The Evansville journal., 1868-09-19

eeeds Of the sale OF SWAMP landef
they found that all was gone. This
was a specimen Of Democratic econo-
my, and now, when asked, what plan
do you propose for the payment of
the debt, my friend answers, only re-
store the Democratic party to power.
Do so, gentlemen, and give them a
chance at the treasury of your nation,
and from the dollars, when Democrats
get chance to put them in their
pockets, you will her the cry
Farewell, vain world
I'm going home"-
But to the subject of taxation.
Democrats propose to tax al species
of property, including Government
bonds.
According to the present system of
taxation, railroads, telegraph COM
panies, steamboats,, hotels and all
classes of men. who make money fast,
are taxed for the support of the Gov
ernment, while the poorer classes are
not taxed. The man who makes a
large amount of money, can afford to
pay the tax. He can afford to do so.
This is the plan proposed by the Re-
publican party.
My friend insists that the doctors,
bankers, &c, are taxed. and that they
in turn tax the people. 1t is also in
sisted that there is tax on whisky.
| Now, in regard to the tax on whisky.
no man need pay part of it unless
he wants to. The poor man has little
to do with the payment of that sort
of tax. Change the plan of collect
ing the tax, and you will have a coll
lector in your house; he will go into
your pa ntry, aud through all the
apartments of your house and tax all
your property according to its value,
just for the sake of getting at Gov
ernment bonds. If Democrats were
sincere in this, why did they not
come out and say that they
were In favor of taxing Govern
ment bonds without taxing all
species of property for the sake of
getting at them? Now, [ am in favor
of taxing the rich who can afford to
pay the tax; and so is the Republican,
party-and not the poor man who cam
not afford t1 pay the tax.
The power of State to tax govern
ment bonds does not exist, and my
friend will not tell you that it does.
Upon the question of negro suf-
frage, that is question that / have
nothing to do, unless it is pro-
posed on the part of my friend to
abolish all the reconstruction laws of
Congress, and the reconstruction acts
of that body, and to change the
character of the Governments South
! by force of arms and In that event |
will answer my friend to his hearts
content. This negro suffrage ques-
tion is not a new one. John Bell
once beat Felix Grundy on the ques-
tion of negro suffrage in Tennessee.
In New York, under Democratic rule,
negroes who owned $3.50 worth of pros
perty voted, and Senator Hendricks
voted for measure in Congress to all
low negroes worth $3.50. or when their
wives owned $3.50 of property, to vote.
This was a Democratic measure.
The speaker then proceeded to show
how the Democrats in the South were
maneuvering to control negro votes,
making some happy hits at his oppo-
nent, which were loudly applauded
We regret our inability to give full-
er report of his speech, which was
most able and convincing.
When his time had expired
Hon. VIM. e. Nlblaok was
introduced by Col. Bdtterfeld, and
filled out his time. His speech was
that kind that appealed to the people
in kind of demagogue style, and not Of
an argumentative character at all. The
question propounded to him by Gen
Veatch, as to what measures he pro
posed to adopt to raise the revenue
for the support of the Government
was unanswered His effort was
however, better than he usually
makes. General Veatch had a ffteer
minutes reply, and in that short space
Of time he handled his competitor in &
manner that made Democrats trem-
BILE.
When speaking of Andy Johnson,
and his corruption, DR.. Morgan ask
ed Who elected him?" General
Veatch replied: "Republicans elect
ed him Vice President, but traitor
Gus Democrat-J. Wilkes Booth
made him President by the assassina-
ton of Abraham Lincoln."
This answer was received with
thunders of applause. We cannot
follow the General in his reply, but
can only say that, in argument, he in
all respects is the superior of his com
| petitor.