Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-08-08

HVlH tIlC HOOI Ol lle IlDllSe.
Plain Facts for Taxpayers.
1t should be borne in mind by
every taxpayer Of the Nation that
the enormous burden Of debt under
which the country is staggering,
was fixed npon it by rebellion fos-
tered and strengthened by the Dem
ocratic party.
1t should be borne in mind that
this debt was enormously increased
blythe aid and comfort given to the
rebellion while in progress, by the
Democratic party, whereby the reb-
els were encouraged to prolong the
struggle against the Union armies.
after all other reasonable hope of
success had been cxtingnishcd.
1t should be borne in mind that
the debt of the Nation was still far
thcr increased by the efforts of the
Democratic party to cripple and de-
stroy the public cerdit, in the midst
Of the struggle for national exist
encc, and that the national bonds
were thereby forced to heavy dis
count in contracting loans with
which to carry on ahe war, and theI
national currency was thus largely
reduced below its true value in gold,
thereby adding enormously to theI
cost of all material purchased forI
the use of the Government.
1t should be borne in mind by
every taxpayer Of the Nation, that
the Democratic party stands pledg- |
ed to secure compensation to the
slayeholding rebels for every slave
set free by the Emancipation Proc
lamation, thus adding an immense
and unjust burden to the already
onerous taxation under which tie
country groans.
1t should he borne in mind, that
all the Democratic members in the
House Of the Fortieth Congress,
have placed themselves upon record
by their votes, in favor of the mon
strous proposition that the Nation
al government is liable, under the
Reconstruction laws, for every dol
lar Of the state debts ofall the States
in rebellion.
1t should be borne in mind by
every Taxpayer, that the Democrat
ic party, through its orators and
writer's for the press, is committed
to the unheard Of proposition that
the Confederate war debt, contract
ed in the iniquitous struggle to
overthrow the National Govern
ment, is justly chargeabIe against {
the Government, and that this par
ty only waits the success of its in
3iduous attempts to regain power to
asten this debt upon the people of
,he United States.
1t should be borne in mind by ;
very taxpayer, that the Democrat !
c party has made persistent and !
trenuous efforts to injure both
'ublic and private credit, and bring
N financial crisis, such as will
make it impossible for the Nation to
meet its obligations promptly, thus
arrying widespread ruin through
nut the country, and reducing to
thousands of widows and :
'rphans and other worthy persons !
whose little all is invested in gov
bonds, for the redemption ,
# which the faith Of the Nation is
'ledged.
1t should be borne in mind by 5
very tax payer that the Democrat |
c party persistently opposes every
fort made to Tighten the public
'urden by levying duties upon for ,
IGN imports, thus requiring foreign 4
and traders who have the Il
enefit Of our markets to bear a T
mall share of our burden in return,
nd at the same time protect our Il
ome manufacturers from the dead
Z competition Of foreign capitalists y
-ho grow fat upon the proceeds of ,
auper labor. Il
1t should be borne in mind, most Il
specially by Ohio woo!growers and s.
X-payers, that the Democratic f'
lrty has always and most strenu- il
lsly struggled to prevent foreign b
oolgrowers from contributing any Il
ing to tighten the burden of taxa
on, and that every Democratic
ember of both Houses of Congress it
Is met every attempt to protect T
e great woolgrowing interest OF cl
e country with the most deadly il;
)stili;y; and that they have thus, til
hile prating of the enormous prof W
5 made by the manufacturers of Ell
ew England, played directly into OF
e hands of these manufacturers, G
ithout even the lame excuse of d
wing to the consumer in the price i'll
the product; and all this they w,
we done while every Ohio Repub' ne
,an member of Congress gave kr