The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-09-14
Tuesday, September Ii, 1869.
Hayes Unwho,esome STA, ,s,,cs

The Governor of the State of Ohio,
Rutherford B, Hayes, isstramping about
TINS State making speeches to small au-
dlence in his own behalf, and measuring
his statements according to the intelli-
gence and credulity of his eXceedin gly
small audiences He is trying to make
the ignorant Of his party believe that the
State of Ohio is happy because, as he
says, she pays but about twelve millions
of dollars to the Federal Government.
In all of his speeches he has taken par
ticulT pains to say that the people of
this State pay only twelve millions of
dollars in taxes to the Federal Govern
ment. He yentured upon this assertion
in his speech before the Abolition State
Convention and has repeated it, parrot
like, ever since
Now, if what the Governor says is true
we of Ohio are fortunate people,
and may felicitate ourselves upon the
happiness of an exemption which no
other people on earth enjoy. But, as the
Governors statements are grossly un-
true, the felicity is that of ignorance,
which Is the fools happiness. We have
no doubt that Governor Hayes has made
hundreds of ignorant Black Republicans
believe that what he said of the taxation
of Ohio was true. But to show that
what is said is not true, we have only to
refer to the official documents in his own
Office. which he has probably read and
willfully misrepresents. If he has not
read the reports made to the Governor
by State officers, he is assuredly unfit fol
the Office he fills; and if he has read
such reports and misrepresents them as
he does, in his speeches, in order to de.
lude the people, he is unfit to fill the place
he disgraces. In the volume of Execu
tive Documents for 1867, there is a re
port directed to ':the Hon. r. B. Hayes
Governor of Ohio" from the Commits
sioner of Statistics, Mr.. Z. D. Mans
field. Mr. Hayes is trying to make the
people of Ohio believe that they pay but
about twelve millions in taxes to the
Federal Government. His own Com
missioner Of Statistics, in his report fol
1868, says:
at will interest some persons to know
what amount of money are paid by the
people of Ohio for all public purposes
whether State or National. This is mo-
difficult to ascertain, with sufficient &C
curacy, for general purposes. The State
r of Ohio contains just about one-twelftf
the people of the United States, exclu
sive of blacks. They are an average O
the whole people in point Of wealth, and
consume full average of taxable com
modities. Hence, if we add to all the
State raises twelfth of all the United
States Government raises, we shall have
very near what the people of Ohio pay
for public purposes. The amount raised
by the General Government is very near
ly as follows for the year 1867:
From the tariff direct taxes $170,000,0 ,00t
internal revenue 2S0,000,0O(
Total 450,OO0,00t
The amount of moneys paid BY
the people of Ohio, therefore, stands
thus:
State and local taxes $sOOOo,O 100,
Tariff indirect tax 14,150,00'
Internal revenue 23,340,0O,
Aggregate tax paid by Ohio, 81, 9O,0O
Hayes saws Ohio pays but about twelve
millions Of taxes to the Federal Govern
ment the State Statistician-whose 10y
atty cannot be doubted-proves that Ohio
paws about thirty-seven and half mil
lions of dollars to the Federal Govern
ment-more than one half the amour
required to conduct the Federal Govern
ment under Democratic rule. Which il
right, "R Hayes, Governor of Ohio,
or E. d. Mansfield, Commissioner o
Statistics There can be but one solution
TO the problem: Gov. Hayes is goins
about the State misrepresenting facts an(
telling the tallest kind of falsehoods t
the people, for the express purpose of d.
ceiving them. Any thimble-rigger O.
confidence man could do as much will
similar opportunities es.-Crisis.