The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-25

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should bear In the burthens of the Govern
ment snare in proportion to the value of the
property 90 protected to him. No matter
what that property may be,-whether in lands,
IN houses, In goods or chattels. In securities r
stocks or In Government bonds. it Is protected
by the Jaws OF the land and should be taxed ac.
cordlpg 70 It's value. No property, save per.
haps such as is dedicated to religious. ele-
mosnynary Or public educational uses, should
be exempted from the tax list Every exemp.
ton increases, the tax upon every piece or ar
ucie OF property not exempted, relieves the
owner OF the exempted property from taxes at
tne expense OF the public. and violates the
the privileges granted and secured by Govern
ment, should be equal among all the people.
Millions upon millions of the property. near.
ly all OF which Is in the hands of the Wealthy.
is Ut 1t canrbe) new exempted from all taxa.
ton. Six hundred millions invested in the
popular loan is thus exempted, and it was
called me popular loan because it was So
exempted from taxation in the hands of its
owners ss an inducement to capitalists to in.
vest in It, The tax on that six hundred mil.
ions, as well as on many millions more. in
creased by the interest thereon, is thrown back
upon the other property in the country, to be
drawn from the products of the labor of the
people,-from you, soldiers who have barred
your bos0ms to the storms of battle, and re.
turned to the pursuit of your old peaceful avo
cations, yea, from you, soldiers your shares
as well as from all other citizens, their shares.
1t is wrong, -palpably unjust,,-a direct viola
ton of the boosted rule Of equal taxation in
this country.
And now that we have peace in all our land.
that great shield OF personal iberty,-that
great relief from unlawful imprisonment. the
ka5eas corpus, should be restored to the people.
unobstructed in its proper use by martial law.
The judicial authority should again be free
from military interference, and all the old
usual constitutional remedies thrown open to
all.
These are some of the evils and INEQUALITIES
which have been cast or augmented upon the
country and the people by the rebellion and
and successful war for its suppression. They
are great evils fraught with danger in all their
Influences and tendencies, and particularly in
the effect OF the unsafe precedents which they
furnish. They are evils that deeply, if not Vi
tally, affect the general welfare" and must
be corrected, because they cannot be tolerated
and continued with justice to the people or
safety to the Republic. They are evils to be
pondered well BY the people in all their as
poets, and brought under just corrections and
notifications by their sovereign will and &C
ton. ,.
Policy is one thing. Power is another and
very different thing. In constitutional gov.
eInment IKE ours, the nr6t inquiry 70 be ap.
piled to any proposed public measure Is, wheth-
er it is within the constitutional charter of
powers If it is not it cannot be adopted. If
it is then the question comes, is it right and
expedient? Thus was the government admin
istered by the honest and wise old fathers of
the Republic and its constitution.
When the excitements occasioned by the re-
bellion and war shall have fully subsidized
when the consultation shall be revered and Oh.
served a. the Supreme law of the land, F" az it
was by the fathers,-wheR the people shall
take efiectual care to select the wise and hon.
est and faithful men among them, instead Of
the detuagOgues and scranibiers for place, to
administer their government then will the
Republic return to its original purity
then will the public errors be corrected
and the public evils be redressed,-
then will all the equal rights of
the people be respected and secured, and the
public burthens be equally distributed, then
will the public obligations be adjusted, made
certain and provided for,-then every depart
ment of industry will receive its due and Just
reward, and education and the arts and sciences
flourish and advance again in peace among D
free, happy, prosperous and contented people,
without war or cause of war any more
Upon this return of peace may God inspire
us and all the people to serious and careful re-
Election upon the past.-upon all our duties
and dangers in the future, and to that constant,
unremitting vigilance in public affairs, which
is both the price and harbinger of Republican
Liberty.