The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-10-05

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!" Why" says some one, Eve hav
great debt; we require this $2,7O0,
O00, 900, to pay that debt Yes, m,
friends; but $500, 100000 is $500, 900,
600 more than the whole debt. Th
debt is less than S2,400, ,OO0, 900. and i
six years of peace Sherman and hi
allies have collected from you 50, 700,
100000! How much of the debt di'
they pay? In his speech in Colum
J bus, Senator Sherman deliberatel,
said--I say deliberately, because hi
speech was written before it was de
livered, and in type before it was spo
ken-Senator Sherman told the peo
Pile at Columbus that the debt ha,
been reduced since the war S500.000,
GOO, while the fact is, that up to tn
a hour he delivered that speech til,
whole amount of the reduction of tn
public debt was only. S284.O0Q0 000.-
And up to the first day of the pres
ent month of August, the entire re
duction of the public debt amounts tt
only S30O,00O,000. Now take tina
amount from twenty-seven hundred
millions and you have twenty-foul
hundred millions left. What has be-
Ecome of it? Whose pockets has il
filled2 Whose splendid palaces has
it built?. Who are the men that riot
in luxury upon this fabulous amount
of money taken from the people il
the shape of taxation ? 49,. z,ro,.. =,
a. 1 hold in my right hand the speech
of Mr.. Sherman, as published in the
| Ohio State, Journal, and in my left a
pomphlet copy of the same speech, as
published by what is. called the Union
Republican Congressional Committee
Of Washington, District of Columbia,
Strange to say these printed copies OF
the same speech, delivered by, the
same person, at the same time and
place, do not tell the same things (
In the Journal copy the Senator
tells the people that "the debt has
been reduced -$5O0,OOO,OOO since, the
war;" that from the close of the war
to the present hour taxes have been
reduced" and other mistakes of like
character. His speech was made on
the night of; the. 2lst of June, and was
replied to by me at his home, Mans
field, on, the Path of the same mouth,
and from the official figures taken
from the report of the Secretary. of
the Treasury, I disproved every, ma
terlal allegation made by him as, to
the financial condition of the country.
My remarks were published in the
papers of his own town, but in his de-
tense at Toledo he had not the leisure
to controvert single fact stated in
my reply; but the Union Republi-
can Congressional Committee f
Washington, ID. C.,H put in plea of
guilty for him, and in their pamphlet
copy Of his speech they. carefully
omit all that was said by the Chair
man of the Finance Committee of the
Senate on financial questions. On
page four of Sherman's speech the
committee say :lidUg zztTlsafa Tcl .igE'l
Senator Sherman continued at
some length, and with great ability.
to discuss the subjects of finance,
banking, taxes and tariff, but this Dor,
ton of the speech will be omitted as
the committee has now in press a
pamphlet entitled National Finan-
ces,' which treats of the same sub
Jects, upon statements drawn from Of
fetal data.'''sJ = .Z:7z75T7 y -7777-77I =;
Thus the committee, knowing that
the Senator'S statements wouid not
bear examination, coolly knocked the
brains out of his speech, and as cooIly
pass round the empty skull for the
contemplation of the people. sqafl-c
claim no credit, citizens, for hav-
ing exposed the inapt statements of
the Chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee-to me no credit is due.
for simply put Secretary Boutwell,
on the stand, and by him. disproved
the errors as to facts made by Senator
Sherman. -.
1t has been stated by an eminent sta.
tistician that the ANIMAL profits of this
country arising from all its Industries
to about ST ,6OO,OOO,0OO, and of |
that enormous sum, directly and in-rI
4one-half is taken from, the |
people through the means and instru-
mentality of. taxation. I One-half of |
The profits OF all your industries; are
Erung from you by taxation.
1.-The other day, when addressing my, I
ellow-citizens in Lancaster, an intelli- |
gent and thoughtful gentleman in the |
ludiefice called out and propouRded
his pertinent question to. me- He
lsked: g # it takes, So, 100000 9os
'educe the debt of $500, O,0O0, ,OOOo howl
much viii it take to pay off the whole +
lebtw The whole debt is a little less
han $2,400,000,00O. The calculation
s not difficult. To payaoff the debt at
he rate and in the the manner it has I,
,een paid dnring the past six years, in b
tOlthe amount of revenues A.
ollected from the people, it would IL
equire $21 SOC, 100000 to nav less i
han So, 500, ,000,O00i - Senator Sher- I.
nan again tells the people that Conf B
ress has reduced the internal taxessof In
he people $56, ,000, ,00Q,s and gives this
s one of the reasons why the people N
f Ohio, Republicans and Democrats,
hould sustain the party in power.
1t is true, my friends, that in certain II
arts of the country the informal Rev ts
nue. tax has been reduced. In 1868 Ia
ae six New England, States, paid an q
of Internal Revenue equal to II
while Ohio paid $l2,QOOS i
DO New England paid S13,0O00OO a
lore@ Internal Revenue taxes than n
ere at that time paid By2Ohio. But TIT
owc is, it to-day? Ohio pays over.
while New England paws Il
nlyo $6,500,OO0. &. That is, Ohio, to- q
ly, pays $9, 500 600 more Internal {
eyehue taxes than all of the New, b
nglandz States together The taxes {.
i've been reduced in the New Eng "
nd States about SI8, 100000, and in t,
easedi in Ohio S4,00O,O00. - 5d5 as Il
In 1868 the State of Massachusetts lr,Y
lid 81, 100000, and Ohio. sS12, ,OOO,- b
70. To-day Ohio pays $4,000, 900, a.
i'd Massachusetts only $4, 100000 e!
ence you see, my friends, that in m
cad of the people of the West hav- 7a
g obtained relief by the change in m
xation, their burdens have been in "
eased their taxes have been largely m
gmented. Do you not feel CRATE ii
!, Onions, for this attention to your A
terests? "' r
Another question discussed by SEN til
Or Sherman is this: 1 claimed in oi
y speech then, and claim now, that N
9 fundamental principle of our sys- m
m of government is eQqality-equal al
,hts and equal burdens. That mas al
uch as this Government and coun- tn
belong to the whole people, mas tn
nch as all citizens are equally pro- W
tied by the law that all citizens, in oe