one who
would say that the law as expounded by
him. is Just or proper. Mark the express
slon-as erpounded by him. The editors of
the Onion wish to convey to the minds of
those who have no opportunity of reading
the law, in It's connection in the book, the
impression, in fact the belief, that what
Mr.. Peirpoint has said upon the tax bill is
only his construction of it, his view of
the law and that the law is susceptible of
some other Interpretation. Now the edi-
tors of the Union, if they know anything
at all, know that the law is as clear and
uneouivocal as the light of heaven, and
that it is just as aIr. PeirPoint read it
The bill provides first, that an income not
exceeding $3.50 shall he taxed fifty cents
ON the one hundred dollars, if over $3.50
and under $500 it will be taxed one dollar
on the hundred dollars, if over $500 and
under ST. 900 one dollar and fifty cents
on the one hundred dollars, if over 81 900
the tax is two dollars on the one hundred
palliative clause, although the State Audi.
tor Mortified at the enormity of this out
rage, upon the working classes, in note
appended, undertakes to apologize for the
first clause, which We have quoted, by ex-
pressing the belief that it was accidental
Talk about Eastern Virginia laying on tax
cs on the West accidentally. 1t was de-
signed and is part and parcel of their plan
to drive the whole horde las they call III
of the free laborers from the State. They
did intend to tax the wages of the orphan
boy who works at the nail machine for his
own or his widowed mothers support, and
in the words of Mr.. Peirpoint, "God have
mercy on their souls" Yet this is the
tax bill that the Union editors pretend to
think is of doubtful meaning. Talk about
meanness, the meanness of that man, who
for political purposes would emphatically
deny the existence of such law, is honor
bright, compared with the meanness Of
those who would skulk behind the pretence
of doubtful Interpretation. Will the
working men of this town support the
candidates of party, the true exponent
of whose policy is this self same tax bill
and of whose tactics the editors of the
Union are genuine representatives.
Look Out for RoOrbacks To-Day.
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