The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-10-22

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IglH We Demand equal tardtion o.
every species of property according ID
its real valus including Gcuernmehl
\ bonds and other securities" Demo
cratic National Platform.
II see the Republicans are trying
TO dodge the financial issues, and q
sink lhe election into a mere personaI
contest Our papers must not dliou
this, They must push the debt ana
taEdticn upon public attention
HORATIO SEYMOUR
To Hon. @. NJ. Insersoll, New Haven, Conn.
| History nowhere else furnishes
sc perfect an illustration OF the ad
age that whom tho gods wish to
destroy, they first make mad" as
in the course of the Democratic
party during ,be last eight years.
But as mad as they proved them.
selves in rushing headlong into u
wicked rebellion, every subsequent
act of their lifo proves that they
are every year becoming moro in.
sane. rs.t.rH .'.. 1
II reason had not forever taken
its fight from the Democratic lead
ers and stark madness been en-.
tbroned in its place, they would
never thus have proclaimed in
their platform that they are in favor
of equal taxation" of the rich and
poor. and that every species Of
property" must be taxed, whether
it be the destitute widows solitary
brd or the bond of the Belmont
millionaire! +"'l. d.
"Euety species of property" EN-
braces every conceivable article pos
SeSSing any vdlue, however small,
from apaper Of pins toa lOrdly
Fifth orenae palace; from an acre Of
Suamp land to the largest plantation
from the poorest needte.uoman'S
sewing machine to the "bloatcd bond
holders" coach and four. 1t in.
cludcs tho absolute ncccssaries OF
lite as we'll as its most useless lux
urics. s...,'
The dress or the COW, the pig,
the chair and the stove OF .he wo.
man who is dependent upon her
daily labor for the support OF her.
self and children, like the bond
of The richest capitalist. must be
subject to taxation and equal
taxation" according to the Demo
cratic platform, if Seymour and
Blair are elected.
Every acre of land belonging to
the farmer, aud every bushel OF
wheat or corn or potatoes, every
ton OF hay, every pound of butter
every dozen of eggs, every pound
OF meat, every quart ofmilk, every
basket of fruit. and every vegeta.
BILE of any kind he may take to
market or consume ut home, the
Democratic Convention demands"
shall be subject to "equal taxation"
with the rich mans bonds and
houses and lot, his horses and cat.
tie and sheep and poultry, his
Dl0ws and harrows and rakes. his
cultivators and reaping machines,
bis hoes and shovels. his wagons
and carts and "sleds," and all to
be taxed equal" to the stocks and
bonds and mortgages Of the city
banker, "accordiDg to their real
Cor cash value"
There ia to be no exemption of
of the property" of the poorest
widow, or of the most dependant
orphan; of the axe, or saw, or spade
or tools OF whatever kind of the
day laborer, OF the needle. woman :
smoothing irons" or even Tie
shoes and stockings of tho child
rem. And all this property shall
not only be taxed, but it shall be
taxed equal" TO, or at the same
rate as the silver plato, Wilton
carpets, and magnificent plate mir.
rors and rosewood furniture of the
millionaire.
Not only the long list Of ten
thousand articles which Repub
lican Congress has Just exempted
from all taxation will be included
in the Democratic catalogue of
"every species Of property" which
m ust be subject to equal taxation" "
but twice 10000 other articles
m ust be added to the long list.
Instead of confiping himself 10
the inquiry, as formerly, how ma.
ny gold watches and pianos, and
how much silverware family own.
cd, the assessor would be COMPEL
ed, under q Democratic admins ,
tration, to ascertain every article
of a woman q wardrobe. whether il
consisted of a single skirt, q Sun
day and walking dress, or an in
definite number of dresses, and a
long array of shoes and stockings,
and gloves, and under garments,
and jewolrY, and combs and brush
es, etc. .a
And of manufactured articles
there would bo an amount (which
no man could number" The lax
on nine thousand articles at least
was removed by the last Cngress,
and instead of taxing thousands of
articles, as last year, the list is re.
duced to barely four man factured
articles, viE.:-spirits, tobacco, fer
mented liquors, and gas, and TO
only seven other subjects, viE.;--
banks and bankers. gross receipts,
0rom stocks sales, other specific
taxes, incomes, legacies, SUGGESTIONS
and passports. ...
Ifany one can imagine or com
pute how many articles there are
in the United States which may be
denominatcd property" and sub.