Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-17
TAXATION = TRUE MEN IN THE
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country, during Fair week.
dAxATION TRUE MEN IN THE
LEGISLATuRE.
Mechanics and working men are
deeply interested In the reduction of
the high taxes which Cypress the
people OF Tennessee. A dishonest and
fraudulent debt has brought high tax
alton, and taxation Is q direct burden
upon the producing classes. II prop-
sfty il heavily taxed, rents go up, and
renters foot the bills. No matter what
per cent. the increase touches, the
money comes from those who rent
houses or land. Besides, debt and
faxation raise the price of all articles
consumed by working men, mechan-
les and labOrers. II a merchant be
heavily taxed, and pays high rents,
he must charge more for his muslins,
eohee, boots, shoes, hats, and all other
articles disposed Of TO customers.
That is an inevitable result. The
butcher, loaded down with taxes, is
also. compelled to put a higher tariff
upon his meats, and those who are
e0mpslled 10 purchase them are
obliged to come up to the price. In
that manner the limited and scanty
income OF the working men and me-
ehanjes IS consumed. AT the same
time debt and taxation, instead Of
increasing wages, reduce them. In
zhe nanaA-at the working men of Ten
nessee, aid the landowners who have
not paid expenses for three or four
years past, on account of the democrat
lied condition Of labor, we appeal to
the Legislature of Tennessee for
relief. DaBose and Harris, and
Crews and Lumpkin, are heart
and soul with the people,
hostile to high taxes, and when the
time arrives they viii cast their great
influence for reduced taxes. Richard
son, the Speaker of the House, was
elected not only on account of his
great abilities, but because he symps-
fhized with s tax-ridden people. He
has 3 bright future, and it will be
made still more promising by needing
tie elamors of distressed constituent
ry. General John G. Vaughn, the
president Of the Senate, is thoroughly
imbued with the wants of the people.
BE advocates the speedy reduction Of
taxes, and when the time comes he
wiz lift his potential voice for low f,
taxes. The Democratic party of Ten ,
nessee, now in power, will be driven 4.
from the temple it defles, should it ,
nOutinue to burden the people with :
the tSz@-If promised to 9
reduce II has long been said that !
fhg E Is G slide In the affairs ofmen :
which II taken at the food leads on to .
fortune" 1t may be said with equal :
truth, that there is a tide in the af- !
hirs Of a party, which, if not taken at .
The proper time, leads to ruin and de- \
.Etruction. There is an ebbing and a .
flowing in the Democratic tide of Ten \
nessee, and il our friends are not pru- .
dent the receding waters will leave :
them high and dry upon a bleak y
and barren shere. Reduced taxes un- =
der the unavoidable circumstances, is !
right within itself; the people =
demand il as a means to
save them from ruin and to !,
place them in a condition ;,
which viii prevent Reputation. We 2
trust IA friends viii learn ere it is too a
late that the tax question is pregnant =
with important results to the great ),
MISSES, both p~ecuDisrily and politi-
rally. To be relieved from onerous,
grinding, oppressive taxation, is the
7asfrEU d al except the bondholder, II
and the advocacy Of high taxation h,
viii be a milestone to sink any man IN
1r par Nshat dsres TO hang it about m
he n In every section Of the h,
State, tie hard listed yeomsnry are nj
speaking out in tones of thunder ~
those who would still grind N
hem for the benefit Of heartless spec n,
And the goodwill Of the ~
aoness county, masses should be con-
in preference TO the debauched, N
nsrcerary sharks who would batten =,
,pon the sweat Of honest toll. The in
opposition which swells up against II,
taxes, Is a pure breeze Of public m
coming fresh from the people. an
tfa fhe voiceoff the secluded, thought he
II, patlent, honest and unerring hus- To
Andman, declaripgthe desires Of his
nre heart, forned apart from the in wi
uehe8 - corporations, monopolies, ph
dtery, patronage, threats, hypoc- an
BY, corruption and the lust Of pa
ebauched ofiee-holders. Against tU
1eb e power the politicians
are not lift their puny
Almost every day we les
Is told by letter Of the widespread str
in the country Of hostility eft
} high taxes. The war OF the AP- raj
against high taxes has largely "a,
lcFeased its circulation. Nearly CO,
very new subscriber speaks in i'm wa
Ioring terms for reduced taxes, and we
e value the homely, blotted manu- Out
ript, in which the writer's commend Or
II course more than we loathe the ter
Of the psmpered BODYBUILDING Me
Nton, whose Slanoishments and Ha
inks haYe been turned into frowns ach
cause we carnot lend our columns MIA
their fleeing operations. We prize spa
yond measure the good will Of hon. son
!, homespun people, because it is era
iaenee that, however irksome and dies
may be the task Of offending
lated wealth, there Is yet a 7
e reward In the approval and sup pea
# OF the honest, oppressed, but I'M one
Fchasable people. will
rhe Radical legislature bartered, coIu
Ided and consulted the interest Of mo,
e bond holder, who had a bill OIL
e for each member; but thr by
-islstu-e Ia campo - present VIII.
"a care ssed OF honest men, pbi
more for the interest Of the tior
x-payers faan that of the Shylock, liar
hose trade is exaetlon and whose Der
OFT Is The public loss. So far as the hin
is concerned, 1t promises to Pre-
Ike bitter and unrelenting war upon tina
h taxes and 70 point out, with in
orable directness, the members Of II
) legislature who. knowing the tue
.nts Of their constituents and the snb
sat necessity for relief, would rail
3 sight Of the sweat dropping from Viz
) brow Of the horny-handed laborer hur
an ardent admiration for the bond con
lders' greenbacks. We envy not rail
. creature who, in an hour like the bnF
sent, can and music in the jingling
The thirty pieces Of silver. Cor "
finds are no longer profitable TEN
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