The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-08-26

,TBs Republican press and politician.
who are run ming the campaign, SO fal
n they are concerned. in the interests
of the Bondholders, say: !.
WE rbaFezt pledged the nationaI
faith that they shall not be thus taxed
and we must keep our word, no matter
what it is" !
These partisans seem to overlook the
fact altogether that the people In tn
country have some rights-that there
are Obligations duo them which it is
not safs DO repudiate: a faithless
Congress- Congress that acted as
though there was no Constitution to
restrain and no people to call them to
account-undertook to Great a moneyed
a~rtistoeracy- They 80 managed the
affaifs OF the Government that they
were compelled to Ael the Bonds of the
Government in many Instances for less
ethan fifty cents on the dollar. These
Bonds were Invested in because they
promised an extraordinary profitable
investment; and now it is insistsd by
the Republican politicians that the
money thus invested must go untaxed,
and that it is perfectly right that it
is the height of honor and justice to
LIKE from the hard! earnings ofthe poor
ilman, the mechanic and laborer, the
adefciency created b, this exemption.
1stThis is Republican honor! J. This is
Republican justicei -=sai-esa
ss.iAre the poor; The Industrious and
the enterprising to be hewers of wood
'aha drawers of water for men who have
'~aecpdmpiated capital and have n thai
capital invested. in Bonds that pay
Gold interest2 noqn 8 :4-ao-
sssThe poor man fought IN the army
Capital skuk ed.n It bought substi
tutss. The poor man could not do
60, and he was compelled to march
@compelled to leave his home his
Rifs-and children. ti7Hone was as dear
E5rhim as II was to the capitalist.-He
had no Creators take in the preservation
of the Uniou than had the capitalist ;
and he braved hardships and dangers
to ave the Union, while the capitalist
remained- safely at heme.y
Now, capital invested in Bonds
Bonds bought when the Government
had been reduced to an extremity to
accept any terms-demands payment
in Gold and an, exemption from taxa
Golrof ymScis baa -sr
y1They want men~who brayely fought
ahfoagfffhe oWar4who. endured its
hsrdehips and snferngs, to contribute
from their labor a certain portion that
these Bonds May go untaxsd!-
They mnst be taxed-tbey shall be
taxed-fhe7 viii be itaxed-tbat's the
long and the short ofitaI
It will not do for q set Of party leaders
who have plundered the people, to tell
the people that honor makes it Deces-
eary that they should stint their fami-
iie5. and deprive themselves of even
he common necessariesg Of life, that
Bondholders may put money in the T
purses and fare Isumptucusly every
davustsE ITO GsIE 800
ItH0Aos demands nothing of the SOFT.
GnThey people Mesldsbe falseato them
sefyes-falsetotheir families-did they
continusoto o sanction ban Outrage SO
grievous upon themselves.
The ible--that Book of Books
which points the way e, Eternal Life,
SAYS that he who proVfdeth not for his
own household is worse than and inidel
and denieth the faith .fs
ThezpOor man who has tie ballot
and shall not vote for the taxation,
of Bonds, in these days of heavy taxa
ton, omiisoto do that through which
some support will result to his house
hold.-Statenlan.
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