Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-09
TAX-PAYERs AND RADICAL OFFICE


AAOA4DEHA9.
The Press and Times declared some
time since that the benefcent results Of
Republican rule are strikingly visible in
Missouri and Tennessee, the two most
thOroughgOing Republican States in the
Union. Republican, that is, Radical
rule is strikingly visible in this State
And it consists in this, that while the
white people who are denied the right OF
voting, are more heavily taxed than they
ever we're, the men who have fastened
upon the Offices in the various counties
in the State, contribute little or nothing
to the support Of county or State govern
ment A striking illustration of this is
furnished in Shelby county. The Mem
phis Avdlanehe gives list Of the taxes
paid by the principal officers Of that
county, amounting in the aggregate to
$l3l 10, only three of them paying taxes,
while their combined salaries amount
to about fifty thousand dollars year.
The following is the Aralanches list:
Amount Of Taxes paid by Barbour Lewis.
County Commissioner W
| Amount Of Taxes paid by W. II. White.
County Commissioner. o. W
County Commissions 90 90
County Commissioner. ;. . % 70
Marshal Of the Municipal Court,,.....,..,.. 90 90
Amount of Taxes paid by A. P. Curry, 80 -,
W OO
| Amount of Taxes paid by Alfred Matthias,
Clerk of the Law 90 90
/ Amount Of Taxes paid by T. II. Hudson,
Attorney Municipal 90 on
| Amount of Taxes paid by Il. W. Wicker
sham, School Trustee. 90 OF
Amount of Taxes paid by Harry S. Lee.
OO VI
Amount of Taxes paid by S. Z. Beaumont, Ia
/ Police Superintendent-.-..... 90 %
Amount Of Taxes paid by A. p. Burditt,
Police COMMISSIONER. 90 OF
| Amount Of Taxes paid by j. D. Pierce,
Judge of the Law COurt.......,.-........-..O 90 0(
| Amount Of Taxes paid by q. W. Waldran,
Judge Of the Municipal Court 90 OF
Amount Of Taxes paid BY William Hun
ter Judge Of the Criminal Court 90 on
| Amount Of Taxes paid by Hugh l.. Fox,
Clerk OF the Criminal Court. .............. 50 X
Amount of Taxes paid by j. i. Chandler,
Collector on Privileges. 90 o.
ley. County S ~ ooD. A. 1loo 90 o.
Amount of Taxes paid by General W. J.
smith on tax ................- so Il
member Of the Legislature en- - -',@o. 90 o.
| Amount of Taxes paid by Thos. A. Hamil-
TOP. member of the Legislature.............OO Of
1 Amount of Taxes paid by r. HOugh, form
| er Revenue COllectoT.................. % "
Amount of Taxes paid by Thomas Leon
| ard, Judge Of the County Court. 90 On
What is true of the Office holders in
Shelby county, will hold good as to thai
class throughout the State. Upon inves
tigation it will be found that they pay
but very small moiety of the taxes
while they are living sumptuOusly upon
the money wrung from an oppressed and
outraged people Here is specimen O.
Radical rule in Tennessee Taxes and
acknowledgements for the white people
and fat offices for the Radicals who pay
no taxes and bear none OF the burdens
Of government The white people who
pay nine-tenths of the taxes necessary tC
support the most extrayagant government
ever known in Tennessee, are denied al
right of participation in electing the meI
and framing the laws for their govern
ment tits by this system of disfran
chisement that the Radicals are enabled
to carry matters with the reckless disre
gard of the rights of others they havt
exhibited throughout their rule in thi'
State.