The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-09-03
-FINDLAY. OHIO, FRIDAY MORNING,

= or national, or both ? did tiey !,
know thai their resointioniim
81 its face that the bonds and 9th
pubic secures of'the Uhifed Stat
q. fsilohld he subjected to the nnlfinl,
power of State taxation and nation
nt ntLaxafionl? Did'they'hotknow,'wh
they adopted this resolu,ioh, that,t
Supreme Court of the Uaited Stat
had settled the law to be, thattl
. power of the state TO tax waa.cy
was the subject of State taxatic
4 was 1ilpi.ed lby'noMisg savestHe w
Of the people of'"the 'States "a,
Ithat. the ASSUMED power of.tiie Sta
10 tax the NATIONAL Securities, was d
compatible with the natlonsr exist
ence? Did they not know. as, we
tthat it lad been solemnly decided L
Chief Justice Marshall,! fofehos d
all the Judges of America, ,.t6at Stat
taxation OF. national. securities wa
d forbidden by the Constitutional d
J not all thoughtful men know that tlI
,eNerqise of such power. in,the sever.
States might work ustiona, dissol,
ton a. and death? Is not snratiio national su
eide as criminal as personal suicide
Are the people of Ohio ready d
: their ballot Ito ihaofsS the propos
ton that not only suggests but net
essarily results in The overthrow
American institutions, the dismem
berment of; the Repqblic and TIN
bl0tIng out Of America fEolnr til
i map Of nations, By the. memary. D
I ,EEfoqIr, }qlnpqmbersd dead, Who's amid4
1.-THE fires ,pf. battle, sacrificed ,hem
.peIlYYeS tselYeSS for for the ,RePpblip and, ,the, sd
Iprepaaiey of Itha,, Constellation, .apl
laaEss,, abjqrs ,ypu, pYr GppIpntsSlg;I49eri GppIpntsSlg;I4 49eai
TO bury forever, beneath an ayalapeh.
Iof public condemnation, ? party tia
thus d4res, TO, tride with the dsarea
rights y Of American ,eilizapsUlht
right 70. a government and country
ttBf,ligLt 70. their, own ,Ameriean Iih
IeEly. detilfd,, saneIiopfd ana she4
tered by American law, .i,ul Idv!
liz this 40 called Democratic party !
really means what It says by Fesolu.
hOn, that, the national bonds, land
national SECURITIES shall he taxeh,
having 4 majority in the. last Legisla
lure of Ohio, Why did itrnot pa. its
manifesto into opera
tioD, by taxing the bonds and,OLher
securities of the United States2.hii
Il II the party means what it says in
lis platform, why did not its sixty
members in the, House Of Represent
tatires of The United States, during
the session just closed, insist, upon
theiimmediate enactment OF law;Eor
tue taxation of the national, bonds
aad national securiles?.n7rss ~ 97n
The party knows that the llmeri-
can people not yet rcadyfor euch
Legislation. l1is knows that .thei nil
ions who people This land of ours
Who constitutc thcbodypolit;u of the
great Republic, and maintain the
ocal organization of thirty.seven
are one people, with ono
Constitution andl one country, dliuE.
% .ihe idea that their con t,ionnfation!
siityi. .aanu Oniy bs..'4-- =, Lt.,.--st
.Kccpr1y irvioiateTne nati6n'5 faitir'
" hat this party wantsi,is the power
10 do what is foreshadowed in its
Shall the Dem6cfatic /
,arty have that power!2 That is the
question to be decide ] in theieoming
It!is not whether you pre-
er one man to another for your Gov
.rnor, but it is whether you prefer
unity to national iiisseial
ion; whether yonl prefer national
lonor to national ldislTonorg whether
rou prefer national life to- nasional
leath. r,; .-u-i. uaE: sAI Io' ET1i2:y \;
Some may say that Izpress this
of the Democratic party
90 far. Let US see, aud alet mere
tate the fact and the law. rTbeatek-
ltion of all public bonds and sechri1
les. . 1t is as we'll settled inr1Smeri-
a as any other question of, law, that
he power of the several States TO
AK is a. power unlimited iasl ltolthe /
of taxation:upon property oTtf
Ieeurities of any kind3 wllich are tie
subjects of State taxation. If;there.
ore, ,eachiS;ate, may atits pleasupe,
md without limitation, tax the b6nds
tndn other securities of the United |
states, doesn't not Inscessariiy aresuii
bat the States inay,daXi the; national
Jonds and Dntionaf securities ont oil
and thereby aeprirehthe
Sovernment of theamnaus o6sclf-
leiense? Notwithstanding tdiGgsn'
.Tal proposition of tlieiDeinooradc
,arty and its @ogicalss1uence &c isimay
,e saidithat the party docs not mean
state taxations iJtrtheG parity : does
not mean, it why does lit nDtfssgisoJ
md thereby end the, ,eontroyBrsys Eas
aogreat IDEAL of lprati.isl /
lbont State osoEereighty;;h one of tire
powers OF which isF'fhe
,0weri Of taxation: H'Waiaing the |
Iuestion.. whether this paffy" means
yhat: it,says, and that IL fs7ifitehded
hat the bonds and othetpnbiie secdi
titles of the United States shaft be |
aNed only blythe Government OF The
Jnited States. let ns inquire what lis
% be the subject and what the rate 6f
his taxation !? The languaSe'Of Che |
Democratic PLATFORM is, h"the bonds
.nd secufities' shall be male stfijjeet !
10 taxation. ia Allimen Understand
meant by the bonds Of tie
United States-thelfv fve- twentiasI the
len forties,' &c. What are r"tfie Sc!
,urities' of 1.-the United States refer
ed to-? Are they not the iegsllF
,ender notes issued blythe G5verhl
nent of the United States, pin tifei
nature of a forced l6an,1 on tire face
If which the Government is pledged
% rpsy the holder the amouht thereof
n dOilarsip,ai 1r'l E'''i - IL ie,I a
This promise to pay in dollars, an an
Ter the law, and by the Contract Uf
he. United States Government, is, the |
same as to the United States bonds
md the legal tender notes. If the
Government intended to limit 'itsl
liability on the bonds and the Aotesl
Dy . proyiso to tax them, it was the
duty of the Governments duty as
sacred and obligatory as ever devolI
ved upon men and 'natiohs-so to
have declared in the statutes %hicrd
the; Issue of the bonds
and notes, 1t shqnnlld, haze, been
in the bond. There is no