The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-06

tors, tax, detectives and tax spies, no
seek to manage and control the Poop
as they would a machine
Z a compact organization, backed D
the money bags of the. Governmen
.awbich are now in their control, may e
a short time make them appear to b
9 formidable; but the people once arouse
to the true condition Of the countr,
the tax gatherers will take to thel
holes - --.-'.. - '"+
4 RESTORED TO POWER, WHAT WILL III
DEMOCRATS Do?
Restored to power the Democrat
will endeavor to restore respect for tn
Constitution and the laws Throughout
the whole country; to restore goo'
I temper and kind feeling among tn
whole people. By retrenchment ant
! reform in all the branches of Govern
ment, State and Federal, they will re
duce the taxes of the people and by
investigation, strict but impartial, they
will expose and punish the thieves who
have been robbing the Treasury and
who now seek to retain power in order
to avoid such exposure and punish
ment.
Restored to power, they will try and
restore our commerce, which is well
nigh destroyed; to revive trade, which
rs we'll nigh paralyzed, and remove the
unequal and unjust burdens which now
weigh heavily upon the shoulders OF
industry, so that our farmers, manutac-
turers, merchants, mechanics and work
ingmen will be able to save portion OF
the profits Of their toll, instead Of hav-
ing them gobbled up by the leeches who
are growing fat by sucking the lite
blood of the people.
WHAT BECOMES OF THE TAXEs PAID By
THE PEOPLE?
In my judgment, my friends the most
alarming feature Of the times is the
enormous amount of taxes which are
collected from the people, and the reck-
less and corrupt manner in which they
are squanaered. regret TO say that this
remark applies with equal force to the
State, a. to the Federal Government.
In fact, our rulers seem to forget that
taxes mean labor, and the higher the
taxes the less the profit, and the fewer
the comforts. ! hold in my hand the
reports of the Auditor of State for 1860
and 1869, and the fact to which ! am
about to refer was called to my atten-
ton by worthy gentleman Of my own
town, who Is not only prominent citi-
zen, but has always been a prominent
Republican The fact to which he
called nv attention was this, that the
total amount OF taxes for all purposes
in Ohio in 1869 (see Auditor s report,
p 49, amounted to the enormous sum
OF Sd, 232S7TI.
This caused me to examine further,
when | found by the Auditors report
for 1860, (page ~ that the same taxes
for that year amounted to Sl0,Sl7,616
An increase over 1860 of Sll,4l5,20l.
This led me to further investiga-
ton, the correctness of which you will
find verified by turning to the report OF
the Register of the United States Treas
ury, and You will there find that there
were forty-four years in the history of
the Republic in which the annual ex-
penditures Of the army, navy, and civil
list, were much less than it cost the
people of Ohio to maintain their gov
ernment during the year 1869
And in order that you may see the
exact amount Of direct State and Fed
cral taxes paid by the people Of Ohio,
during the year 1869. ! will state them
together:
Total State taxes s22 232 81
United States Internal Revenue
looSZ'is'
Total direct tax for Chic in 1869. ..s3s, 3l5,S7i
And YOU will bear in mind, my
friends, that this does not include the
still greater tariff tax you pay for the
benefit of the New England monopo.
lists.
Were il not for these taxes the peo-
pie of Ohio would he that much richer
than they now are and would have
lust that many more comforts in their
homes.
II is true that reasonable taxes should
be collected for the maintenance Of gov
eminent, but is it not high time that
there should be retrenchment and re-
form?
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES
Itisalways more agreeable, my friends,
to praise than to blame; to commend
than to censure; but there are diseases
which can only be reached by caustic
and the knife, and our country is now
suffering from such malady.
have already spoken to you of the
last report OF the Register of the
United States Treasury This is it
which | hold in my hand. From this
report it appears that the entire expen'
ditures of the Federal Government
from l7S9 till June 30, 1860, during
peace and the cost Of war, amounted to
less than fifteen hundred million dol
lars, and this period embraced seventy
one years. And during these seventy
one years We had three years war with
England, thirty years Of Indian wars,
and two years OF foreign war against
Mexico
Indeed, that amount includes all ex-
penditures except those on the public
debt. And this brings me to the point
to which | wish to call your attention.
This same report shows that exactly
the same expenditures of the Federal
Government, in time OF peace, from
June 80, 1865, till June 30, 1869, with
out including one cent paid on the
principal or interest OF the Federal
| debt to be more than ten hundred and
eleven million dollars.
| Now, what has become OF that vast
sum of money said to be expended for
the ordinary expenses Of the Govern
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