The Van Buren press., 1868-09-11
Taxes +! Taxes Taxes F!

After SO long time, We are in receipt
Of the new revenue law made by the So
called Legislature of last spring. Why
the publication Of this most important
act of the bogus concern was not made
in the advanced sheets is fully explain
ed. No outrage, upon a free people, of
more diabolical character was ever per
petrated A people, poverty stricken by
a devastating war; are To be ground to
powder, their children beggarcd, by this
infamous machine constructed by the
deyilish Ingenuity Of the political high
waymen, who tlisgraced our Halls ofLeg
ishtion to twist from us our hard earn
ings. If the State actually needed the
amount, to be thus wrung from inan-
cially PROSTATE people, it would not be
esteemed so great an outrage But when
we reflect that the cormorants, who are to
deyour all this treasure, are forced upon
Us by outrageous abuse of the Federal
Constitution, and are not of the peoples
choice, and have created multitude oil
useless Offices and increased salaries be-
yond all reason, then it is that We feel so
kecnly this swiudlng process, Inaugural
ted by this new Revenue bill All things
are taxed. Everything that is the subject
ofproperty, from the shoes ON Your feet
to the hat on your head Your pocket
knife, your steel pen, your quill pen,your
chickens. dnrks. dogs. cats o''er,-t''i"s'
you can cali your own Your boy cannot
own dozen marbles, but they must be
listed for taxation Your daughter can
not own iinger-ring or ear-drop but the
Assessor must write 1t down, and YOU
must pay . tax upon them. Your wife
cannot own a set of knitting-needles or
paper of sewing-needles, but YOU must
pay tax on them to support and perpet-
7uate this deplorable Radical Carpet Bag
Government And ifyou refuse to pay,
your COW, or your horse, or your hogs
will be driven from your house to be sold.
to pay the amount assessed. All this
comes from the action of those enlightcn-
ed statesmen, who came down South to
reconstruct the excluded State and to
speculate in negro politics. This is the
fruit of the labors of 3 self and illegally
constituted Legislature, composed of the
:" friends of the Union and tlevotees of
the negro To them the people owe their
present condition and TO them belongs
the credit of rehabilitating the Southern
States. How long can we survive this
cruel and merciless rule Is il better to
be beggared by these fcllows-have your
houses sold over your heads, Your chill
dren driven out upon the cold charity of
the world--than to take the oath vote
and dethrone the miscreauts who would
thus Cypress ruined people, Whileyou
hesitate about conscientious scruples,
your pocket is being picked, your hard
earned substance iilched from YOU, and
the negro takes your former place in so
cicty. You are bound to do all the oath
requires, SO long as you live in the State,
and you have no means ofescape, except
emigration or taking the oath and voting
against the party of ruin and plunder.
Love OF your native homes, respect for
the graves Of your fathers, your children,
your friends, should deter you from emi
gration--a determination to leave heri-
tage ofgood government to your poster
ity, should prompt you to vote like men
and swear by the memory of our once
glorious country to be men, and with
many flrmness scatter the swarm Of vul-
lures, that are now feeding upon the body
polite. There is common duty to be
performed by all. The country MUST BE
SAVED from impending RUIN. Each man
and each woman can accomplish much
by well-directed effort. Remember the
3D. of November, and let it not pass with.
out strlklnga telling blow, through the
ballot-boX.