The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-09-13
,The Radical g,ariG aluaa.e.


The Radicals in this Congressional
District. theseditors of the Radical news
papers, andtheir candidate for Congress,
are ip favorof a High PROTECTING Tariff
that viii increase the burdens of the
taxpayers for the benefit Of wealthy
monopolists. The Cincinnati CONNER
csal, Radical, opposes the tariff bitterly,
andsplaces Mr., ,SrRAGUE and his followers
.ilia ,quandary out of which they are mals-
ing desperate efforts to wriggle, but to
this time have only succeeded IN making
themselves appear ridiculous. The Com
.ncrcial lashes &iem in this style:
'sIT is THEREFORE, TRUE THAT THE
PRESENT REPUBLlcAN MAJORITY IN Cox
GREss is DIREcrpY; REsPeNsIgLE FOR THE
PERPETEEATION OF THE :0DI0US
BURDENS. UPON THE PEOPLE
WHICH THE HIGHEST TARIFF
EVER KNOWN 70 OUR LAWS
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&. a1vAy has Compress utterly failed to
correct the abases and irregularities of
The tariff system, and. done its utmost to
perpetnate the enormous and od{ous tages
atnaer ,chich the industry and business of
the country haze so long 1ab6red' We
have been unable TO find any excuse for,
them, save the excuse of ignorance, and.
even that poor excuse. is long since re-
moved. The press both at the West and
the East, has done its duty on the sub
ject, and made the exposure of these
evils and ineongruities so plain that
nothing but Judicial blindness ora cor
rupted vision could fail to see them. y 4
''Itis one thing to establish a vicious
lorlunjust system of taxatiolL and quite
another thing to maintain it after its vi
ciousness>and injustice have been dem
lonstrated. That the eristins tariff laaos
Of the United States, enacted under the
highest pressareot lie gar necessity, should
bsstiil, aoith. tie veyy slightest exceptions,
enforced for fUc gears and apward after
the aoar las ternsiaated, reflects in the sere-
rest manner upon the sagaeity and sease.of
Congress. 1t is. a cardinal principle of
every just system of taxation that arti-
cles Of mere luxury, should be taxed
more inlproporuon than the necessarles
of life, and especially than the raw ma
terials used in the mechanic arts. But
our buhgling tariff enacted under the
auspices Of such men as Justin S. Nor
rill and Thaddeus Stevens, taxes null
titude of merely ornamental products,
used for purposes of taste and decoraI
ton, less than half the rate imposed
upon the enecessares of life by the same
Itariff''sa lsl 4; < eas N
ls..To what end IS the mechanic told tha
he may importturtles, tea plants and jalap
without paying cent into the treasury,
when he, must pay on the necessary CHS!
els; ;braee1blts and augurs of: his. trade, a
tax OF 45 per cent gold n: nj ssf :.
rasa - -a--.l---i;z 2 glis
.UOf whathannfifisitf fjurneonlea abst
tl,ev,, arc, nermitt,risl u ir1r,ort asbestos.
l.belIadonna. caraaw,avf. aaw,a,vf seed and bnchn
leaves free {. Of duty when tbev are com
PEELED TO pay seyenty-fiye ,per cent. on
Clothing, and a hundred and twenty. Eve
Enereent. upon saltg,3 y sra,osils,s
lga.oa -l--s &sisessta
laWho cares for the precious privilege
! of getting IN cr.oton bark Iitnltls. colo!
quintida, and .Jeddo- gun gun without pay.
l'ment of duty,whe is, taxed a dollar
and quarter per tan ON thescoal that
warns hlln, anu e'gn1y cents ON the car
| = -~- dssss5
ssIn vain will YOU console the farmer or
Ethe laborer for the A5 per cent duty now
,evieu e, uponnls sheep-shears o. ms sklilet