Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-09

with the power, levies tax to build q
court house, the tax falls upon every spe-
! cies OF property, except the bondholder's
bono. You cannot touch his bonds, be
cause this Is county purpose. 1t is nec-
essary TO have officers to carry on your
state government, and they have to be
paid, among the other expenses OF your
state government, but you cannot touch a
r0ndholder's bond for any such purpose
z-et us look little further. l have been in
2 cases. f-s s-tJ1 II T'L-'~A-- II . --i
, Take one. of your citizens who amassed
wealth., and cesires to retire from business,
Z who no longer desires to earn his living by
the sweat of his face. He sells property.
and with his family goes to one of your
fashionable hotels to board and take it
easy. He takes his one hundred Thousand
dollars and puts it in bonds, and upon that
he draws annually $4,000 interest. After
ne has lived there some time he says to his
wife: 81 have hired a horse aud buggy,
3 and propose a ride" They start, and
when they get out his wife says to the hus-
/ band, why what a beautiful road they
have made here. They have graded up
the low places. and cut down the high
places; they have bridged the ravines and
, graveled the road. It is beau
|, tiful highway indeed. When, did they
do this, and how did they do it?''
"Why, those who had power" says the
husband, "levied tax on neighbor A's
I farm, and neighbor BIS farm, and upon the
widow woman's farm, aud upon the one
armed soldiers farm; they have levied a
tax of one dollar on the hundred on all this
property, and expended it in improving
this road" SWELL" the wife says s.you
live In this district; how much do you have
to pay on this Improvement" "My DEAR
| says he "you don't understands; my prop
| erty Is all in bonds, and 1 have nothing to
pay.n "Why, my dear, how is that; You
travel over this road. and takelyour family
over It," "That don't make any difference;
Republican Congress declares that this
hundred thousand dollars Of my property
| shall not be taxed for any such purpose
| They pass on some distance, when they see
| school house, neatly painted, standing in q
| shady grove. Hard by is well oflivingwa-
| ter, at which the school children quench
I their thirst. The wife says. "Why, when did
| they build that school house, and who built
it?" "Why, it was built with the money
raised by tax levied for the purpose In
this school district. '.Well, i" says the wife
''you live in this school district; how much
| did you pay towards building it?'' sWhy
/ my dear, you don't understand; pay nc
| tax for any such purpose. The farm o
| the one-armed soldier over there, and the
| widow woman's farm, and other property
/ like that, was assessed fifty cents or
| dollar on the hundred, the tax col
i
suit" The wife remarks to the husband,
1--WE have children that ought to be a.
| school. We have five, and they have hiret
a most excellent teacher here, and we will
| just send them to this school house. There
+ is Betty, and Belle, and John, and James
| and Hiram Ulysses. [Laughter.l They
must all 60 to school tnis winter. Well
my husband, it may be that they can mo-
tax you for building roads and building
school houses, but if you send five chill.
| dren to school, you will certainly have to
pay something" mo, my dear, you DOM
seem to understand. the school teacher
| is paid out of the school fund, anG
these people who have farms and whC
work in the workshops are taxed to raise
| this fund.-" My fellow-citizens, was once
upon the bench as Judge, and 1 dom
know that shall ever be again, but if
should, and any good wife who has hus.
band who thus requires his neighbors tt
build his school houses aud pay for the
schooling of his children, shall make ap
| plication for divorce on the ground of in
humanity by the husband, will grant i
in moment. TApplause] And yet, my
| fellow-citizens, this Republican party have
| been living under this law for the last foul
years, and no man of them has lifted his
arm or opened his mouth in favor of doins
away with this distinction between the
bondholder and the plowholder. .s....