The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-23
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We copy the following brief passage
from the reported speech of the Rev
Hon. Gen. J. A. Garfield, delivered al
Citizens Hall week ago last Satur.
day evening:
"The Democratic party have been
in power in Ohio for the last two
years, and the grand duplicate for 1865
shows that our people paid S20,4S9.-
10S,04, and i'll 1869 the grand dupIi-
cate is twenty-one and half millions
The Rev. Hon then goes ON to con-
trast the taxes of 1868 with those OF
1862, which he gives at ten and half
millions of dollars, and then, with an
air of triumph, asks, "Who has thus
increased our taxes ?" This is alto
gether more ingenious than ingenuou-
Gus in the Reverend gentleman. Now
why did he select the year 1862 of Re-
publican rule for the purpose of COM
parison? That party has been in con-
troll of the State Government in all OF
its departments from 1860 down to
., Il.
of their rule that shows the lowest
amount of taxation. In 1865 the Re-
publicans were in power in all the de-
partments of the State Government,
and in nearly all the counties, and the
taxes assessed upon the grand dupli-
cate were S20, 0,870,S2S rs. And in 1867
when that party had undisputed sway
the taxes levied were $50, 1881 13.
But the Rev. Gen. takes no note of
any other years taxes than that which
shows the smallest amount, and claims
that that was Sin the whirl and fury
of the war;" when he knows that the
taxes of that year were III no way i'll
fuenced by the war.
But why charge to the account of
the Democratic Legislature the entire
amount of taxes levied upon the grand
duplicate of the State when by far the
greater share of the amount is levied
by the local authorities? This is done
simply that the heavy local taxes lev
led by the Radical local authorities, as
in Cincinnati, Cleveland and the large
towns and counties may be charged to
the Democratic Legislature. This is
a piece of sheer demagogueism, and
Gen. Garfield knows it. The Legisla-
ture is responsible for the appropria-
tions which they make, and the local
authorities are to be charged with
and are responsible for the taxes
which they levy. The Report of the
Auditor of State, the source whence
Garfield obtained his figures, shows
that of the entire amount of taxes on
the grand dulicate of 1868, S16,491, >
CTS 81, were comfy and other local
taxes, levied by county and other local
authorities, and when Gen. Garfield
or any other person attempts to charge
the Legislature with and to make
them responsible for the taxes levied
by the local, county, township, city
and village authorities-they are sim
ply playing the demagogue, and prac.
ticing base and wicked deception
upon their hearers.
When Garfield, or any of his con.
federates assert that the Democratic
Legislature of 1869 were more prof
ligate of the peoples money and i'm.
posed upon the people greater bur,
den of taxation than the proceeding
Republican Legislature, the indisputa
BILE facts from the public records stare
them in the face and prove that they
lie. Contrasting the appropriation:
made by the Democratic Legislature
with those of the Republican Legisla
ture of 1861, shows the following
result;
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE OF 1867
Appropriated for 1865. ...........S 81 sGs,635 o
1ST -....-.--.... 4,7ss,226 0
For two years s.................S 50 656 S62 U
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE oE 1869
| Appropriated for 1868 .... 81 OO4 766 2
~ 1863 ............. 4541 ,294 I,
For two years $S, ,626 O60
Amount saved by the Democratic
Legislature. 81 ,U3 SUI
These Radical demagogues will no
have the audacity to dispute the cor
rectness of this account, but they hav,
the brazen effrontery, i'll order to cas-
reproach upon the Democratic Legis
lature, to charge to their account tn
amount of taxes assessed by all tht
local authorities of all the cities
towns, villages and counties of tn
State.
Undoubtedly much learning hat
given the General the ability to dea
with figures, but neither the advanta
ges of q liberal education nor the ia
vors of Providence have had the effec
to induce him TO make an honest ap
: plication of his requirements. III
ought to know that neither his col
lege diploma nor his ministerial Ii
} cense give him any authority to pros
titute his high requirements to tn
base purpose of deceiving and dc
frauding his hearers.