The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
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These bonds are, BY a law Of Congress, !
exempt from taxation. both State and :
Federal, and thus ons.third Of the taxa
.ble property Of the land is swept from !
the tax duplicate, leaving che Remaining
two thirds 10 pay a largely increased
amount oftaxes. No man can say that
such a system Of taxation is just and no
people, who have the independence OF
freemen, will long submit to such an an-
just discrimination. /:
The Abolition party oppose the taxa
lion of these bonds and thereby favor the
building up of a privileged class among
us who shall enjoy the high rate of inter
est received on their bonds and pay moth
ing for the support Of the Government
while the toiling masses around them
oycr.burdened by taxation, must, in time'
become tho mere serfs Of the rich bond
holders.
And this same party which has ignored
The Constitution for the last five years,
now has the impotence to claim That a
State has no constitutional right to tax
thu Bonds of the Federal Government
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Well, we have this to say, in regard 10
the corstitutionality of the question thar
We believe that the States may constitu-
~tionally tax all property within their Dor,
ders, not expressly exempted, BY the Con.
stitution of the State or the Constitution
of the United States. Bonds ofthe UNI
ted States are not thus expressly exempt
ed from taxation, and therefore may right
" be taxed. On the other hand, the Con-
stitution Of the State Of Ohio expressly
makes it a duty of the Legislature to pass
laws taxing such bonds. Article Y, Sec
ton 2, reads as follows:
claws shall be passed taxing by a uni.
. form rule all monies, credits, INVEST
: MENTS IN BONDS, stocks, joint stock
. companies, or otherwise, and also, all real
y and personal property according to il
D. true value in money" q
is This provision Of our Constitution hal
a existed for fifteen years, and no one eve
IL dreamed that it contrayencd any of th
IN provisions of the Constitution Of the Uni
OF ted States. If not, ther, Bonds may b
as lawfully taxed, But if we were dispose
to adopt the mode of argument Of the Of
OF position for the last Eve years We coul
n very well say that as it was "war Deces
Is. sityn that these bonds were created, it
be apeace necessity that theyshould be taxed
'ir If"the salvation of the people is the 81
o' preme law Of the laud,p the supreme la
'o' ofthe land requires that they should
10 taxed. The eternal principles Of ju
nng tica require that they should, and the p
III tent will Of the people. expressed throug
the ballot box, should, and wiR, require
After DoeBERRY had exhausted b
vocabulary Of vulgar epithets upon Il
era Democratic party, he took his seal am
no profound silence.
nd Capt. BUSHNELL was then called gu
nat He claimed that Gen. Cox was oppose
nd to Negro Equality and Negro Suffrag
rs This is all nonsense. BUsHaELL knoa
The il he knows anything, that such is n
the case. We will, however, show by
record that Gen. Cox is in favor gA
h a gro Eqna'ity.
It'll. Of Cox's recent speech at Oberlin, I
ZEN. Cincinnati Gasctte, an ardent support
ON Of Cox, says.
ON 0Tbe General alluded to the chare
or that he had wavered from his earlier an
slavery views, but claimed the right
brand with falsity any charges OF apps
ing cy. He was q graduate Of 0berlin, a
me, would not be OF any other, If he coul'
Ich- But that he might be fully understo'
you he said
love al have seen black troops fight nobl
itu- and / say Of all, that they who were 60
lo1. enough to fight with US, are good enou
to stand on The Union platform~iM m
nor The Ohio State Journal says:
are The general took his seat in the mi,
was of a storm CT applause, which had scar
4 n " quoted down when Mr.. Hale, a neg
raised in his scat and asked permission
Do ask General Cox a question. Permissi
to was granted, and he proceeded II wa
has to ask Mr.. Cox, if he is elected Cover
and Of Ohio, ifhe will be in favor Of bestc
lug upon the colored men of the State
uen saving nothing about what he would
. al for those in the Sou,h-the right Of s
g to frage 7"
min To which Gen. Cox replied
who sThat il the question had to be del
.bor. mined by each State for itself, and
North for itself, his determination NO
DO here Gin Ohio for the full applicat
Of the rights ofman which he had
scribed." The reply was received "
"o enthusiastic applause, and with some
lded uouncements, the meeting adjourned
/. the What does he mean by 'the full ap
Ne, cation Of the rights Of man :" Sim