The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-10-15
Political.
Effect O, a Radical Triumph.

The Gect0t q Radical Triumph.
The Cincinnati Enquirer thus pointedly
puts the effect of an endorsement of the
Radical Congress and all its acts by the
in e%lecting Grant.
/. The bonded debtwill be paid i'm gold,
of ~greenbacks, and 500, OOO, 900
will thus be added 10 our Indebtedness.
q The debt will become n permanent in
5titution, and every fifteen years va shall
pay the immense principal in gold alone,
gold, leaving the principal untouched.
g. 50, 500, 900. OO0, which ought 10 be em-
in building houses, boats, railroads,
and put in ~founderies and factories whore
il would give millions of people employ
ment, will continue to be locked UP in
bonds, where it will afford no remuneration
20 any one but the holder FnfrrT.
4. This immense SUN, one-hith Of All the
property in the country, will continue To
be exempted from all state and local taxa
ton for generations TO come, and tho bur
dens il ought to bear will he transferred 10
the rest ofthe people.
8. We shall continue 20 take mp the debt
Negal tenders) which bears nointerest, and
add TO the debt which does bear high inter-
est, and is also free from TAXATION
6. We shall every year pay tothe Nation
~ bhiihh o~GtsuoOtOVV IN Boiut lUI iuihlnhihk
the people II currency which the Govern
ment could give them in legal tenders with
ont costing n cent
T. Money will Ne made scarcer, ~ the
bond holders desire that the greenbncks
should be called IN, 40 that they can get
their pny in gold
8. The %bOudholder will receive one hum
dred cents on II dollar for what only costs
him forty cents ON n dollar, besides obtain
ing about fifteen per cent. interest on his
investment for five years, together with
entire exemption IRON all state and local
taxation.
q Negio suffrnge will be continued upon
the South, ut the point OF the bayOnet
seven or eight States will be controlled by
negroes, who are in the majority, and ne
groeH will be elected 10 Congress and oil
the various State offices, legislative and
judicial
10. The Southern whites will migrate in
large numbers rather than be ruled by ne
Croes, and we shall have aouth of Tennessee
u new Africa or Hhyti a. q political pnrtner
in the Union.
IL. Trade with free negro States amounts
10 nothing, and from il VT OF the North and
West will derive little satisfaction.
IL. The Frcedman's Bureau will be main
tanned at n frightful cost in the South, aud
the negro who is unwilling Ia work will be
maintained, ns now, at the Government eN-
pense.
IS 4 large standing army will be main.
tanned To Keep the people IN subsection,
and 20 pay II, III addition to the interest
upon the public debt will require that
stamp taxes, income tayes, taycs upon
business In every shape aud form, shall
be collected from AN impoverished people
''They Can't INK Me-"
We have repeatedly heard poor men, Ia.
boring men say, well, | have not got any
property, they cant tax me much"
Weiecently met one of this class return
ing after u days hard work cnnying peck
Of meal on his nm We uccnsted him, and
the following conversation ensued
"Well Jones' how do You get onY'
poor enough, indeed Il seems harder
TO make n suppoit Tor myself and family
than ever before. | work hard, live poor,
don't drink or lounge around, aud it lsan |
can do to live"
Well, that IL not 10 be wondered ut, when
you and other luboung men wear after year
increase your own burdens. Times will
grow harder until You change your wuy of
voting aud taxes will inoreaBe.
They can't tax me much, for I've got
nothing" I
Can't chi Let's see, wha. did that peck
of meal coal you2
''Thirty cents"
Do you know what it cos to raise u
bushel OF meal? DID
mo"
II costs about 10 on 20 cent8.
"The loyal people say YOU copperhends are
mighty bad people, aud Try TO deceive ua
working men, and begin to believe it, for
| know they don't tax corn meal"
think | eau prove a. yOu that com meal
IL pretty heavily taxed.
I'D like TO know how"
The corn from which thatmeal was made,
was raised GU taxed land, plowed with u
taxed plow, drawn by taxed horses, hitched
by taxed gears. II was hocd with II taxed
hoe, cultivated with taxed implements,
gathered in n taxed wagon; drawn 10y n tax
cd team, and thrown into u taxed crib,
shelled by u taxed machine, measured by u
taxed measure, taken in a taxed stuck,
ground in taxed mill, seived in a taxed
seive, mixed in II taxed pan, stirred with u
taxed spoon, salted with taxed salt, putin u
taxed bake pan, baked in a taxed oven, laid
ON n taxed plate, cut with a taxed knife,
and lastly eaten by n pretty heavily taxed
man.
'Whew, well / swan, that's nearly all
taxes, declare to gracious never looked
Mt it that way before"
Ii it were not tor the taxes you could buy
Il bushel OF meal for what that peck costs
you, hesideG, II is not on that alone that you
are taxed, but upon everything you buy.
A pound of coffee costs ten cents but you
have 10 pay 3d. and &c il uoBts yau $500 20
keep your family, you may safely say one-
half of this is tax. Now, il it any wonder
that times are hard and that you hnd il
difficult 20 live. 81. .g
II costs me more than three hundred dol
lars to live. | used 20 get only fifty cents
II day, and / liy,d a great deal better thnn
now ON II dollar and "A quarter, l SEQ there
~ n great wrong somewhere, aud | am
going 10 take your advice, aud see IL there
is any good in voting fOr achange ofTulers.
IN Try the experiment anyhow, but ! must
not tell old squeeze or he'll discharge me,
but a HUNDRED and Gny is too much
for me. That much saved would buy my
winters fuel, and my sugar, coffee, ilour
&ci TO last me n year, and n roll or two OF
muslin tor my wife aud children How
thick-headed | must be not TO see this be
fore. I begin to see why old Bonds used
to come round aud sec me before election,
aud be so smiling aud so kind and polite,
aud why Mrs. Bonds would send my wife
some little nick-nack or other Bonds IL
rich he gets gold from the bank for his
bonds work To- pay TINT, " His bonds are
not taxed. ] pay $50 all IN little things,
and even II box Of matches is taxed. |
thank you MIR Editor. for this talk; it has
done ine good new light has broken in
upon MA, and III not keep IL bid under II
bushel neither, I'll talk TO the mon about
It. II is now all plain. / declare Tllneyer
forget that peck of meal,
We gave the honest fellow a hearty shake
Of IhA hnnl md nnannd on mnrA lrInrmin-