The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-24
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EouaLIzsNG TAXATION
.,,, Il speech Delivered an
...,e, city, by General R"n'o"'
oc,n,ic Candidate for Governor
Of New 5er'e'.
.;, ,,,. now to say 4 word or two
:. regard to another matter Wnlch 70
in LIARS the people and which interests
c U," ",Il 1t is the equalization ot our
t.at;on need not say to you that
IaA"hI, A"nhI,c burdens are heavy, thaJ there
'uo PH.,n.pS. national debts which the
= .rI;c az fifth j. pledged TO pay. We pro-
g'o',t lto'nay that debt, large Is II IS
P,I,rsa and those who say that tue
,H'tp,ppnrrat,c party is i'll favor OF repudla-
Uttsr g, slander upon the party. No,
.L.t .t.' debit if it is paid, will be paid by
n",,ocrots I1", under Democratic Admins
.yo.,0n Loud applause 1t IS some
What important to know what the
,nonu+ of this debt IS propose 10
T.ad to YOU few words by way oi state
,nent As 10 the amount, from speech oi
~ Hon TLaddeus Stevens OF FennsyI-
-. delivered on tue 9th OF september
last
oaLr i estimated II ir0m throe 10
b;Iiions ot dollars ~ ny iuis uent "hen
Iii i. funded and the pensions c%p!'"''-s" II
1Till reach more than tsur oililoAs
Tn, interest gt I pei cent oa!, N"|". ..,...
much more j--... -
Tngorilnary expenses oT our Govern ,... ,,.
rnsut axe ..--.-..-.-. -...-. .---'---- -
For some years the eXtraoI AuAts eA
neDses OF ouI army anh navy VIII ...
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Four hundred and seventy millions 10 be rals
ii BIZ taxation-our present heaFy t2Ze5 VII
nj in ordinary years produce Out niue more
Ian halt that SUN Can oar people bear double
their present taxation VINO unnecessarily
causes il will Ge accursed IRON generation 70
'1.ratiou IL - fashionable to bClittIe our pub.
lie debt lest the people should become alarmed
aua political parties should suffer nave neV-
= ,n1rl il wise % deceive the people They
r,n ,Iw,ys be trusted with the truth. Capital.
~. vii not BE- affected for they cannOt he de
r.rei COntde in the people, and you will
s,g.d rypudiatiOn Deceive them, and lead them
mo lglse measures, and You may produce it.
We pity the poor Englishmau whose national
dsbt and GurlensOme taxation We have drplOred
;ron our childhood. The debt OF Great Britain
i lust about as much ours, a UOn,uOO, ,OO) four
billions But in effect it is bt1i halI as large 1t
bears but three per cent int ,rest. The current
,elr. the Chancellor Of the ExcheqUer tells Us
The interest was SlJl, ,s05 $50. Ours when all
shall be fuuded. will DC nearly double
He knows of no way III which we can
relieve ourselves from this debt or pay
the interest but by coniiscating and sell
ing lands in the South OH Government
account In that way he hopes to raise
about 3 600 900, ,O0G, leaving only 81 900
0OOO6O as the balance on which we will
have to nav interest Now, that project
has been shown. W i leading man in the
same Republican party, t. be utterly
fauacious. Put these cOuhscated lands
in the market aud what will be the re-
suite They will 20 into the hands OF
speculatOrs aJ nOmlaal prices. Iut the
former owners viii become 2Tpatrlated.
lou see that our debt /, enormous. Now,
We propose Ia ease the burden upon the
people, a. far Is possible, By cqualzlng
ii We propose to restore prosperity to
the country By restoring The Lnlon--a
lniru of heart! and iuterestS-real unity
and fraternity We know that the revi-
ral of trade will relieve the burden of
taxation and the restoration Of the Union
will assist IN bearing the burden We
desire to see our national resources de-
yeloped We know that national pros
perity will give relief and an earnest Of
the speedy payment OF the debt 1t has
been objected by our opponents that III
proposing 10 equalize the taxation We
propose an inpyacticaGle and uncOnsti-
tutional thing Now We 10 not pro
pose to DO anything tint - uncGnstitu-
tiOnal Ii we cannot eJuGlIe taxation
il accordance with the Constitution we
do not propose to 10 it | IN glad TO
hear these gentlemen urge the question
Of couStitntlonality in regard 10 any
measure It shows siguS OF life. We
ior touryea past have been insisting
upon constitutional measures which af-
tected the rights OF the people APP
plauSel Now, we propose to dc nothing
eitker unconstitutional or Illegal but
We want the rich mau to bear his share
of the puUlC burden aud we don't want
the poor man to bear more than his share
Loud applausel Oar Republican
friends in New jersey are at variance
with those Of the State of New FORK on
this subject. Here they say We are act
ny the demagOgue IN talking about this
matter to the people aud insisting upon
equalization, while in New York they are
insisting that Congress shall do some
ching To equalize the burden. Here they
Tell MS You can't tax United States
bonds constitutioraily Well, we never
proposed to tax them, but we say, IN our
resolution referring 10 that matter in our
platform. that we propose 10 tax the IN
come ou those bonds APPLAUSE J. So
!heir Argument goes for nothing. We
you'd be Just aS night, however, III I'M
dertaking to tax tue bonds, rs New
Hampshire ana Vermont Were when they
tried 10 30 it, and they are Republican
States But we don't 90 50 far as that
only TO equahze the burden by taxing
tie income on the bonds.
Not long ago Republican orator met
this question by appealing with great
patlos 10 his audience, saying, What,
Will YOU tax the Government securities
5t the poor man p The poor man owing
Government securities When we speak
oI thepoor man We do not mean the man
Who is living OF an income, but one who
Las just as much as he eau do to provide
tood and shelter for himself aud family
,Applause] Ne desire that such men
may se relieved from paying any portion
SI u, the taxes which the rich ought To pay
th ane Jesuit ot the coming election, IN my
}SNsWent. VIII show that the people OF
~ Jersey will have declared in tavol