The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-27

ffy cents per pound would produce in.
comes, subject to taxation, Of Five Hun.
dred Million Dollars, and 60 that extent
relieve tho people Of the West and
North.
Aside from prtriotism then, tits our
interest % restore the Southern States to
de Union as proposed by President
johnson, whose policy will be opposed
b. 70 leading Republicans in Congress
THE NEGRO DEPENDENCY.
Fofgetful Of tho mammouth debt Of
-FOUR THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS
which rests with crushing weight upon
the industry Of the people, General Cox
proposes to make a present to the negroes
81 territory embracing about thirty mil
mion acres fland which would cost six
hundred million dollars to purchase. To.
DO this would require a tax Of about one
hundred and fifty dollars to be levied on
every vote in the United States, North
and South
Before the tenth Of October, il will be
well for the taxpayers to reflect upon
this proposition.
M TUE MILITIA TAX.
Why should Ohio keep up a standing
irmy--at least why should il be done in
timesof peace2 Are tho burthens Of
the people so light that q tax of four dol
lars q head can be imposed upon every
citizen between the ages Of eighteen and
forty FIVE years, without the people feel,
ingiti Let taxpayers reply.
BaIf the Democracy are restored to pow.
or this odious law will be repealed, and
the people be thus relieved to the extent
Of one and a half million dollars in taxa.
hon.
Phe entire law is wrong, and should
Be repealed. 1t has caused the people
10 be uselessly taxed it has caused our
roads to be neglected, and the public
arms to be unfit for use from negligence
and want Of skill.
4 The arms should be deposited in the
public assenal at Columbus, where they
may be kept in good repair and ready
for service, and should war come we have
.the boys in blue to deperd upon-ev.
cry one Of whom is worth half a dozed
holiday soldiers.
THE INCOME TAX.
The mere collection Of the In teraal
Revenue, in Ohio, must cost about Six
Hundred Thousand Dollars yearly. We
are in favor Of having this tax collected
By the State authorities, and thus d.,
away with an army Of Office holders, and
reduce the taxes by that means alone at
least half a million dollars, And the
two reforms last proposed, would tighten
the amount Of taxes collected in Ohio,
about Two Million Dollars yearly.
THE WAR is OVER.
The war is over, aud new issues are
upon us. We must let the past take care
Of the past, and "let the dead bury the
dead" while we look to the present and
the future. We propose a reduction Of
expenditures, a reduction Of taxes, equal
ity in taxation, and good faith Oh the
part Of the Government, and among the
people. And we propose to restore the
States Of the South to the Union, so that
law and order may once more be estab.
lishsd throughout the land.
"ANDERsoNvILLE"
Il There is name which fills every heart
with sadness-"Andersouville." It was
once the prison and the tomb of thou
sands of our children, our brothers and
our friends. The treatment they received
at the hands Of the enemy is Represented
as barbarous and ciuel. But time and
time again did the insurgents offer to
exchange the Andersonvil'e prisoners
for those held by us, and as often did
Secretary Stanton refuse to make the ex
change. And according to the cores.
pendent OF the New York Tribune, who
was a prisoner himself, Mr.. Stanton is
responsible for the many thousands of
Onion graves which surround the Soath-
ern prisons; and Stanton has acknowl-
edged that the pretended difficulty as to
She exchange Of blacks, was only O pre-
text to prevent an exchange of u own
brave men who we're dying in loathsome
prisons. Stanton made the excuse that
he would not exchange sound men for
Hliying skeletons r. And by our own
Secretary Of War, were u own brave
men doomed to starvation and DEATH
While had they been exchanged, two
months time would have seen the major.
ity Of them once more in the field. But
they are dead, and each soldiers grave
y a silent bat terrible reproaeh against
Edwin NJ. Stanton, the leader in chief
Of the Republican party.
THE SOLDIERS IN LINE.
When the alarm Of war first sounded,
the young men Of America sprang 10
arms to defend our flag, and now that
peace % restored they arc equally prompt
10 projecting their rights as white men, ]
and in resisting every attempt to reduce
our country to the condition Of Mexico.
In Pennsylvania and Iowa as in Ohio,
the Republican leaders have declared in
favor Of negro equality, and the Demo-
Gratis and Soldiers have united on a Sol.
diers Ticket in both Of those States,
and in.bosh 1t will be- elected.
eThe boys who went to war proved
themselves to be good soldiers on maj y
. field, and they will now prove that the
good soldier makes the good citizen.
TnE DISSOLUTION OF PIE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.