Maryland free press., 1866-09-13
THINK. sTHEak rHlNct OVER,
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.,.5.rid Sretssr x 90 rkldihsiAAsA; -
IN tin, isemassss~ess eib lshsI j.ar ,sas ia
cesks vas g sp ossiHrs hsoksr SDsh " pIebsb
income to the infssaal reycnns coiiprbor Of Sezss
l0o-his taxes alone amounting TO $50, 900
yuArl RIcssinfdof Jay 0eoks.-. .sni q won droul
I | SoPs ss s'R's'S Rsso@s seps'sss psssss;e re- MI
iu,msnsc wraiihf5 Heiwss the agent of the Fed.
erel Government IN ssheYing" It's substitutes foI
nioneyE he was the person Who made the pasri!
siislsppsais 10 Inc monsrsa men Of the country
with which the newspapers Of the North teemed,
affihe them to invest 10 6eyefnment Bonds, and
tileschy I,seEs thc Wnioe..F =. st,ssI. IIu.'6
The specious arrunen4 Of this Jay Cooke
Nefe irfesittfl ne bosds were. eagerly soaEht
sag,faa, Row be Bses oh . prinnesy income, de-
Hens ofevile6ee of eo1efnfseht Indebtedness. -
II Is all right Of eourse, but how do you likeit
tax-pAyers brothers Of the telling. toiing classes?
,.fhs immenss sum represented In the inceme Of
This jar, Cooke. wss,piied up ny himrout Of mon
'ey wrung from an ovefburfcned people. They
7sre today struggling ffom dag 70 dsy 10 furnish
w.sbss'ss w. Isssssss n usS s's Z "aSs snss
:snch patriotsas Cooke with priueely incomest,-
Nice. we say sgain, for Ceoket .y.i.
And the millions Of government bondsf What
Il snug investment ffev furnish for pstriotisn.r -
Nen brought their gold, sold houses and lands,
ships and stocks, and helped ''save the Uhfoh''
Pleasant for them--but how do mon of small
mesns, mechanics, laborers, enjoy III ~ L;if,,.l
The tax-gatherer wrings ffom your scanty .in-
remcs scores Of dollars, bard to spare-but ron
eaqnots help yoprselvesi a. You, NAV talk, and
ffrumble, and swear, but the bond holder, clip
ping on his coupons, receiving the interest Of his
Investment In hard gold, laughs at your suffer-
fnOa m AZ vns,
speaks Of you as an 'inernal set Of scoundreisl'
We want you to tear these facts in mind, think
of them often, turn them over and over and tell
MS how much you enjoy them. ~ 'a'if
Occasionally, too, look back in your lives his
tories-recall The Democratic days when we felt
no taIation from; the central power. when the re-
ccipts from customs and the sales of pnblic lands
were amply sufficient TO support the best system
of government the world ever saw-when hard
money, a ssund metallic currency was in the
hands and pockets of the peop'e-and the pres
ent swarms Of Federal hirelings did not roost in
all our towns and cities, spving out the rcsour-
res and business receipts Of every man, eating
out the substance Of the people, and demanding
from each and all tiihes TO suppor, costly. psl-
line, worthless and brokae-up Union. - rfns'
II has been estimated that thr rcvenne Of the
hscai year, 1866, will amount to Ssl0.nnN oOO'
tf this enormous sum S305. .0Ho. 900 Is derived
from internal taxes-estmatng the population
~ os,"oo,ooo trcconstrueted. "tovap' and I'M
reconstructed every man, woman ami child. r.
called upon for $l5.sO, in taxation, to keep ihe
machinery Of the Federal Rump Government. in
cumming order. Nice, isn't t-the people an
pretiate these things as they do Jaw Cookies in
rome and other neat arrangements which are dsi-
~ oming to light and being developed. 80
Before Congress adjourned the menhers.enact-
rd that they should have an increase of nav, yo
ting $4,000 extra into the pockets of every RnInp-
er modestly dating hack the hill So that its pro-
visions should include the session Just concluded
The lor g-suffering, patient people also appreciate
this masterly stroke Of business ON the part of
their servants, Of coursei Hn.' 'l.ut
Millions upon millions are votel to m,intain
negroes In idlencss--to furnish them bureaus,
clothes, food railroad excursions and other COM
f'rfs and Injuries. The labering white classes
toll and dredge, sweat and groan beneath the
Load OF taxation. As their radical masters continue
tn pile il on. They SAY the masses or Has,cs''
fks II 10 they? We shall see. .5ra 81
Thawatcrs are tr ubled The spirit Of De-
mocTfy. IKE q giant refreshed with Sleep ia
Hbrdkd in the land-the hescon fires Of liberty
and Union. are being kinded Kentuckv's glo.
rious light is streaming all over the land, lum;-
mating the heavens. and soon from Fast 10 West
Stchs will blszc with the Watchfircs of freedom
Eee people ave eniu ell rnonch-thrv nrc
preparing to strike for their riehts--'o dethronc
Eumpism-to have the Censt tu ion and Union
al their fafhers-to submit no longer TO unequal
faHstion and an administration Of the govern
ment for the sole benefit of negroes, and the per-
pe'ua, enslavcment Of the whites.