Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-09-10
per1Dct-R,,rc Remedies. A.

THERE Is Democratic grumble about
taxes. When you reply that this burden
was made Necessary byaA atmeu Tebellion
which the Government was bound 10 sup
nress. Won are told that that question be-
longs to n dead past" Democracy does
moi wish 20 discuss the merits of the war,
or its own part in causing and protractng
it, The verdict of the people has been
taken so often, and expressed so emphau-
Cally, that no sagacious Democrat wishes
il tried over again. Alla ready to plead
nolO o0ntendere our party, justly OF ui
Justly, is held responsible by the country
we NAV as well admit it. But can you
not, say they, Just as well "lot bygones he
bygones ?" Not so long as you try 70 hosd
tie Republicdn pdrtg repoHSi6e J0r lie pres.
ent hedcy tIriii0zs say we. TeXes como OF
the war. They were the inevitable con-
sequence. We only accepted the war as
necessity. II was only prolonged at such
cost of lie and treasure, by 3, Democratic
opposition and sympathy with the rebel.
lion And thus the old issues come up, and
will continue to do So until the Opposition
takes "new departure"
But suppose we indulge our opponents,
for the time being, aml listen 10 thrir pro-
posals for the future, If the people will en-.
trust them with the national power. What
are their promised remcdicsg Passing
over the threat of reputation, which Is
thrust forward so prominently In the
Democratic State platform, and which is
the real policy towards which Democracy
IS rapidly tending, let us see what the I'm
quiTor proposes IN its issue of the oath
inst:
ain the arst plAco the Democrats would take the
taxes of of sugar tea, coffee, salt aud other uecossa
res. Il 1rosid Not continue htiac,Naoi1B. llwould
reduce the tariff upon manufactured articlee, such
as clothing and other laercs To- one-third or one
quarter their present dutios.N
So much to begin witlt Tea, coffee
sugar, &c, consumed by all classes but
more largely, of course, by those in the
best circumstances, IL would admit duty
free ready made clothing, worn almost
exclusively by persons ofJuodrJntO means,
il would still require to pay duty, though
reduced and the income tax, OF which no
man pays a penny Jwhose income does
not exceed one thousand dollars u year, Is
to be abolished altogether So much for
the impartality of iis distribution of the
burden, as between The rich and the poor.
The duty on tca and coffee Ia ofcourse not
for protection, as neither Is raised in this
country. The time was when they. were
regarded only as luxurles, nor is any man
who can regularly provide them for his
family TOO poor to afford the trivial tax
now levied on them. But it's the propo
sition To repeal the income tax, that sounds
most strangely in u paper that profcssc,
championship Of the poor against the rich
Comment is not needed. aeB r'
Af(er thus curtailing the means Of TN
Government To q ruiuous degreo--ohieil,
by eXemping the riohr from The inCom,
taX-the BaquIrcr proposes in order to re
ducc expenditures, 20 "pay oil the bond
i'm grecnbaolss u and stop interest Doc
ba ktt t,.isi
will come at the bidding of tho Govern
mentg They can be printed withoutllmit
it is true, but long before hnfGnough were
put ailoat TO pay off the bonds, the whole
would be made worthless by the cXpan
sion. Every sensible Democrat know
this, and when you hear one talking il
this way, you may knowihe reilly wislie
to repudiatc the debt, because he hates tn
patriotic tAuse, II. wits ,Grratrd TO- sustain
But even ai(er this eNtinguishmcnt @
national currency, and national credtan
national churuoter, the Enquirer childish
talks Of Gsaying thirty million dollars an
Banks and by Issuing greenblcks in thci
place ~ Dispclssa wiiil hundreds ofmillion
of private property :. And then the rlac
of National eurNicy Is TO bc-sllpplita b
issuing more greenbacks, which tho Demo
cratic scheme has already madc.as wortl
less as Continental shinplaStcrs.
Nor is this all. The ERQaire has th
bonds all taken hpIan cancelled, and III
interest stopped. The country is noode,
with irrede6nmble 'grccntaciSs, and tn
National Banks, driven to take this cur
rcncy in exchange for the bonds whicl
werc their basis Of circulation arc I" dis
pcnsed Will" 80 Ear as there was anythin
left for the dispensing process to take G
feet on; and now, 10 and behold! III
RHQvi,or has still something more to 1
dont.l f.1E
Then they would ,dr Me bonds the Same AZ 9th
property is taxed, and in that mAnncr collect III
millions more"
Here you have, literally stated, the Den
oCratic remedies for taxation, according I
the Enquirer. Was there ever grandc
elimination Of a loNy financial scheme
The problem Is To get rid of high take.
The Dcmocfatio plan begins by taking q
the tax from incomes, Cnicily, which ca
pay it better than anything else in I'll
world, and actually do pay out of the co
fers of the rich large proportion of al
then IL Would issue snow storm Of grecl
backs, pay oti all the bonds, and stop ia
interest, which cuts mp half our receipts
then "disponse With" whatever OF Valu
the National Banks may have len at th
stage of affairs; and thGn---yes, Mea, not
moment earlier-it would raise tit(y mi
lions year by staxing those cverlastin
bondsl For everlasting they. must be I
endure through all the previous processe
and come out so healthy, robust and pr,
ductive at last, Perhaps we ought to nd
that, being successful thus far, the Eaquir.
proposes To wind up in blaze of glor
by applying the torch to the Freedmen
Bureau-"the free negro boarding hou.
in the South which has no. more exis
ence now than cancelled bond or a cast
in the air,--C CfReHnd6 GiroRiolG