The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-08
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Now, we might safely say that not more than
0ne-half OF the taxes would be paid the
the county would neither lose nor gain. Then
let us go little further into the merits of this
salutary law passed by the Hon. :. Henry for
the qb1d of the pporcT classes particularly. Ac-
cording to the above statement $4,000 of tax
es are yet TO be collected-aI standing against
the poorer classes of the people-to which the
relief bill of Hon Samuel Henry adds per cent.
more, or sl,250; and if this Se5 O00 and the 81 5O
be not paid in September, then constables col
Iect by distress. adding costs to the same as in
Other executions. Now, il is very reasonable
to assume, Judging from the experience that
mon doing business have, that not more tnun
for it is a season ut which farmers generally
have very little moncy-then s12,50O wifi be
forced by something in the nature of an exccu-
ton, with the addition of S625 and costs. These
Sl2,5oO against the poorer classes would stand
charged TO at least 2,5UO taXables, and it would
be very moderate to count the costs of execu-
tion and mileage against each taxable at $500.
which add Sl.25O-making 81 a total of s., $50 which
the poorer classes would have to pay over and
above the amount originally assessed against
them; whereas the few rich persons and mann
moth corporation got reduction of Il 80 from
Is renewing the poor with Il vengeance. But
why wonder at II 1t is in keeping with the
rule and practice OF the Grant Rcpu DliCan par
ty, this comforting Of privileges on the rich at
the expense OF the poor who compose the mass
of the people.
Again: suppose that the impossible would
to the Treasurer before the first day of Septem-
per- ana that the taxpayers got a reduction of
benefit TO the taxpayers at large? Not Il bit of
1T. Each one of the 5000 taxables or thereabouts
in the county must lose some time aud money
in calling on the Treasurer in the different dis
tricts to pay their taxes. Would it not be
very low estimate to average the loss of time
and cash outlay OF each aXpayer at one dollar
for thus attending? And would not this make
5000 of loss TO them against 81 500 of a rcdlc-
tlon in their taxes? And here again the veal
thy have the advantage over the poor, for the
reduction made to the wealthy man viii more
than remunerate him for his time, while the
taxes loses more time fSyn fLS : ber cent -
= cd nf
common sense that it requires no eiucidatIou
at my hands. The people can see and under
stand it, the He7did's labored attempt TO con
vince them that Hon. Samuel Henry has done
such great things for them to the contrary NOT
outstanding. The plan might be good one
Tor a ce! tam institution IF the taxes were all
TO be deposited in 4 safe place, to be drawn as
the demands on the county would require, and
what safer or more convenient place for it than
In a Bank in Ebe0sburg, where could loan
it out TO our friends at L per cent interest ana
thereby facilitate our election.
The venerable edition of the Cambria Herald,
| notwithstanding all his jackass stupidity, (h!s
own wOrd.) knows that he asserts what is not
correct. He censures the Commissioners for
adheriug to what he himself admits is the letter
of the law. The Gerry YUsHcTubls editor iutimatcs
that the Commissioners should have disregard
ed the letter and go according TO tue spirit the
law, as he understands it. This too would be
in accordance with Republican practices. Mi
ltary necessity should override all law in order
to secure their point. The Herald man saws
The Commissioners disregarded the spirit of
the law i'll order TO have the pleasure of dis
tributing little Official patronage" Tf the BeT-
did man had got little patronage last winter
in the way of publishing the Auditors settle
ment or report, things would now wear ouite a
different aspect in his eyes. The Herald quotes
from Il rather decent article in the JohnstOwn
| Tribune under the head of "A Ring of Unscru-
pulous Cormorants and Thieves" Did the TTi-
hume man TO belong 10 such Ring when he
tried, as asserted, to get about seventy dollars
more out of the county treasury for his Off cial
duties at one term of Court than the law would
allow? This was going into the spirit OF the
law and disregardng the letter thereof with an
eye singular to personal gain.
The foregoing remarks have been penned and
] addressed q he of he nv
| payers in order to guard them against placing
| any confidence in the tOIC, mean, rUlqGT slang
! published time after time in the radical news
paper in Cambria county. Editors of newspa-
pers who contine themselves to truthful and
! decent language. no matter what their DOliti-
cal creed, are entitled to honor and respect
/ but when they deViate so far from these good
qualities and descend 50 lOlC in the mire as not
t to pay any regard to truth, making OF Ian
! guage too lOlC for a fSnwcmau, they should he
! excluded from respectable society and every
decent man should avoid coming in contact
/ with them as much SO he would avoid the
! contact of n rattleSnake- ANTISLANDERER.
Ebensburg, May g. 1872.