Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-11-16

the hsryest and gives US our daily bread
He don't know bow to cipher, as the school
boys say. who don't know that equal tax.
| alton makes . like assessment Of equal
values whether those values be ands or
bonds, or the productions Of lands. Here
are some Of your good farmers owning their
two hundred acres of land, . beautiful her
itage tn besure, under the protection Of
your wise and bene6cent laws-a heritage
TO them and their children forever They
cultivate il, truly eating their bread in the
sweat Of their faces the noblest creatures
on earth, honest men but they cannot be
taxed ten per cent. on the value Of their
land over "a, 400.
You are in favor Of equal taxation, are
you? But If you are 10 favor Of equal tax
alton. like rate of taxation on equal valua-
tons whether those taxed be lands or mon
ey. tell you, you very suddenly relieve the
rich and impovsrish the poor. That is q
part Of their platform.
ULTERIoR OBJECTS OF DEMOCRACY.
Now what else are you 10 favor Of? Why,
you might swear, and we might sll swear
for you, that you are in favor Of rebellion
again, when you propose to break the Gov
enant Of the nation; and when you break
down the credit Of the nation, these rebels
have only to call on Europe again to arm
them for the fight as they did before.
History will bear witness to the fact that
more than thousand millions Of the treas
ure of the crowned dospots of Europe went
down in this war against the Union. You
rcpudiate this debt. and they have more
money in their exchfquers with which to
arm rebels again. and after you have de.
stroyed your credit, violated your obligation
and broken your covenant, tell me where
you will get your money again TO arm your
people. Why the dead defenders Of the
repub ic in their very graves would CRY aloud
from the dust against your internal wicked
ness, and laugh at you in the day of your
calamity. A people that would do this
could NOT expect to survive. God in history
reveals this fact that nation unfaithful ts
its pledged obligations never can survive
ought to perish, for the simple reason that
God is just. .....,,
THE IMPORTANT PROPOSITION TO SOLDIERS.
Yon are the men to trust the cause of the
government to! You first get up treason
ter the fallen ensign of the republic has been
lifted from the dust, and the insurgent ter
ritory, half as large as the continent Of Eu-
rope, has been wrested from the hands Of
million of armed rebels. you come and say,
"Oh! see here, my MANNED hero, you were
always democrat, coma now muster in the
Democratic party. 1t il true that we turn
ed our backs on you, it is true that we at
tempted to prevent the raising OF more vol
unteers, that We voted against subscription
loans, and We propose now to break the
plighted faith Of the nation and withhold
your pension. and tax those little orphans
sitting around vacant chair. to tax the bonds
they have received as the price oftheir faith
err sblood. Come and help US do this business
iu the name of the Democracy" Just come
and help us in the name Of the Democracy
to do this business.
THE coPPERHEAD PLATFORM. !:
/ have looked over the platform, and L
want every man in the hearing of my voice
to look over it. What word is there in it
from the beginning to the end in approval
of these brave men who saved the life of the
nation? Not a vord-What word in it Of
condemnation of these internal devils whe
organized this conspiracy against the Mt
tion's life and caused this terrible sacrifice
of blood and, treasurer Not one word.
Nothing hut the reorganization of the Dem
ocratic party and the violation of the plight
ed faith of the nation; and I suppose the
old resolution at Chicago is necessarily i'm
piled that the war for the Union is fail
ure. ..,,.
FREE LABOR
There i. some other work to do. We
havo not only to maintain the plighted ma
tional faith but we have nfettered--thank
God--unfettered the labor Of America
Every chain, every fetter, has turned to
dust in the fire of this great conflict for the
nations lite (; and henceforth the motto of
America is "A fair days ,oage, for a far
days ,oork" Enthusiastic applause.
| have spoken of the vast resources Of this
country, unmatched might almost say by
the resources of the whole civilized earth
besides. Let America be true to herself
Let her shun this miserable organization
that undertook not only to fetter the labor
of one fifth Of the entire productive power
of the republic for all time, but undertook
to disorganize the nation itself,-turn her
back on such an organization and declare
that heuoeforth the unity of the Republic
shall be sacred--that the men OF the repub.
lie will stand by it and defend as they would
defend the altar oftheir God. And let it 60
forth as we'll to the listening nations of the
earth, that the American people are resolv'
ed by law TO protect. in the mines. in the
| WOTksuOpSi Upou tuC ecdoi III tuO nSiusi ~
the deep forests, everywhere-by the plow,
BY the loom, by the anvil,--every hand in
tbs land that contributes to swell the meas
ure of the nations wealth. Let that b'
done and all ia we'll with America. 1t re
auires no vision Of seer to see that th'
day is not far distant, within the life Of mel
within the hearing of my voice, when Amer
ica. by such line of policy, will cancel ever
dollar of her great debt contracted in thi
war, aud that too without laying a pressin
burden on any of her citizens. No natio
ever did that before, just as no natien owe
came triumphant out of such rebellion b'
fore. And then what lies beyond?
A people of whom il was said by .ths
company of English gentleman who hav
t been looking at our railroads and other in
r provements, "We have travelled thus ia
, through this wonderful land of yours an
have not yet met beggar," will amply r
alize what / want to see realized IN IN
h. country; fair days wages for fan, day
work a reasonable independence to ever
: man who has strong arm. and an hone
. head and heart; furnishing means ot ,nte
t lectual and moral development to- all th
! children Of the land. Applause Tn
f being done, you will have republic whic
/. will be the pride Of the whole earth; an
|? amongst this grand sisterhocd of commo
l. wealths, there is no State. which has dee
It ar interest in this great question of the pr