The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-06-04
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OBJ: Gaala Sentinel.
NegIro Tax.

ASSinASHN III VAS "'h - "iN "AieNo
home to his paper as follows: "We
have never dared to,hope that the in
terests of the country could be benefit
ted BY the Republican party, or that
any wisebenifcial policy could be eth
er conceived or executed by the discor-
dans fanatical, and heterogeneous ele-
ments which composed that party
But we had hoped, that while nothing
could be excepted from their wisdom,
or patriotism, that the desire of place
and of power would restrain the lead
ers from devising schemes, which,
while they would be ruinous to the
country, would be fatal to themselves.
This expectation. has, however, been
utterly disappointed, for a scheme
monstrous in its object, terrible in its
consequences, odious in its every fea~
ture, has been the fit product of a par
ty whose principals and leaders have
done so much to ruin the Republic.
Negro emancipation as it is called, is
this precious fruit Of Republican power.
This is neither more nor less than a.
greement on the part of the Govern
ment of the United States, to purchase
the negroes Of any slave State that is
willing to emancipate its slaves. In
other words, it has been resolved by
Congress that the Governu ent shall be
converted into a slave agency to pur-
chase negroes at the market price;and
that price is to be rung by taxation
from the pockets of the taxpayers of
the North, who emancipated their ne
groes without demanding Or receiving
a dollar of compensation from the u
nited States Government. The faith
Of the Government has been solemnB
pledged to make this purchase of ne
groes, by a resolution which passed
the ' Houses Of Congressa at the sug-
gestion of President Linco]q; and it
was so adopted in opposition yo the
votes and opinions of afew Degocratic
members Of Congress Who have seats
ineither House, The,whole scheme is
the peculiarities Of. the. Republicans,
who have the sole honor Of originating
and adopting it, and who are thus re-
deeming their promise of ''two dollars
day and roast beef. >" It is scheme
worthy of the party from whence it
came. AS if taxes to sustain the war,
which every patriotic citizen will cheer
fully pay, were not sufficiently burden
some, as if ruined trade, depressed in
dustry, and stagnant commerce, were
burdens too little, the people are to be
taxed still further to raise the millions
that will be required to buy worthless
negroes, in order to satisfy few fa-
natical abolitionists, whom it is the in
terest Of the Republican Administra-
ton to conciliate. The faith of the
country, and the money of the tax
payer are thus recklessly pledged by a
Republican President and Congress to
this stupendous outrage; and the Re
publican presses are loud in their ap-
proval of the measure.
'sBut the wrong does not end here.
What is behind is worse. For the ex-
pense Of buying negroes, large as twill
be, is only an item in the bill which the
burdened taxpayer will have to foot in
consequence Of the purchase. The ne
groes thus bought by the Government
old and young, infrm and able.
will spread all over the North. They
will compete with the white laborer-
they will lower the price of wages both.
men and women and even for mechan-
ics. They will enter our public schools
they will be imprisoned in our iails
and swarm our alms-houses-and we
will be taxed to educate and nurture
their young, as we'll as provide for, and
bury their old. The consequences are
inevitable-for every emancipated me-
growill rush to the North--as the Is
raelitcs of old went to Canaan, ex
pecting to find a land flowing with
milk and honey. When once here,
they will be too poor to go back, and
we will have to provide for them. The.
white citizen will, and must be taxed
to support the emancipated negroes,
whom he has bought and paid for; and
when groaning under the burden, let
him remember that Republican Pres
ident originated, Republican Con-
gress adopted, and a Republican press
applauded this monstrous scheme of
robbery. We have no fear that it will
be forgotten. It will be remembered
when the time of our criminal courts
is'consumed in trying negro criminals
--and our county expenses are increas-
ed by the cost of maintaining those
prisoners in the Jail and the penitentia-
ry.A 1T will be recollected when The
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