The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-17
Who Pays the Taxes?

l. Among the speakers at the great
Radical demonstration at Cleveland
on Thursday last, was that conceited
old nincompoop, Dave Tod. He was
there for the purpose of. keeping the
people advised of the fact that he had
been Governor of the State of Ohio,
(although he forgot to say that the
people didn't relish him enough to
to give him a second term,) that he
was once minister to Brazil, and danel
with her Royal Highness, the Empress;
to let the people know of how many
Tod's he is the father, and of how
many more he expects to be-. If Tod
didn't go through all this programme
then Deacon Gray, his man Friday,
must have been getting up another
piece for him. -, r. .a .ss
But the peculiar wisdom of his Ex-
cellency was exhibited in the financial
portion of his speech, in which he de-
clared that ''not a laborine man
among his hearers paid dollar of
taxes THAT the taxes fell upon the
bondholders. It may be that by the
frequent repetition of such State non
sense by men bearing high official tis"'
ties, can be duped into belief of
them, but we don't believe it.. The
same declaration, substantially was
made by Mr.. Goodhue, at a Radical
meeting held in this place about two
weeks ago. hepeople feel and know
from experience how utterly false are
all like assertions.
The Indianapolis Sentinel, in COM
menting on an assertion of the same
kind shows up its falsity in the follow
ing style: &c.,
: "We would like some of these ge-a
tlemen to tell us who paid the SI63,-
OOoOOO in gold, levied and collected
upon imports during the last fiscal
year. Does the poor man use no cof-
zee, no sugar, no tea, no salt, no cot
ton, calico and woolen cloths to clothe
himself, his wife and his children: or
do these Radical orators think that
Ihe poor men go without food and
clothing, and allow their children to
20 about naked? In the good old
lines OF Democracy, coffee was bought
It twelve and a half cents and the
price of coffee now is the amount ev-
Try poor man pays to the Government.
etc., on every pound of coffee he and
us family consumes. And so of tea. -
ugar, salt, and indeed all the necessa-
les OF life which are imported. Eve
y cup of tea is taxed, every spoonful
Il sugar is taxed; every pound of salt
taxed; every fibre of clothes upon
ne back of the poorest man that lives
taxed, and the grand aggregate of
nese taxes amounts in one year to the
normous amount of one hundred and
millions Of dollars an qold!
ma yet the snub-nosed, Goldfish aris-
ocrats OF fadlcalism toss their heads
lsdalntully at the idea that the Door
ian is taxed.
Again, who paid the s20O,OOaOOO in
afrency levied upon home industry
nd received into the Federal Treasu-
during the last fiscal year? Dob@
lese fellows not know that every
me poor man buys even a box of
atcnes he pays cent to the Govern
ent! And so almost everything
lat ne Is compelled to purchase. Your
eeds and your mortgages, your notes
I'd your receipts are taxed. The glass
beer that the poor man drinks to
fresh tired nature at the end iof a
nd days work is taxed, like the rich
ans wine. The medicine he pur-
ases for his children is taxed. The
nves and forks and spoons and plates
at he uses at his meals are taxed
taxed doctor waits upon him in
'kness, and makes him pay the
lount of taxes the Government lev
upon his profession. Of truth
are a taxed nation. As Sidney
nth said of England, so it may be.
d of us under Radical rule. that
m the swaddling clothes of the new <
rn babe to the rope that lowers us
o the grave, aye to the spade that
'oWs the last lump of dirt upon our
'rtal remains-all, all are taxed
Id yet the Radical leaders would
Te the people believe that the poor
N is not taNed-that those alone Z
o pay the income tax are taxed.
en- really the income tax is but n -
re drop in the bucket to the enor-
US taxes collected from other sour
The people are too well posted
this question-they feel too deeply
hand of the taN-gatherer--to be
nbugged by the silly sophistries
which the Radical leaders are
ng to mislead and deceive them. -
. . b .