The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-02
THE CANVASS In MICHIGAN.



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senator DOo.ittIe mt Adrian.
An imposing democratic meeting was held in
Adrian, Mich, on the 2Sth ult., and was addressed
by Senator Doolittle Touching upon financial topics
the senator sald:- ttr
At the beginning OF the war Congress levied tax
or twenty millions OF dollars directly upon the lands
OF the United States, to be appOrtoned according
the number OF representatives That act WAS after
ward postponed and then r, pealed, for the reason
that sucn tax would press most unequay upon
the people, For instance the Congressional district
in which is situated all street In the city OF New
York would pay no more direct taxes than the dis
trict in which you ve What equality Is there in that
where the property In Wall street would be worth
hundred times, perhaps, the properly OF this dis
trlct We must look, therefore, Tor the spirit OF this
declaration, and with the understanding that taxes
upon lands are direct taxes, and not embraced
within the system now In force. The taxation now
enforced is threefod-By duties upon imports, in
ternal revenue, including the sale Of stamps,
licenses, &C., and taxation upon all property under
the law denOmtnated The internal revenue tax. The
Idea embraced within this declaration means in
simple language that men shall bear the burdens OF
government equally IN proportion to Their pecunary
OF the country shall pay their fair and Just pro-
portion OF the taxation necessary to maintain
the government which defends them In the enjoy
meut OF that wealth. At present the great mass
OF our taxation is levied upon the consumption OF
the country and upon mpOrtations--upOn our coffee,
tea, sugar-upOn all those articles which are
consumed by the people. Here h where the burden
OF our taxation ress. IL Is SAID that taxation upon
luxurfes IL placed In Just the same proportion as
upon the necess ries Of life. That depends alto
gether upon what Is to be deemed the necessaries OF
life. Take tea, which is used by the whole people as
beverage. and used 30 universally that 1t has be-
come q necessity and no longer luxury, that the
mother and WIFE and husband sit down to the daily
table and drink the cup which cheers but not in
ebrlates. Take tobacco, SO common in'ts use used,
perhaps, by the poor as much II not more than by
the rich The tax upon them rests upon the amount
consumed and does not depend upon whether the
man who uses them is ricf-worth his millions
or whether he is a day laborcr IL Is by
tobacco
It Is upon the amount OF those beverages which are
used SO commonly through the whole country, by
the poor abOring man as puch as by the rich. so 1t
Is, fellow citizens, when you come down to tine ques-
ton, which some gentleman, through the news
main taxation rests upon consumption, and the
poor man who works for Q dollar or o dollar and
upon him for their comfort, is taxed much for his
tea and sugar as the rich man VINO may, perhaps,
bonds OF the government We are taxed upon what
we eat, what we dnnk-upOn those things which the
poor man. win the Keen appetlte whicn IaDor gives
hun, demands as mucn or more OF, NJ necessities,
than the rich man needs to use Therefore, you see,
my fellow citizens, where the great burden Of
this taxation lies. Millions upon millions Of dollars
are collected upon our sugar, our tea, coffee.
They put taxes on wine, and wine Of high quality
pays higher tax than that Of INFERIOR and it is
tnen claimed that they are taxing the luxuries OF
life; but when you come to tue mass Of taxation 1t
comes upon the consumption OF the people. will
not dwell longer upon this question OF finance, but
will say that in the platform adopted In the clty OF
New York they have declared in uneqnivocal terms
the people, one currency for the laborer and for the
oilceh0lder; one currency tor the pensioner who
has left his limbs upon the field of battle, for the
widow whose husband has fallen IN defence Of our
laws, and for the rich bondh0lder who, after all,
has loaned TO the government, not gold, but paper
money AppiauseJ l0l f1Na
rxaRo surpR.oE
senator Doolittle thus dscoursed upon the subject
Of negro sufrrage:-
Tho states NJ tho eo,,b have 40 n,ncb vo,, IN ax
the Of electors MS tine STATES IF the
Nnrth Under fine cons,itntion To DENY that ia n
dcny that the is the an nree VIZ Of The
land over tho Sonth "a wei "a he North fet ne
now pract,cal,v onniv tho doc,rlna man fh,a nont
Contained I'm the natiorm OF the republican nartv
this donbe-faced patforu, that bas dark face for
the South ana a white face for the North~this
dnuble fononed n,atfnr,n which dec,arss tic, &c..
neonle of the North bave n RIGHT In de,ermine Tor
themselves IN tner states who snail vote while IN
Tho south tho neonic cS The North or rstpcr Tho ,
vote. AM ao. La ,eople OF those States
themselves: 2uppos. he Chlel Justice OF the