The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27
Our Future.


journed, without any power to re-sssem-
ble, except bS sap of his Excellency. 1t
beioskes a wAo feel interested in the
future welfare Of our State, to look around
and rom The past gather useful material
with which to build up our future. The
Legislature ms shaped our course FOR the
ysst twelve mouthi, and the fruits to DO
growas from the seeds planted by them,
be they good or evil, will owe their origin
to this body. The Democracy Of the
State have warred against the cxtrava,
gsnce and corruption Of the General As
sembly, from beginning to end.ll In the
struggle, it being 30 palpably unequal.
fxiture could not be avoided, and OF
course victory perched upon the banners
of the Assembly, We are even now tast
ing some Of the bitter fruits produced by
their useless squsndering Of the peoples
money. Pets to be paid enormous sala
ries, Jobs to be fattcned, cxhorbitant pay
foe themselves, and sll to be drawn from
the taxpayers. The unavoidable conse-
quence was, the Treasury was soon de
pletcd--.axation must be doubled and
and tribled to meet these expenditures.
Now, the economical administration Of
the State Government would have rcqur.
ed about one.half Of the psesent rate of
taxation. consequently one half Of our
taxes 70 to fstten corrupt office holders
Think of this. 20 who hold the plough
siifoag ho5,.t the hot spring anu summer
One:half Of the amount you pay to the
Government goes to support and enrich
drones, who add not one dollar to the
vAlac Of the taxable property Of your
State. or your hard.earnings you pay
about Mree dollars on every hundred you
ors, not sara il you could save in pro
portion 10 the taxation, it would not be
quite 80 monstroas-but you pay on two
thousand dollars worth Of property for
1858, the sum Of sixty dollars--thirty for
Office, holders who are useless. and thirty
for the Legitimate expenses of the State
Government. Iii the same year, with
your two thousand investment, you make,
il fortunate, say one hundred and eighty
or two hundred dollars---say two hun.
drcd-that is ten per ent-Aout of your
two hundred earned, you pay sixty dol.
lars-to support the State and cerrvptiOs
The assessor comes, In obedience to the
mandate Of the Legislature, and assesses
you on the same two hundred dollars
worth of property for 1869, collects abon,
December 1869 another sixty dollars
this is one hundred and twenty dollars
out Of your earnings during the year
how much have you left to support your
fsmiiy i--just eighty dollars. Suppose
afscr yout --aAasment for 1863 you lose
a horse. worth sAra-A~
will ssia have to pay the amount assessed
including the dead horse --and You have
ilsft TO support your family rwELvE DOL,
LARs!!, This estimate does not include
blacksmith bills, doctors bills and wea,
and tear Of farming utensils How does
it look2 How very near a man worth
two thousand dollars is to beggary! The
loss Of . seventy. five dollar horse comes
in . five dollar bill Of making him penny
less. Now, shall we continue under sucl
rate? Let the voters of Arkansas An
swer. The course Of this paper has beer
uniformity in antagonism to the cours,
pursued by the powers that be at Littl,
Rock. Others can now Judge whether
our opposition has been rational or fac
tious. OF course We opposed the Legis
latire, and Governor. and others OF III,
same stripe, hrst, upon purely politics
grounds. but ~ soon - their policy wa.
developed we then opposed also, on
grounds Of policy. Were we right in oul
estimate Of them. and in our prediction,
Of their designs on the State Let tn,
people, who have been our readers, judge
We stand now ~ We have ever stood ant
will continue to stand, an advocate for al
economical administration Of our Stat.
Government and bitterly hostile to al
cliques, press and every other engine Of
corruption. The people must filly real
ize their situation BY hard knocks. The
'nasses, paying no great attention to the
wirerwoskng Of politicians, are the hast
TO become thoroughly convinced Of cor.
suption in high pisces II the pres snt
rate Of taxation does not open their eyes,
Heaven help US ~ State. Upon the
taxes now levied will be heaped an addi.
tional One, for the payment ofthc interest
on the State debt, made mp OF what we
justly owe and million and half that
es do nQt owe. What excuse have these
met 70 make Tor saddling this iniqutous
burden upon d tax-opprossed peoplcs
Let them speak and justify. !. y ~. ia
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