The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-10-15

Nantes dropped at Lexington.
BY the truth Of song and sermon,
by the march We mado with Sherman,
BY tho bullets Siegel sent,
BY the fight and route and rally,
OF Sheridan along the Valley,
| Grant shall be our President!
SEYMOUR AND UNIVERSAL TAXA
TON.
!. | The Workingman's Cart Subject t,
Equal Taxation With the Ricl
Mans Coach.
owe DEMAND, F0URTH-EQUAl
TAXATION OF EVERY SPECIES OF
PROPERTY, ACCORDING TO ITS real
VALUE, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT
BONDS AND OTHER PUBLIC sEcUR1
TIES. ."-Democrutic National Plat
form.
~ SEE THE REPUBLICANS ARR
TRYING TO DODGE THE FINANCIAL
ISSUES, AND TO SINK THE ELECTION
INTO A MERE PERSONAL CONTEST
OUR PAPERS MUST NOT ALLOW THIS
They MUST PUSH THE DEBT AND TAX.
ALTON UPON PUBLIC ATTENTION"
HoRAlIo SEYMOUR.
TO Hon. C. N. Inger,oll, New Haven Conn.
History no where else furnishes so
perfect an illustration Of the adage that
"whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad" as in the course of
the Democratic party during the last
eight years. But as mad as they prov.
ed themselves in rushing headlong into
a wicked rebellion, every subsequent
act Of their life proves that they are
every year becoming NOR. insane.
If reason had not forever taken its
fight from the Democratic leaders and
stark madness enthroned in its place,
they would never thus have proclaimed
the principle in their platform that they
are in favor Of "cQual tarattoa" Of the
rich and poor, and that "eve'y species
Of property" must he taxed, whether it
be the destitute widows solitary bed or
the bond of the Belmont millionaire
"Eue'y species Of fcproperty" embraces
| euery conceivable article possessing any
vafue, however small, from a paper Of
pins to a zordly Fifth Avemue palace
from an acre of swamp land 70 the
largest plantation-5f1om tie poorest
needle. .wonsan's sewimg machine to the
'bloated- d-bondholders" coach-and. four.
| It includes the absolute accessories OF
| life as we'll as the most useless luxurics.
The dress, or the COW, the pig, the
chair and the stove of the woman who
| is dependent upon her daily labor for
the support Of herself and children,
| like the bond of tho rich capitalist,
must be subject to taxation and "cqual
taxation" according to the Democratic
platform if Seymour and Blair are
| elected.
Every acre Of land belonging to the
farmer, and every bushel Of wheat or
corn or potatoes, every ton Of hay, ev-
cry pound Of butter, every dozen ofeggs,
every pound Of meat, every quart Of
milk, every basket Of fruit, and every
vegetable of any kind he may take to
market or consume a: home, the Demo-
cratic Convention 'slen,an3s" shall be
subject to "equal taration" with the
rich mans bonds aud houses aud lots,
his horses and cattle and sheep and
poultry, his plows and harrows and
rakes, his cultlvators and reaplng ma.
chimes, his hoes and shovels, his wa
gons and carts and "sleds," and all to
be taxed "cquap' to the stocks and
bonds and mortgages Of the city bank
er, "according to their real (or cash)
value"
There is to be no exemption Of the
"propcrty" otv,he poorest widow, or Of
the most dependent orphan, of the AZ,
or saw, or spade, or tools Of whatever
kind of the laborer, of the needle-wo-
mans sewing machine, the washer-wo-
mans "smoothing irons," or even the
shoes and stockings Of the CHILDREN
And all this property shall not only
be- taned, but it shall be taxed "eqaal'
to, or al the same rate as the silver
plate, Wilton carpets, and magnificent
plate mirrors and rosewood furniture Of
the millionaire
Not only the long list Of ten thousand
articles which the Re ublican Congress
has just exempted from all taxation
will be included in the Democratic cat
alogue Of "cvery species Of property
which must be subject to "cqual taxa
tion," but twice ten thousand other or.
ticlcs must be added to the long list.
Instead Of confoing himself to tue
inquiry, as formerly, how. many gold
watches and pianos, and how much sil.
yer ware family owned, the assessor
would be compelled, under Democrat.
ic Administration, to ascertain every ar.
ticle of woman's wardrobe, whe,he,
it consisted of single skirt, a Sunday
and working dress, or an indefinite
number Of dresses, aud long array o.
shoes and stockings, gloves, undergar.
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