The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-02-13
A Graphle NPicfUre or q Sad
., llta reality

A writer from tke Albany, n ", Ar.
gus, in course Of snsarticle depicting the
present unsettled state Of the country,
the depression IN trade, the stagpation in
business, and the grinding taxation rest
ing on every branch Of industry, says
ave are told that when aicertain per-
aonsge was buried alive with his dead
wife in large csYss;he had pitcher Of
water and Loaf af bread let down with
him on the. coie E,his wife, upon which
be sat, that be Night now and then take
a crumb, and sip a drop to prolong life
awhile. When The mouth Of the cave
was shut upon him he was wrapped in
utter darkness, and had to feel his way
from his mouth to bis bread and water.
Thus he was left to his fate. One day
he heard noise among the bones Of the
cave, and 10 an effort to find from whence
it came, he discovered through the damp
darkness, far in tho distonce, a family
light. Inspired thus with hope, he start
ed for that light, stumbled over cofin af.
ter coffin, pile after pile of bones, until
he rejoiced to find the light to be from a
hole in bank of o river, thr ugh WHICH
a monstrous serpent entered to feed up
on the dead. Thus he found relief and
made his escape.
"The people are now literally buried
beneath crushing burthen Ct debt and
and taxation, as within a cave of which
T the faction are the keepers. 1t is true
that in their funeral rites these keepers
allow the buried, or most of them, o
loaf of bread and pitcher Of water but
sad to say many before going down havet
5 sell their loaf of bread to pay their tax
es, and decend with only pitcher of wa
ter. But it must not be understood thai
: all the people are as those in the cave, o.
bearing burthens from taxation.
"These keepers Of the cave visit nj
such burial upon their favored few
Their special friends have dispensed t.
them 81, 900 00O,00O of bonds exempted
, from all taxation, producing an incom
= afording luxury and ease. But, alas lie
u us lift the iron door of the cave and looI
: down, and whom do we see sitting upo
y the stone coffins of their own destinies
!, 1t is the millions of our laboring and in
. dustrial classes the very life and hope @
. our people, for whom the political ruler
y Of the day have no more feeling or syn
y pathy than they have for beasts of bu
IT then, There they set with but a loaf G
., o bread and pitcher of water to sustai
u their lingering lives, while bearing upo
W their shoulders the crushing weight of
y nations liabilities. II they turn an ey
y toward the faction that controls, and hoI
Oh for relief, they behold only the insultlu
d, guilt of voting 81 900 year more in
y their own pockets, to be added to Il
" burthens Of the tax payers Of our countr
" These dwcllers in the cave may, in the
Is surrounding darkness, hear the rattle
ne the serpent among the bones, and feedil
Is upon their muscles but as yet it is
vain that the last ray of light is seen
ne awaken hope of relief If they list
ne to what is said above, they only hear
ea declared that Democracy is dead a
,e sink back to their bread and water
ne their only fare in life."
'r' Where, tax payers may be asked,
10 their least possible hope, under the pr
10 cnt reign, from the pressure Of So OF
is 100000 exempted capital; debt Of Il
'm amount to pay, or its annual interest ;
}, high tariff sure to be imposed; tax uE
o!e M every sheet Of paper upon which a G
ew tract is drawn, or a scrap upon which
cl note or receipt is given; State, cou
+" and municipal debts; ten States to
governed by military authority, at
enormous expense perpetual Congr
conflicts of authority between the
rus partments of the government, leading
cal may be, to armed conflict? Thsquest
isa very grave one, and should set ev
friend Of the country and humanity
fleeing; for the end is rot yet. y