The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-10-09
A NEW FINANCIER.
For the Jefersunian.

For the Jefersonian. IS
The young gentleman who keeps
the books in the Collectors office,
rushes into print in a two column
article, in last weeks Courier, in an
swer to the statement made in the
JEFFERsoSIAN Of the 25th Sept, that
the farmers and stock-dealers OF
Hancock county paid only s549.61
income tax in 1868, and talks in reg
ular juvenile style Of "sunny hills"
''lovely plains,' "bright skies,' "lux-
uriant flowers and "genue dews Of
Heaven" Why, my dear George,
what have all these natural beauties
to do with the taxes with which the
poor plowholders pay to support the
Government? sHs the farmers and
stock dealers of Hancock seunty;
paid more than s549.61 Income tax,
why didn't you say SO? ,.,..yI
But, our young friend commiisser-
ates us; yea he sympathizes with Us,
in our efforts to enlighten tax-psy-
ers-and asserting that we are sick,
he prescribes for us, on the principle,
as he says, that "what sickens in
small doses, cures when larger ones
are taken" This eminent physician
proposes, from the size of the dose
he has administered to his readers,
to cure before he slckens.
He finds abundant fault with MS
for not charging up the entire Rev.
enue tax, Licenses, Income, Whisky,
Manufactures, Gold Watches, and
all, to the farmers, and which he
very well knows they do not pay
and then our newlysfedged lnancier
scars of on tariffs National Banks,
greenbacks, and other possible and
impossible modes of collecting reve-
nue.. rising entirely above the petty
trifles Of County and Local taxes.
indeed, these little matters, in which
the farmers are so directly interested.
are unpleasant things for our Demo
cratic friends to talk about. a,ars e..
And he, like the other Pendleton,
Vallandigham,.. and Brick Pomeroy,
has got poliey-a financial policy
a policy by which oar national debt
can be paid, taxes reduced, and inter-
est saved. Il is simple andeastly
comprehendea in fact .athe remedy
Of good Judgment and common
sense slone:' There you have IL;
But for fear that you could not ex.
actly come at his meaning, he ex-
plains: "Les Congress abolish the
entire revenue system--offieers and
al, - let the State collect the neces-
sary taxes for the Government, the
same as State taxes are collected" ;"
He is willing for the sake of the desr
people, to relinquish his present po
sition Of receiving taxes and his sal.
cry, even willing to be abolished. .,if
by that means he may relieve the
people. He then proceeds: "Let
every man pay in proportion to his
substance; let the rich and the poor
bear this burden alike, in proportion
to their means.'
This is the essence of his finan-
cial policy, and it is about as pro-
found and impracticable, as any that
have been proposed by the great
6nanciers of the party to which he
belongs, and ought to recommend him
to the distinguished consideration OF
H. Seymour Esq, when he becomes
an occupant of the White House.
Piov.holders, howido you like this
new policy2 No. more taxes Iupon
luxuries of the rich, unless the neces-
stiles of the poop are also taxed !?
No more taxing Of Ane cafrisges; in
which the rich man makes his com.
Portable ride, unless you, tax the
wagon the farmer uses in carrying
his produce to market ? If the
wealthy mans gold watch is taxed !
you must pay on the sold clock that
ticks In the corner" If the the rich
man pays on his whisky and tobacco,
you must pay on your corn and po-
tatoes. -.-' a'i' 80
Did this very beautiful and Gdnnoh;
(non )sense policy prevail, and not
until then, well might we exclaim in
the language of the fCes1errTf.heI
laborer is taxed on what. he eats, and
drinks, and wears. l. Taxed on what
he lives on, sleeps on, and walks on.
Taxed alike on necessities and luxu.
ries. Taxed from the cradle to- the
grave; andeven thief, when he haspAia
his last tribute to earth, and sleeps
beneath the clods,of the valley, o
revenue officer steps in and claims
from one to six per cent, of the entire
substance he has left for the SUPPORT
of his wife and little ones.'S
But, this young Lord Chatham, has
allowed his eloquence to carry him
beyond the realms of truth, for he
very well knows that there is not
now, nor never WAS, a revenue Ian inf
force in. this country, which ta4es the
widow and orphans from one to six
or any other per cent, on the entire
left for their support.
Speaking Of the business man, In
with the revenue law, he
says--"his most private business re
lations are subject to the scrutiny Of
some unpIincipled revenue official,
who dictates what be shall, or what
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