The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-09-10
never come before the people
as law breakers and expect to
gel their suffrage.

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the statements made by Mr..
Cunning on Tuesday night OF
last week, and we hope he will
take the pains to post himself,
and never repeat the errors, he
there made. If he intends to
become a teacher of the peo-
pie, he should first learn what
are the facts himself.
First, he said there was no
appeal from the decisions of
the military commanders or
military commissions in the
rebel states. BY provision Of
the original reconstruction bill,
the commanders of military
districts were not only respon-
sible to Congress for a faithful
performance Of duty, but We're
subject to removal by the Pres
ident. Military commissions
are governed by law, and it is
the Presidents duty TO reverse
their decisions when they are
not in accordance Herewith,
and beyond that the President
has power to make lighter any
punishment inflicted, OF to par
don.
Sixty days after the surrren-
der of Lee, officers could not
collect the tax in the South
without the aid of bayonets, as
Mr.. G. asserted, and could not,
even collect the property of the
Rebel government which had
been surrendered. We know
this by experience.
The Freedman's Bureau-or
properly speaking-the Bureau
of Refugees, and Abandoned
Lands was not established at
the close Of the war for politi-
cal purposes; but for the pur-
pose of caring for Refugees who |
were driven from their homes /
who escaped from slav.
cry, and renting The abandoned
lands Of rebels. See bill Or
ganizing Bureau.
The fourteenth amendment |
disfranchises no man, nor class
of men, Mr.. Cunning to the
contrary Notwithstanding. See
fourteenth amendment.
1t is not true that all whites,
which means all rebels were
DISTINGUISHED by the recOnstruc-
ton laws, nor that a negro was
given preference over white
men in voting. See recon
struction act.
Republicans do not say |
'Longstreet is one, of our most |
distinguished statesmen;" but
we do say that he has set an
example ofgood behavior since
the close of the war that Wade
Hampton, Forrest and others
might follow with credit. We
say that he, so far as we know,
has faithfully observed the
terms ofhis parole.
The poor woman does not
"pay a tax on the paregoric
with which she quietS her
child" nor upon any other med
icine. There is no tax upon
any medicine save the stamp
on patent medicines, and
that is paid by the manutac-
turer and dealer; for they sell
at the same price per bottle
they did before the tax was
imposed.
Congress has not taken the
tax off of "80me" manufactures
buthas taken it off of all save
luxuries and vices, except
which was left on by
an oversight.
For correction of his state
ments on financial matters we
refer him to the report of Com
missioner Wells and McCul-
Tough. They may be prosy
documents, but it tells where
the money comes from and
where it goes to.
The Cincinnati Gazette did |
not say that S132,OOO,OOO were
collected in tax off of whisky,
and only $13,OOO,OOO realized;
but they did say that the
whiskey ring-a Democratic !
institution-did sNindle the
government out of The differ
ence between S132,000,000, the
amount that should have been