The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-04-27
rhc New Form OfH1averys-svthttes
EnsIaved by Glass MOnOpOIics.


ment of slavery in the United States. One
of the fundamental principles upon which
the North opposed African. slavery was,
that it denied to four millions Of people
the right Of receiving the products Of their
Iown labor -
Slavery has many forms There Is none
moro Calling and oppressive than that
which selects class Of thecommuuity for
Its victims, and takes of tlleir substance TO
give to another class. Ills il practical
slavery, though the law my call It anoth-
cr name--the system thai degrades the
many to the condition Of arc hewers OF
wood aud drawers Of watoA There is
process known in Mexico asa forced loan, J"
whereby tho dictator or unsurper issues
decree that the people Of certain districts.
or that certain classes, such rs the farm.
ers, the mechanics, the bankers, the cler-
| gy, or the miners, shall pay to him stip.
ulaied sum of money under pain of hav !,
ing il taken from them by force. OF
course, he tells them il Ia done for their
own good. But even in this system Of
Taxation, which the world styles robbery,
the robber theoretically takes the money
for the use Of the government. Even
Mexican morality would be shocked il the
dictator should pay to the miners. or the
farmers 10 the bankers, q tax equal 10 sew
enty per cent. upon the real value Of ar
tieIcs they might purchase for their own
use. That would be a despotism 10 which
even Mexican dcbasenicnt would never
submit.
The Constitution Of the United States
ia giving to Congress the power Of taxa.
ton, required that il should be uniform.
When taxation is for revenue, aud applies
TO all alike, there viii never be complaint;
but when taxation Is not for revenue, but
is formed to diminish revenue from i'm.
ports, aud TO secure bounties to a priyil.
eyed class, the whole spirit Of the Conssi-
tation is violated, aud the tax becomes.
as Senator Brown properly observes, stat
utory theft and pillagc." It's effect is to
blind the many in seryitude to tl,e few.
The farmers of Illinois may feel the
hardship aud severity Of law which COM
Ipels them to pay certain per eentage Of
their earnings to the support of the Gov
IeFnmcnt; but as long as that tax IL ncces-
sary to uphold aad maintain the Union
aud the public credit, il will be paid
promptly aud cheerfuhy. But when the
lfrrmer or laborer who purchases a plow.
or keg Of nails, or cooking stove for
his kitchen, or erockery for his table, is
told that he must pay down in cash, upon
the purchase Of either oil these, tax
,eqaal IL seventy PER ccatzof iss valae, nc
question whether the cxaction Of this tax
will be considered any less than new form
Of slavery, when he il told that not pen.
NJ Of il goes to the Government, but is
lcollected OF the thirty millions of consum-
ers To be paid over Us bounty TO the noble
lords on the other side Of the Alleghanics,
who can spend his money to so much better
advantage than he can spend il himself.
Let the free farmers aud iaborers, who
voted and fought and gave Of their mon.
ley TO cmaucipate the slaves, and TO secure
TO them the right of eating the bread
their own hands earn, ask themselves il
they are now 70 be reduced to a slavery
more insulting and not less oppressive
than that which has been abolished aftor
four years Of war. We thank Mr.. Gratz
Brown, whose pen and tongue were so
leloaucnt in assailing the battlements of
| African slavery, for thus boldly attack
ling this new citadel Of American sla-
very.
i Every farmer who pays in the course
Of the year 81 900 for the clothing OF his
family and for other articles embraced in
the tariff bill, will pay 500 as a bounty
to the producers Of these articles who is en-
gagged ono half OF the year in proclaiming
his desire 10 advance the wages Of Amer
lean laborers, and the other half in fierce
grapple with those laborers to keep their
wages down. Not content with this form
OF extortion, they have invented another,
which they style drawback system, by
which they put their hands into the Treas
ury aud take out bounty for the exporta-
ton Of their. articles to foreign countries.
BY their oppressive taxation they have
forced prices up SO high that they cannot
sell anything abroad ynless the Govern
tuent pays them u premium, and this,
too, comes, in tho end, out of the farmer
or laborer. The slave had food, clothing.
medical attendance, and what he could
steal. But these selt.constituted masters
arc not so liberal to their slaves. Here the
white man has to pay for mis- coat; he has
to furnish wheat, or corn, or -four, not
only to the real value ofthe coat, but sew
enty.five per cent. additional It is i'm
material whether the crop is short or
large, these tyrants demand their cent.
percent, before they part with their
goods They prohibit us from going
elsewhere TO trade, and demand not only
the value of the goods, but nearly as much
more, and thcn insult us by telling us that
it was all done for our good--that we arc
poor devils and cannot take care of our
/ selves s
The days Of slavery have passed forev-
er, and it makes no difference in what
form that slavery may preaent itself
whether it takes the earnings as the price
of the bed he rests upon, the utensils with
which he works, or the plow with which
he tills his field Congress may legalize this
form of f.slavery, but the people will crush
| it as they crushed the other, and far more
spccdily-[Chicago Tribune. Radical
Republican)
A HEAvY TORNADO Patrick. in
quired one Irish boy Of another, "did ye s
hear Of the lasht tarnation 7" Yes name
the tarnadartho thing that blows wind,
don't ye Z" replied the one addressed -
l.tWeIl anvhow. be iabars. It blowed n we'll