The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-09-14

us might then be left free.
THE STAMP DUTY.
Another source Of revenue was one
against which we Americans have an
instructive prejudice-the stamp duty.
Nothing bat the necessity Of the Gov.
ernment would have induced me to
accept such duty-and l trust it will
be among the first to be repealed -
And so with the duty on manufac,
lures. The practical difficulties Of
loyylng an assessment equally never
can be overcome. So many articles
from component parts Of manufactures
and these are made by so many differ,
ent processes, that 1t is impossible to
devise an equal mode Of taxing mann
tactures. But | confidently trust that
when our system is perfect. the pres
cnt tax on home industry may be
omitted.
SOURCE Is OF FUTURE REVENUE.
1t may be asked whence ! would de-
rive the enormous sums necessary to
| pay the interest on the public debt and
the expense Of peace establishment?
My answer is, the present tariff on i'm
| ported goods, with such notifications,
as may be made to increase the reven
ue duties properly assessed and collect
ed on whisky and tobacco. on corpo
rations and 4ncomes, will meet all our
necessities. Many Of the taxes now
imposed are unequal, and will be mo-
dited The system was hastily devils
ed, without any experience in internal
taxation. We can, however, eongra
tulate ourselves that the experience OF
the past two years shows that we pos
sess fruitful sources ofrevenue without
expressing any portion Of the people,
and that If the exigencies Of the pub.
lie service required it, we can collect
from our enterprising population
enough to carry on war and yet prompt.
/ ~ meet all our engagements. Peace
will bring with it a more economical
system Of expenditure, and experience
will guard against fraud in evading
the revenue laws, so that al the re2t
session we car commence the reduc-
tiOn Of our taxes, instead Of. as many
feared, being compelled to look for new
sources of revenue. How remarkable
it is, that, with all the difficult fnan-
cial problems we have solved during
the war, our political adversarics can
find nothing upon which they dare
take issue, except provision in the
Loan Law, which is only material n.
afir:aance of repeated decisions dftht
Supreme Court. We can point witt
pride at the close CT the war to ma
tional currency and banking system
far better than we have ever had be
fore; to a system Of revenue laws that
in twenty years, if left unalterod, will
pay every dollar Of principal and in.
terest on the national debt; to the sue
cessful loans of thousands of millions
and none less than par: to the prompt
payment of all demands as they ma
ture, and to country richer in wealth
and stronger in credit than when We
entered on the contest. Oar financia
success is as deserving of thankfulnes,
as the glory which has crowned uul
arms.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
But fellow citizens, let US retuFn; in
conclusion, to the second Indictment
of our Democratic adversaries They
tell ds they are opposed to negro sUiI
rage. They still hope for power by
cl,nging TO the mean and narrow pre-
iudce of caste. With them. the hero
ism of one hundred thousand black pa
triots fighting nobIy under our flag il
the front of battle--the devotion o
thousands guidingat midnight thr5ugl
-, swamps and forests, our starving sol
: diers from the prison-p pens oftheSouth
the simple faith Of a race Of slaves il
the promise of freedom, which we, il
our distress, held out to them. thei
= truth and fidelity to our flag and oul
t cause in every Stage of our great strug
: gle-all these excite, in these Demo
cratic partiSans, not one word Of hope
not one emotion of gratitude; nothing
but hate and prejudice Here this con
clave Of defeated politicians meet il
: convention at the close Of n great wal
and beg for pardon for rebels, and lol
restoration of political power; yes
even more than they had before, auC
yet ask nothing, not even liberty, for
millions of slaves who have aided III
in our great deliverance. What feel
ing but that of contempt must fiji
every manly breast for such II party
Whatever conclusion the Unior
party may arrive at as to how
much political power we shall confer
: upon the freedmen of the South, VT
will settle that matter among Ourselvc!
in due time, and we can safely leay,
to these Democratic scavengers all they
can make out of their appeals to til,
prejudice Of caste,
l have recently, in pubic speech
expressed my personal opinions on thi
subject, and do not care 10 repoe
them, though unchanged. 1t is suIR
r cient that the Union party has wisely
as I think, postponed an expression o
opinion until the rebel States evinc'
the spirit with witch they vii
t receive President Johnaoh's liberia
plan OF reconstruction. In the meal
time, the widest discussion and th
iairest expression Of opinion might b
: invited, tolerated and respected. !
. seems to me that much more jmpor
tant questions precede this issue. AR
r the slaves yet secure in their freedom
Certainly not until the adoption Of tn
] Constitutional Amendment NbeT
? this is secured, as il must be. then W ht