The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-16

| yearly, bringing us earnings III lhIeicS' J.
to gladden. and to bless. Your gift
comes not back again. His son is vlg
orous and happy; yours is under the
the mould. Did you ever think that
the same gold which saved his boy
purchased the life blood of yours
Nay, do not stop to think
Your time and your energies are mort
gagged to meet the constant demands OF
that bond-holding neighbor of yours
upon the taxed labor of the country.
aud you have no leisure for grief or
tears. You must work TO meet the tax
gatherer's claims; your daughter must
toll at the wash-tub, paying tribute
with weary form and aching limbs, TO
the majesty of high priced govern
ment. His daughter, exempt from the
labor, and poverty and bereavement
that Radical domination has secured to
yours, is Joyous and careless in her ease
and luxury.
1.-THE RUSHING PATRIOTS
And what has he done that he and his
should be happy, while you and yours
are miserablei Why says Republican
friend, ."he rushed to the assistance of
the Government in the hour of its ur-
gent need, and he deserves our lasting
gratitude Rushed" did he? Oh,
how he rushed Laugther.l After
the first Bull Run disaster, when Dem
ocrats FASTENED by thousands to the de-
fence of ofWashingtou, Chase, then Secre-
tary of the Treasury, went to the North
seeking material aid. He wanted cash.
He called around him the capitalists of
that section. He stated the wants of
the country aud the dangers of delay.
Oh, how these Shylocks rushed" They
heSitated, they higgled, they bargain
ed. The armies of the Contederacy
threatened the Capital. Steam was up
in Government vessels ready to carry
the President, the Cabinet and their
families away from the threatened city.
Members of Congress trembled with
fear at the prospect of an attack and the
feebleness of the means of defence. At
this terrible crisis, these money-lend-
ing patriots were appealed TO. Oh how
they "rushedw They considered, they
made terms, they stipulated for exemp-
tions and the Government in her dire
necessity acceded to their patriotic de-
mands. What merit is their in the
course of the mOney-lenders!
BONDS AND CURRENCY.
We have question of currency, and,
growing out of it, question oftaxatiOn.
You are paying now OH the public debt
one hundred anu twenty millions at
least of interest, annually, and paying it
in coin, upon bonds. What is United
States bOndf Why it is promise of
the Federal Government to pay so much
money-$1OO or $1,000. Many of them
indeed, all of them l believe-are
payable in gold yet large portion of
them were bought at forty, fifty and
sixty cents on the dollar. These
bond-holders got for four, five, or
six hundred dollars claim against
the Government for 4 thousand
dollars. The funded debt of the United
States is 1900, ,000,0 ,0O0-more than 81,
OO0,O 900 of it in bonds. The whole
property of the United States is but
Sll ,O0O, 600, 900, and yet more than one
fifth of this entire property is exempt
from taxation. What is the result of
that' Why, that the other property is
liable to heavier amount Of taxation.
Suppose there is so mnch tax to be lev
iod in q school district in which ten
men live. One man owns 100000 and
nine men own their proportion of $500,
900. 1t stands to reason that if the
man owning 100000 is exempt from
taxation the others must pay his share.
Tell me, you Republicans who pirate
rigltil-is that equali Can you look
me in the face and say it is right
Then look ut this question of curren-
cy. Wherein does bond differ from a
greenbackG Will any man tell me what
is the greenback 7 Nothing but the
promise of the Government to pay; and
the bond is the same. But on the green
back you pay no interest at all. You
made greenbacks money, not the repre-
sentative of money, but the money it
self. If a man owed me a thousand dol
lars, even if had loaned him that much
gold, you compel me to take greenbacks
for it. YOu passed a law saying that
paper money should be legal tender,
and when | called for gold you made me
take greenbacks. want you to take
grecnbacks for what the Government
owes you, for what is sauce for the goose
is sauce for the gandcr. By calling in
these bonds and paying them off in
greenbacks. you save a hundred and
twenty millions a year in taxes, and
this is just twice as much as the whole
expenses Of the Government were ten or
eleven years ago. Why should not that
be done The proposition Of the Dem
ocratic party is tat this public debt
shall be paid off in greenbacks; that
your thousand dollar bonds shall be
paid in legal tender, upon which the
people pay no interest at all, and thus
that we shall e0cape large portion of
the taxes. lam sorry do not find in
the speeches of the other side what was
anticipated as the clamOr TO be raised
against the Democratic party about re-
pared to tell the people that the
Democrats were in favor Of repu
dating eyerything-national banner
and all. am not in favor Of repudi-
ating one dollar. 1t must all be paid,
but want it to be paid in what you
compelled me to take. If legal-tender
is good enough to pay for bushel of
corn it is good enough to pay these
bonds off with. You have had q good
harvest here as elsewhere l suppose;
you have got your wheat in the barn,
and soon viii have other grain. Well,
when you go to sell it do you get gold
for it No, certainly not, you must
take your pay in greenbacks. The
Democratic party is against negro
equality. But when you come here and
ask that the rich man who lives in his
palace shall take the same kind of
mouey as the poor man, of course we
are in favor of that. That is the kind
of equality we like. Bnt we hear it
said that this is unjust to the bondhold-
er-thaJ he came up to the help of the
Government in time of need, What did
he give to the Government ! His SONS
No. He loaned his gold. The rich man
has got his pay already. He has been
loaning money to the Government at
ten per cent. He loaned $50 and took
promise TO pay for 500, yet we are told
that we owe TO hun and such as he a
debt of gratitude Gratitude for whai'
For paying 500 for $50 and interest Oh
the 500 at nine or ten per cent. beside.
Is that what we owe debt Of gratitude
fort Thank God we stand upon plat
form of justice. We stand by the prin-