The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05
Keep It Before the People.

That under the New England tariff
and commercial system, the packers
of fish (who live, of course, mainly in
New England) obtain their salt for
that purpose free of duty, while the
Western packers Object andypork are
charged seventy-two cents a barrel
for all they use. This tariff was pass
ed and is sustained by the Republican
party. 1t discriminates4 directly d in
favor of New England and against the
West.
Under our contract with thes bondr'
holders the bonds are legally subject
to taxation by the Federal Govern
ment. The Radical party has had
majority in Congress for years. Yet
while it has taxed the poor mans tea;
coffee, sugar and salt, and heavily bur-
dened him on his clothing and that of
his wife and family, it has refused to
exercise its power of taxing the rich
mans bonds. Of all species of prop
erty they alone are exempt from tax
alton. 1.-The five-twenty bbondsi were
bought with greenbacks at forty and
fifty cents ON dollar. We agreed,
and only agreed, to pay them in the
same currency. Nevertheless the
Radical party insists that they shall
be paid in goldpahd that the people
shall, as above the present rate of
greenbacks. make present of six
hundred million dollars to the bond
holders. .'-'-
| The greenback currency costs the
tGovernment nothing. Yet it has
chosen, under Republican auspices,
to~pay the National Banks, as interest
upon their bonds, about thirty mill
/ lions dollars in legal tenders year,
as compensation for furnishing the
people with an inferior cnrrency to
greenbacks. The Demecracy propose
| to save this money-the Republicans
to continue therwing it away
Money in the large cities of the
West can not be borrowed, on good
security, for less. than ~ per- cent. a
month, thus showing it to be scarce
The Democrats wonld .hayela fresh is
sue of greenbacks, to make it more
plenty, but the bankers and bond.
holders, controlling the Republican
party, forbid it. ........,-l "a ,4,s,..,sy
The Democrats would have as large
proportion of the National debt u;
possible bear no interest, by being il
the legal-tender form. The Radical.
4 are for it all being lin fVe-twent!
4 bonds. for which we have to pay si1
/ per cent, in gold, or eight per cent. il
, legal-tenders, interest, te:asaf1arfz
1 The Democracy believe that, if TIN
bondhblder, who made little OF IN.
J sacrifice, is to receive his pay in gold
the soldier, who risKed life and limb
has e good claim for the amount,
II l. l. hn nd 6a,,
he has received and gold.
81 Our foreign trade is now shackle,
j with duties that are. on an aVerag
Fl forty-eight PERCENT The Democrac
q believe that fifteen or twenty per cen
is all that is required fer reYepAe pun
poses, if, indeed we do. not make
!, close approximation to free trade.
The Radicals would extend to NAL
r negroes greater rights than are give
n to white women.i The Democrac
= believe that, if the latter can have Il
a laws made for them by white men, tt
d negroes ought to thank his stars tn;
81 he is placed on the same basis, 7
~ give the negro coachmap q priylles
, that is not accorded to his mistress
the highest of absurdity and. inju
rt tice.
10 The statutes which are keeping, u
der the name of the Freedmeh's b
rs. reau, at the South, q, free, negro. boar
'. ling house, while the MANNED soldi
q and the widow aud eh;ldEenaref i
~ dead one, at the North, have no SUI
ne protection, is a rascally discrimin
IN lion against the latter which the Del
In eocracy would abqlish.-Ciaeinne
:, ~ Enquirer.