Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-04-20
from tho New York Day BOokl
More of the Fruits Of Des-
DOtism.

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cart, by which he earned a bare
support for his family, a wife
and nine children, his weekly
earnings, as is the case with
many thousands above him in
the social scale, not giving him
a mill more than would provide
for mere necessities, had this
horse and cart taken from him
on the morning of March 80.
by the despotic tool of a des
potic master, the revenue Off
cial, because he could not pay
his income tax. Deputy Col.
Iector Jones, of the Ninth
New York District, smelt out
this ''little ALL of poor Maho-
ney, and came this official
"grab," taking the animal and
the cart from a son of the poor
workingman, who was at the
time engaged in hauling dirt.
The amount of income tax lev.
led upon the poor cartman was
SIS. Mahoney, it appears,
hearing of this Characteristic
operation, having read in the
papers how the great thief and
plunderer, Bailey, had been of:
ficially employed by his master
in Washington, Delano, in seiz-
ing and confiscating at sight,
like a true white man, at once
sat in judgment upon his
own case. He knew that
he had no redress for this rob-
berry, for no action could be le-
gally maintained by him
against the Collector; so reads
the law in these cases. He,
therefore, found out where his
property had been carried, and
at once manfully "replevied it."
by the aid of a pair of stout
arms, backed by manly grit
and backbone. For this act,
the recovering of his own horse
and cart from the custody of
the revenue officer, Mohoney
was arrested and carried before
Commissioner Shields. The
honest old man plead his own
case; poverty and a wife and
nine children leaving him no
surplus over the $1,000 for
the rapicious nav of a corrupt
and grossly extravagant gov
ernment. CommissionerShields
and District Attorney Jackson
saw at once the desperately
hard bearing of the case, and
let poor Mahoney off on his
own recognizance, to appear
when called for; and called for
he will not be.
Now, if this poor Irishman
had not, like a true man, taken
the case into his own hands,
and "replevied' his property,
no law would have given it to
him; because, in these cases, no
action is allowed in the Courts.
The officials can arrest the pri-
vate citizen who resists their
robberies, but the private citi-
zen cannot 60 into the courts
and sue the officials for any of
these infamous acts. There is
a principle involved here. 1t
is an outrageous shame, it is a
national disgrace, that such an
abominable law should be al
lowed to stand upon the stat.
ute books of the United States
one hour. A citizen may be
robbed by a revenue official,
and he has not the slightest
means afforded him of proving,
in the wrong. Russia, Austria,
China, Japan, heather India,
never put into operation such
an astounding principle. No
wonder we are getting to be a
nation of liars If we have
not the moral courage to resist
such infamy, as poor Mahoney
has, we deserve to wear fet.
ters upon our feet, and iron COL
lars upon our necks, marked
'Dogsl' for all future time
How much longer will the
great American people be thus
kicked and spitten upon by
their rulers, without q show Of
resistance? Taking the poor
mans horse and cart, the only
means of getting bread and
butter for himself and family,