The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-03-22
No. 81.

CiuoSttSJ Oii' SIO,OO@'Ooo, ttiIu tii
,ix tates of New England only Sc
sos, 600; Ohio, SO, ,554, 00J more thar
!; the six States OF New England VIII,
should not Ohioaus rejoice? vh,
. should they not feel proud OF their leg
}, islators who betrayed them and votee
in [ interests OF the New England
monopulists
But let US not stop here. While W.
have the dissccting knife in ha d le
US open the bowels of this law and ex
anime their contents. The taxpayers
of Illinois should he happy; for this
year they will pay to the army vi
Federal tax gatherers S15, 1868, 900,
S .0.S19, go more than will be paid
by Massachusetts,, and sS775,000
more than all the New England States.
Why should not the people of Illinois
be satisfied? Ought they not to vote
J to keep their plunderers in power p
Kentucky will pay sS.7 900 >, S4,-
. 265, 900 more than Massachusetts. and
50. sol. 900 more than the six States
of New England Why, then, should
not ''the hunters of Kentucky" feel
proud and joyous at The thought that
they pay the taxes Of the New Eng
land Federalists ? "Old Virgins"
not yet recovered from the shock of
the conflict which converted her whole
territory into a battle field and gave
her towns and cities to the flames
Virginia is required to pay $500, 600
more taxes than Massachusetts; and
! Missouri, whose condition was much
like that of Virginia, is forced to pay
S3S, 900 more than that State, and
Indiana has to pay nearly as much.
The tax paid by Massachusetts for
this year is less than one fourth the
sum paid by her in 1868, while Ohio
pays nearly four millions more. The
tax of New Hampshire is onl y one
eighth of the smnunt paid in 1863,
while the tax of Illinois is more than
doubled. The tax of Maine is only
one sixth as much as in 1868, while
the tax OF Indiana is nearly twice as
much. The tax paid by Vermont is
less than one-seventh OF the sum paid
by her in 1868, while the tax Of Vir-
ginia is increased threefold. The tax
paid by Connecticut is less than one
fourth the sum paid by her in 1868,
while that of Kentucky is more than
! doubled. In 1868 the tax paid by
New England was $4,000, 900; in
1871. ST., $4,000. In 1868 the tax
paid by the three Western States of
Ohio, Indiana aad Illinois, and the
three Southern States of Kentucky.
Missouri, and Virginia, was 1929 o.
900, and in 1871, s53.500,000 The
t of July 4. 1870, reduced the tax
paid by New England more than
twenty two millions under the amount
paid in 1868. and increased the tax
paid by the three Southern and three
Western States ju named more than
twenty millions; twenty odd millions
taken from the shoulders of New Eng
land TO he imposed upon the shoulders
of SIX agricultural States.
Mr.. BEATTY Will my colleague
allow me to Interrupt. him?
Mr.. MORGAN. For a question.
Mr.. BEATTY. 1 would ask my
colIeag gue if large proportion OF the
amounts paid in Ohio is not paid by
the distillers, and paid back to them
again by the consignees of whisky2
Mr.. MORGAN. 1t affords me
pleasure to answer my friends inqui-
nv, although 1 should have noticed
the point, that he makes in the course
of my remarks. Before answering
him let me call the attention of the
honorable gentleman to the amount
O, taxes paid by New England during
the wears 1S6S-69-70. and the eslima
ted amount for 1871. In 1863 the
aggre gate amo int plid WAS twenty
nine million odd thousand dollars, in
1869 fourteen million odd thousand
dollars while for the current year it is
estimated Ivy Commissioner Delano,
that the whole amount TO be paid by
New England is only Sc, 597, 900, a
reduction O. about twenty-three million
dollars since 1868.
Now. sir, how came this reductio ?
How did it happen? Why was it
brought about? Sir, it WAS brought
about through the skill and ingenuity
of the members from New England,
and especially from Massachusetts. -
They demanded that the tax upon
manufactures should be taken off; and
it was taken off: And when we told
th1m that the tax upon the manufac-
tured goods was paid by those who
bought them, they still claimed that
New England was sufferer; that the
a :ouDt Of tLxes in money was with
drawn from her State and from her
circulating medium, thereby causing
EN- barrassment to her trade; that if
the tax was taken off, her mills would
stop, thousands ofpersons be thrown
out of employment, and general dis
tress follow Now, sir, one OF the
very things concerning which l was
about to complain was that the pro
ducts of Ohio, the products OF 1ndi
ana, the products OF Illinois, and OF
the great We t and South generally,
are taxel, thlt their manufactures are
taxed, while the tax has been re moved
from the manufactures of New Eng
land. Since 1868 the amount of tax
upon the New England State has
been reduced S22, 100000. But rev. !
enue had to he raised. New England.
ers were relieved from taxation, and
Chic men, Indiana men, Virginialfs,
and Kentu.kians must
paw their own taxes. and the taxes of
New England into the bargain.
Mr.. Speaker, I have no desire to
do New England injustice. I would
not wrong her citiz ms, I would i'm
pose neither unjust or unequal burdens
upon them; but when New England
throws the burdens which righttully
belong to her upon the shoulders OF
nv constituents and the pe"plo Of the