The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-18

allow the labOrng man 10 pay o
de0t 10 u kind Of cgrropcy that the
rich mah hGs not likewise to pay
10; in other words, this financial
question is one Of the greatest Of ihis
age, We have a national debt
amounting to $1,000. 600, 600 Of dol
lars, and tina. is no more than nnt-
half of your Indebtedness, lot us
look calmly Vt this question OF debt.
! vii stand an that plank of the
platlarm lupg ppqqgh 70 DO what
Giepley said be did when Scott was
nomipGtsd--to spit on L.. It's hard
to tell exactly how much We do owe,
they have apoh a way Of covering
up things from tue eyes Of the peo-
pie. But when The national, state,
county and municipal taxes are all
summed up, the American people.
tAs q body, 40 noJ owe less than ak
thousand millions Of dollars. You
may duuhlo tho national debt by
adding u IL the State and local
taxes. Aul all has % ho paid, and
paid IN but one way, and that is by
yOurhi I'd earned taxes. Now tho
wealthy men Of this country aro
what ure called bondholders. The
poor man that owns forty or eighty
acics Of land can not lay by money
enough 10 buy bonds, but when you
hoap ofa nan living op the interest
OF his money, you say hp 70 vol Of.
We'll. the bondhulder ia Just that
This Congi ess Of the United States
exempts by law the wealth covered
by these Government bonds-.n
other words, the man that before
the war owned steamboat, had TO
pay tnxes on oil his property. He
had enough, however, when those
bunds were logalized. to sell out his
property and put his money in these
bonds and chen .ho tax-gatherer
passed his door no moro. Now, my
fellow citizens, not only does the
Tax gath ercr not molest the bond
holder, but the GoverE mout "a re-
quired to pay what 1t owes hin. in
| gold, whilc " pays !taother creditors
IN paper.
Lot mo take these planks up .
little irregularly. Here is ono which
says:
40, Of all who were faithful In the
trials Of the late war, there were none
entitled 10 more especial honor than
the brave soldiers and seamen who en-
dured the hardships of campaign and
cruise, and imperiled their liYes in the
service Of the country. The hnuRties
and pensions provided by law for those
brave defenders of the nation are obli
cations never TO be forgotten. The wild
ows and orphans ofthe gallant dead ar'
wards of the people; sacred legacy
bequeathed 70 the nations protecting
care.
That's all sounds vol, ls eloqucatD
| ly written, but suppose l should
ask lamo soldier TO get on the
stand here, such one rs stnmped
NowH lam pshire withme, Col Thomp
son, of New YORK. l would say TO
him Col. whore did you lose that
Icy ofyonrsl ? II lost il ~ the Wild
deTness in tho midst OF tho thick est
and hottest charge" Well, how do
yuu get along nowp "lt is II hard
lite TO me. struggle along"
But, | will take a one-legged farmer
here, and ask him how he gets along,
and whether he does not receive a
pension. Eyes, but am paid in greon-
backs, while Mr.. Smith, the banker is
paid in gold. But are you Radicals in
favor OF paying the bondhoider in
greenbacks2 Some of them will say
that they ale. Why don't Congress do
it then2 Congress has had the power TO
do IL within the past six years, and
they have the power now. Suppose l
tell these soldiers TO stand aside and
ask the purse-proud aristccrat for whom
these laws were made. The honest
bondholder will ask no tax-gatherer to
60 TO another mans house and collect
money while he is exempt from pay
ing any taxes. But will ask Mr..
Bondholder, Whoare you for "0h,
am for Congress, the loyal and patriot.
ic Congress, headed by Ben. Butler, and
that class of eminent patriots aud he,
roes. Why are you so loudly for
] NOAAEA Noof my w N.Y. says lie,
81 am for Congress because is for me
for me and my wife, nay son John and
his wife, US four, and no more" APP
plause and laughter God bless the
patriotic Congress-, says the bondhol-
der" Why, says do you break out in
such an etiussion, my frieGd2 "Why,
says he, ~ II tell you how il is. When
this war broke out, | owned a great
deal OF property. Ny friend in Con-
gress said if would inYest my money
IN Government bonds, that | should not
pay any taxes 80 sold my property
and bought these bonds, and now /
wear purple and linen, fare sumptu-
ously every day, sit in church in vel
vet-lined prayer-book. l don pay any
taxes, but my neighbors do" Ibecome
indignant, and say, Hold on: do you
mean to say that no tax-gatherer visits
you, but does visit your neighbor2-
"Well, yes, Ireekon he does 20 there. 4"
But in that book which illustrates all
moral truth we find Lazarus, soldier
possibly returned from the wars, at the
bondholder Dives gate, for Dives was
evidently in favor with the GoyeLn.
ment, and of course bondholder. -
When Lazarus came back he laid down
at this rich man . gate, and prayed for
a crust Of bread, but Dives turned a
deafelr to his appeal. The dogs came
and licked Lazarus, wounds, and at
last he died, and, if the account had
stopped there we would have thought
that the justice Of God was imperfect :
But We are bridgcd across the gulf that
divides time from eternity, and wo are
enabled by the lifting of the curtain to
see what took place there You see
the MANNED soldier at rest in Abraham
bosom, and the bondholder Dives lifted
qp his voice, according to inspiration