The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-11-06
For the 4Egis Dc IntelHgneer.
Republican Injustice.

Within the past eight years have almost all the
great landmarks erected by fathers to guide and
direct our road, in Independence justice, virtue,
right and truth disappear one after another amidst the
approving shouts OF inscriptions party, which has
dsregarded every moral and religious precept-aughed
to scorn every appeal to right nsce law and constitu
tonal guarantee, whether made to their so-caed man
hood, or supplicatnd by honorable women on Blended
knees. ~. 20 b. t-.. -l ~ ~
will give you example of the justice of Black Re-
publican law which came TO my notice. Woodworking,
Industrious honest had saved by his irugalty and
industry five hundred dollars in gold and in 1861
deposited it in bank far safe koping. In 1854 gold
rose to nearly three hundred per cent that is gold
dollar was worth nearly three of paper money When
this man, who had gotten his money by very hard labor
concluded he would SO to the bank and get his gold and
1911 !. q invest It In land, that he Nigh. hare hon;c IN
his declining years lilo went to the bank and asked for
the money he had deposited there for safe keeping.
The cashier began to count out paper money which he
declined to receive, saying he had deposited "old for
sale keeping" The cashier laughed at him and told
him Congress-a Black Republican Congress-had made
law that compelled him TO take paper for his gold al
SO alter consulting COUNSEL he received five hundred in
paper for five hundred In gold, deposited for safekeep
ing. .a# ..
imagine hear you excaim, Outrageous which it
really was But this not the end Of the matter The
President of the bank had sold this poor mans gold for
$780, and had bought with it $1,000 in bonds hearing
heavy interest In gold payable every six months and
now you may suppose the matter was at an end-but
not so, Mr.. Editor. These very same 81 800 in bonds
were taken to the Treasurer undsr Black Republican
bank now) deposited these bonds with the Treasurer
the bonds still bearing the heavy interest in gold and no
received ninety per OF tile value Of the bonds ma
tonal currency from the Treasurer, which he brought
back with him to his bank do business with very
short time after this he the bank president wanted to
charge young man just going into busess for himself
20 per cent for small loan of money Black Republican
law will not let those 81 200 10 bonds DO taxed in the
hands Of the rich bondholder, although they were
bought with the hard earned money Of poor man, and
300 in bonds bought for five hundred in gold the
bank claiming $780, and the 800 bonds were deposited
with The Treasurer the whole bearing interest," although
9oper cent IN every hundred paid the bank presi
dent to eqbe him to carry on his National bauk aud
| take advantage Of mems necessity.
have always thought that law was to protect the
weak against the strongs virtue against vice justice
against fraud the peaceable and honest against tie
vicious the needy borrower against the Inscriptions
usure but the party IN powerhas reversed all this The
weak is made to submit to the mighty Justice to
| fraud and the peaceabe to outrage aud violence.
- ONE OF THE TAX RIDDEN PEOPLE
| P. S.--The rich bondholding banker gwndled the
poor out Of $500 by tho sale Of his gold and received
interest the bonds amounting to In five years,
and did not pay cent taxes on the bonds z 4'
Under Black Republican law tho rich are made richer
and the poor man poorer. ..l........,
@ y EousI Taxa ALTON OR REPUTATION