Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-10-09
Equal Taxation-seymo1r and Uni
Versal TAxatioa-The Working=
mans Cart Subject to Equal Taxa
Tion with the Rich Nan IS Coach.

We Demand ecaaE taxation of ev-
ery species of property according to dts
real Ualue iRclHdigg Government bonds
and Other gE5Iit ssectaftieS. --Dem0-
cratic National Platfossss-
=s. SEE he f7eps6Jacaas 5EgztFgtng to
dodge the fndRclq4 issues. and 10 sunk
the election iR60 q mere personal con
test Our paper mast not GLtoI0 thls.
The8 n1uss push tte. debt and td1afiO7l
- HoRATI0 SEYMOUR |
To Hon. c. II. hgersoll, New Haven, Conns |
History nowhere else furnishes SO !
perfect an illustration Of the adage that
isVghon the gods wish to destroy they |
first make mad, y asin the course OF the /
Democratic party during the last eight /
years. But as mad as they proved I
themselves in rushing headlong into 3 /
wicked rebellion, every subsequent act /
Of their life proves that they are every 1
year becoming more insane
If re&son ha6 nor forever taken its I
fig ht from the Democratic leaders. and
stark madness been enthrUhed In its
place, they would never thus have pro-
claimed the principle in their platform
that they are in favor OF sequal taxa
ton" OF the rich and poor; andthat iey-
cry species of Property'i must be taxed
whether il be The destitute widows sol
itary bed or the bond Of the Belmont
nillionairel ss---seF
. Ererg species Of property embraces
eUerys coRcetgGbJe Grtscte possessing any
vqIue, how ever small from a paper qf
pins to a EoT'alg Fifth GUenue palace
from dgladcne Of sgcdntp land t7 ne tdTlg-
est ptaatatl0R-froa ". poorest Reedte- 4
loOnlGn' S sel1lRg aFtchtl1e to pI9ated
cIudes the absolute neeessaries Of life as
well as fus most useless luxuries.
The dress or the COW, the pig, the
chair aud the stove of the woman who
is dependent Hpon her daily labor for
the support Of herself and children, like
the bond of the richest capitalist, must
be subject TO taxation and s'equal taxa
ton, - according to the Democratic plat,
form, if fSeynour and Blair are sIecIed.
Every acre Of land belonging to the
farmer, and every rbushel of wheat or
corn or potaSoes, every ton of hay, eY-
eggs, every pound Of meat, every quart
of milk, every basket of fruit, and every
VegeGabI Of any kind he may take to
market or consume at home, the Demo-
cratic Convention demands shall be
subject to "equal taxation with the
rich mans bonds and houses and lots,
his horses and cattle and sheep and
poultry, his ptows and harrows and
rakes, his cultivat0Ts and Teaping ma
chimes, his hoes and shoYels, his wag-
ons and carts and sssleds,p and all to be
taxed ssequafs to. the stocks and bonds
and mortgages of the city banker, sac
cording to their real Cor cashl value"
There is TO be no exemption Of the
@propefty'f Of the poorest widow, or of
the most dependent orphan; of the axe,
or saw, or spade, or tools of whatever
kind Of the day laborer, of the needle-wo-
a
shoes and stockings Of the children.-
And all this property shall not only be
taxed, but it shall be taxed s'equai" to,
or At the same rate as the silver plate,
Wilton carpets, and magnificent plate
mirrors and rosewood furniture Of the
millionaire. IA IN
Not only the long list. OF, ten Thousand
articles which Republican Congress
has just exempted from all taxation
will be included lntths Democratic cat.
alogue Of 'feveFy species of property -
which must be subject to equal, taxa
CiOn," but twice 10000 other articles
must be added 10 the long list.
Instead Of combining himself to the In
fqHirYy as fomeTly, bow many gold.
watches and pianos, and how much sill
fverware a family owned, the assessor
/ would be compelled, under a Demo
lcratic adninistration; to ascertain ev-
IBry article, OF woman's ward ODE,
tiW neither il consisted of q single skirt, q
Sunday and a walking dress, or an in
idehnite nnmoer Of dresses, Hud long
array of shoes and stockings, and
/ sloVes, and under garments, and Jewell
/ rys and combs and brushes ETC.
/ And Of manufactured articles there
weuld be an amount (which no man
/ could number" The tax on nine thous-
and articles 4atsleast was removed by
/ the last Congress, and instead OF taxing
| thousands of articles, as last year, the
i fFr
1 ured articles, viz. :--spirits, tobacco
/ fermented liquors, and gas, and to only
seven olhers1 15ectss viz banks and
! ban Ssrs; zee I54s, from sstoelzs,3
ssseess olilsr q si4io estH essT ncomes, Leg
ss,suecessIons and passpoFts.1
/ IF any one can imagine or compute
now many articles there are in ths IJniz
j ted States which may be denouainaAed
/ property" and subject to tequal taxa
/ tion'' under the provisions of the Dem
oeratic platform we have quoted, he
/ will be able to anticipate some of the
Ib7auties Of that universal taxation Sey-
i nour is pledged to Introduce.
The value Of the taxable property of
j every kind in the United States in 1870
will not fall short of .$35, ,O00, ,OO0, 600. OF
/ this sum three-eights, or S13, ,OOO, ,OO0, ,O09.
are. invested in farm lands, and So, ,0OO,-
| 100000 IN live stock, farm improve
menls, machinery and implements.
The national bonds amount to about
| 50, ,100.O00,o00. ..5...t
/ Z Neither The lands, live stock, machine
sfy nor implements of the farmers, nor
the bonds. are taxed by the United
/ States. saf.
The Democratic party propose, in or
1 der to equalize taxation, to collect an
equal tax for every species of property.
Including G GoVernmenf bonds acc6rCiiTis
1 to value. The annual wants OF the Uni
/ ted States for revenue, including inter-
/ est and pensions, will be $780, 600 600, or
one per cent. upon all the taxable prop
erty ia the United Suaes.
The practical operation of the Demo-
/ cratic system of taxation will be that
| the Government bonds will yield annJi-
| ally tax of 81 ,000, 600, and that the
/ farm lands, fences, horses, hogs, sheep.
/ chickens, COWS, wagons, machinery,
4 and Implements of the farmers Will
] yield Sl60,000800 annually. That is the
/ plan Of equal taxation proposed by the
| Democratic platform. In, order to reach
the 50, ,090, 100000 of bonds with tax, in
/ dehauce of the contract, the Democrat
/ ic party propose to put aItax of S160,000-
/ 600 on the farmers. A9 ~
Under the 9eun0ctatic rule. of taxa
/ tIons the farmers and d@planters will pay
I a direct tax. EQUAL TO THREE
l-FIBTHSE OF3FaE WHOLE AMOUNT
1 RFQUIRED FOR THE SUPPORT OF
THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT,
| whereas they now pay, under the
| hEE U D1IOAN RULE, NJ Dl.
REC 4 TAI WHATEVER. THE
/ PROPERTY i-s4 OF FARM ERS,
PLANTERS. AND MECHANICS
+ rs NOW EXEMPT FROM FED.
ERAEsTAXATION AND WILL
REMAI1II IRX EMPT IF GRANT
| AND RCOLFAX. SHALL BE
/ ELEGpEDt BUTrIF SEYMOUR
4 AND BLAIR ARE ELECTED
| A'LL 81 THEIR PROPERTY
w HETh ER. MUCH OR LITTLE,
| OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
WILL BE HEAVILY TAXED.
FOR THE DE EM0CRATIC PAR
TY is SQLEMNLY PLEDGED
! TAKEN INAWARES. OR AF.
TER. THE ELECTION. WHEN IT
rs TOO LATE TO REMEDY, THE
EVIL,say that he did not understand
| the scnDe and tDrlrrOsa 'Of the Demo-