The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-09-14

ing with 1860, and for ths same number of
4 years ending with leo: s~ a. 80.
@ Taxes ss s-~-r isa0 ,7a' q
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, . Total ~.----.- -sa35s9.oa9 sI03sOSol3
BLIGHTlNG EFFECTS or THIS EXCESSIVE
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Such excessive taxation cannot have Leeu j
T without the most Gisa>trops and blighting
effect on our Commonwealth During Tho g
last ten Years there has been wrung from -
the people of Maine, by direct land indirect
ta1atlon. a sun Of money larger by nearly
four millions of dollars han the total yaIua-
1tion of the State III 1850. Was it poss;bf,
tor the body polite TO flourish or prosper
) snder such an exhaustive system of fnau
cial phlebotomyl Let us see. ------------
| FFFEC"T on rJPt1s AXIOM. -..=ss7~ q
As disastrous as the effect of this excesssb b.'
i've taxation has been the in-crea.e-of
property, it has beer liardly less on spopuIa- >,
ton. The return of p6fs by rlunicipff ofs .
hcets t" the valuation commissioners of Au-
Susta last winter, Indicate an actual loss in
hShabtan in one hundred aud sixty ty-seyen
so@ns aud plantations; and l am apprehen-
slYe that the census snow in progress will
sho" an actual decrease ins pol ulation in
more than two hundred of The five hundred
rcRns and pie ni,aiops in, the State
sTso EFFECT ON sH1p- -BrnDMc. esas So
Snip vi ding ana CO .ldnerse, .. fore these ses
y ears ot, txhaus III 0 taxation. we're two az
.e great adIDgsia t~re OF the Stssesr /.
of Maine. twas these That bhiit no tLa as
neautffai and sncs thriv .ng cities and vii. -
1tages that acorn the BARNS Of our rivers ssfs
and harbors. At one tilns Maine built more !.
tonnage than all the rest IF the Amerioan a q.
Union. From early dawn t. d+wy eye,, tha = 3
lively ring Of the ssdips Carpenters axe was
heard ON the banks of all our rivers and
along all our coasts from Kittery to Quoddy. -
The sails, of Maine, beik Vessels wbitensd :, :.
every sea and every ocean under the heav-
ems. Well do l remember the cheering -
vision that greeted my eyes when, for tho 81
hrst time' Looked down vupon the sever Ga,
shpy ards within sight of youdsf hill. More
than twenty vessels were upon the stocks. O.
Go to that hill to-eay.'s LOOK down uponss =
those silent yards. They tell tile s,ory of sqi
t9e effect OF excessive staxstlon one vof ss
Names leading interests in language more
toscibls and eioquen; than I can utter. ..
Iu 1854 there were built in the Bangor
district twenty eight svsssels. measuring ~,
.. .l46 tons. Last wear but sixs were built. -
measHring 1l1s This year there is not =,
. single craft on the stocks. hyhlb = =, s1sf7
In 1855, Ia the whole State there were 's.-
built over four hundred vessels. uleasuriug -.
%l5,e4 tons. Last year. shsre were built
y. one haSdtss e. 81 and seventy fesF .ysssels,so
HIs aIfvaih. Cohgressional coinniitteees . 80
may Universe the State from one end to the 'Eu
eshef ss They may hoad day and night sss-,ssi z
Sous " kaDgor, ia a4Belfast, in Bath, and in "A
Portiand. t,,iIhey may summon. to, their, e
ooniicIis the wisest and wealthiest. ship
builders in Salnour coasts. They may MAKE sss
speeches and publish reports without nupasssr7s.
per. They may -pile--tone upon tome
'f discussions upon tina subject. They. -
nay propose drawbacks without limit. It
> all IN vaih.g Never agaif VIII the sails u !
IT. Maire built vessels whitenevsry sea and IL !,
very ocean; never again will tenthousand.
hipo poarpenters' axes ring out their enliven-
ng chorus in our hundreds Of now silent ne
hiPy ards. until this intolersble aud crssh-f, j..
ag. burden of unive2sal taxation is lifted
rom the broad shoulders. of him who felIs -
be mast, digs the knee, lays the keel raises
be ribs. cnrves the plank, swieidsL the sxe, A :
,rges the bolt and drives the spike.0 "a .f.sE Il
! ask your attention to serious fact.
ass in review before you athe young men ga
{. your AGO uaintanees befwsen< ages of sf
rent fys aud thirty, years. in thls city,.
nd din your respective towns. How many,
Them unless they have Inherited It, or re- - e.
rived it from their friends, possess pesp-esir, .
ity! You Can scarcely. Eecall a single =
le. Fifteen years ag9 this was not. So.
ben the majority OF young men, at the age
thirty 'tsd acq cquiredYroPtrfy.s secur.da a be- -
,ne. and laid solid s.id deep the feands- s,,fa
ons of their future prosperity. -:.. x..a-
Why IS this What has wrought this HSs~
ighty aud adverse srssotutio6 On the fass sieiis
mes Of fShe, syousgf lnsn Of Maine! ,ThAs -,
'sw<r to these Questions is ofthe most sul-
au import, not only 10 aaii Young men. but go
ourssrsts nsslf. Fud6 Shsrevsr you Wi, .sss
~ aud nss4rly Atloary opug 4nsu di.hesrtr..
red. without hope. and struggling merely
maintain an exisist-nce! The secret Of s>E
u great revolution is not found in the fact
at our young ts1i are anwith,f % zwoRk,vT..
ID rscklessly aeAtrayagant.s They, sannot,. =.
lcceed, as young men in former and bet-
o edsys succeeded, because they are taxed
death. Their Iittis aud tender accumu-s s''
tions, which, sguarded andu nhrsed, sinys 5. 2
ears would gsowl. into seompstsnce asad g
saith, are all wrenched, from him 10y the ,,..s
Young in,er, of Msino yoa whShS.. NO oss-.G-....
mes rS iohefst. You who ere7 nos ebdrus sss'
ith silver spoons in'iyoar. moa,hs;.z you is,s
ho have napgbt but ynnr 'osn bruins aud -. !
on to band together. as one 'han, iu' ys"y sEs
rejection Of your own God given rights 81
he thieves at Washington, the robbers at
,ugusta,, md the plnndersfs in Uur nu- p"
icipah sovernnerits, have 'hS right TO tharo'i j
~ you, of your birthrspts ana utterly W ~
light forever all your future prospects o'.s =
home and competency. - -, ..,
a Norwegian father and mother, wltsl tMsl Il
y-one childrsn, lately arrived AZ ones IT, tf
he next steamer. T' -
= !, = >- a. q - 2, d. Esass
: Holden was once blatant Southern rights
nan. and the man who offered = reward 7"
nv who would assassnate hincoin ."
, A Young couple in Yonkers, n: y, are ioi-
,iddcn to speak TO each other; but rs theS
ive: :direetly opposite, they have inanaseas 70
correspond by means of an opera glass ana ssls
, slate and piece OF chalk -.
tsE t-t--->~<--J. - a er fsHz
: sAwud cat attempted to take .oaDS.outo o' .r.t
its cradle ina cabin near Mankato, MINI,
hut a little, bIack-and-tan dog attacked tho
catanOunt and fought. it ninth the mother
cau,e and drove the beast out with Il pfaho
of fire. .t,.t - -
r Pulverized charcoal, mixed With lar.t, Is
said to be an infaliibie remedy Tor the bite oil q
:. doc TT must be immediately appfrcd to
the Injured spot and kept there until tiiopot- ?
son has been entirely drawn out s.-,..l .g.s-.
Two Irishuian were engaged IN roofing -
house. when one lost his hold and fell to lics
Tt.. <I,nr haa To i'm an