The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-21

option OF tne person maklbS the -!
ment. This would at once bring green
backs up to the par value Of goid' the!
would perform all the duties of money
Gambling in gold would stop, and th'
sudden fluctuations in prices cease; ,
We are in favor Of paying the oono
holder according to the contract no
less, and no more. Greenbacks wheI'
greenbacks were intended, and golC
where gold was stipulated. :.
At present the amount Of currency II
the country is not equal to the amour
of taxes, and were all the taxes to De
collected on the same day, there 10 no
money enough in the country to pay
them. Is it not absurd then to
talk of there being too much currency
The currency we have is diverted from
trade and invested in stock and go,Ic
speculations, which is ruinous to the
intercs, of business. Allow greenbacks
a fair crance-they are now deprecated
in value by act of Congress-let them
be received in payment of custom dues
like gold, and the continual see-sa" IN
prices, will cease.
EQUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL BURDENS.
The fundamental idea of our govern
ment if equality OF rights with equality
of burdens. But the oligarchs have SC
controlled the legislation OF Congress
that they have secured all the rlghts;
and privileges for themselves, and
thrown all the burdens Of government
on the shoulders ofthe people.
Fellow citizens, wish to ask you a
simple question. Can it be just to
make one man pay another mans taxes:
The law Of Congress assumes TO pro-
hibit States, counties and cities from
taxing federal bonds, and while such
law is held to be law, it has to be obeyed.
This law was imposed upon the people
by the express enactment OF Repu6ll'
can Congress, and you are called upon to
perpetuate this wrong against your
selves. Here are two citizens. One oil
them owns farm worth ten thousand
dollars, and is taxed on all he owns.
His neighbor there, sold all he owned
for fifty thousand, and invested II IN
bonds. They live in the same school
district. A tax was levied to build a
school house-the farmer was taxed,
tue bondholder was not. \ further tax
was levied to pay teacher--the farmer
was taxed, the bondholder was not.
When the school was opened the chill
dren OF the bondholder and farmer en-
tered together. The farmer was not
only taxed to educate his own children,
but the children Of the bondholder into
the bargain. A law passed bya Repub'
lican Congress compels the farmer who
tolls, to pay the taxes of the bondho!der
who receives compound interest in gold
and does nothing. Is this Republican
Justice? Do men who made such laws
deserve to be retained in power? Here
are two other citizens who live in town.
That gentlemanly looking person, with
a bland smile and serene brow, owns a
cool hundred thousand in bonds. Not
far from him is a brawny armed me-
chanic, the lines upon whose face tell
the story OF his battle through life.
Manhood sits upon his honest brow, but
his shoulders, though like those Of
Hercules, are stoopsd little from over
toll. By hard work and through the
economy OF his wife he owns COM
Portable home. 1t is hs-his very
sweat and muscle are incorporated in
its walls. The streets Of the town are
paved, and the b0ndholder rolls over
them in his carriage. The mechanic
was taxed to pave the streets, the gentle
bondholder was not. The town is
lighted with gas-a post stands near
the bondholder's residence, but the
mechanic pays for the gas light. Times
become hard, and the mechanic forced
to borrow money Of the bondholter at
heavy interest. The mechanics chill
dren have been i'll and required his care,
and thus he got behind. The bond
holder sues the mechanic on his note,
but it is the mechanic who is taxed to
pay the salary of the judge who rem
dcred judgment against him, in favor Of
the bondho!der. That is called Repub.
lican justice.
In the sea, one big fish swallows
whole shoals Of little ones So with
the big bondholder. The fifty, one
hundred, one and two thousand dollar
bondholders swim in the same current
with the whale, cheating themselves
into the belief they are all whales TO-
ge;her; when all at once the big whale
opens his mouth and guzzles down ton
OF little fish at q single swallow. Ny
good friends, if you small bondhollers
were taxed, so would all the big ones
be, and you would be greatly the gamer.
Tie tax on tea, coffee, matches and
scores o. other :iings would be taken
off, and yoa would no longer have to
work 10 pay the big bondholders taxes.
Citizens, ! avow at once that the great
majority 0: Republicans are not respon-
sible for this evil legislation, which
taxes the poor mans labor to paw the
tax on the rich mans bonds; but they
will not only be responsible if this
"TOHp Coul'IutS, uut tHeit CHIlIEtu are
certain to become slaves, even if their
fathers 10y chance die free. l. it right,
that this wrong should continue? The
bondholder says yes, because he loaned
money to the government during the
war-he forgets to say at he received
the governments bond two dollars for
one when he did so. Granted-the
bondholder die !oaa his money 10 be
repaid two for one. Was his the only
sacrifice? Look over yonder. Do you
see that one legged man? He was a
soldier and had his leg torn off at Shiloh
BY cannon shot-he is taxed on his
little home and all else he owns. Ii
the bondholder is exempt from taxation
why not the soldier2 On the Contrary
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