The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-09-25
TAXES, TAxEsl TAXES,

The democracy have arranged shrieking
concerto, and Taxes are the part selected.
There is simultaneous democratic howl Of
taxes The note was started by Henry Clay
Dean and Brick Pomeroy. They commenced
It during the war, when they hoped thereby
to break down our government and save the
rebels from defeat. They commenced it as
the essential part of the +" Ere in the rear .
programme. They commenced it as diver,
sion in favor Of JEFF. Davis and his co con-
spirators; to give aid and comfort to the en-.
envy. They commenced it when their howl
meant that our soldiers in the field should
not be paid the poor pi,tance of their months
ly wages: when it meant that those soldiers
should not be clothed or fed, or provided
with arms. When it meant that sailors, nor
ships, nor guns should be provided for our
navy, to aid in putting down the rebellion
When it meant that soldiers wives should
be left to suffer without support, and soldiers
children to starve unless the soldier. husbands
and soldier.fatbers would desert the army and
come back to their relief. 1t meant to en-
barrass the administration - to disorganize
our armies, to defeat the Union cause in the
war. They howled about taxes before the
Chicago Convention at the Chicago Com
vention; after the Chicago Convention. Dean
howled about taxes, and denounced Lincoln
as a tyrant. Pomeroy howled about taxes,
and prepared the way for L,ncolns assassin
alton. and shrieked with maniacal JOY when
that assassination took place. II was essen.
italy part and parcel Of the conspiracy agains,
the life OF the nation. The war could not be
carried on without expense, and if Dean, Pome.
roy u Company coald excite popular discon-
tent, and induce the people to resist the in-
evitable expense, the war could not be carried
on the rebels would have their way - the
Union would perish So, during the war,
Dean and Pomeroy howled "taxesl' as al.
lies OF the Southern traitors. They continue
their work in the same spirit. The loyal
people would not heed them then there is
snll less reason why they should be needed
now,
Let it be remembered that when the De-
mocfacy turned over the Government TO the
Republican party on the 4th of March, 1861,
the Government was fragment. Democrats
had taken seven Democratic States out of the
Union and formed . hostile Confederscy,
The Republican party had not then made one
cent of debt. Democratic treason and NAL
administration necessitated one of two
things Either that the Rebellion should be
put down, or that the North and South sepa.
rate into diverse and antagonistic Govern.
ments In the one case we would necessa.
riiy have war debt; in the other a peace
and war debt with only the remnant of our
divided people to pay it. Would the burden
of taxation have been done away with had
we adopted the policy recommended hy thu
Dem 1cracy, aud "let the South depart in
peace y Could part of our people have
borne the expense of the Government and
maintained large standing army any more
easily than all our people can do SO? If it
10 unendurably oppressive, as the Democracy
assert, with the North and South TO bear il
together, would it have been less onerous for
the North to have to bear it a one7 Let it be
remembered that the Democracy made the
war debt necessary in the beginning by their
disloyalty; that they doubled the war debt
BY their disloyalty during the war.
But Dean aad Pomeroy will continue to
howl "Ta1es!" and every draft skedaddler,
and every bushwhaeker that murdered Union
men IN cold blood, and every member of sc.
cret rebel conclaves, and every man in the
North that was opposed to his country and in
ympsshv with the traitors, and every rebel
N the South will howl 10 concert With them.
Union men are determined that the rebel deb.
snaii not be paid. And so the Democracy
are determined that the Union debt shall not
be paid. They are prompted 10 their work
through love Of treason and traitors. I,
there true Union man willing 10 make him.
sslf their ally 10 their villainous and rebel.
Inspired work. IA
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