, 1870-08-12

tan& luo 1uos1lAulH bankruptcy which Will
follow those muni ripalities Tint incur these
debts Is practical injury to tho charscte.
and credit Of the whole State.
DIRECT TAXATION.
In reading the platform adopted by the
Iowa Dsmocratic State Convention, an in-
telligent Democrat must be painfully im~
pressed with the feeling that the conyeu-
uon WAS almost wholly destitute Of mate
,1ial out Of which to form platform. aud
TINT tho party WIS still lingering on tho
shores of the Dead Sea. The resolutions
OF ths convention nro like the wit Of tho
comedian whose good things were no.
new, and whose new things vera not oooa
It Is q singular compound Of ionsrsnca
commonplace, and Copperheadism.
The first resolution declares
"Thst the present internal revenue system Of
tne Gnnsa stases Is uncomfortable In It's Oppressive
TI,;c ,oe,1u. bos f.1.,,oa t
dstion ~. ;n,an,l ~a1sn,,a ~. a-,'.a.. .@ .'a -.
ceasad IN Iva uo,nress;.a - ~ ..:'"s.a.
blea Tba ,anes, ~ a,c;sa. ,,,- .,,a 49,.
sessfon of conoresa ,,,s svon, =. -... e,,.a'.
ararv o,,;act;,n,11o fn,t,ra r. 49, a~',l
wat a. =, ~ @A' 03oSoo.
. ~, ~ 'Ae oA'.se oa "a's-
'"1o - noltnag 4ell on
.n1,a1 % ~ a't =. 1s"~ w. D,'a' ~ 'nousano Is
49, - 80 avn - '"'s.
.1.o 4eeua1 to1 ,ao "ol'poF' u
~ soe4-leA, NA ~an's -, aA' "A1'saey or 10
o-e.o 'o1 ie'ea'ea' A4e e1eHpt'on 'fnaor
~, .neo.ne ..t1 nus oesn saisea 10 s.'@"'
M ~ 'o ''AA tts'', -, ,i's oeeii seu"ceo from =
r.. es"'' iAe incosl'e TAX onsat MOI
~ aa's "een seS1seo ~ VII, hat the osjec-
tlon oi 'se Iowa democracy Is not 10 the
income tax, but to internal revenue gen.
ef'aay' What other internal tax do
10y eonp'a'n o. 1s oppressive aud
..s 1As nee:'se lux on tfaoes,
r Au .e'o''c1S ~ A"eps away
1ae '1A's ~ " "A'enes' Je"eHy' plate' cat
t'ees, ''n.'alo taoies' amosemonts. etc,
ahe u. 'ese'nosa' .ae taxes Oh *aios and
- a1 ~ ~ ie,noSeo; toe lax on
6"o eeel.' - 'Al."@yS' s'ea'nooats'
.,',.1 A s,11es' 4'ff,es' anu of'ages
a:s@ ea sue tAA VI ies"c'ss' s''eees-
s4pA"' nno ptolel1y o. ne'ts no longer e1-
4s" "AAl' ,neI' IL thae tueso Oeno"
na.s ,h. 49,. =. ~ " .''aA ~ We sup
,1,ut ~ tham. ;,,a,..1 ~ .1, ""A'
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a.paaah,;,.n .o Aaas aa. " 1e.t
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- -. 49,. ..,,....,.- '
~ 1ha No. o,,;n;a, ,,sa. 49, n.n.o,,.;o ,,,
tnov ,.l,ot - r.,s +.,,;n,, a,,,n, ;s e,ra,a..,
enol bv the declaration that ava ar., in
fa1or ~ the co,,ac,;on of nh to,., .hv,,,,,,,
N. s,oto corcrn,,o,ten
Tb;. II ador,aa v,,n,1 1oaxc H., ~,
oral Government entirely aepondent na th..
will and pleasure of the State f;oxorn-
n,ents for the means Of existenca. Il
would he Going back 10 somethinp worse
t},an tbe state ri thinoa that a,ictaI }af,,ra
~. r.,o.., r......:....:... 80 49,,
,.on1d ;netant,,, -a,,,aa ~. No.;l,,.,
cn,aranant ~ $500 49,, ~
I,o.. ,.n1,o,oes oonro,7.-a,;.,,
~. 49, e a. ct..-
- A.. s4e ~ ~, .eo'
- - @1'o eA~o VI tao Au'e' a'sA' ine
- a'"'o so'ef'6u's' WHICH tue war over
49, :. - -, - .,'-ns.l Wv NV !H"s-
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=, ...9..s.r, y. -, 49,.
sos ''" "' Js'.
An A4"s y. osa'e
1ass-so'ue.s ~, s.. ~ assess anu eo,ec
.N". &'"s.so 49, ~ .a' -, ie"e'ai WV
nre r.,a 1orio5 =, -on, a,d ~ aansoa.1 ] .,ss,, .e
49, ..a o,,,...s,, - ~.
H., ..a., - 49,. 80 =, t.A'
80 ~ . mN As e tn' Ae's VI 'ne o'a'e'
Icc,nrs u..,,1a s,,'.>sa. eu.eLS H"a e'l'
costs to collect the Fe,,a-a1 rc~sn.az
The whole expense Of supm,r, in, ,b..
| General Coyeruman, u,u,j n,;,.s. ~
State nlan of collection fall -, ro,, 49,
,o,t.,na, n,onar,r sna 60, Co. ..,1 N
cop,ribu,a arcor.,;n,, n, II. ro1,,;~, ,>,',,,,,,
lion an,] not i, ,,r.,,u,,t;,,, -, ~, -
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:, o"lr
re' 80 ~ M ~ 'n' i'""