Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-09-10

cles of prime necessity upon whicl
the poor man pays a revenue tax
The poor pay no more than any
body else on these articles. Their
is one article, however, upon which
there is a pretty high tax, and tina
is upon whisky; and if anybody
has a right to complain of the higl
tax on this commodity, it is thC
Democracy; andit may be that this
constitutes the principal portion Of
government tax paid by these
Democratic speakers and orators
who complain so much about high
taGes.
Taxing Government bonds. He
argued, or tried to, that Congress
had a right to tax Government
bonds, and that in as much as the
law did prohibit State and munich
pal authorities from taxing them,
and did not positively prohibit the
U. S. Government from taxing
them, it positively recognized the
right of the U. S. Government to
tax them, and that therefore they
ought to be taxed. Well, suppose
now these bonds had went into the
market with the positive under
standing that they were to be taxed
by the U. S. Governments at the rate
of two per cent, per annum; would
it be unreasonable to suppose that
every man who was seeking an in
vestment in public bonds, would
find what the tax would be on them
for a given number of years, and
then take his pencil and make the
calculation, and that he would not
be willing to purchase the bonds on
any other terms than that the amt
of tax should be a discount on the
face of the bond. Who, then, pays
this tax, or discount? Why the
U. S. Government pays it. The
bond is worth its face, less the amt
of tax put upon it.
But we have neither time nor
room to review this speech as
thoroughly as we should like to do.
We must, however, before closing,
notice his gross misrepresentation
Of General Grants language in his
etter accepting the nomination for
.he Presidency. Col. McCook said
hat General Grant, in that letter,
stated that he had no policy against
the will of Congress. Then he
lwclt upon, and reiterated with
great vehemcnce: "No policy
against Congress No policy
against Congress y The Colonel
evidently supposed he had succeed
I'd in making a point of this, and so
lid his Democratic audience. But
ct us examine the records a little,
md see whether Gen. Grant said \
ny such thing, and whether Col.
dcCook did not come before his
audience with q positive falsehood
n his mouth. Gen. Grant said up.
IN one occasion: II shall have no
'olicy of my own to interfere
gainst the will Of the people" He
lid not say Congress. In his letter
lated May 29th, 1868, accepting the
for the Presidency, he
aid: .t
"In times like the present it is
to lay down a policy to
'e adhered to, right or wrong, thro'
n administration of four years
Iew political issues, not foreseen, t
re constantly arising the views of {
he public on old ones are constant Z
changing, and a purely admins ,
rativr officer should always be left |
rec to execute the will of the people. !
have always respected that will |
nd always shall" 4
The word Congress" does not t
ccur once in his letter of accept. t
nee. II matters but little what c
oil. McCook said about this. Our h
biect in noticing it is merely to |
low to what contemplate misrep-
,sentations and silly tricks these V
emocratic orators are rcsorting p
to influence the great public il
ind against a man whose name n
Id fame Is so identified with the i
cat interests and liberty of this &
'untry, that among the true men =
the nation they are inseparable, tt
0 towers far above all their petty Il
forts to drag him down to the q
vel of their own filthy cess-pools. Il
G holds a place in the hearts and o
'ectiOns of the true friends of q e.
epublican form of goyernmentthat
mot be eradicated by falsely in I
his language, and mean o
tempts at burlesque, even by the Il
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