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

| tHdu Dul, says S6udtOF OncrLildI
t"swhen these bonds were issued, tn
law exempted the bondholder iron
taxation" Who made the law p Wha
/ claim is that the lazy is wrong tina
a great act of injustice is done to th
men who fought the battles of tn
! country during the war, by compel
4, ing them to pay the war taxes durin:
peace. Who made the laW? Sher
man and his partisans. The leader
of the Republican party made thi
law by which they exempt from taxa
i ton neaily@S2, 100000 600 of wealth.
i While the farmer in his home and thI
mechanic in his home are taxed ,upol
all they own the bondholder, VIII
4 lives in his palace, is exempt from
bearing his proportion of the ,burdel
of maintaining Goyetnment3l lIGft
They have exempted the bonds from
State taxation; it is true they are nov
trying to}exempt them from Fedora
taxation. 1t is true, they have mad'
this. distinction between active anC
idle capital between the bond mott
and the industries of the country. l
is true, these men in power have sai(
/ to the bondholder, your neighbo
shall pay your taxes. lis also trul
that they say to the, farmer. and me
chanic and 1aborer, you must not oniy
support and toll for your own fami
lies and gain means to provide fol
them, but you must toll on. and swea
on, and deny. yourselves still further
that you may be able to pay the taxes
of the bondholdef. Such is the LAW
The bondholder demandsthe3 pound o.
flesh. And1 denounce the law because
the law is wrong. Iden ounce the law
not because it does injustice to the
democrat, but, because it does injus-
tice to the whole people. Z am not
fighting for the rights of my Demo
cratic friends alone, but / am strug.
| glin to maintain and Ivindicate the
nights of our Republican fellow-citi.
izens as well. Our cause is common
our country is common: our institu-
tons are common. Our rights are
the same. Whenever YOU defend the
rights of one farmer you defend the
rights of all, When, you maintain and
uphold the rights of one laborer,
whether he be mechanic at the bench
or in the machine-shop; or engaged at
any other branch of toll, that when
you fight the battle of one you fight
the cause of the million. q, q; yndt 80 H.
T. Who is responsible. for this law ?
Vino are the men who made, it 2, am
swer, the Republican, leaders in Com
gress. They did the wrong. They
committed the gross act of injustice
of compelling the maRof toll not only
to pay his own taxes, but to pay the
taxes of the men. of idieness into the
bargain. Call you Chis sRepublicanisn /?
Is that the kind of Republicanism for
which the fathers fought? Is that the
kind of Republicanism upon which
our free institutions are based? Is
that equality of rights Is that equal
Justice among citizens of the same
free country ?io Citizens of Ohio, the
wrong is great one. Q 1t is a blownot
only aimed at you, but at your chill
dren who will live when you are
dead. We. talk sometimes of aristo-
Gratis. Who. is an aristocrat? Why,
sirs, an aristocrat is a person who en-
joys by law certain privileges which
his neighbor can not enjoy. enjoys
certain rights and privileges which
are denied to better men. What great
er privilege can be conferred upon
one man than to compel his neighbor
to pay his taxes for him ? What great
er privilege can be conferred upon the
LAdAL ~ Liz sldEIlGf
to pay, and the mechanic to pay their
own taxes, and the bondhoiders' taxes
into the bargain? Let me illustrate
district. Suppose that near one ofyoIir
mines, in a school district, is living a
poor miner and his family. 1t becomes
necessary for the common welfare and
instruction of the. children of the dis
riot IN hnilA q
gatherer comes around. The miner is |
taxed to build the school house: the
bondholder is not. The school housed
is built, and it is open for the scholars
Of the district. The children of the |
an miner enter the school |
side by side. The miner is not only /
taxed for the education of his own i
children, but also to5pay for the edu-
cation of the children OF, the bondhold-
II. Citizens, do you call this Justice |
Is this the kind of legislation contem-
olated by our fathers ? Do you call I
his protection of your rights Z? Is II i
lot verysleVident3 that if these mem +
Yho call, themselves Republicans, are
in power, they will contin-
ie to work in the interest of the bond
lolder, in the interest of the monopo-
lists, in the::interest OF the greedy land
,rabber, as they have aiway done be-
ore ?3joT oiie45om0d y19F8 JFdj ese h
1 My friends, if this sort of thing con-
inues, the day is not. far distant when
he people of America will be like the
reat body of the people of England,
educed to a condition of absolute
overty. In England,s to-day, in 7sthe 4a
ural districts, s,one-eightheft the entire
are paupersl; and sin the
lty of London, one person out, of ev-I
ry three is supported by the poor |
atcs.- Why +? Because the legislation
f England is in the hands Of privi- (
,ged class, who legislate for the rich. {
|, the expense of the poor; who legis-
tie for the idle at the expense of the l.e
who build up splendid
ristocracy, which is SUPPORTED and c
aintained by the toll and sweat of a
lie people, s.o;L!lLl 5virqsb o1 l8Iu
You ask, "what do you propose RI
If the Democratic party is placed in d
over, what policy will they adopt ?n
will tell you.i five can not tax these 8
)nds for State purposes, then we will Q
x them for Federal purposes, and we ~ q
i'll impose just Federal, tax, so as a
equalize the burden Of supporting G.
q Government among all tscitizens. 4 Il
e propose 10 do no injustice by the Il
We propose, justice to g
men, equality to all men, equal and Ia
act protection to all men, and no h
ore. vi ~ D'i h ,ie3 W @ftii9 2ii ol
Now, if the bonds were taxed in this a
amer for Federal purposes, they y
ould yield at once q revenue of eighty ~
illions, and relieve the great, indus es es
les of the country to that extent. ~ ~
id to the receipts of. the Federal u u
easury $S0,OO0,000 collected from y
e bonds, and we can take that much az az
the burden of taxation from the far "
sr, from the mechanic. from the
ner, from the merchant, and from ~
other men engaged in every honest ed
d laudable avocation of life. Tax an
. bonds for Federal purposes, place ce
> Democratic party in power so that w
can do so, and we will abolish the of
ious stamp acts; we will do away We