The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-08-04
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maniac glare and terrific gesture, tear
ing to peiees the parchment Of the
Constitutionl What man SO dun that
he could not at once recognize one
thus shielded as a member of this
Congress- And if in his first impulse,
the citizen should lift the saerilegious
boot or bend the andacious biceps, the
supernaI powers would interfere to.
stay the fndignity. - = N'S2ss !. "
fel The Twoe Iniquities Passed. ail4 4
g The two iniqaities, the High Tariff
and the Funding Bill, have passed
Congress, and, as their approval by
the President is certain, they may be
looked upon as the laws of The Hand.
We hayelalways anticipated this res
snlta for Congress has been notorious
Iy bought UP, in the interests of the
moneyed classes. From a corrupt
and shameless Congress, which has
thus sought to impovefish and op-I
pfess gthes peoples we appeal sto the.
people themselves in the coming elecr
lions. The, income tax, reduced from
five to two and a half per Cent, with
the exemption increased to s., ,00Q;Y
still stands as almonumentaofa a breach
of faith, it having been imposed as q
war tax. TO continue only. until 1870
The people have demanded that salt
and tea and coffee and sugar and mo-
1asses be admitted free ofo duty yBut
their, voice has, not been heard, and
these necessaries of life to the poor as.
well as the rich are heavily burdened.
Coal and lumber and cotton cloth and
iron are charged, with duties so high
that it is not Intended so much to
raise d reventie upon them as to, vote
large sums Of money into thel hands
of the man ufaeturers3 of those articles.
This tariff bill probably increases the
prices, of most OF, the necessaries, of
life to the people from fifty to hum
dred; per cent. The poor 1aboref,
who eaims % adollaE day; has to Fs-
turn, under this plnndering system,
fifty cents of il to the protected mo-
nopolists. The whole foreign impor-
tations Of the country, say four hum
dred million dollars q year, are load
ed. doWnowith taxes to the amount' of
one hundred and fifty million dollars.
Trade is shackled and business is de-
pressed and ruined 5undef such q
frightful imposition. cesgT nslob u
IA The Funding Bill is, if possible, o
still greater scheme. OF. rascality. 1t
converts O; debt which is now legally
payable i'm a paper currency, at q large
discount from gold, into one payable
in gold, Itdepgiyes us of the oppor-
tpnity to pay at our pleasure, and ex-
tends the debt For ten, fifteen and thir-
-ty years, the interest in the mean time
amounting to more than the principal,
and all wrqng out of the oppressed
Taxpayers. It snrrenders the right
of. taxation upon the part Of the Uni
I ted States, which we now q possess
In retrirn dor all this we are to- have
the interest reduced from SIX per cent,
to four and four and Q; half pen cent.
This reduction could have been ac-
complished by an exercise OF our in
Edisputable power OF taxation without
o surrender of other valuable privi-
| leges. We, estimate that the differ
erce in the, payment of, the debt un-
der this funding Bill from that to
which it was originally subject is not
less than "a Thousand million dollars
in gold. To that mQnstPeas extent
the people have been robbed, sos;fcfr
The question no is, as we suggested
lin the beginning will the people sub
NIT to these senaefments ?i7 Will they
not rise in their might and overthrow
| the bonded debt, National Bank, and
| high tariff arfstocracy, whose money,
eorruptly used, has effected this re.
suit ?ns Every honest Ionian will vote
this fall, fer a. Congress that will leg
islate, adversely to the, plundeEersl and
thieves atref; e ;1re, a,I, rIf,a .sIa,
In the course Of the Howard ifvess-
litigation it was shown that the iifiinac-
hu1ate 9N Aminfdab Sleek of the
Ffeedmenas Bureau bought three
squares sfstground IN d Washington
City, and eighty six house Upon
them, at aneost OF about $l4a, 600
This prapsrtE the Ghristiaulsnldier 2
and eAn&deHcey apeFatnr ohaRdedooEer
to three schools for,the, education OF
negroesrHowardis.dU University uor at
WashingtoasI the Normal School at
Raleigh, and a.neneern at Richmond.
This asin addition to- the fmagnifi-
cert endowment iof S53S, 600, proved
| to have been given to- Howard 5Uni-
| YersityT alone by, the samea manificent
dispenser Of other peoples maney.se
For this huge grab there never was,a a
shadow of5Ilawful authority The
chief Of the oBureauiosimply drew
money from the Treasury, .under laws
| praFidlng fey temporary expenditures
and appliedBitt9 the permanent EN-.
doWment aofothese Negro. schools
And pew, tits peFtiReHtly Asked why
should ahaattempt be9madeitos force
negroes intoIthe West Point and An
napolislacademies, when the peoples
| money9shas been tApa fFeR}y 7saaauE
dered iatopreEiding Institutions for
| the, special accommodation iof that
race mo white lperson.Ano one with
white lenohgh about him to be- worth
acknowledgements ALLOWS himself to
be hss caught attending the Howard Uni
l;yersity.d Why should Mot7 the hlacks
be satisfied tep tep haye such a. school for
| their own! use 2 The salaries Of its
professors aggregate about $22 2o9aH d
year sum Ewhiph ought to be shaf1
cient teniseeureth the services of first
class Instructors fora pretty large ess
Etabli islhnentaa Ep4a6teie Hoijtasos97 Z
I !4DdNR PIATT, ina letter in lISatur-
days Goanmercial, says;vbHiWe have
some people, good honest folks teo-
in Ohio, who believe that it is in the
power Of, the Legislature 10 tlx by
law, the value OF man's credit, !
( ~ $50 They are l SO !, icredulous4 sand and
'weak-lninded that they believe the
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