Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-08-14
Aggregate .....$l es4 .4Ss ~
or this, the State taxes annual to.... 403 Asa ~
Total for local purpo.s,......... ......si asl

Total for local purposes....... .....$l 2s0ssi 10
IL will be seen from these figures that
more than three iour,hs Of the taxes
levied in the eieh, counties named are for
local objects solely. aud that their aegre
gate taxes are more than one-6fth Of The
amount levied in the entire State, so far
us reported Those eight counties had. in
1865, according to the State enumeration
of that year, 40 662 voters, and their local
taxes average $50 n for each voter. In
the county OF Fountain they are s5l 81
for each voter. We can not tell Mr..
Hendricks where this million and q quar-
ter has gone or will 60, we trace it into
the hands OF his party friends who holo
the local Offices of those eight Democratic
counties, aud leave him TO make such
further explorations as his curiosity or
thirsi for knowledge may impe him to
undertake, but il he fnds out what dis
position they mnke Of il. he will be more
fortunate than the patient people who
submit from year to Year to such eDor.
nous local levies, aud sfill 20 on eiecting
The class OF men who are responsible for
them. To
Mr. llend,isks will no doubt affect TO
be astonished that il takes 80 much TO pay
county aud other local expenses, where
Democrats hold sway, but We advise him u
follow the lead OF the Sentinel and charge
il all 10 radical Encouragement" as that
learned organ Of "the time-honored prin-
ciples" unhesitatiugly dues.
Acknowledging its inability TO answer
our review OF that gentlemsn's unlucky
attack on the State administration in his
New Albany speech, the Seatinet contents
itself with this childish rejcinder:
There must be something rotten in
three to four millions under a Democratic
State administration OF ten or eleven
millions under radical mismsnsgement.
These are facts that can not be denied.
Why this great increase? The answer 10
this inquiry can be given readily. The in.
crease is the effect of radical. rule-the
result, Of the radical Encouragement Of
the public afflrs, And that IL just where
the shoe pinches The radicals toos
possession OF the State aud National
governments when they were chesply ad-
ministered, aud in u brief time they were
increased from three to six fold. Such
are the fruits Of radicalsm, aud we cahnot
expect a return TO the good old times of
low taxes until the Democratic party is
returned to power. That is the remedy
for the ills under which the country il
suffering. The party in power can not
apply the remedy. twill be wisdom then
TO entrust the Government with the party
that has both the disposition, will aud the
ability TO do H."
We are not advised Of the condition of
Denmark, but il is manifest that there is
rottenness in abundance in the Demo
cratic management Of the finances Of
ton in Fountain. Democratic Floyd is
in nearly as bad way us Allen. while
Dearborn, Cass, Franklin, Knox and
Shelby smell Extensively Of Democratic
speculation.
We are tgld by the Sentinel thatit is all
owing to radical Encouragement" that
the pure, the honest. The economical, the
Tux hating, the people loving officials Of
Democratic counties impose taxes on their
CONSTITUENTS, tuIcc tunes as OuefOus ~ all
the levies made by the State. 1t is a
wondrous pity that Democrats who hap
pen TO hold the taxing power of their
counties should be so easily debauched,
,nd stranger still that the people who pay
hese heavy taxes should continue to keep
hem ia Office after the innocent souls
have been ruined by radical mismauage-
nentr'
We are to have low taxes, says the
Sentinel, when the Democratic party is re.
tored to power. OF counsel We know
~ the happy example Of New York city,
where the Democratic party Is never out
II power, aud where the economical Dem
'cracy annually collect taxes equal to
400 to each voter, that we would have
hoRgc II the Democratic party we're en-
rusled with the purse strings Of the IA.
ion, but it would be n change for the
worse. The brilliant success of the Dem
cracy of Allen aud Fountain counties
must convince the most skepiicsl that io,c
axes and the restoration Of the Demo-
ratio party are convertible phrases--be.
pre- an election, but not afterwards.
The State organ Of the cheap DEM
cracy asserts that its party has both the
opposition and ability to reduce taxation.
vcll, suppose the experiment is tried ia +