The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-18
4. Equal TAXATION"

be Republicans IN their Platform declare
That 1t is due .othe labor Of the nation
that taxation should be eqnaiized aud
reduced rapidly 90 the national faith will
permit, The Democracy, III 'heit New
York platform. declare themselves in favor
Of "E.qual taxation Of every species Of prop
srsy according to its real value including
government, bonds and other public secure
ties Ard now the false Democracy ssy that
our platform in the matter of taxation means
just what the Democratic platform means
II so, why do they denounce the Republican
policy Of taxation They say, with con-
seriousness or the falseness Of their assertion
as they utter it they sav that the Republican
declaration that taxation should be equal
lied is ths-sxact equivalent of the Demo
cratic declaration in favor Of aequal taxation
Of every species Of property Now this is
falss. Democratic papers and small fry pol
iticians know that 1t is false.
The meaning Of the Republican platform
on this subject is TO meet the financial de
MAIDS made by pa.ta4 dawn The Democrat
tic rebellion. great and complex revenue
system had to be devised. II was impossi-
Bile in doing this not to have some nequali-
ties OF taxation. Some articles would be
taxed more than their real value in trade
world jsethy ,some articles less. The whole
usttsr yas In experiment. The Republican
do away with these inequalities Of taxation
Tor, in the words Of The platform "eqnalize
taxation, and to reduce that taxation. They
have done both. They have largely reduced
Axstion. fhey have removed the duty from
sen thousand articles. And endeavored to
wAs theirsesslsd policy 70 eu, down the list
&c taxed atf,eles and products when the,
had already done tb,s in ten thousand instan-
ees -wonid thty. q eclure in favor of taxing all
kinda Of property No, q Bill OF it. And
mons knew thi. better than these very Demo
cratic editors who are saying the contrary.
Bst If words mean anything. when the
Democracy ray they are in favor OF equal
taxs,ion. Of every species Of property ac-
cording 10 its value, then they mean to tax
| q kHlds o. properly. II tHee oHtf HiEHb,
aeqaal tax.tion on GEesnnlent bonds and
other public seaurities, according to their
yalae, as Democratic papers now try to
have US believe. wondn', they have said so ?
We're the men who formed,h that platform SO
gnoraat Of the English lanzu se,that IN
trying 10 say one thing they should say ii
rectlT and clearly another And entirely diff
hreut thisg7 No man believes that ii is
true ths Western Democracy may have been
cheated in that plank of the platform. as they
wen Ahsesea.pst -p6 Renaistn.t their randi-
dsts. Ths EAsleru bondholders may have
rhessed fhem III the one cAse 4. il Inc otheerr.
q Tia Westsrna mspahsrs Of the Convention
tsAse not Eevs intended it--,hey ,nsy Inv.
q 8asi skxd 81. tbe I Eastern bondhold :.
Nbn. svsna .rsssibg- he. Convention. Blu,
Z those p6ndh oldvfi Sdeterninpd If their bond.
y FATe |, rad, that the land .eT Western hsu-
Y aIsssn67avsry species d Yrorrsy, should ~
I, ls4ullls ed and they got II toto iha plss-
4 jcrp,s snds he Denocsstie parry stands
10 tina. polio, -of taxation.
!, ne Farmer democrats. lshoring Democratic,
I Ds-bosdbeldiue DsnDcrsts. bow do you lii I
I tfBk blau OF ,Hxsffpp which your leaders avow
eA DIR pdaeI.
j "a Tsfehf The whole thing is Democratic
. IpoEcy. Il 10 pona. Of onfs.
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