Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-05-13

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j wa NJ W reward bf Hcyal& the
Hspoil3 n yess spot hre imply &hoA Sums
of moncy stolen from tie Treasury " the
people by the hordcs of base scoundrels
who have thus been paid for destroying the
Union and turning the South into q howl,
ing wildegpess. The internal froiepue Of
the United States'is manipulated by tho,is.
.Iands Of frumnun 4hicvex know what
ws assert. The xnriassl rsprsbateal whose
sinful caallryeasses allye ars clothed in purple apd
dne linen, and who fare sumptvously every
aday, arc now systematically robbing, the
ovcr-burdened taxpayers, and plupging the
4 Northern Yorkipgmcn into .abject, poverty
BY ubstracting three. quarters. Of hi, earn
d iugs, while, at the same time, manhood,
womaphood and childhood down South arc
: being !, murdered BY inches; through the
I tlannabIe, ,despotism Of the legion IF theiy-
ling misereanx who make upb the domipgpt
p party, Facts bear out what We assert, So
disgracefpl an exhibition Of universal off,
4 cial malfea.ance was never witnessed before
lin any country on the globe Look at these
figures; The, Secretary Of the, Treasury
llast week sent to Congress a statement Of
the amount Of income derived from the. tax
on distilled spirits. He tcstifcs that the
sum of $l2,00O,OOO year only is obtained
on an item that Commissioner Wells very
correctly assumed could bo made to pay at
least $50, 100000 per year. 1t does pay a
| vast deal more than that, probably double
that sum, but the receipts are stolep--we
repeat it, stolca-by the officials appointed
| by the Washington Cabal, to faithfully
collect and faithfully pay over these taxes.
! There are transactions going on weekly con.
nectcd with these revenue returns which
should consign their actors to the. States
Prison, and those actors, are the government
Office holders. They are robbipg the treas.
ury Of the country to the cxtcn. Of many
| millions Of dollars. In this city are mcn, in
the, revenue service who have stolen them
selves rich, while the, poor taxpayers are
sweating and toiling to furnish tho money
to the department, which these wre.chcs
bave stolen and fattened upon. Public Off
GERS, who haye become public thieves, may
be seen in fine carriages in the Central Park
on any fair day, with their, families haunt-
ing in silks, satins and Diamonds, who a
! year or two ago, were in comparative poyer-
ty. Fortunes are not made in day by ppb-
| lie servants, who are honest and faithful to
their duties. We SEQ that the, quarterly
tax collections are less and less, while the
private accumulations Of fthese official thieves
augment ip like RATIO. The ,whiskey inter
cstof The United States has BEEN plunder-
cd to death, by the. official scoundrels ap-
pointed to collect the taxes upon il, No
less than forty millions year have been
stolen by Office holders, while twelve mil
| lions only have been turned into the. treas
ury and 50 bold have these public pirates
become, that many Of the capitalist, in
whisky manufacturing have closed their
concerns, One-half the distilleries in the
city Of New York to-day have abandoned
the business. Between the enormous legal
cxactions Of the government, which could
not be complied with, and live, and the cost
of evasion, which the whiskey men paid to
the rascally ofiicialsappointcd to watch lhem,
there was little to. choose. Itwas ruin eth
or way. Tho !. buying up" system was eyi.
IDENTIFY practiced to an enormous extent, and
! the result is, twelve millions Of taxes to the
treasury and forty to sixty millions to the
pockets of the official thieves. ,g. -.
How long, taxpayers, are you willing to
see ahject poverty, starvation, utter ruin in
the South, and q paralyzed commerce, gen
raj depression, and desperate struggles for
bare living in the North, on the part Of
/ the people, while men entrusted with ofiicia
{ place and power Systematically plupder and
rob, where there is anything to- steal, AND
where there is not, as in the South, play
the role of atroci6us dcspotism,f with the
brutality of Nero? Arc these things to
be continued? Do you mean to sit patient
, ly under these outrages year after year
Are you resigned to the task Of wasting
your bone and muscle in creating wealth tt
:. support these base scounlrels who have
mounted upon your shoulders? The bond
hollerloaned you forty centsih paper. fHt
! claims one hundred in gold, and six pei
cent. interest The Office holders steal the
taxes which arc respected to keep up The
interest on the bond-holder's claim, ant
you are made to pay double byiaad-by ~ to
}. make good the deficiency. How long, oh
i patient, overloaded, tax-ridden, poverty
stricken voter, before you will open you,
! eyes to your condition, and grid your loins
for the conflict to change rit?--M Y.oDa,
/, Book. 20 sFstuIo7oi 9ti Y.G1 2, 'edl 9ir,
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I9T Hon. ALEXANDER JORDAN. co,npli
nentary supper was given to Hon. Alex
ahder Jordan, at the Lity Hotel, Williams
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