The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-07
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At Jpss 70 JD5sTs.Scd CIR remarks IN
regard 10 szali11. NbztsTsE the cd
Itor usy sSee- e pTefszI for dllsting
upon the subiess- Es q ubE pos tia;
such o. bls readers ss do Us The boDoi
70 Rad t6s IsuHHSESczk, found Bo
diEcuIiy 10 seeing the point ne so5Eb;
10 msks IN that article. They are
aszre Of the Aet, A. Ee stated it, thai
zeal tsxsiIoD u not geDsraiIy sps2k-
log = matter for political sPee1lalloS'
SHs way or the other, DotTithstAnding
tns Conservative pspers ere 90 ZssionA-
Iy busy in tiarpiBz upon IL IN partisan
Tay. The reason WY Il Il not political
in j,s eharseser i, that all parties here
sLoats, and In other eountIsa We doubt
not, united IN fsvorfng levy for boun-
Ties d1riDg the war. 40 Glars were
Ln.rs urgently in fHyor Of 4 bounty
levy than the CONSERVATIVES them
.z:ges. They manifested a very
decided preferences for taxation
rzther than abide tbsfr chances in =
turn Of the wheel. When msetiDgs
we're bs.d on the EubJscI, they pressed
u .,he front" therein, In order, II Pos-
sIbls. 70 avoid going % "ibe front" al
Lonre exposed points. 50 that Il il lit
orally true, just as We stated II, that
"ghzfeyer may be the weight Of our
taxation OF the shoulders Of The people
tnsr have the Democratic party, in
very IuTge MEASURE, 70 HANK torh
The Rsg1tsT sssus inclined 70
take the credit, on behalf Of & eonssrTa-
tive Board Of Supervisors, for a reduc-
ton OF our taxes in this county from
81 ~ on the $50, TO one dollar on the
hundred. This Is avery ridiculous piece
ofczplsndum indeed Amer our bonn
tlss mad beeu largely paid Cd, it
wss . very easy matter TO reduce
The Iazes. 1t ~as simply
inevitable thst they shouid be reduced,
for the Ieasoo that there we're dintn-
!sned payments 70 make. VIII tie Sd
liDr tell as how tue Board could have
avoided reducing cur tszss?
- TOR tbs extent Of taxation in other
couatles We presume that il stands,
substantially, on The ZANE footing a.
In our own county. Oar eonstitution
provides that sIi taxation shaD Be equal
and uniform. and Il Is not possible for
any Board Of Sopsryisos to go behind
this provision. We presume also ,bst
we are correct in saying that there can
be no paid oBeeTs in one County that
are 10. provided for by general law Of
rhs whole safe. This being %. We
know tbstin our county here ourts1s
outside Of the bounty levy, are no high
eT rhsn they were before the war. Ana
% aLyo, ne presuDe, IL the case in
every D;ber county in the STATE. We
know nothing OF the details Of Taxa
t!on in Randolph county, nor IN
Harrison, two counties alIuded 70 by
the Keyts,ep, but We are nnabIe to per-
csiTs boA their cases can differ from
or own, or from that OF any other
county. very easy thlDg to give
n specious coIoTiDR 10 = tTumPed up
array OF ennmersiions. bat it Ii another
thing to show by figures what the &C
tuaI taxation in any given county &C
tuaIIy Is on the hundred dollars value,
and the relation that # bean TO for
InsT figures. We call for such an e1-
hlbit from the counties named by the
Re. oteT. Let the editor iismizs bill
Of assessments for public Information,
and show wherein the people are OPP
pressed with higher taxation under
Republican rule than they were under
the old Democratic regime Of Virginia.
We take the general ground that our
Slate taxes, while they are noIBinAlly
the same AZ before the war, arc rela-
T., q nj
ihe currency being considered. We pay
bat forty cents on the hundred dollars
in greenbacks, and We paid that
amount in gold before the war. II GER
tainIy is u easy for the taxpayer now
a.days TO earn forty cents In paper as
it formerly was IN specie. The taxes
oItbe State bear almost wholly upon
properly, and largely upon personal
property, and property generally
has been greatly appreciated by the
substitution OF paper for gold. So also
have the products Of property. The
farmer pays his ta1ss with one bushei
Of wheat where 1t used 10 take three or
four. And yet the labor Of producing
that bushel OF wheat is neither more
nor less than formerly. II represents
e1actly the same measure OF toll.
We are not arguing that either high
lakes or deprecated currency are
blessings. They both represent the
waste and ruin OF war, and likewise
the price that was paid for our national
salvation. They also represent the
dreadful struggle at the rear with thou-
sands of rebel sympathizers who now
call themselves Conservatives, and who
would gladly induce the people TO lose
sight of the TACT by an arraignment OF
those upon whom these expenses were
forced. the question for the people to
press upon the attention OF such per-
sons is an explanation Of why we have
had high taxes. Let them show also in
what way they propose to reduce them
faster than the Republican party pro.
pose doing. The Union men OF West
Virginia, largely in the majority, are
not fond of paying taxes more than
their opponents. II is both their desire
and their interest to reduce taxation
M rapidly Us possible. Have the De-
mocracy any patent process? Can they
md will they, relieve US easier. cheaper
and sooner than the party in power?
Prom richmond.
The Richmond Wig of last Saturday
seemed little discouraged AT the aspect
OF things at the Republican Conven'