Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-02-16
A State for Sale--Frauds and Pros
GCutiOnS. Etc.

ecut1OnS. ETC.
The Weekly Gazette ARK has the fol-
lowing, under the appropriate heading ga
State for Sale :"
"Well, we have the fruits Of the carpet
bag system Of taxation before us in the shape
of auditors advertisements of sale of lands
forfeited to the State of Arkansas in conse-
quence Of the non-payment of taxes due
thereon, to take place on the second Mon
day in February. 1922 published in the
weekly Republican of January 9th. Some
idea of the magnitude of the taxation i'm
posed upon the people of Arkansas by Mr..
Carpetbagger's government in the first year
Of his rule may be derived from an examina-
ton of this advertisement, recollecting that
the lands embraced in it are only the resi-
dunn after the collectors have sifted all that
could be sold in the equities where forfeited
for the price OF the taxes unpaid, and at er
the owners nave had two years to redeem
from the auditor such Us they were able to
redeem.
"The advertisement is printed 10 nom
parell type and occupies more than sixteen
pages Of a sheet as large as the Weekly Ga
sette. At legal (carpet-bag) rates the mere
publication Of it one insertion costs the State
of Arkansas twelve thousand three hundred
and twelve dollars 1t is published also in
pamphlet form. This pamphlet contains,
in the same sixe type, in medium octave
form, 22S closely printed pages.
tWe have taken one page as an average
Of the whole. The auditor offers for sale on
that page seventy-two tracts, 1887 81
acres, taxed for 81, 901 ,62, OR nearly nine.
teen cents per acre Taking page Ill as
an average of the whole 228 pages, and we
learn that, comprised in l6,4l6 tracts, the
whole number Of acres offered by the audi.
tor of lands forfeited in 1868 is 8. 662, $40.
94-on which the amount Of taxes unpaid
is S65l, 462 ,2O-a sum far greater than the
entire revenue Of any year before 1868 !
| We commend this statement Of figures tc
those States who keep the carpet-baggers in
their own penitentiaries."
The PREsIDENT-The following extract
from leading article by the Cooperstowr
On. " Freeman's journal is thought te
have been inspired by Judge Wilson of the
United States Supreme Court
''Chief Justice Chase has dismissed al
thought of being candidate for President
this year, and in favor Of the nomination O
Senator Trumbul as the opposition candi
date. Mr.. Trumbull is understood to be q
revenue tariff man, and opposed to higt
protective tariff The health Of Judge Chase
is not sufficiently restored to admit of the
excitement Of a political campaign such al
we likely to have this year, fact which he
fully realizes. Most of the leading demo
Gratis of this State are at present inclined tx
accept Senator Trumbull as the coming
man. but oppose any precipitate action. ~
| A Washington dispatch says: ''The mer
who are controlling the Cincinnati conven
ton, which is called to nominate a liberia
republican ticket for President and Vice
President, have become impressed with thu
idea that there is definite prospect o
Grants being set aside at the Philadelphia
convention, and DESTROYS Of making no pre-
mature moves they have decided to post
pone the Cincinnati convention. till June
20, in order that they may accept the nomi
nee at Philadelphia, if it be man on whom
they can unite" 7-5' 4 "