The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-16

equaled in power in the National House Of Represe
tatvss by Inc four States of Alabama, Georgis, Fl
Tida ida "nd no mississippi, whose white popasIsuon ~
STATED thus degrading the Pennsylyanian to one-ha
The political power Of an Alabamian, Georgian,
this badge of inferority should be put upon Gener
Meade, and tins badge OF honor upon Jsn. Davis.
slaves, this has never been renounced. on the otha
hand, the Convention Of Georgia. when, at PRESIDED
Johnson's bidding, it ratified the ant-slavery amen
ment i'm the fall OF $685. expressly reserved the rie
TO claim compensation from the General GovernmsnI
and more recently the Democratic Legislature Of Mar
land has taken census Of its late slave populato
with names and residence Of the owners, and has d
posted these in the archives " esch.county-a pig
which was inaugural ed in but from fear temporary
abandoned by the last Legislature of kentucky-al
with this manifest purpose Of making claim tor com
penedton lrdeed, the present constitution OF MarT
lard, adopted within two years. contains = provisol
locking 70 this very result, for the thirty-sevent
section cf the fourth article expressly requires th
General 4 ssertbp TO adopt such measures as the
may deem erpedient 10 obtain FROM TnE UNrrH
STATES compensation for such Slaves and 10 recst
and distribute the same equitdbly 10 The persons ED
titled" The forty-sixth section also contains thes
potter 10 RECEIVE FRog THE UNITED STATES ANY aRAy
OR DONATION OF LAND, MONEY, OR sEoURiTiRs, for am
purpose designated by the United States and shall adj
minister distribute the same according to the con
ditons OF said grant" The pRrpose OF these PROD
visions s manifest. 1t s to open way by which tho
onal retOurces for he transformation of their chat
tells into citizens. The example of Georgia and Mary
warning which the people Of the North will disregard
only their peril aud against which the Fourteenth
Amendment is their ouy safety.
Upon the questions of taxation aud finance, the
argument is overwhe elmnsly against the Demo-I
cracy. Their platform demands "one currency for
all" while the records show that in 1862 when the1
legal tender currency created euery Democrat ig|
Congress Uoted against te biu making greenbacks" q
the presence in the ststuts beck Of the coin interest
the bonds is the drcct result Of solid there
for by every Democrat in the House of Representa-
tiVes against majority of the Republican members
So that, whatever responsibility attaches the dis
elimination, directly due to the course of the Demo-
cratic Representatives of that day The Republicans
favor zone currency for all but propose to reach it
as the Massachusetts Democracy for themselves de-
clare in opposition to the national platform-by such
management of our finances as will restore at the
earliest period possible return to specie payments
which Democratic policy would indefinitely postpone
Fault is found with the existing taxation; yet this
taxation has been rapidly reduced that the gross
amount received is not in excess of the actual wants
of the government, and that it bears specifically
upon bnt six articles, and them all luxuries. No ne
No personal properly is taxed. No article Of mann.
facture is taxed except whisky, tobacco, perumery,
and few like products. Labor lie untaxed, except
where the prohts Of any business reach Of
$1,000 per annum besides rent and the local taxes.
The system of taxation has been adjusted that the
burdens of government, so far as felt at all felt
only by the rich the prosperous, and the fortunate
The Democratic platform makes war upon this en-
tire system Of discrimination favor of the poor the
struggling and the laboring 1t declares it will sub
sutute for II new system; in which there shall be
equal taxation Of RvERY srEcIEs OF pRopRRry This
demand is not for equality Of taxation among the
classes taxed, to which there be objection and
which is part OF existing laws. But the demand 10
pery. This, IL adopted, would bring euery artce of
property within the taxing power OF the stion This
is not craftsmanship. IL is reckless cruelty, which
would degrade the nation, oppress its labor dry up
its resources and blast its industry. Every house
ment Nothing produced is 20 escape the Of the
tax-gatherer. No object is to be high low for
this sweeping demand which has only been equaled
in comprehensiveness by the ancient decree Of
Cesar Augustus. that ''d the ,oorLd shall be taredn
The differences between the two systems are
apparent at a glance. The Republican would
tighten, is tightening taxes rapidly as consist
ent with the national necessities, and impose
those which may be required upon those agents which
bear it best and upon those opulent classes
who can best afford to pay 1t. The Democratic sys-
TEN wond tax EVERYTHING; would Iax all things
in order If we may believe their platform, that they
may have the luxury OF paying at once, the national
suffering and impoverished industry OF the nation.
And this modification OF taxation is to be made in
existing classes and subjects which do not REQUIRE
the benefit Of any reduction. The sum of it ali is,
other luxuries as occasion for imposing new tax
upon articles and persons who now wholly escape:
but whom 1t offsnds the Democracy that they are
not daily making contribution out of their hard
earnings for the instant payment Of the public debt!
such wisdom is beyond comprehension, and worthy
only of a convention which, in its blind rage ct eI-
listing legislation which has been perfected their
opposition and malice, asks the people of the nation
to stuty themselves, blot out their record OF honor
admit themselves mistaken II not wicked, and hand
the government OF saved nation to the men who re.
sisted every measure and service for its salvation
After Mr.. Mcpherson had concluded his remarks
the Chairman introduced Mr.. j. L. Baer better known
to all as
The Buckeye Blacksmith,
Who entertained his audience less with his sound
Republican argument, than with his remarkably hu-
morous and pertinent anecdotes. He began BY saving
that he had not been here in four years and that in
those years great changes had been wrought not only
In Philadelphia but throughout the whole land. He
had just returned from Maine where he had addressed
thlrty-elght meetlngs-meetihgs not quite exten.
sive as this, yet meetings that could only be estimated
by the acre. (Cheere.) In fact, he had come to
the conclusion that Maine is great place.
He quoted the new Democratic hymn, altered to
suit the occasion, "Hark from Maine doeful sound"
&C. He had not only been in Maine, but in New
Hampshire, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and every
where he had seen the great uprising against the
Democratic party and their candidates. The interior
of Peunsylvania, except those unreclaimod and un-
desirable Coppsrhsad strongholds like Berks al
most solid for Grant where legion of noble men was
increasing every day. He sad that the Democrats Of
Maine fought oE void principle-not one copy Of
their platform had been printed in any paper Of that
State
The Copperheads charge ours with being a miner
equality with him. but il there s any difference be-
twen the negro and the Coppsrhead, the negro has
the advantage. Uaughter) They charge us with
fluid you burn nve cents a gsllen but we tax the De-
m0cratic fluid two dellsrs gallon, and in mercy to
them have reduced It oRefourth. He was opposed to
the Democratic party because 1t was the same party
as in 1860, "a and 66-aways together and banded
for oppressive warfare, except in 1864, when Granite
army kept them divided
Now that the military are disbandsd and the gallant
Boys in Blue are at home aght'ng with the ballot,
the Northern and Southern Democrats are a unit
again, and night to regain the ost under the
leadership Of Wade Hampton. N. B. Forrest VGllan-
dishRm aud Horatio Seymour. Even then they could
for their rebel brethren of the North now the anli
atDg authors OF the Democratic platform nd princl-
pies He showed cone lusivey how the Democrats not
only expected, but had been actually promised pay
ment for their slaves and other ruined property.