Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-22

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Dusisg ~ aseal year ending June sosA.
Ie6S. The 0svsrnmsnt collected from The
,eopls Of he United States over Eve hun
3red millions Of dollars in the shape Of tax
rs. For the present year the amount from |
these sources 10 estimated at six hundred !
and fivy millions Of dollars. No govern>
ment ever before had such vast revenue,
and this extraordinary sum, such Is wac
never bssers drawn frsa any people bears
heavily upon the prodseaivs Interests Of the
Western sericoltcral interests pay
. lasss psopsstiea Of this vest sum. and
wsstssn Industry Il weighed down BY the
aneqsal ed u9sst bsrdsn Of ssss'ion 'm>
posed upon Il BY Cooessas. We ere already
bsgiasisg to fssl ths effects ofthess soefoas
burdens, and our trade end industry y par.
alyssd and checked under . system that
robs ons porsien Il Ne country fss the bsa-
6s Of another. Everybody 10 complaining
Of hard tines. Money natters sss dolly
bssenias more striagsat, and . onaneial
storm seems inevitable. No plan 10 psspss-
ID 70 remedy The existing evils. TIE Pc
pie ~ ground down With Oppressive tsss-
ton. With failsrs o. The csops, hegp
dying Of chslsra and sudden psaie In ~
cassls market Wsseess farmers ass withoue
their common resources, to oses q the
slose Of ths year thsir nscsspasy szpsase -
count. rhsss b 10 msssy b ~ sssstsy.
aad nothing whssswith 70 pay sases impos.
d By Fedsssl. State ssd municipal laws
The aaeunt Of delinquenas slrssdy % he
Auditors duplicate 10 large in comparison
with former years, and with nothing ahead
70 nsss pssssssl ob,isaaiens ne pesspsoe b
certainly unisvessbls and snproeisins.
The coming Congress should do some
thing % reduce TAXATION, sod ligbssa ths
buydses il imposes upon the psudecsrs Il
the nstien. But will they! Thsrs ~ pro.
jscts for impsschins the President. cad
plans for oblisssaeisg tie State govern
ments. and schsnes for depicting shs tseas-
ury in order 70 establish bureau Of sducs.
ten fes eslossd psrsons. BIT soe one wos1
10 said about reducing the taxes paid BY
white men. The eAdieals have time for oil
purposes ave that. Thsy sesd iall sup
ply Of money 70 eassy sss their sehsmsl
agaiost the psspssuity 81 he Rspublic. III
Fssedasns' Bsrsan y cleo 10 y kept %
ed Idle vssaboads peid Hsssal saDAriss "a
sowing sssds u discoatsat suesg lhs labor
ing pspslsaios efthe oeuah. = Me wsy
The mossy Of the psspss b sqaan1sssd, an,
The taxes kept st thsis pcsssnt ,suiaeu
rates. This y shs dsy Of fsdlnl sstsava
gancc. and the people must suffer.
a0peachnooe or che PresaAens
The following vssy sensible article Il frss
the Albany Journal. The csatssl Radical OF
gan Of New York. We tsuse That it's warn
isgs and it, cautions win Be needed in th
quarter to which they ore addressed. I
they orc not, ~ darkest and the woss
chapter in the hisassy II the country is abou
70 open. The Jesrsai sys:
II an impeachment Weve ordered, il woul
not merely I've the trial Of Andrew Juhnso
but also the asraignmens Of a party whic
reprcss nts great majority and exceedingl
active minority Uarge majority, countin
the South in,) Of the American people. Tn,
party accepts the President ms ITS leader nm
exponent. It sustsins his policy with 81
ergy aSd determination. II defends, upu
what IL calls Constitutional grounds, Il
very acts which are relied upon To justf
the process Of arraignment. II says thl
any attempt TO withdraw this power fro
the Executive would. in itself, bs usurpatioi
We cannot DOUBT that if articles of impeac
ment were to be iaoaircd, the Demo
racy would consider itself o hsvin
been plsced ct the bsr-would rep,
date the Judgment - the illumination
enc party against ~ oshse, aad would eoan
ready to uphold the President in . refus
TO submit even III ,ugh that refusal shout
result in civil ws,, = would b. most like
in the excited etate Of the public mind &C,
tain 10 psevail.
Let 90 imagine the condition Of affairs.
A Chief Magistrate condemned By . cou
whose jorssdiction 10 denied Ct the cuts
By several millions q Americas citizens.
lie refuses to obey process. The Sena,
dselasos him out Of elkios but be peesisl
10 the exercise Of pssrogstivc. Congress
then, representing the government usdel
takss . oust him; but no summons to hi
cid what military - en- command, end psu
parss to test the question Of force. Mean
while, the violence and turbulence eoeer
dered at the national capital extend lhrous
every section Of country not yet fully {
covered from the dclirium Of var. Psst,e
are developed in each town, city and ham
let,holding excitedly to the most psonouns
81 opinions on one side or the other. On
ready to 6ght for those opinions. A spar
might ct any moment drop into such mas
axine. and then-what then! We Of th
North yet hardly know what civil VI
means, ~ they hove learned il Who hav
seen street divided against street, fanil
against family, Lev oblitesat d. order dec
sr0ysd, civil securities ovogthsown. en-
seigh6ee arraysi in mortal essnity agsins
neishbor.
What have che 0aAscals Claimed
The New Ysst World ally end disersstl,
discusses the practical results Of The laa
radical v'sessy. Altu sscitisg that Con
gross lscks The power to sdopt more obeox
'ous measures than Il hes already enacted
except BY way ofiupsacsing he Pres,dso,
the World sAyx:
They have The pouss y d this. but ths
have ssaeon - aseoA II s0oua. W. Dc n
mean merely thal The PssGdsne eeanaad
the army ed thaa violescs veald peovel
counter visIsaess ~ tAae The physical pev
q u The coaassy, iaGluaing - South IN
the Nesshsen Osasesasy, 10 on The side ,
the Prssidsst in tAs proportion Of abo,
ssvea - nvs Thsss ars indesd niehe
ugly eieeuastassss foe The soaieols II q
country shoald 81 rssssd, and ssbody q
Tell 6cferehaad how high H. excisesses
would run. Bot laying The possibility Of Z
osmsd conflict cut Of view, he resell G. .
Impeachment would pro6ab(y cruah q
rspublicaa party. IL imAsdioGe eoeoe 0ouI
b 70 OH The public mind Nth oaoronln11
and prseipitoes . esmaseciol esovuoupo.l
With our ia6aesd currency, The busineeo Z
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