Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-21
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One Of the copperhead speakers on Satur-
day night struck up the old cry of taxes
Taxes on bread, taxes on butter, taxes on
beef, taxes on everything we eat or wear.
He even went 50 far as to estimate those
taxes to amount to one hundred dollars per
year on every family of six persons, or about
sixteen dollars each We overheard a
democrat, on the pavement, growl, "dnd
rebels, sach as you, hare n2de them. There
was the point. Just such men as addressed
the oopperhead meeting on Saturday night
laid all the heavy burthen of taxation on the
shoulders Of our people. How can such
men have the brazen impudence TO come
into our midst and try to lay the curse of
their own sins at the doors of the men whose
lives they undertook to destroy, whose gov
ernment they attempted to subvert, and on
whose free institutions they, by bloody
war, essayed 10 build a temple to slavery,
with all Its barbarous and cruel leoncomitants?
Well said noble democrat, and rebels. such
as yo1, hare made them, y that has the sound
of the old time democracy when her men
loved their country and stood by her flag.
There are still few Of that stamp left.
Thank God there are still some left who
viii not bow the knee to rebel teaching; who
can see through the hypocrisy, falsehood
and shallow sophistry of rebel speeches.
'And rebels, such as yo,t, hare made them. ,
Not only the sixteen dollars of annual taxa
ton which this scape-grace figured up, but
the millions more that have already been
paid
'And rebels, suck as you, hare made them
made the houses of mourning through all
the land, where fathers, mothers, brothers,
sisters and friends mourn the loss of loved
ones, whose bones bleach upon southern
soil.
'And rebels, such as you, have made them
made the graves of the brave men that
dot the southern plains, where repose the
starved thousands of Andersonville and
Belle Isle, and the murdered thousands Of
Fort Pillow and Plymouth.
Ind rebels, such asgou, haze made them
made the barren fields, desolated home-
steads, and charred ruins of once Aourishing
towns and cities, that now mark the course
of wars devastating tide.
'And rebels, such asyou, hare made them
made the widows and orphans, depen-
dents on the nations charity for food, raj
ment and shelter, and for whose support a
large portion ofthe present and future burthen
of taxes must be laid upon the people "And
rebels such as you have made them and
such as you would now repudiate the nation
al debt, bankrupt the country and send these
houseleSs and homeless widows and orphans,
towhom the country owes such just debt,
not only Of snprnrt. hnt of gratitude. away
empty-yea, would turn them out upon the
cold charities Of the world to beg or starye.
Shame upon such cold, cruel, heartless hy-
pocrisy.
'A'drebels, such.,os you, hare made them
made the poor manned heroes whom We
daily meet upon the street-him hobbling
upon crutehes because your rebel cannon
shot has carried away the support that ma.
ture gave him-him with the empty sleeve,
whose good right arm was torn away By
your cruel rebel. shetland you, shameless
rebels, come among us, invited by whining
hypocntes, tn insult the good sense of the
community and outrage common humanity,
Dy your hyPOcritical can't about taxes; taxes
70 pay the debts that your traitorous hands
have laid upon the honest, loyal, industrious
peace-ioying citizens Of the land, in the ef-
fort to establish an aristocratic slave driving
government where you, and such as YOU
might roll your lazy caroasses in easv car.
uages, and snap your slave driving whips
over the bodies aud souls Of men, vour ~.
periOrs in everything but brazen inpudenoe
And rebels, such as you, hare made the,a
made them pensioners on the bounty o
the Goyernment-and such as you (ant
none less mean than such as you) would nov
take away the pittaneO they receive, refuse
TO pay your taxes, repudiatc your honest
and honorable debts, and send these MAIN