The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-27
HIGH TAXES.

State taxes now collecting by the hired
officials of the Radical government
These taxes are partly the result OF
Radical recklessness in laying them on
an impoverished people aud partly the
result of Radical rascality, the officers
taking every advantage of tine igno-
rance of those who have taxes to pay,
and III many instances exacting collec-
lions not authorised by law.
We are now beginning TO experience
the effects of that Radical legislation
under the Reconstruction measures
which we have been told would bring
millennium of prosperity to the peo-
pie of the South. When one single
Legislature can appropriate Sl3,OOO,-
900 of the peoples money it would be
folly 10 expect anything but exorbi-
tant taxes. The men now in power
consider the government only "a ma
chine to furnish imported carpet-bag-
gers and native scalawags with the
means of making fortunes while the
government lasts. Hence every con-
ceivable scheme of plumber has been
set on foot to fill the Radical pockets,
and impoverish the people OF the State.
!. From four million grant to a foreign
railroad company down to an appro-
priation to cure the small pox in a
pinewoods hamlet, every Radical in
the State has got through IN appropri'
alton for the special purpose OF grind
ing his own axe. These sums have
run up in one session to $4,000, 900,
; and the State treasury being bank,
rupt, it must be replenished by such
taxation as no people on the earth ever
felt before. Their lazy and rapacions
tax gatherers are, therefore, at Your
door, and they come armed with such
powers of speedy collection as We're
Louisiana The official gazette in each
Parish will soon TEEN with advertise
ments of the property of poor men
whose hard earnings are insufficient to
sustain life aud a carpet-bag govern
, ment at the same time.
If the people ever intend to awaken
to a sense of the extortion that is prac-
tised upon them now is the time. This
matter of taxation is one which falls
on rich aud poor alike, from the veal
thy owner of a plantation, down to the
poor man, white or black, who earns
his bread by the sweat of his brow. 1t
is useless for men to struggle to obtain
a competency if all their hard earnings
are to go into the pockets of Radical
thieves and plunderers. We might as
well turn loose our fertile lands to be-
come once more sporting grounds for
the denizens of the forest.
1t must be evident from the conduct
of the Radicals that they do not ex-
pect to retain their hold on the public
crib much longer. If they did they
would steal by degrees and leave some
|
thing for future years to plunder.--
, They would not kill the hen that lays
! the golden egg did they not fear that
her productions were soon to enricf
the hands of others. They are evi.
IDENTIFY preparing for the popular in
dignation which they know must soor
6,,;yn than, frorn norman
In the midst of this popular discon.
tent with the outrageous Radical taxes
we cannot help calling to mind the
2 frequent remark we have heard among
| sensible men that they "would have
5 nothing to do with politics" Corrup
' and incompetent men get into the on
ces because decent men refuse to exer
themselves to prevent it. We hop'
a that those who are grooming now unde
Radical legislation will awake to ;
> sense of their error. We hope tina
: every man who feels the tyranny o
Radical government will take enough
Il interest in politics to make an attemp
! to get better government in its place
: A general election is to be held in No
e vember. If every Democrat in th
2 State will exert himself as much as i
y times past, when less important Issue
q were at stake, the work will be easy g
:, accomplishment. "h ".5 q <e' "
- --.r-,t r, -----~-~~~~~- ..tl n
e tv Rev. S. Burford has accepted n
:, invitation to become Rector of s.
+ James, Protestant Episcopal Church i
IS this townand is expected to arrive thi
r. week to enter upon the discharge {
his duties. He is a native of louisa
Ma and was Major of one Of the Louis
lana regiments in the late war. He is
y spoken of as gentleman of piety an
~ ability. The following complimentary
& letter was addressed to him on the o,
is casion of his resignation of his LAT
'e charge in Evansville, Indiana:
,el EVANSVILLE, IND. April Z, 1870
# Rev. SpruilIe Burford, Rector of the C.urt
- of the Holy iInnocents, Evansville, l
diana. fH ~
he / Dear Pastor Your letter of the 29t
4 ult.. resigning the rectorsbip of the Churt
u IF the Holy Innocents, was received |
- | tba Wop,ana aud Nacf erpou ~