The Van Buren press., 1869-09-07
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1869.
Taxes.

Accompanying the Dardanelle Tran
sri,t. @! the cath inst, We received list
of delinquent lands in Franklin county
This is printed on l6 pages, book form,
In small type, comprising real property
TO the amount of about ESQ, Cooper
hsps-875, 600 Is not this commen
tary on the condition of our people that
is calculated to open their eyes and sd-
monish them of the terrible doom that
awaits our country if the present rule is
continued. The Assessor visited these
people in our sister county Of Franklin,
and lecreed just how much each should
pay for the enjoyment Of the protection
ofthe Government Payday comes, and
the owners of the $4,000 or $4,000
worth of lands could not raise the mon
oy to pay the amounts assessed. Now
these lands are charged with penalty,
costs, &c, and are to be offered to the
grasping speculator for song! Hail
great land of freedom and high taxes
Behold the effects of the policy of Rad
icalsm, Here the owners Of over $50
600 worth Of real property cannot pay
the amounts assessed upon them to main
tain the great and liberal Government OF
Arkansas. These lands. we are Informed |
by the Clerk of Franklin county, are to
be sold on Monday, the sixth day Of Sep
tcmber, 1860. A splendid feast for Shy |
locks fue place for the adherents of Rad
Icalism 20 teach the owners Of this land
tina. the best Government the world
ever saw" has no use for poor men, who
cannot pay their takes; so they sell them
out and ill the country with carpet-bag
gentry, who can filch enough from the
public treasury to "pay and..swim." We
are also informed there is due the prin
Ter OF the Transcript the sum of seventy
Ave cents for each lot or tract. Now,
there are some eight hundred and fifty
" two tracts and lots, So the printer
gets in the neighborhood of sir hundred
and forty dollars, and all this must be
paid by the tax payer or his home will
be sold. God knows no one is more de-
serving of his pay than the printer, and
We would say naught against it. If it
must be done, then let the poor printer
have dig at it. We only mention this
item in the bill to show how the money
goes from the tax.ridden people, Not
only are they forced to pay for the en-
joyment of their property, an enormous
tax, but il not promptly paid, the prin.
tcr's bill, the collectors bill, and thou
sand and one other bills must be added
Are the voters Of Arkansas willing to
carry this burden, and beggar their fami-
lies only for the pitiful recompence Of
Of making negroes better than their white
neighbors? viii they suffer this villainy
to be continued longer than the coming
election Z If they do, poverty and ruin
awaits them, and this fair land will ere
long be overgrown with the briar and
bramble, for famine must drive us from
the State thus piilaged to feed greedy Of
flee holders. The negroes may remain
and roam wildly with the beasts that will
have possessed themselves Of land rich
in native wealth, but destroyed by men
who know not how to develop and enjoy
it. We cannot believe the people will
suffer the picture to become reality, They
are fast learning the object Of those
whose calling, is to drain the country of
its wealth by .uinous system of Gnan
cisring. These must be driven from the
temple and good and honest men substi-
tuted We do not mean good and honest
Democrats or Republicans, but good and
honest men Of any and all parties. Let
every one have the ballot, and as the
Transcript well says, bury the past in
merited oblivion or remember It only to
correct its evils" When De Tocquiville
used this language it was true of the
American people. Alas, we fear it has
los. its applicability and is no longer
true Of the present America. We seem
to remember it only to keep alive the
feelings of bitterness begotten by four
wears deplorable war. Let us be true
friends to ourselves and all will soon be
we'll