Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-10-04

,%inc,ion, SO adroiily made, and so carefull,
covered up, between the entire tax Of the
farmers mentioned aud the personally tai o
the five gentlemen named Certainty the
author Of that circular hoped that they would
not. He wants them " understand tina,
while the farmers and working men are
paying from t22 TO @l5S tax, here are Eve
men reputed to be Den Of some considerable
capital, paying but from "a to sos take,
and he goes on to talk of the " monstrosi
" of system which legally allows one man,
and he the best able to pay, TO avoid taxa.
ton, while it compels the poorer class &c
pay tax on the last dollar they possess."-
There is a Latin motto tha. asserts that to
suppress the truth is ~ infamous as 70 tell a
lie. To labor to leave q false i'm preston
marks the liar equally with direc. assertion
Of falsehood. If this author had not de.
sired to leave a false impression-bad no,
desired TO misre present and to lie-would he
have attempted to institute q comparison Of
taxes paid by the various gentlemen men>
toned, and yet have taken the full tax Of
the farmers, while b gave but the personally
Of the FIVE gentlemen on the other side OF
his slate? Why did he not give the person.
alty of the n with the personalty Of the
other-or tho full tax Of the one with the
full tax of the other? Simply because he
wanted to deceive-wanted to play the dem
agogue's game Of srousing the prejudices
and passions Of laborer against capitalist
wanted to touch the sensitive nerve Of the
pocket in the hopes that attention might
thereby be diverted from the more import
ant task Of shielding the vitals Of the nation
from the assault Of the Copperhead's fangs.
What are the facts as t. this natter Of
taxation? Instead Of Richard Campbell
paying but s44.03 taxes, as this unscrupu.
lous partisan would have us believe, he paws
$779.39. Instead Of John n. Campbell
paying but $33.79, he pays $s23.67. In.
stead of Ephraim Leach paying $6s.44, he
pays &55s.92. Neither Mr.. Wilcox or Mr.
Munson are now in the county, and the ex.
act amount Of tax which they pay is not to
be obtained. But p. C. Wilcox, instead Of
paying but el4.74, pays somewhere between
$l,400.00 and $l,500.oO, according to the
authority Of those who ought to be well in
formed. Mr.. Richard Campbell does no,
own . dollar Of United States Bonds, and
consequently has no property untaxed.-
Neither, probably, has Mr.. Wilcox, for bis
capital is all active capital, has always been
so, and has always been used for the benef,
of Independence and Bachanan County, as
everybody in Buchanan County well knows.
Mr.. Leach has, We believe, a few bonds, and
in that far has property that is untaxable
according to law. But so has their candi-
date for Sheriff, Mr.. King, and their candi-
date for Superintendent, Mr.. Deering, and a
number Of other members Of their party
whom We could name. And so has scores
and hundreds Of farmers and widows of Blu.
ehanan county. Ninety per cent. of the
government bonds held in this county are
held in small sums by farmers and widows
and unques.ionably more than one.hall
held in the country are held in similar hands
and the cry Of taxation Of government bond.
by the Copperhead party is very, not against
the capitalist, who generally uses his none,
in active enterprises, but against widows
farmers, Iaboring men, and men of small
means, who have their surplus earnings Of q
few hundred dollars laid up in bonds. Tha,
cry, the burden ofthis anonymous ~scribbler'.
complaint, is as dishonest as his statement
Of facts, for it is . reputation of the Ma.
tons faith. Every Copperhead, who was in
earnest sympathy with the Rebels during the
war, from Vallandigham and Pendle,ou
down to Henry Clay Dean, and Judge Ma.
son, the Copperhead candidate for Cover
nor Of Iowa, Is in favor Of taxing govern
ment bonds. Why! Simply because, hav.
ing failed to overthrow the government in
the interest Of Slavery by arms, they are de.
termined now to overthrow it, if possible, in
the same interest, by destroying its credit.
Government when sadly needing money to
carry on the war against rebellion, asked
the people TO buy its bonds, and pledged
them that these should be exempt from tax.
alton. BY virtue of that pledge it obtained
a price for these bonds that it could not
otherwise have obtained. Without tina,
condition, the government would have been
compelled to sell its bonds at perhaps twen>
ty, or thirty, or forty per cent. discount.
Selling them at par under that pledge, it has
virtually received twenty, or thirty, or forty
per cent tax upon them. The bonds have
therefore paid taxes. But Copperheads say
tax them more-tax them again." Why ?
Because to break down the credit of the
government, is to put the nation at the mer.
cy Of either foreign or domestic enemies.
To carry on . struggle against enemies.
the nation must have money-destroy its
credit and it cannot get money, and it Fan
no. protect itself. Vsllandingham, the tool
of the slave power and Of rebellion, declares
for q Reputation Of the faith of the govern.
ment, and all the big and little rebel sym.
pathizers and Copperheads re-echo the cry.
Put the country in their hands, and you
will have population, and when the credit
Of the country is DESTROYED, you will have
another rebellion and no means to crush il.
This is the ~Copperhead plan. Give them
power and il ~ill be consummated. Circus
lars like the above and cries Ct burdensome
taxation are but the means to this end.
Republication is but . new rebellion. LIE,
that triumph and al the blood split and
means expended to save the country, will
have been in vain.
II it is true, people Of Buchanan County,
that you are sinking under such . bur den Of
taxation as these Copperheads would have
you believe, who is responsible for il?
Who urged the South to resist a constitution.
al election. and stirred the shareholders up
to reversing by the bullet and bayonet the
DEGREES Of the balloti Who threw obsta.
in the way Of the suppression of the
Rebellion, and by act and voice prolonged
the contest for months and years, and piled
up that indebtedness hundreds of millions
of dollars Who but these selfsame Cop