The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-03
Taxaifau af the Peanle

When such journals as Harper
Ueekly find fault with the action Of tn,
Radical party, it is time the people be
gan to look at facts as they are, aud no
be led captiyes by their passions ant
prejudices. After declaring that "tht
great and paramount question of th'
day will soon be the debt and taxation
of the people," that paper says:
We can not help thinking, and say
ing, too, in strict confidence to the read
ers of this journal, that stupid and dull
and voiceless as the public may be, he
has some rights which politicians will
sooner or later have to recognize. He
is now paying tax at the rate of seven
per cent. more than is paid by the most
heavily taxed people Of Europe, and al
the same time he is paying for cOmmO-
dities of all kinds, and labor, iifty-iivG
and one hundred and fifty per cent
moro than any other people in the
world. In England the taxes are heavy
no doubt, but food, clothing, and rent
are cheap. In Russia, living is expen.
siye, but the taxes are light; but here in
the United States the public groans
under the simultaneous burden of heavy
taxes and expensive living. We have
notion that, sooner or later, he will
rebel against this load, and that the
party that laid it On his shoulders will
itself be laid pretty low.
The above facts being admitted, the
90 ~ a,taaftnn .a hnxv fha hnr
den of debt and taxation be removed
from the business and people of the na.
tionf The Radical party Is directly re-
sponsible for the present financial con.
dition of the country. They increased
the expenses beyond what was abso-
lutely necessary, even during war pc
riod, in order that Spectators might
fatten on the proceeds of the peoples
labor. The imitation Of the currency,
by which the cost Of all articles is en-
HANGED, was an act Of the same party,
and at the present time they are ruling
the Southern States by military force,
and thus increasing the expenditures OF
the War Department in most ruinous
degree. The policy of the Radical par
ty also prevents tens of thousands Of
negroes in the South from earning their
own living. These are fed and clothed
by the Freedmen's Bureau, and the tax.
payers and business and workingmen
of the North are compelled to foot the
bill.
The policy which has produced the
present financial condition Of the coun.
try is that upon which the Radicals
propose to govern the nation in the fu-
ture. The Southern States are to be
kept in subsection, the crops of that
section reduced TO a merely nominal
figure, and the North called upon and
expected TO make up the deficiency in
the revenue of the nation. How long can
this be done without serious revulsion
in the business affairs Of that sectionf
The increased cost in the price Of all az
ticles of living induce workmen to de-
mand higher wages; capitalists are pre-
vented from engaging In large opera
tions, and thus business is retarded and
capital is made unproductive. What
the nation wants is repose from agita-
tion, the admission OF representatives.
from the Southern States, and such leg
islation as will lessen the national ex-
penditures, and at the same time aug
ment the revenues from the South. This
course will not be pursued by the Radi-
cal party, and hence the defeat of that
organization is the first step towards
the "load' which even Har-
per's Weekly admits the public Is groan-
ing under at the present time.-Age.