The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-08-26
.A5NIs5 SHALL EIl3z,s 1I'51 BE aPREsERvED.
SDAY MORNING, AUGUST, 20 1866
ASHLAND, 4, i la g OHIO VI VIE Wtz1EEzslp5NEs Is

eruulli - ~ - =. sr.>.uuu-l = = = =
of Eastern 1inAueneeh In 1864 the tar
lit system .wssu superAaps, perfected. Th
duties, on teas rs Cents per- pound, OF
sugafs from, 2 10, Is cents per pound, OIL
molasses & cents Periegallon, on brand,
81 59 PeTsgallop, and other, liquors il
proportion, ondtebaeco1o5Q seeaas pei
popnG, on iron from l6 cents toI iceni
tper pound, on wire from S2,00 pt1
hundred pounds to 8, gents, per pound
on sheet iron from 4 cent to II cen
per pound, on trace Chains, halter
chains &c., 23i oent per pound, or
blacksmith, hamhiers and sledges %
cents per pound on. horse Shoe nails
cents per pound. osiiscrews Il aeents
per pound, on steei 40 per cent. ddrbd
loTrns, onfiles 6Gceats per hundred and
35iper;ceut.h L ad lpolore8y on Ecoal 4C
cents per n, ON cokei25spere cen e. dd
Udiortnss onilead 24icents' per ipeuBd
on c,rpetsfromT035 centstoI1So icents
per square yard. qpiwobiea cloths %
cents per ipeuud and 40si per ccentg dd
uados en-, or fianneisz "a cents per pound
and 30 perIcentIo ad dsdlosent,s on wool
hats "a cents periipouHd and i35 pei
cent.aad vatoremg on rwoolen yarn 20
cents per poundoaud '25n.per cent. al
Ualorem, on ready made clothing "a
cents per pound and 40 per cent. al
valOrens, on wemens and childrens dress
goods fTom4 cents to cent per square
yard. on cotton, thread, cotton goods,
shirts, braids ,silk, Jinnens, ropes earth
en- ware, leather, glass, drugs, soap,
gu1powder; N including the whole cata,
logic efIts of human necessity, from
the highest dovns:oO peanuts and nut
me gs, show how the price cofs1iving is
incfeased, and there sisp tariff on the
Adrse uuenumeratelc ca catalogues, aof some
per cen tato .hs borne by the consumer,
who, in this western country, is the Ia
bore ,,aud Ihe largest ciass.Ii The great
class ofimauufacfurers and dealers are
exempted, for while they manufacture,
and sell. they icousurne without bearing
The tariff, and wealth. bears no greater
burdens than poverty, even ifias great.
the true basis Of taxation
and so made blythe very spirit of our
government The rich ought to bear
more of the burdens of government
than the poor, for theybare better able
to do it. The tariff system is unjus
and unequal. And so of all systems
based on the idea of poll=tax orindivid-
'ual burden The tariff laws have been
amended since ls64, but the principal
and the BURDEN remains the same une-
quail and unjust thing. i'7d", ,s.9es -4Hls'
I'D. ''a"r INCOME TAX o'f.
iOthcr revenue laws of the United
States, contain the same unjust priuci-
pie. The income tax, or tax upon in
eomc is a cnritatioD or direct tax not
levied upon the people of the United
States according to the I'd & 9th sec
tions of Art II of the Constitution,
which requires a. direct. tax according
to p9pulation. t,discriminates energy
and industry; exempts idle wealth, and
is calculated to paralyze; the exertions
Of men, 1t is hostile to the active bu
siness man and friendly to the idle rich
drone .,.oIt scarcely reaches the mil
lien uaire s n wealth a man worth a
hundred. thousand dollars in land may
so arrange it as to pay no. income tax,
while those Who are not worth any
thing, but their salaries, pay an income
tax, 1t discourages the acquisition OF
mears for future Icomfort. The tax
varies according to the, conscience of
the tax payer, and is borne uuequally
by those who are honest. 49,
'A! STAMP DUTIES.
The law of Congress in reference to
stamp dut les is equally impolitic and
unwise.l 1t aims at the business com
munity, and to each man, is. a capita
ton or direct tax and prohibited by tile
Constitution. >-,iN'H@fE''N .E'ii. '
The penalties of the stamp act are
dangerous and destructive cf the pub
lie prosperity. 7Itrenders void all con
tracts not stamped;a and TO procure them
to be stamped, rafter 'the omission, de-
ponds upon the collector ofthe district,
who may, or may not, assess penalty
in many cases greater than the original
amount of the. contract. The ASSES or
may, two years after the omission, come
back on the maker OF the contract. A
severe penalty is also attached, and the
CITIZEN subj &cted stos great expense and
iroub.e at the lmerelwilb of an enemy or
a partisan officer upon a suspicion of
The forfeiture under the
stamp act is, 5000. and athe' ncosts and
expenses in the Uuited States court
burdensome.,'-E .Zllssf1..sN
LICENSES AND sPEofAL TAXES ..
The system of licenses or special tax
is another, imposition of a capitatlon
tax.-Evcry person exercising any trade
or employment must pay tax. Ev
cry business has its license to pay,
with penalties and arrests affixed for
failure to comply with the law. Ar
rests have been made, upon mere
of opinion of the collect
or and tax payer, and the outrage
Of a trial perpetrated without the shad-
Of crime. A1Justice.of the Peace
was arrested iu1i Coshocton county, for
filing up andeed for aneishbor without
charge and as an act offrieDdship, and
although without offer ce, compelled to-
expend considerable sum of money.
This is but one of thousand instances.
The meaBest scaIawag can drag good
man before a, United States commlss-
ioner. No man is safe ifrke q has an
enemy. D Tho penalties are! severe and
United States officers secure fees at all
hazards -
TARIFF ON DOMESTIC manufactures
a-is svka ,er&c-st;g Id-4s.i ii ;.
+ IQn. manufactures, land articles and
products there isba system of internal