Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-08-20
DEMOCRATIC cRoAKERs.

There is a political party in tn
country which Pharisaically claim'
to be THE Democratic party, and th'
only party or class of men who re
CARDS the interests and well being
of the poor and laboring classes
and il is from these quack politicians
wehear a perpetual grumbling abou
exhorbltant and oppressive taxa
ton, and an unceasing clamor fol
"equal taratioa." Now, so far as
equal taxation is concerned, VIC car
see no great objection to that mode
Of taxation. 1t is no more thar
justice that every man who claims
the right to be protected in his per.
sOnal liberty and legitimate pecuni'
ary rights should be willing to bear
Every able-bodied man should bear
an equal amount of personal service
with his neighbor of equal physical
ability for the support Of his gov
ernment; and the property of every
man should pay an equal ad valore0l
tax for the financial necessities of
the government. Itwould seem to
be just for every man to pay in pro
portion to what he is worth, in or
der to defray the expenses of con
Quoting the business department Of
the Government in time of war and
great emergency, as well as in
time of peace and universal pros
perity.
But what do these Democratic
croakers about unequal taxation
mean by their clamor for "equal
ta1atioaS' Why, if we are to
Judge from their continual demand
for the taxation of United States
bonds, their idea of "equal taxa
Lion' is only Of that imaginary raw
head. and. bloody-b -boned class Of
men who invested their means in
D. s. Bonds when the Government
vas in a condition that we must
nave money to pay our hungry,
tarving soldiers in the midst of the
ebel States, or give up the fight
or the Union, and allow the noble
Id flag of our country to be trailed
n the dust, and our soldiers to beat
humiliatlng retreatin front of the
.nemies Of human liberty and Re-
publican form of government. This
vas the condition into which this
country had been forced by the mis-
'ule and disgraceful submission to
Southern traitors under the'admin-
of an imbecile at the head
# the Government preceding the
incoming of the Lincoln admins
ration. When Mr.. Lincoln took
he oath of office as President of
he United States, the South was
.lready in rebellion; the war was
iot commenced under a Republican
administration, but under Demo
ratio rule.
Suppose, now, that these Govern
lent bonds were taxed; would
hat be equal taxationP Our Dem
'cratic friends seem TO think it
vOuld be, Let US see about that.
equal taxation, as We have hereto
ore remarked, would be an equal
yer cent. of taxation, according to
,alue, upon all descriptions of
for National as well as
State and county purposes. But
We imagine we hear some croaker,
Who owns a good farm but fails to
produce over a thousand dollars of
lear profit, and therefore pays not
cent Of taxes for the payment of
he war debt, on his property, com
,laining that that kind of tax wo'd
70 a direct tax for the support of
he Government; and that has not
'een the policy of the Democratic
'arty. But, my friend, would that
IOt be equal taxation Now i'll
ou are honest in your advocacy of
he equal taxation system, you
aust submit to having your farms
nd your stock taxed for Govern
lent purposes as we'll as the bonds
{ the United States. Adopt this
ystem, and every farmer, no differ
nee how small, would be compell-
d to pay direct tax to the Gov
rnment, whereas, not one out Of
wenty In Fayette county, pays a
lOllar even Of income tax, to say
lothing aboutpaying aGovernment
Ak on his farm worth Sl, 900, or
100000. We will venture the as
ertion that il this system Of equal
nxation' were adopted by the Re-
ublican Congress, these men who
re now calling so Justify for "eqWdl