Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-02-25

tlon. Young taxes or appropriatlng
public monies TO 60 into merchandis S.
ing, milling or manufacturing Com
nsercial OIL. or any other commodity
on public account, would be excessive
folly but TO % donate, to any set OF
individuals, or class of corporations,
to the exclusion OF the rest, would be
unalloyed oppression. End. Conced
ing both the right and the duty OF the
State and the Nation to tax the peo-
pie to any extent to preserve the
State and National integrity against
any and all displays Of violence,
yet deny the right of the Legislature
TO authorize local bodies TO raise
bounty money by public taxation -
and if another war should occur de-
handing large supplies of men, |
trust that Congress-, among its first
acts, will put an extinguisher upon all
local bounties. Then, if men enough
cannot otherwise be obtained if the
calls of a distressed government will
not avail, let the last available man
be secured by merciless conscrip-
ton. Nothing which occurred at
home during the late war, was SO of
fensive to all patriotic soldiers, as the
unmanly spectacle everywhere pre-
sented, of blatant Loyal Lacquer"
and venemous "Copperheads' rush.
ing in frantic haste to the polls, fused
and blended into one by the common
solvent of fear, to relieve themselves
from draft liability by voting epor-
nous bounties; large share of which
falling upon the soldiers in the field,
and"on the perilous edse of battle"
3rd. The proposed Webb Amend
ment to the Constitution, would, if
successful, do violence to our theory
of government, and it should not
therefore be entertained. 4th. The
practice of the Senate and Assembly
of choosing any particular person, or
designating any class OF persons to
perform religious ceremonies before
men and paying them therefor out of
the public funds, is not only hostile
to the spirit of our institutions, but
plainly in contravention of the Con-
stitution itself. If majority OF eli.
Their body should happen to be Ro-
man Catholics. or Jesutts, if you
please, would it suit the Protestants
in the body or out of it, ii High Mass
was performed in the Capitol every
morning, l wonder? Would we not
be likely to see another Martin Luz
Their revolt, and another John Calvin
displaying a protest EN- bodyingat least
SO articles and exceptions. Geutly,
valiant Martin and dogmatlc John;
gently, good Protestants, all; let me
caution you to eat with as good grace
as possible of the fruit of the tree you
have planted, and nourished into
bearing. 1t may be bitter to your
taste. but for the sake Of consistency
eat it with seeming relish.
CONCLUSION.
So much misconception and laxity
prevails upon this matter Of law
making limitation, that trust when
ever a Constitutional Convention is
hereafter convened, it will not fail to
engraft upon the fundamental law,
very clear and concise provision, in>
hibiting to the Legislature and to the
majority of the people both local and
general, the power to put upon the
minority any tax for other purposes
than for legitimate government, in
Guiding of course, educational and
chart table objects aud also inhibit-
ing the right to recognizein any way
any religious sect or doctrine to the
prejudice of all others d.