The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-15

W. belnS Ior the support OF State Gov
ernmentssit iEno restriction up 81 buslBe
and selling, and using real and personal
Observation-Disclosures 6fltradeor com
merce, or business. State taxation of the
real and personal property of Inquirer
toaenabls bisheighbor toAe c'Iitiw4 @gs.
lemons and oranges. under the plea of
protecting sApa'e iqagstry, would vbe~a nrs
strictionf upon his business, ana Hdfpoh
trade and eomueree. sThesope is jnstifiSa-
BILE and legitimate, thesother is, upjnstifia-
bla and ilIegitsmate IS - - &kssS
! Taxation Of all Kinds, whether Nation
al OF State, is fer revenue, audrevenue is
for the support of the government. The
legitimate functions Of government, we
shall hotnow dis daii.sc :lIs any SaFihpr Chan
to say, that il should be equal in its ,oper-
htions Robbing Peterte 4ay Paul is not
il function of government. Robbing Peter
to gioe to Paulssis Still farther from a
function ofge7esnmenty IL is mot >eqflaI
d
in it's operations upon Peter and Paul. It
does not effect them calike, ana n oonse-
quently cannot be function of govern
ment!. The plea Of protecting Home ihaasgy
try, even in Paul's business, 51can ariaeitter
make itIrigh6norIa function of govern.
lnenr If Paul is raising figs, peteris
- FgsgaNn T
catching fish. IfPauls IS making " tt;e tents,
Peter is fishing men, If Paul is preach
to the gentiles, Peter is preaching to the
jews. Both are entitled to equal .protcc
.tionSin their business. Goaernnental
taxation Of Peter to protect Paud' s busf
ness is robbing Peter to gioe to Paul, and
is not a function of. government,ggr
So much for the calculation Of q tariff
for revenue only on free-trade principles.
Had Inquirer closed his communication
with his inquiry, we. should here close,this
article. But as he hes seen fit.to join the
protective tariff Republican papers of this
Congressional District, referred to- in our
editorial ON the Tariff Question, in turn
ing the papers which ad vocate tariff
for revenue only, on free-trade- princi
pleseoutfof the Republican parsy,ywe
think it we'll to show. him what he is at,
tempting to. do. It's useless 70 say that
the ,ablest Republican papers of the Uni
tee States are in favor of a " tariff for rev
enue only, on free.trade principles q; fol
If.qass,srI Arbiter--would turn them all
over to the Democratic, party ataonce. We
shall therefore present briefly to his men
tai Vision something of what's he would
turn over, with them. We shall refer sto
the actors Of State Conventions onlysqIn
New York, where Horace Greeley was q
ing nominated fer Governor, the plat
form was made out Gbefore the romina-
tiouslwere made. AS Greeley Wv tbs his
protective tariff principles, might be a
candidate, theEplatfolm, afEeE resolving
that the national administration under
President Grant has in all respects KEEP
faith with the peoples aud fultyestablish
ed its title to their confidence and SUP
poi I, speak thus on the subjects Of reye
nue. and taxation sby largely increas
ing tbe rev enue of tie county, under
diminished e Ration, through the homes
enforcement Of the law / end, at the same
time greatly decreasing tbe expenses Of th'
government, and Of the coIlectiengof tn
revenue; by so providing for the relic
of the people of eighty millions of exiS
tug taxation, and limiting the subject.
of revenue, as to tighten the burdens O.
all classes of people Greeley had many
warm friends in and out of the State O.
New York. Even the Chicago Tribune
SO filthy stigmatised by Atbiter, advoca
ted the nomination OF Greeley before the
convention met, and since the convention
it has expressed regret that Greeley was
not nominated. AS the convention said
uethingin favor of protection it. may
safely be inferred that at,leastl half of the
Republicans of New York are in favor OF
a :" tariff for revenue only, on free-trade
principles boe vf4aoo a,,;,aq
The eM:3h iSan Republican Convention
says
P@2ogoed, That Che policy of raising
revenue by. teFif j. spast of the history
of the eoverDment, Z nd has received the
ssnei ioas III some gsfoEmc Of every perry,
and now, 's,1,ee thelcwsr hes ri1aded large
reYenne necessary should he co .a1liifsfed