The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-08-29

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personal liberty act to prevent the re-
capture of fugitives, and the kidnapping
'of whites, and carrying them to the
South for trial, under the fugitive slave
law. Positions were reversed then.
When Wisconsin, through the Supreme
Court, threw around Booth the pro-
tecting shield of her State sovereignty,
the interposition of the Federal authori-
ties was implored by this same Demo
cratic party; and then State rights was
assailed as something that was full of
heresy, and leading to anarchy. Then
they wanted strong national Govern
Iment, and were against State rights
But now the tables are turned, and
these same station keepers on the under
fground railroad are holding positions
land high places in the Federal Govern
sment, and are using them for the pro-
motion of personal liberty. The De-
mocracy claim that they now are, par
excellence, States rights men, and that
i the Capitalization of power in the Gen
Aeral Government is dangerous, and, in
the language of Vallandigham, will be
revolutionary and not submitted to.
The old fable that circumstances alter
cases, depending upon whose OK was
gored, whether the farmers or the law
yer's, is apropos now. Where they
will be ten years from this time, in IA
vor Of or against strong centralized
Government no prophet can tell.
EQUAL TAXATION
The Democratic party says it is OPP
posed to unequal taxation, and that
that government that tolerates unequal
taxation, invites to anarchy and reyolu-
ton.
Allow me to say that the Republican
Union party is III favor of equal taxa
ton, is opposed to unequal taxation,
and says that whenever taxation is un-
equal its tendency is toward anarchy
and revolution, But where is the ap-
plication of the principles The bonds
that are slowed away in the cracks of
the cabins, and in the tills of the old
chests, or stuck in between the beds
for safe keeping, and which cannot un-
der the Constitution be taxed, seem to
give these gentlemen Of the Democratic
party a great deal of unrest and they
claim that your chickens, hogs, sheep,
everything in the shape of property, is
taxed save these bonds. Now | am in
favor of having these bonds taxed and
| would like to have some Democratic
Legislature pass law, and would like
too see some Democratic Collector at
tempt to collect taxes upon these bonds
| think, as a practicing lawyer of Ohio,
l might get fec-not from any Of
them-but in enioining these fellows
from doing what they cannot legally
do. They know, just as well as they
live, at least those proclaim it publicly,
that these bonds cannot possibly be tax
ed. Well, some will say, assuming
they cannot, why did you issue such
bonds7 Why didn't you subject them
to taxation7 Because it was impossi-
BILE to issue bonds that would be subject
to taxation, unless the General Govern
ment had incorporated into the bonds,
and made it part of the contract that
they would be subject to taxation. But
they go back further and say, Why
didn't you insert it at the time the
bonds were issued, and thus bring that
species of property on an equality with
other prOperty3 My answer is this:
When these bonds were issued, and
the people were invited to invest their
money in them, you, out of whose
throats now come this cry of unequal
taxation, lifted your voices against the
credit of the Government. You decried
the bonds; you persuaded by word and
act every man not to invest in them.
You said, through your Vallandighams
and Thurmans, that such bonds would
be Of no value whatever, and that who
ever were silly enough to invest in
them would be objects of ridicule and
laughter, To make the bonds negotia-
bic at that time, it was necessary that
they should be exempt from taxation,
and upon familiar principle of law,
having at that time decried the credit
of these bonds, you now should stand
estopped, and not be permitted to say
one word against them. We can now
wish that these bonds were subject to
taxation; but when they were issued,
you must remember that this Govern
ment was standing on the brink of utter
ruin. 1t was struggling with traitors
for its very existence; and you that
now decry the character of these bonds,
then attempted to break down the credit
of the Government by preventing it
from procuring money to carry on the
war for the suppression of the rebellion.
Vallandigham has said in a recent
speech, that the debt of the nation is
81 900, 10000 that the treasury notes
out amount to $350,0O0, 000i the Ma
tional Bank currency issued and au-
thorized is $500, 900, 900 more, making
$3.50, 100000 which we think quite
currency enough for all the business in
terests Of the country. But the propo-
sitiou-and l believe it is the favorite
theory of the Democratic party-that
this $4,000, 1000, less the treasury
notes, shall be taken up by the issue Of
additional treasury notes, so that we
should then have a circulating medium
1900, 100000 in this country, which
would probably, according to our pres