New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-30
4 VOICE FROM MAINE TO PENNSYLVANIA.
In his speech in Philadelphia recently, the

Hon. James g. Blaine or Maine salo:
lam sure that there nothing in my personal or Oll
a., history That could warrant such demonstration oil
applause and therefore take 10 as an ascfltlVH' '"
for , .ac Of PcnnsyIvana that they abored 50 hard
and successfully in that great Stale dI%y co!nu H
laid still aud tied hchlnd lhCln, ana "npcu ~,
Democracy. but they remembered that you III ltii'(
vdua had closer election ana thcy Naneu 70 snow ,e
forever We fcta the drumucr0oy said aud as wrote
We thought AZ VIC beat them less, the fehusl wanna corps
would have come up in vain. 1Gn really GonJ 6noM
no" '""S W ""N, III, ori- oUnuch Go he
Maine. We have lel Ohy enough 10 pc
seen next year We buried them face downward so tlat
~ they ever reappcdt ON TINS mundane sphere u VII
somewhere in The region Of emma; The Democlauo pI
IS say the most oppressed and taX-rddcn people
the face of the earhat least 50 asserts eXHON hs
Ter; aud Den proof Of tins he refers 70 MI. fe.ueoo &
spent time among Us III the STATE OF Maihe. ven
there arc many of ms who never knew sVJn IIS VI
dletou Laughter The matter of taxation Is one "
the moot serious import IL becomes US 40 t m
and why II j., and whether the put1en ClnO1 10 v
moved. We shall raise this year S3OO0O0 sum very
large for any one, two or three states 10 pay nI
We 20 grasp tho vast extent OF this country u,S
sum becomes mere bagatee, instead OF burden ~
This amount shall raise SiC0OoO0O through tie td
aud $lsOOoOoO through duties Levied through me lnitri
Revenue Department Is there one here who wants ihe
tarf struck DOWN. lCnes OF 40! MOI Al lhere ue
Such one lac A. Ignorant OF he gOly OF MS Std't du
The greatest enemy Of her future prosperity The speaker
tbcn enumerated the various souIIts Ilon Will ,i
revenue derived. Here Is the whisky taX Wmth WI
bring ne The handsome sum 81 S56N0OOn Nov, is lhIs
ccpt he the Democratic party liaueli,cI alu W n
VlatEt Then comes the tobacco tax, when VIII yea
fs
oppressive TO the poor man Every one Is anoT'u n
rt repairs and all his taxes. Federal state, ana local
and then say let tax all over $1,000 per anhuin
Then comes the taX.Of twotehs of per cent on the
sale or manufactures. where the manufactures exceed
5000 psr Then there are the national banks,
VINO pay nearly SlOOO00OO, which. wei as
all nave enumerated, certainly does not
oplrcss the poor man. The stamp tax
comes next nm oTGer and gives MS $7OCOOOO The rich
men oil pay this. The Will of Mr.. stevens Of NewIer-
scy had have affixed stamp costing $1,000 rms does
NOT oppIcss the poor or abOrng man. Lastly, there
he prumiscuOus tax on railroads and fasortl-
ton companies aud articles " Injuries INDUCED IN only
by the rch man then asked do any OF these Cypress
the poor labOring mani Does 1t not all come out OF
the rich mans pocket The speaker stigmatlzed as IN
insult constant appeal Of the Democratic leaders Ter
the laborug objects Of commseraton and pity
as though they being starved out Great cheerhg
lie then reviewed the policy OF the two parties ana as
serted that while the Republican party taxed the accu
nuated capital of labor, the Democracy were I0r Ahg
form Of property according TO its value We pre-
scut what have done. while they present what they
wall do The Democratic policy Is 10 tax harrei OF hour
IN the proportion as We tax barrel OF peer ana 10
tax the churches che same proportion a we tax inca