The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-16
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E,um O. 81. Lo,st, q - pen,ocrat.


The most dishonest argument ever
resorted to by the opposition-and we
regret to say that it is very commonly
used-Is thus put by the ST. Louis
Tunes: 5-lasss
"Seven years ago, under Democratic
rule, the expenditures OF the. govern
ment were not over. seventy millions of
dollars. Now, under radical admints.
tration, they are five hundred millionsl
Which does the taxpayer prefer2"
Seven years ago the Republican par
~ had been ibeateni in the Presidential
contest of 1856, and peaceably submit
ted to the popular decision. In 1850,
the Democratic party was beaten in the
Presidential contest and rebelled. The
entire Democratic party at the South
engaged in war against the United
States. Nearly the whole Democratic
party at the North sympathized- with
that rebellion, tried to embarrass every
effort of the government TO suppress II,
concocted secret tconspiracies to'rein-
force Southern rebellion with Northern
ipsurrection, resisted the draft, dis
couraeed loans, and in a thousand
ways increased the difficulty and
cost of suppressing thisE Demo-
cratic rebeilion. The war was
prolonged some years by the hopes
5of aid which Southern rebels received
from Northern Democrats Every
emocrafic victory IN a Northean state,
cost the country hundreds Of millions
OF dollars. At1ast the Democratic re-
tbellionSwas crushed.i 1t had cost the
country many lives, much blood and
four thousand millions of dollars.
With financial strength which surprls-
ed Europe, we had contriyed to crush
rebellion SO great without going INTO
foreign markets to borrow dollar,
we have STILL in consequence oflthat
rebellion, n debt of between two ana
three thousand millions, which we are
rapidly reducing and getting into shape
40 that the national credit can be main
tafned t4p d the pros perityl OF the Lconnt
Who made that debt3 Democrats,
who rebelled because they were beaten
in a Presidential electioni Who made
&c necessary to tax,the people so mnch
more than they were taxed IN 4so2E
Democrats, who rebelled because Lney
were beaten in Presidential election.
TVto ought % pay eTeTy G dottdr q nlat i,. ~
whose "a TebeLLfoH made e tseeessa saTy. Z . oai
And vet these same Democrats, mag
unanimously spared lin their lives and
property by the country, not stripped
of their wealth rs they would nave
been In other lands by conhscatton. NOT
prevented by any business dtsqnGiihss
cations from adding TO III and called LED
hnon d, pay only, the same share OF the
nrtionSi burden. that men pay who did
not rebel, EoIpt to the expenses causen
by their own treason, and with an it,
nndeneel whichl Satan himself smign5
snvv. exclaim, HBehold the taxes, how
much heavier they are than in lsoo.
Put Us into power againi s,,,,,
1t il fiise that the expenditures oItne
government are five millions yearly.
But the sum is large enoughi Larger
than loyal men ought to pay. S M9at-
aver fhf sum, IL was caused by a Deno-
cratic rebellion. And, IL these DeLno.
crats do not stop whining abont theh5 f5
taxes, we propose very 1sinpte o!s !. anS :,
very iust mode of reducing taxation az
once Confiscdte the property OF every, n
rebel and rebel sympathiser 70 pay on
the debt that this rebellion mas incur
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