The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-07-12
EQUALITY.

ro~undings. 1t has been the policy Of the
Abolition-R Republican Party to elevate u
the poor white man to the level Of the
negro; and to this undertaking the lead
ers of that party have given their mcst
jealous attention for more than thirty
years, lead on by that British in
cendiary named GEORGE THOMPSON
This has been done under the plausible
pre:ex., that all men are created equal,
and endowed with equal rights, idiots,
mad men, fools and ali, and hence, the
leaders of that party have always claimed
that the negro ought To be free aud en-.
iranchised, in order to carry out their
construction Of the Declaration of indie
pendence. They have pretended that
social and political equality ought to ex-
tend throughout the land and that all
men should possess the result of their
earnings-excrcise free speech that we
should have free presses-a free religion
free conseienoes, and in fact, that every
body should be. at liberty to attend to ev.
erybods's business, even to the neglect Of
their owni 1t will, therefore, be we'll
for us all to enquire how far these spe.
cious theories have been illustrated in the
dcings ofthat party for the last four years,
since It has had unchecked power in the
halls Of Legislation, in the army and ma
Wy. Among tho first acts Of legislation
on the subject Of taxation, was the ex-
empt;on from tax Of that class of aristo.
Gratis holding the bonds Of the United
States. Millions Of these were thrown
into the market, and greedily snatched
up by jealous Republicans, who we're
crying at the same time for a more ri;gor.
Gus taxation Of the masses to support the
extraordinary and unprecedented expens.
es Of the war! This system Of taxation
has been extended, till there is nothing
animate or inanimate, capable Of owner
ship, except United States Bonds held
and boarded by the aristocracy Of the
country, that escapes this b~urthcnsome
and oppressive system Of excise and tax
alton. Men are taxed for being well,
taxed for being sick, taxed for dying,
taxed for being buried, and their souls
would be taxed in the other world If one
of our Abolition tax.gatherers could get
q free pass from some military tribunal
to do so ! One Of the f~avorite doctrines
OF the fathers Of the Republic in it's days
Of purity and simplicity, was equal taxa.
ton. Now, the ~favorite theory Of the
degenerate sons Of these great men is, to
exempt the rich, Cypress the poor, to
compel the laborer, who cannot hoard his
bonds, to Fay the national debt, while the
rich shoddy thieves, and the ell.born
bond holders can draw from tho Treas.
ury OF the United States gold for the in.
tsrtst upon millions of Londs upon which
they pay no taxes and this interest mus,
be paid out Of the hard earnings Of a peo.
pie who are compelled to stint their fam
lilies in order to meet the exactions Of the
purest and best government in t b e
world % and to do this, their families
can strut in rags and tive in a hovsl =
Our national debt is but little short Of
five thousand millions, which, if equally
divided among the tax payers Of the land
would be about one thousand dollars per
head The interest upon this sum an.
nually, together with the expenses Of
collecting the same, will not be less than
seven hundred millions and it will take
at least five hundred millions more annu.
ally to carry on the government and pay
cur large standing army in the future
This ~stupeudouS sum, drawn from the
pockets of a tax-ridden people, will never
reduce the national debt a farthiug, and
will go on to all eternity, unless the pres.
ent infamous dynasty are speedily and
Indignantly hurled from power by a D 0.
pie determined to cleanse the Augean
stables Of Washington City. And all
this for the equality Of the negro, and
tho degradation Of the white man -
Again, this System Of equality has an
other signal illustration I: tho doctrine Of
the fathers was equal representation
The sO-called Republican Parry have
"fresd' the negro, placed The elective
franchise in the hands Of one tenth the
Southern people; and even that tenth
must swallow a live Yankee before II can
be regarded loyal enough to vote, If 4
man differs with these crazy philosophers
miscegeDatiouists and free lovers, he Il
disloyal and ought to be excluded from
the polls. A difference of opinion can.
not DO tolerated for a moment, wiihOu,
the agreeable spithei Of TRAITOR being
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