Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-09-01

duced into our new Constitution. 1t is prob
ably found in no otter State Constitution. Bn-'
der the system in question, thaEefdrs any State
government hostile to the National Administra-
tion, might drive tout of the money market, by
laying rate OF taxation 50 high as to make bor-
rowing impossible. If any principle ls essen
tial TO the life of the Government aud the bapl-
ness and safety Of the people, it is that the ma
cbinery by which the nation preserves It's life
and honor, should not be subject and subor-
dinate TO innumersble local Jurisdictions, some
Of them hostile sOme of them capriciOus, and
none of them so constructed as 10 be able to
provide intelligently for the national welfare
A government liable tchave it's dealings With
its own citizens Overruled and Obstructed by
such agencies would not be worth its room ID
the world Nor would one of these evils BE- at
all diminished by openly warning the lender
OF the gauntlet through which he must run,
except that the prospect of so much taxation
would completely close Up the business Of lend
ing and borrowing. iFAtH Fl = at
The last mode would be to promise exemp-
ton from ali local taxatiOu as the Government I.
did, and then repeal the provision and break the
promise. This breach Of faith would simply be
odious and shameful bat would it not be alto
gether silly and absurd.s And this - the direct
tendency of the labOrs Of the opposition organs.
The natural effect Of their doing is 10 produce
reputation, either total OF partial And If they
could disgrace the government by peridy, and
PROSTATE its credit, any European nation hat
sees fit to preserve its own credit might recon-
quer and recOlOniae us at leisure. For in
this age, whatever may be the strength Of balls
and bayOnets, it is only secondary and dsubOrdin-
ate to the strength of the purse. Atfi q - -
Among the scores and hundreds Of TRADES on
this subject, in every Daily and Weekly, not
one states the matter fairly, or gives its dupes
glimpse of the truth. They Just assert in
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an-that the rich bond -hslder is altogether ex-
emped from taxation and the poor man is taxed
to pay the interest on his bonds Aud there
they leave the matter. Truth is no part of their
business Now, the fact is that the public cred
itor is taxed by the National Government Just
as heavily good faith and justice viii allow.
The receipts Of interest oR the national bonds
must be accounted for, on oath, to the assessor
as income; and if a man s income from all sour
ces, including those receipts Of interest, exceed
SIX hundred dollars, then he pays five per cent.
on the excess above that sum. III a mans in
come exceeds five thousand dollars, he pays ten
| per cent. on the excess above that sum. In
| fact no man escapes severe and rigid taxation,
except the poor man. whose income does not ex-
ceed SIX hundred dollars per s1num. So that
the representations of these fellows are the ex-
act reUeTSe of the truth. But in the eyes of hot
aud eager partisans no crimes are 50 unpardon-
able as the virtues of caDdor and fair dealing.
To the disinterested spectator few subjects of
contemplation can be more painful and forbid
ding than these cunning men at their bad work.
Always retTsctive and TetrOgressIye, and eOnser-
vatiVe of the vlest institutions that scOuTg-
ed and afflicted the human race, they labor in
cessantly, not only to disgrace by bad faith, but
| to inhame the minds Of their followers with the
most uneasy, the most malignant passions
against helpless and dependent race, whose
very weakness is, in the eyes of good men,
sufficient title TO compassion.
If we have any regard for own interests,
or these of our fellow citizens or the welfare of
our posterity, we are bound, as men and as chris
tians 10 exert every faculty of mind and body
| to overthrow this faction, which assumes and
abuses the name Of Democracy, and TO secure
the defeat of their cunning aud unscTupulOus
| leaders. CAVENDISH.