The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-10-01

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Under the caption Of & Facts for the Far
mers' a bucolic newspaper concern, en-
ployed in the interests Of ~bOndholders,
indites d column Of the most unmitignted
swash that ever appeared in print, not ex-
cepting Il good dose Of the same sort that
has appeared in the principal bondholders'
organs in this city,
ii is "A repetition of sundry feeble Jacobin.
efforts to convince Stupid people that "equal
taxation" means unequal taxation; that the
democratic proposition means just the re-
verse of what it says
In order to make it appear that this non
sense is not intended fOr a sort OF feeble
Nasbian joke, il is found necessary to as
sumo hat the democracy intend only to
make federal taxation equal upon "evory
species Of properly according to its value, ="
but not any other taxation That they in
tend to subject lands, houses, and farm
stock. as well rs bonds, TO taxation for fed
eral purposes; but not to subject bonds. as
we'll MS lands, houses, and farm stock, to
taxation for state purposes
That would be equal taxsiion'' with q
vengeance ! IL would be unequal taxation
of the same gross, oppressive, outrageous,
and one-sided character that the Jacobin
party has already imposed upon the coun-
try. IL would be IL sort OF taxation that
would suit the bondholding class and their
advocates; but which t%hepeople now protest
against in the radical party and which
they'wOuld Of course protest ngninst in any
party.
The democratic proposition is just the
reverse of that. The demOcmcy demand
the ''eqnal taxation Of every species of
property according to its value The
word ''tiiation Isl so lic'en1y dsplic To I'm
to all who understandable English language.
II is not limited in meaning to a particular
kind oftaXation, or to taxation for a paitic-
ular purpose. II comprehends the whole
body Of the public burdens. The demo-
cratic demand is, that the public burdens
shall be equnlized, and shall he made to
rest on property OF Ill kinds in proportion
10 its value. That the owners Of 500, 600, .
600 In government bonds shall bear the
same proportion of public burdens as the
owners of 500, 600, 600 in farms and farm
stock. That tho latter shall not be taxed
moro heavily in proportion to their value
than the former which, under Jacobin rule,
are not taxed atall.
Farms and farm stock in Illinois are as
sessed, according to their value, f%ortaXation
ON a valuation equal to one-third OF their
actual value. Government bonds owned in
Illinois are not assessed for taxation on n
one-third valuation, OF any other. One
hundred thousand dollars in farms and
farm stock pay tGXea to tho amount of -. 600
annually. One hundred thousand dollars
in government bonds pay taxes to the
amount of not q single larthing. The lem
ocratic proposition is 10 equnlize the taxa
ton, taking $1,000 from the farms and
farm stock aud placing It on the bonds,
dividing the burden equally between the
two kinds Of property, according to THEN
have. There is 10 difficulty in the way
but the none power which nov controls
congress and refuses the federal consent to
its equal and eMct justice TO all.
The attitude of the democratic party
might be further illustrated by directing the
the attention Of farmers in Illinois to the
gross inequality of taXatien in this state.
which called for Legislative remedy at the
last session of our state Legislature. II wa.
found that n farmer in one county, owning
property worth $500 MI paid double the
taxes that his ~noighbor paid in the adjoin.
ing county, whose property was worth the
same. So il now is between the plowholdel
aud the ~bondholder, excepting that In,
property of the latter, instead of paying hal
as much taxes, as the former pays no tnXei
at all. The democracy say it is not right
and that 1t can only be made right by
eqnalizing the taxes, and levying then
upon property of all kinds according to IT.
value. The bondholders say itisright, ant
that 1t would be doing them n g%reviou,
wrong to make them share equally in tn,
public burdens with the plowholders. Thi
is exactly the difference between the tw,
parties on the question of taxation. NJ
mounting Of party demagogues can make i
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cdgo Times 2lSt. inst.