Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-10

the Negroes in those States. 1t was sup
posed that they would vote the Republi-
can ticket and because of this supposition
they are accounted loyal. Mr.. THOMSON
kept this fact in the back ground.
Mr.. THOMPSON is represented as thu
author of the Chicago platform. He ad-
mitted that in that platform the Green
back question was lodged. He said tha,
there is disagreement in the Republican
party as to how the outstanding $50 Bond
should be paid--sofne holding that they
should be paid in coin, while others claim
that they should be paid in illegal tender;'
and for the purpose of not causing rup
ture in the party on this subject, they
adopted a resolution that don't take any
positive position. 1t don't commit th,
party to anythmg. 1t means, really, thai
the people to be gouged. g,aEasss2
Whether che convinced anybody tba"
Greenbacks, if issued by a Democratic ad-
ministration, would be valueless, and yel
wouldpas current if issued by the Repub-
lican party, we do not know; but if he die
not, and we do not think there was any
body yerdant, enough in his, audience to
believe such nonsense, he used time to very
little purpose. He, undoubtedly, was no,
any more successful In his efforts to con-
vince, that contraction of the currency.
which Democrats deprecate. was really
forced upon the country by the Democrats
in Gong 1t will battle any one to mak,
it out how the Democratic members o {;
Congress could stand chargeable. witt.
hayingd done this, when the Republicans cali
pass any measure they seeiproper by moro
than two-thirds majority or how, If thi
were true, the Republicans ina Congress
were able to stop contraction. -
Equally unsatisfactory must have been
his position that the mass of the people,
the farmers, mechanics and laborers-pay
| no taxes, and that therefore they need nos
give themselves any concern about them.
He told his audience that the Railroads
Banks and Insurance Companies pay tn;
taxes. If this is true. we insist that therr.
shall be an eq1ali zation of .axes. 1t isno.
right that the Railroads. Banks Iand-Insur
ance ConIpaniss pay an the taxes while
the farmers and Iworkingmensof all kind,
pay none. There is a species of Injustice
in this that is anti-Democratic. But is it
true? That is the, Important question. Is
it true that the farmers and llaborfng men
pay no taxes to the Federal Government?
1t is not, and Mr.. THoMPsoN is no such "a
Idolt, as not. to know that it is not true.-:
Knowing it not to be true, why does be
undertake to palm the statement upon
the public? Does hega take the pub
lie to be a set Of. gulls 1t b may
be that the farmers and working
men do not pay much revenue tax
directly into the Revenue Office but they
do pay Federal tax on the articles, they
buy. Railroad freights and passenger fare
are higher in consequence of the internal
revenue tax the railroad companies have
to pay. This freight is put upon the goods
by the merchant, and at last the consumer
pays it. The poor man pays tribute to thet
Federal Government by the increased
price of his coffee, sugar, tea, muslin. fan :
mel, satinet, cot1onades, shoes, hats-every
thing that he eats and wears, and in his
rent" - = - ls--- - -s-sA- = - .-'---
1t has been found, upon careful compu-
tation, that by reason of the extraordinary
expense of running the Federal Govern
ment by the Republican party, and the in
terest of the Public Debt, too hours of eacl
days toll of the aoorkingmaan is absorbed
That is, if it were not for the interest on the /
Public Debt, and for the wasteful extrava-5 .
gance of the Republican party in power.
laboring men would live just as.well as
they now do, if they labored on an aver .
age two hours a day less. They are, there !
fore, very greatly Interested in the matter 2
of taxation.i ~ or 'hs7li' "A's'-A -.
As Mr.THoMPsoN appears to think thai :,
the higher the tariff the cheaper the article i
on which the duty is placed, he must, imag I
inc that the higher the taxes the better foi
the mass of the people. He neglected to state !
while referringto to the Public Debt state.
ment just made public, that the Public Debt ]
and especially the Gold bearing portion Of I.
it, was running up very rapidly. To have /
done SO would haveeenvinced his audience |
that he was not dealing fairly with themi n
his assertion that the expenditures of the
Goyernment-were being greatly reduced. ID /
In conclusion, he stumbled upon the I
truth, that if we could have a satisfactory |
restoration of the Unien we shouldsagain +
have prosperous times. A Union that will |
be eerdialAthat will make the Southern
people feel kindly toward the Northern
once more set the wheels of +
in motion. But this restoration Z
Is not to be secured through the RepdbffI
can policy that su63rdinates the Whites to I
the Blacks That is absolutely impossible. /
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All Parties Want q Change. 5,-,E
Hon. SAMUEL GALLOWAY, in the. short
speech he made on Saturday night, said
that the Democrats and Republicans were
IN favor ofra change OF administrationA
hat all parties are in favor, OF q change.
BE spoke truly; but then to elect GRANT /
and CoLFAx would give us no change.
They would carry out the present Recon-
policy which is SO injurious to the
3outh--a policy which by generating bad5
eelinp nm tho ina rt af tho VIitae a., fhoJ