The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-06-25
DEMOCRACY AS TITS.


The Democracy of Hancock coun-
ty met in convention in this place, a
few days since, and passed series
of resolutions, the text of which we
published last week. We wish to
notice the several resolutions in ques :
tion, and point out few of the incon-
sistencies therein contained.
Resolution No. l declares that "the
principles of Democracy, administered
by Democratic statesmen, made our
country prosperous and great" )" but
fails to state that the same "prlnciples
of Democracy administered by
Southern Democrats 1--WE speak not
of the aid extended by their Northern
.ympathizers) involved the country in
civil war which brought sorrow and
mourning to thousands OF hearthstones-
No. calls for equal taxation,
and No. 8 declares taxation upon the
farmer or mechanic to be unjust. No.
8 and 4 are evidently intended by
the trainers thereof TO be summers /;
Therefore we republish them in full:
3. That bondholders and bankers
do not deserve TO be favored from
taxation, while the laboring classes
the farmer and mechanic-are bur
dcned with unjust taxes to support
an unnecessary set of office holders.
4. That the widows of the men who
fell in the struggle to maintain our
Government should not be taxed to
pay gold interest on bonds to men
who bought them at forty cents on
the dollar. and who have received in
interest more than the bonds cost
them.
The gentlemen who penned these
resolutions knew as well as they knew
anything that the Government of the
United States had contracted for the
sale of the bonds with the express
stipulation that they should not be
taxed, and they furthermore know
that the conditions of that contract
cannot honestly be changed or set
aside save by the mutual consent OF
both the contracting parties. This
finely worded resolution simply means
Reputation. 1t is so understood by
the leaders of the party. The De
mocracy of Mercer county, more
honest than their brethren in this
county, said just what they meant. and
we have no reason to believe but what
they meant exactly what they said.
At the Mercer county Democratic
convention the following resolutions
was unanimously adopted:
Resolosd, By the Democracy of
Mercer county in Convention assem-
bled, that we are in favor of the
reputation cf the bonded debt of the
United States.
ResOlved, That our member of
Congress be requested to vote against
every appropriation providing for the
payment of the salaries of the Assessors
and Collectors of Internal Revenue,
or the interest on the bonded debt.
That Is Democracy. Our Hancock
county Democrats only gave part of
their Reputation platform those of
Mercer give the entire platform The
Mercer county Democracy are in favor
of repudiating the entire bonded debt
of the nation, and they have the hon.
esty and courage to say so. The
Hancock county Democracy are in
favor of the sun. thing, but dare not
90 before the masses of their own
party on that issue. Hence, they
cover up their real motives by byp
ocritical pretension of regard for the
interests of the poor as against the
rich. Do these men, by demanding
"equal taxation" intend to say that
the farmers land, the mechanics
tools or the laborer's house and lot
shall pay the same revenue to the
gneeral government in proportion, as
does the rich mans? Our system OF
revenue taxation is based upon prin-
ciples of justice and consistency, and
we doubt very much if even the Han
cock county Democracy could more
equally distribute the burdens oftaxa-
ton. We would like to hear from
our Hancock county Democrats on
this Mercer county Democratic prin-
ciple of reputation. Will our friend
of the Courier respond?