North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-08-21
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equality before the Lsw."
One Of, the objects avowed by the demo-
cratic state convention is the promotion of
'the sqqslity Of the people before the law"
No such equality now exists. In legis-
lation one, class is preferred to another, one
section u. another, one race to another,
one sort Of Industry to another. 'a
The faboring man md the overs of real
estate are taxed largely for the support of
Che government, while the capitalist who /
has invested his money In national bonds
purchased at largo discount, pays no
taxes! stoa q s9at' '",sal wa -
Congress grants to New England all it's
dsMsnds upon the nation, while It places tho
sp1th under military rule, denying the
southern people the right Of self govern
ment. Ta' sIag &C.
The New England states and their rope
sentatives in congress disfranchise the poor
and dependent, exclude the foreign born
from the ballot box for series Of years,
disfranchise white citizens rs penalty for
their political opinions, and at the same
time admit to the ballot box the ignorant
and vicious blacks of the south without
festj1int or qualification. ges ifa& -
The tariff law taxes the consumer and
enriches the manufacturer. Itprotects the
rich at the expense Of the poor. 1t increa-
ses the wealth Of the manufacturing east
and impoverishes the agricultural west.
The statute books Of congress are loa-
lied with similar enactments, discrimin-
hting Against the interests of one portion
Of community for the profit and aggran-
dizemsnt Of another portion. A citizen
of Wisconsin is not the equal before the
law of citizen Of Massachusetts,. A cit
ixen ofVkynia is not tne equal before the
law of citizen of Wisconsin. The far
mcr is not the equal before the law of the
manufacturer. The mechanic is not the
equal before the law of the bond holder.
The intelligent white man in Tennessee
who is denied the elective franchise is not
equal before the law Of the ignorant black
man who is permitted to govern his white
neighbors through the. ballot box. The
eddcated Getman who owns property and
payb taxes in Massachusetts must live
there six or eight years before he is the
equal before the law of the American born
African who has lived there but year.
The evil consequences of this sort of leg
islation are palpable. Prices are high
Farmers receive no adequate compensation
for their capital and labor, Workingmen
complain that they cannot support their
families without exhorbitant wages. Tax
alton eats up real estate. The north preys
upon the SOUTH. The east preys upon the
west. The executive department of the
government is abolished. The authority
of the supreme court is defed. The ad-
ministration of justice is uncertain. Com
merce is paralyzed. Crime is prevalent,
and in many parts Of the Union the spirit
of discord reigns ~nnrestrained.
The democracy would re-establish "equal-
ity before the law''-equality in taxation !;
equality in the right of the elective fran
chise; equality in trade and commerce !;
equality in the right of every man to wor-
ship God in his own way equality among
the States of the Union, and equality in
the several departments of the government.
The same law of the Union which is su-
preme at the north they would respect as
supreme at the south the same privileges
which are guaranteed to one class of citi-
zcns they would guarantee to all the same
form of government provided for one state
they would ensure to all the states the
same principle of taxation enforced in one
locality or as to one class they would en-
force in all localities and as to all classes ;
the same right of legislating for the coun-
try which is enjoyed by one section or one
political class they would extend to all Sec
tions and to all classes. Through the in
reference of the government, no man
should live upon the sweat of another
mans brow; no section should enrich it.
self by impoverishing another section no
portion of the country should usurp torit-
self all the power Of the government, by
subjugatinS another portion; no state sho' d
be subject to the will of one man. and nei-
Their the Nation nor the States should be
made the prey of one party without the
consent Of the whole people.
Who will not vote for equality before
the law ?p-1M1. Daily Meas.
RoxANcE.-Mr HURLBUr, one of the ed.
itors of the World, who is now in Paris,
sends from that city to his paper brilliant
and sensational letter. unfolding princely
romance. lie tells US that the hearts mos,
profoundly effected BY the fall of MAXI
MILAN are the hearts of three women.
The first is his wife, and the others are
the Empress EuGENIE and Queen VICTORIA.
EUGENE, indeed, according to this account
il struck with the deepest remorse, for she
it was who first suggested and pressed the
designation Of MAMMALIAN as the new
Mexican Emperor. The Duke of Mont
pensicr had been selected, but EUGENE Sc
cured the selection of MAMMALIAN. And
this she did because Of an early emotion
in his favor, She was elevated from q flirt
into an empress, and even after she as
stiined the crown she still had an inclina
ton towards the old style Of triumph. Ir
those days she met MAMMALIAN, and hi
bearing, so much finer than i,ApoLEoN's
deeply impressed her. That impression
made her the champion of MACMILLAN
and now makes her mourner OF his fall
Queen VICTORIA, likewise, who is a rela
tive of the unfortunate CHARLOTTE, is sen
sibly affected by the unhappy fate of TIT
couple. EUGENE has recently visited her
quietly crossing the channel, and consol
ing togther, perhaps consulting as t.
what can be done for their bereaved roya
sister. The same letter speaks also o
suspicions that the brothers Of CHARLOTTE
have possessed themselves Of the wills
made by herself and her husband, and
mean to possess themselves pf their prop
erty.
WEDDINcs.-The following list is sal.
to be truthful and authoritire: Two year
after the pedding is the "paper wedding.
The fifth anniversary is the ''wooden wed
ding;'' the tenth the "tin weddings" tn
fifteenth the "crystal wedding )" the TWEEN
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