The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-10-05

yon ana where a inry oar be easily pached
to hnd asefdlet against You and to rones.
cate YOU property A
The officers ofthu government bove,er
graciously inform you that YOU can buv
yourself out of the diflculty, if YOU IA.
pay all the taxes that may be deman.led of
yoh toeether viii aa amount ofblack
mail amounting 10 from five. hundred 70
I'VE thousand dollars according to your re-
puted means. 'AANFtf Nt
Such Is the treatment awarded to you.
distiners, BY the hw which the Radical
Congress passed and for which your Rep
reseEtatlve General SciENcK vutedl
Nyhat bnsihss can survive such treat Z
nien,? What class of men can he found so
degraded and mean spirited as to submit
quietly to such treatment, aud 10 lick the
hand Of RoBEisr c, scEEScK that has been
thus raiaedto oppress insult and destroy
themp Is II because You have manuhc-
tured whisky for these cougressmen to
drink that youare 70 be regarded as bcrju-
rers and NJ Victims to be plunderedY
Already has the great tobacco growing
interest Of the District been so crippled,
that the men who boughtour tobacco crops,
tpriees which, under tho existing laws.
gave promise OF fair profit, have lost thous-
ands upon thousandy OF dollars, and under
the operation of an amended law, tosuit
Connecticut millions Of pounds Of our to-
bacco have beenleft comparatively worth
less ON hand--whist hundreds Of tobacco
sheds are scattered along your rich valleys
Iemptyand dilapidated and abandoned.
Now your distilleries are to go tie same
road, whilst Yankee manufacturers of tue
cotton goods you buy are making eigHt
and nine hundred per cent. upon their in
vestments, through the Influence OF yOr =
tariff and revenue laws passed with the
assistanceof Western votes including that
of General ScnENCK.
The principal market for the millions Of
bushels Of corn produced throughout this
valley is brokenldown. Instead of selling
it at remunerating prices to the distillcries,
where every bushel Of it wonld produce
some three gallons of whisky, which found
a ready market abroad, you will now have
to let the Eastern monopolists fix the price
for you, and either sell it for that, or burn
1t for fuel, as they did In Illinois and Iowa
a few years ago. AS the law now stands,
every bushel Of your corn that is Distilled
into whisky pays tax of siS dollarsH
Such is the treatment you producers Of p
staple of commerce aiu the Vast re-
ceive atlthe hands ofyouf own representa-
tive-whilst the manufacturers of every
kind In New England are making millions
upon milious of dollars, annually ont Of
theproteetion Afforded them by this same
Radical Congress. s s3<
These matters are ofvital concern to you.
Whilst the Yankees are thus framing law ;
to plumber you and Zurich themselves, they
TRY to make you believe you will be ruined
If the Southeri States don't allow negroes
to votel They start great questions "of vi
tai Importance to the nation" as they say,
and your Representatives are so engrossed
with these. that you are not to expect them
to step aside from what they say is their
Tegitimate sphere Of duty to protect your
vitahlocal interests from phnderT andsde-
struction Why is it that the apparently
just and equitable principle OF all taxation
is abandoned by these men-the principle
of TAXING ACCORDING TO wBALrH? a..
Suppose every man were required to pay
according to his :neans--woulln't that be
right ?arg ereF .fTrr. -5s r. ..Ig
| That is the principle adopted in our local
and State Saxes--and is the only true and
just principle. 81 asr5l1s gEE
But the revenues of the Federal Govorn.
,,,o,,+ Ill, -
-''N' "'eAHo" ieAHo" einou'''s W so'lAe slA nuns
dred millions OF dollars per year, are moi
raised upon that principle. m ...
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earns dollar day and buys a pair OF
boots pays as high tax, as their manufao-
ture; IA JAY COOKE, who made some t,ventr
r,ulions i, doIiors h., Tla.i,i, y 49,, 80
=, eoil'ls " sei'nS 90 Dohus
4 All specine oaNes or that kind are taxes
lupon consumption. Men pay according e
Itbeamountt they oonsmne---and ,o, aoc1r,,
- - Fly H"e Ivy 'S'oie'
Anspescalne taxes--and taxes upon occu-
pA''ons are uevised '', 20 faYor some people at
the expense Oh oVhers. "A
| lne more revenue that can be raised OF