The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-09-29

soul can have rest. It is all in vain.
The shades of the murdered woman
yet haunt him. His sleepless nights,
and his remorse contribute largely to
his present lunacy. Listen to his
gatherings. Here are a few gems
from his Cleveland alterations:
"The man has not read enough in
the hornbook of the rights and powers
of the great people in the day of do
nestle Instruction of foreign invasion
who does not know that by the law
and spirit of the Constitution of this
country every rod of land and every
dollar of property held by the citizens
of the republic are but a sacred trust
for the national defense. Applause"
What do you think of that, farmers!
How do you like it laboring men !
Every rod of land and every dollar OF
property held by you, says JOHN A.
BINGHAM, belongs to the Government,
and to a rotten Congress /; and it is by
their favor that you are not now dis
possessed of your right to own any
thing! This is simply damnable.-
The bonIholder, the banker, and the
thieving Congressman only escape this
rule. Bonds are not seized, nor taxed
"Last year this party went before
the American people with the utter
ance that it demanded that there should
BE- equal taxation on every species OF
property, including government bonds
and other government securities. The
people considered what that meant.
E1ual taxation on every species OF
property is n like rate of tax upon a
like valuation of all that a man has.
The American people were not then
prepared to turn pagan. There is no
Chr1stianized, civilized country be
meath the sun to-day that recognizes
such a system of taxation. A like
rate of taxation upon every species OF
property
Yes sir, we want the same rate o.
taxation for the bondholder, that We
have for the laboring man, the farmer,
and the mechanic. If that is clamor,
we will keep it up till the property of
every man goes upon the duplicate at
the same rate per cent. including bond
holders anil others. Equal rights for
all, exclusive privileges for none. Il
a farm worth $1,000 shall go upon the
duplicate, we demand that the $1,000
bond shall also go there If this is
pagan" let US have more of it. We
will not kneel to ourbondholding God.
"The other part of this proposition
is that these bonds (the five twenty
bonds) are to b. paid in legal tender
notes, and TO that end the government
of the United States is to set up q
printing machine to grind off legal
tender notes as fast as a steam press
can print them and set them afoat to
the amoun of 81 800, 000, 900, to take
up this outstanding Understanding
debt of 81, 800, O0O, 000. Upon that l
say simply that the original statute
upon which these gentlemen stand
when they undertake to, make their ar
gument that these bonds are payable
in legal tender notes, is the same act
of 1862 which authorized the first is
sue of the legal tender notes them,
The language in the statute
is the same in regard to the bonds;
that is to say, that notes issued by the
United States are redeemaEle by the
United States, upon the face of which
bill the United States binds itself to
pay to bearer, at the treasury of the
United States, one, ten, fifty or a
dollars, as the case may be
so also, of the bonds. This word dol
lars, which constitutes the obligation
of the government, is a legal term
had a fixed meaning at the time
by the laws of the United States--a
meaning which is so many grains OF
gold and silver of the coinage of the
United States"
Messrs. STEVENS, MoRroS, SHER-
MAN and EWING say the bonds were
to be redeemed in illegal currency"
Legal tenders" from 1862 to 1865
wee a substitute for gold and silver,
as a tender, as many thousands can
for they were compelled to
take them in lieu of gold, at par value.
1t was the clear intention of the law,
the $50 bonds were to be redeem
ed in this currency. The bondholders
so understood it. MI. BINGHAM no v
says, ii dollar in greenbacks, is no: a
dollar" Chat a dollar, means
gold or silver! !" If so, the national
currency is the most stupendou,
swindle ever perpetrated. Let the
bondholders have the greenbacks, ac-
cording to the contract, or nothing
They r worth more to day, than the
currency with which they purchased
the bonds. Let their bonds go on
the duplicate for taxation also; as well
the poor mans horse and COW.
Let Mr.. BINGHAM continue to chat
ter for the JAY Cooks, and the Pa
cific Rail Road thieves, and the Con-
sentative masses will insist on having
the bonds taxed as well as the proper
ty of the farmer mechanic and bust
ness man.
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