The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-08-26

ple. There is no tyranny so cruel n
and oppressive as that of money, and n
we will never submit to be hewers of V
wood and drawers Of water to Shy a
locks, let them have bonds ever SO l
strong. loud applause.) Fortu- II
nately we can fulfill our obligations /.
without violence to any provision in p
then. T
TAXATION. t
There is solution of this bond
question now pending that will he; l
when it comes, both startling and un'
pleasant I retec to our ability t.
nay. II This reckless extravaganza
On The part of our GOvernme'l con-
tinues, the question promises to be
not whether we will pay, but whether
we can pay. Wemay not repudiate but
we NAV become bankrupt, and if any
one will add to the National indebt
| ednoss the State, town and township
Indebtedness, each one as sacred as
the other, and then estimate the val
ne of property by the worlds curren-
CIV of gold and silver, to which we
|
preciate my proposition. With an |
inflated currency giving US high prices
for our products-we know how hard
| it now is to raise our taxes. What
will it be when our specie basis-our
currency is reduced and prices low
cred. Bear in mind that the tax re-
+ mains the same.
3 Our navy, the most expensive lux
: urv a Government can indulge in, IS
{ kept Up on a war footing. Oar army
n reserved to keep the peace iii the
Il South and on the frontier is five times
- greater than it need be. A huge aims
is house is kept running at the South
l. for the benefit of indOlent negroes ana
Is hungry officials At time when our
n necessities call for the strictest ecOno-
,e my, when the Government ought to
re be on peace footing, as it was IN
g. 1861, there is no limit to the eXpendi-
ut lures; and we find ourselves the heaV'
ne lest taxed people in the world. l car
,,s very we'll understand all this. Sena
TX tor Sherman, the leading tinancier
k the Republican party, promised US II
ds support the Government and pay tn
interest on the National debt by tai
ON whisky and tobacco. He reall.
!, believes this, and his party, so he
"a IIeving, has felt itself at liberty t
- make the most profuse expenditures
~ Our representative in Congress, m
~ worthy friend Judge Lawrence, intro
duced a bill to make ship canal froI
o the Ohio to Lake Erie, touching at tn
'"i LeWistown Reservoir, in this county
,HU rN OF course, believing that we are r
1oI lieved from the burdens of taXatio
"' through whisky and tobocco, tt
e' Judge felt that he could not do bett'
.tn , with few millions than to expend
T4 in Logan county ab, ut the Lewiston
reservoir. daughter
The tax on whisky and TOBACCO h
failure. Instead of collei
a # money for the go
.ir proved lave eollect
ing great deaI - Ill
of the Government, we a..
vast sums for the benefit of n COZ.
is few, that now, organized as ''riug,'
IN take hand in the control of our GOV
IN ernment. On the other hand, the tax
'e collector is ever at your door. If he
n does not come in one shape, he is
there in another, and you scarcely
II compute your income return before
E. the State officials make their appear,
Il ance, and in their absence the stamI
1t is in continual use.
CORRUPTION.
es I don't mean to assert that the Re.
" publican party is corrupt party. !
ar believe it to be as pure and honest as
as any political organization but dc
Sr assert that its prOfuse expenditure,
l. unequal taxation and monstrous sys-
n tenn of bounties have demoralized the
a. people and carried corruption into
y every department of our Government.
e One of its leaders, and you see l quote
L. only Republican authority, daughter
and applause) had the frankness to
a. say in a late publication:
ie Through the unsettled condition OF
. a country suffering from civil wars we
- have developed more rascality than
10 any organization ever called into ex-
u istence. We hare filled the offices aoith
10 thjeUes and their loockts 10ith steaEi7gs.
&c We have organized rings that in turn
&c create ffice-holders and control the
= Government. Men go in poor and
II come out mitlionaires. For one dol
N lar paid to the Government from hard
10 earned taxes hundreds stick to the
% dirty fingers Of official scoundrels.-
d We have whisky rings, Indian Bu-
j reau rings, manufacturers rings, Ma
Y tional Bank rings, railroad rings,
lRndjobbing rings and internal i'm
70 provemenI rings. From the lowest
u officials up to Senators and Cabinet
10 officers, the taint of corruption runs,
le until the people, dazed and confused,
Z confound tn right and listen with in
IL difference to the threats OF exposure -
N If this continues, and becomes
N chronic, We may bid farswell to a re-
/ publican form of government. Our
aaS';;ll fathers based their beautiful structure
4 on the virtue and intelligence of the
: citizen. 1t has no other foundation,
- and falling in that, 1t will soon be a
mass of ugly ruins. And money cor
d ruptly used and factions blindly led
1t are sapping that foundation. This
< moneyed power meets us at every
l. turn, and on every side. 1t can offer
e fortunes to the greedy, and high office
4 to the ambitious. Already we see a
IS soldier eminent in the field, and strong
II in the councils of the nation, giving
g his name and influence to this power,
u that in turn it may elevate him to the
= Chief -Magistracy, and crafty his fe-
l. verish ambition. We are being sadly