The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-10
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shall be exempt from all tax by Ma
tional, State, municipal or local au-
thority." To get this word " Nation
al in the contract constitutes strong
reason for the favoring of the bill by
the thieving bondholding clique. In
no event, and under no circumstances,
could there be anything made by the
Sherman Bill, even if the gold-robbe-
ry payment of the bouds should be
consummated, and the interest upon
them continued for years. There
would have to be large loss, for, as
the law stands, we can rightfully tax
the bonds two per cent, which would
reduce the interest to four per cent,
whereas Sherman proposes to give
five per cent. on 100000 900 for TWEEN
ty years, and four and half per cent.
on $500, ,000 900 for thirty years. 1t is
to be deeply regretted that the great
State of Ohio should, on this issue, be
represented by man who only speaks
for the privileged few against the la
boring masses Enquirer. -
THE SUN OF LIBERTY HAS SETAWEi
MUST LIGHT UP THE CANDLES OF
INDUSTRY AND ECONOMY.
DIR. Franklin, who was in England
as the agent of the colonies, when the
famous stamp act was passed, wrote
home to his constituents the words
with which we head this article. 9vIss
This stamp act, which was one of
the principal causes Of the Revolu-
ton, required that stamps should be
put upon various instruments of writ
ing to make them legal The cost of
the stamps was but small, but it was a
tax imposed by the British Parliament
upon the people of the colonies with
out their consent, and the people Of
the colonies would not submit to it
because they were not represented in
Parliament. Our ancestors believed
that taxation and representation
should always go together; and be-
cause the British Parliament had
transgressed that fundamental axiom
Of free governments, Dr. Franklin
wrote home that the sun of liberty had
Set. The New Englanders of that day
were willing to go to war, and did go
to war with their own government
rather than pay for stamps Yes,
they became rebels rather than pay
small tax imposed without their con-
sent, and they abused the British Gov
ernment as tyrannical and cruel, be-
cause they presumed to tax people
who were not represented in the Brit
ish Parliement. -. s.5I4.,,g, 80,
But now we see the descendants of
these same New Englanders, year af-
ter year voting TO put the most oppres-
sive and crushing taxes upon a peo-
pie who are not represented in Con-
gress,~ and who stood shoulder to
shoulder with them in resisting Brit
ish taxation. The wheels of revolu-.
ton are turning continually, and per-
adventure the time will soon come
when they shall again lie at the mer-
cy of the oppressor, and shall again
call upon the South for help. Britain
had not oppressed the South much.
They Joined the Northern States in
their resistance to Britain from sym
pathy, and now they are repaying
with oppression thousand times
worse than Britain ever inflicted up
on her colonies. The time viii sure
ly come when these men. will need
our help, and, in the meantime, we
must light up the candles of industry
and economy and learn to help our
selves. - = A3i'i9 -. (. '-l. 80 q
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