Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-26

Taxes !?
Radical legislation requires the consumer
TO pay all taxes. 1t taxss
The hat on your head.
The boots on your feet.
The clothes on your person.
The food you eat
The tea and coffee you drink.
The pot it is cooked in.
The cup you drink il out OF.
The implements on your farm.
The tools you work With.
The paper you write on.
The pen and ink you use.
The papers and books you rsso'
The furniture 70 your house.
The gas or oil you burn.
The coal you consume.
The stove you bure It IN.
The match you light IL with.
The medicine you take.
The tobecoo you onokes
The pipe you smoke Il 10.
The dishes 90 your table.
Ali yeu eat Of them.
The labering man Of the country, who
owns little house and lot, which he hes
earned By toiliDg from early morn till night,
pays State tax, county tax, school tar, and
road tax upon It; while his next door neigh.
Dor, who is bondholder, owning $50, 900
in bonds. pays no taxes whatever, draws
interest in gold, laughs at his more fortu-
nate neighbor. who has his money in lit
tie home Ii the masses of the laboving
men desire equal taxation Of everv species
OF property according to its real valus-gov-
eminent bonds and other securities in
cuded; il they want ono currency for the
the government and the people, the laborsr
and the ONCE holder, the pensi oner and the
soldier, the producer and the bondholdss,
they will not vsts the radical ticket, that il
certain.
The Words eta Tree Patriot.
Hon. franklin 7. Backus, Of Cleveland,
Ohio, in speech to his fellow. citizens, an
nouncing his discsnnsstien With the Rspub-
lican party, and declaring his purpose to
unite with the Democracy. "ia the present
hour Of darkness and gloom" said
Fellow -citizsns-ays, fellow Dsueesats
That has been . hard word for me q
mouth For quartsr o. century hav,
been trained % . Republican end Il
-~A<es sse' v ~ 0sO " OWsxuos0 - y1eu = !
Democrat but when treason at the South
has hsen crushed, end treason risen up o.
tho North, after the flag has floatsd il
triumph over rebellion, when, for the un
holy purposes 81 the party in power. til,
Union has been kept asunder-the Unior
that all fought for, onlv to have an igsu,
fatuns when onsthird Of the Union to
day Is subject to power, in time Of peace
unrecognixsd BY the Constitution--
to secure victory, not to render the triumph
for oil time, but for the selfish purpose o
preserving in perpstuity the power Of {
party unit 70 WELD il whom, oil thss,
years, that party has been laboriug, not 4
heal sectional wounds and the bittsrnssl
engendssed BY war, but to soc by what a.
sumptions Of power they prevent the South
from coming back as Democratic States
aud thus keep in place the party that i,
| rioting in spoils-l say when such eendi
items have existsd for three years. he tha
would stammer in pronouncing himself I
Dem ecrat-- whose party 10 the only one Il
which We can look for sucoor from thss,
woes-is no man for the times. rDsafsn
ing cheers. And | say tonight what
have mover said before, that | stand here I
Democrat-a Democrat as 10 defined in thu
platform Of the New York Convention.
am willing 10 fight under tho banner OF tn,
Democracy, and God willing, We viii
achieve victory. Cheers