The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-08-12
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viii never meet ihat the same people CT
nation should be ho:h he Ion 5 sehelp, and
the ass bettceea burfhtas, neither viii it be,
fld q pecplr oueriud nth taees shonid er1
ttcoDte rGiiant and martial"
IucSe words from the pen Of great
Eugh,h writer contain much truth. The
Atuerlcun people are now ''the ass
te,Heen burtbeus,' for they are most a. :
,uredIy ''overiaid with taxes, aud unless
they shake Oh part OF these burthens,
Tie weight Of the load they now bear, will
crash ,heyu They can not. forever, sus
ta.u the enormous taxes with which they
are ovsriuid, aud still remain free aud in
dependent. Democratic institutions dc
pend for their support, mainly upon the
valiant and MARTIAL, spirit Of the people.
''Taxation is tyranny" aud where taxa
ton becomes frequent and heavy, where it
extends to all pursuits: and gripes with re-
lengless fingers, a goodly share Of labor
Lard earned fruits, the tyranny becomes
dangerously oppressive. Despotic Govern
mepts are generally expensive, for it costs
much TO suprurt the dignity and the pow
u OF monarchs. Privileged classes must
IL kept VI. aud large armies maintained,
IN osder 20 awe The masses into Submission,
ami to pay tor these royal luxuries, op
passive taxes are levied upon the toiling
hliilvns, and when these ezaction are long
continued the people become poor i'll
flirit as vel as 10 purse.
Inc Radical party has proved TO be al
most as extrayagant in It's demands as the
most oppressive monarch who ever govern
u a nation Of slaves. That party has
squanderel countless millions, upon o. :
ircls a. useless, and much more Injurious
ihau The maguilcaoce Of the royal
courts.
Are We not overland with taxes 2" Who
are exempt from. them None but tie
privileged houdholicr Labor is loaded
.iaEn with taxes. The poor man who lit
LILY earns his bread by the sweat Of his
bsgw, IS overloaded with taxes" He
d, taxed Inside and out from the crown OF
Las head to he sole 81 his foot be is
"overIa5i viii taxes" lie wears taxed
eio.aes and eats taxed provisions. Ia
snort, be is oppressed, weighed down,
al crushed With taxes. He is, indeed,
tae POOR ass between burthens, and the
load he is doomed to carry viii prove too
much Tor bis strength unless it IS dimin-
l,hed His bufthen is com posed of many
different parces just look at the load
which this national ''aSs between burthens'
hears day after day, and year after year,
u1ler the goal Of his Rlllca masters
First, lhcro is The internal revenue tax,
tax upon deeds, mortgages, notes, re-
eoipts, checks, and SO on through the al
most countless varieties Of contracts.
All these are piled upon the poor animals
back 10 start wiki Then comes the tag
upon matches, upon tobacco, upon medi-
cines, and ulon another vast variety Of
articles put up in boxes, packages, and
bottles, g. Bur Ike load is by no means
complete as yet, i,r the heaviest portion
is behind Indeed, al this is but begin
ming, for the heavy hurthen Of the tariff
is to be added There is the taxed tea,
the aged coffee. the taxed sugar aud the
taxed spices he taxed pepper and the
taxed salt, the taxed hat and taxed boots,
the taxed cat and the taxed pants, the
taxed shit and collar, taxed wollen and
taxed silk, taxed cotton and taxed linnen,
and hundreds Of oihnt taxed things, all of
which arc piled on to he overloaded animal
- The ass between butthens" One would
think that all this was enough, that the
burthen was aboat as heavy as could reas-
onably be borne.
But the poor ass must carly still more.
To the tax upon imports must be added,
the protective tax. The former is cars
ried to the national treasury, while the
latter j. dumped into the greedy pockets OF
the manufacturer The license tax, cen
stitute a turthen imposed ostensibly for
the benefit Of The Government But the
protective tariff lax is turthen remorse-
lessly piled uIon tie ovoiladen animal
back, for the extensive profit Of favored
olsss of individuals st last, however.
the load Of the ASS between burihens"
is completed by piiiBg upon its top, par
GELS o. city, toEn, county aud state taxes.
y ~ when will he American people rcal>
Ia the blessings Of Judah, and cease to be
the lass between bGrthcns?" When viii
they be the Hons vhelp," and shake of
at Least part # the burthen which now
w.ishs them dJvn? L viii be when
they once more invoke ihe aid of common
sense, when reason and reflection resume
their sway in their ninds. Then they can
see that il is the Radical party which has
converted them into an ass between bur !
thes. 1hen they can see that it is the !
wild and reckless prodig atty Of Radical |,
which has saddied needless |
loads Of taxes upon them. Then, indeed, |
vii they Danish forever, Radical extrava-