Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-05
eThe Democrats Mako Two ISSUES
with the Abolitienfsts- Senator
Gu,er.umam M Ravenna.

with the AbolItionfsts-Sena
sherman at Eeavenna.
Hon. JOHN SHERMAN, who is working
like beaver to be reelected to the United
States Senate, made speech at Ravenna,
O., Friday, September l, which is reported
In full in the Cincinnati Commercial of Satur-
day last. In this speech Mr.. SHERMAN said
that the Democrats, as nearly as he could
arrive at it, snake two issues; first, de-
mand that the United States securities shall
be taxed, and second, that Negroes shall not
VOTE"
= Mr.. SHERMAN then took up the first issue,
and undertook to prove that it was uncon-
stitutional to tax for State, County, Town
ship, City and School purposes, capital in
vested in Government securities. The Su-
preme Court had so decided years ago. and
that decision could not be disregarded.
1t is somewhat singular that these men,
who, few years ago, would not attach any
importance to the decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States, if such decis-
ion were in opposition to their conceived
notions of right touching the Negro, should
now rummage through dusty and cob-web-
bed decisions for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether they cannot find something
I that can be tortured into palliation for the
exemption Of capital invested In United
States securities from taxation. In this
connection, it did not occur to Senator
SHERMAN that anything could be done to
lessen the burthens of the oppressed tax
PAYERS. There is class Of people that he
looks upon as being unjustly taxed, or rath-
er certain kinds of property that should be
exempted from taxation. Common people
would be at loss to imagine what sort OF
property is subject to taxation, that ne
would have exempted. We reproduce his
words: 4c .srit 1h
GA direct tax is levied upon carriages,
pianos, plate, and a few articles OF that
kind of property. I think this tdr oughtto be
repealed among the Jfrst." !, .-.
He has nothing to say about repeating
the 81 militia Communication tax, which Is
an oppression to the poor. He has nothing
to say about reducing the unnecessary exy7
pense attending the collection of the inter-
nal revenue. He finds that the carriages,
pianos, plate, and such property be-
longing to the capitalists who own
large quantities of Government securities,
that are exempt from taxation, are subject
to direct tax, which he holds to be a sore
grievance to these tax exempted capitalists.
We suppose that il these people shall be
relieved from the taxes that are now assess
ed upon their carriages, pianos, plate, &c,
that the taxes will be put upon the drays Of
| draymen, upon washtubs of washerwomen,
| upon the sawbucks of woodsawyers, and
upon the churnsof farmers wives, and such
| property. Oh, it's unconstitutional to tax
any property belonging to the capitalists
who have invested their money in United
States securities; but perfectly constitution
! al to tax draymen, woodsawyers, washer
] women and buttermakers, to make up the
1 deficiency in the taxes caused by such ex-
emption, is it?
The opposition ''to Negro Suffrage" Sen
| ator SHERMAN pronounced "mean and
narrow prejudice of CASTE" Then the re-
| pugnance of the Whites to intermarry with
the Blacks is a "mean and narrow preju-
| dice of CASTE" The soldiers who have fol-
| lowed General SHERMAN through the South
| to glorious triumph, as a general thing,
appear not to concur with Senator SHER-
| MAN that the preference for the White race,
and determination to continue this Gov
ernment as a Government of White men, is
q mean and narrow prejudice of caste."-
The Senator waxed wroth because, as he
declared: Fus.e..s
.With them, the heroism of one hundred
thousand black patriots fighting nobly un-
der our flag In the front of battle-the de-
yotion of thousands guiding at midnight
| through swamps and forests, ouI starving
| soldiers from the prison-pens OF the south,
the simple faith of q race OF slaves in the
promise of freedom, which we, in our dis
tress, held out to them; their truth and
fidelity to our flag and our cause in every
stage of our great struggle-all these ex-
cite, in these Democratic partisans, not
one word OF hope, not one emotion OF
gratitude; nothing but hate and prejudice"
WHAT'S the use OF Senator SHERMAN, and
such men, as him, growing indignant over
the fact that the Democratic party is oppos-
ed to Negro SuffrageP According to their
representations, the Democratic party is
powerless, and being powerless, what is
there to hinder them from inaugurating the
millennium of Negro Suffrage, Negro Equal
ity and Miscegenation?
.Poor whites no Better than Ne
-i..i ''' grOes."
Colonel MOVES, on Saturday night, while
making his speech at the west front Of the