Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-16

the government is precisely that rate which
| ia the fairest and easis st for the people 10
pay. a tax OF ten dollars pound upon q
would be most burthensome, and ii would
produce less revenue TO the government than
a tax of half a cent pound. II would so
stimulate smuggling, and oblige the govern
ment TO employ such expensive means OF
suppressing ii, that probably tax OF ten
dollars 4 pound would yield no revenue at
all. On the other hand, tax Of half a
cent would produce too little revenue for the
machinery employed. The exactly right
rs.e-best for all parties concerned-is that
which will yield most revenue year by year,
and that rate is invariably a moderate
one.
When VIC have learned The art 4 taxa,
| tion, and have succeeded in taking the tusi.
ness g ftar collecting out Of politics, We shall
be able to support the government, pay the
interest Of the debt, and discharge million
dollars week Of the principal, and no class
will feel the taxation to be bur hen. When
that is the case the bonds OF the United
States will be a: a premium in every capital
OF the world.
There is no tax SO crushing as nuctua-
ting, DEPRECATED currency. There was
short period last summer when gold advan>
ced every day until it was nine per cent
above the average Of the previous six months.
During that short period great many mer>
chants were compelled to send gold or its
equivalent to Europe, to pay for goods bo',
two Or three months before, and consequent
ly they had to pay from six to nine per cent.
| more for their goods than they had calcula-
ted upon. During the last four years al
most every merchant has been " "caurht" in
that way. Who pays the damage? Nor
the importers, for they are aware Of the dan
ger, and remember it in the price OF their
commodities. 1t is the public, the consu
mer, lie, you and reader, who have to
stand all losses Of this kind. We pay tax
OF this ;.ature upon every imported article
we buy.
Aud mark: gold never takes it into its
head TO run dorn nine per cent. in ten DAYS.
1t darts upwards with startling rapidity now
and then, but il comes down with an agoni-
zing slowness.
! 60 for the candidates, therefore, tha. are
most likely TO seize the debt with a firm
hand, and raise the bonds Of the United
States to their real value. go for the can
didates that seem to have the strongest in>
stinct of solyency, and who will be as impa>
tient TO pay off the public debt as an honest
farmer Is to clear his own land of iacum>
brance. 90 for the party that promises to
tax me boldly, justly, skillfullv and much.
But which party is that 4? Well-each of
us must decide for himself between now aud
the FIRST Tuesday in November All con>
tend for here is, that the man who is no,
awake to the importance OF deciding this
r;evhf =. IL c. I I
out Of doors alone. On this occasion it is
not merely the honor OF the country that i.
involved, but the private, pecuniary interest
of every individual
One OF the most curious things about the
politics ofthe United States land, / I'm told,
it is the same in England,l is the vast nuns
ber of people who vote as their fathers and
grandfathsrs voted. In runs in thousands
Of families to vote the Democratic ticket and
in thousands more families to vote the iicke,
that is not democratic. In all our old coun
try towns and villages yhu viii End aged
sires, who 90 a5out at such times as these.
boasting that their fathers voted for General
Washington or Thomas Jefferson, and that
they themselves have voted uniformly, ever
since they had vote, on the same side
This seems very ridiculous and even con-
temptibls, but it were idle to complain of it,
for large portion of mankind are so con-
stituted that they must get their opinions
from some source outside Of themselves or
never have any. 1t is Of little use arguing
with these ancients, and vet, with such is
sues as are now before the county, even
these hereditary voters are not always deaf
to reason.
Upon the whole il is good time to elec>
tioneer during the next SIX weeks. and
urge readers Of both parties to do their part
Of this important and interesting work.