Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-01
From Lynchburg.
For,he Fs, et.svilie Observer.
New COUNTY, Jan. 18th, 1872.

Ia a former communication we
have already seen that by the
creation OF Moore county, many
advantages are to be gained by
the people AMI bat one disadvan-
tage, which is additional taxation
J. now propose TO show by facts
and figures that even this ohjec-
ton is a bugbeAr, a phantom con
jured up BY tie enemies of the
movement 10 frighten off the
weak kneed and the tender-iooted,
and tina: instead of being burdened
with higher taxes in the new
county, the advalorem taxes may
be reduced-may be made lighter
than the present rates in Lincoln
county, or The rates for several
years past.
That everybody may see that
| am in earnest about this matter
| make this public Proclamatit n:
If any one IS afraid OF the taxes,
come TO Lynchburs and we will
Give him a BOND with good and
approved security 80 pay all his
taxes for the next ten years, or SO
long as the present law Is IN ex-
isteuoe, if he will pay US at the
rates it is IN Lincoln county Tor
the year 1872.
Now if | make this proposition
good, and th,re are advantages,
and no disadvantages, who ls 1t
that will 60 SO far against his own
interest as to vote against the new
county?
To make myself easily under
stood, l shall divide the votes into
three distinct classes. First,
those whc pay no taxes at all; sec
ond, those who pay poll, only;
and third, those who pay taxes
upon property.
There is very honorable class
Of men who pay no taxes, who
have no taxable property, and
who have passed beyond the age
that the law requires it of them,
or who have been released on &C.
count Of physical disability. This
Class Of course assume no new re
sponsibilities and will have no
burdens to bear. To he consist
ent. admitting the benefit that
VII accrue to them, they must 60
with us for the new county.
How Isl it with the poll tax pay
err? That is definitely fixed, its
maximum being one dollar, and
whether we have the new county
or not his taxes cannot be ad
vanced until we have another
convention and amend the con.
stitution, and even then it would
not affect him, rs no part OF 1t goes
to county purposes. but goes into
the school fund. So it is with
this class as with class No. l.
"Ionor8 are easy" on the lax
question. They have much to
gain, and nothing to lose. Then
aside from every other considera'
lions, selfinterest will prompt them
to vote "new county" With this
much ito come III on" we certain.
,ly have q good chance for success,
as these two classes constitute
perhaps one.half the qualified vo'
tefs. This narrows the thing
down to men who pay en- advalo.
rem tax. They, and they alone,
have to pay ali the money that
it will take to build our public
buildings, and yet l affirm that ii
can and may be done, and still re-
duce the present rates oftaxatlon.
The Legislature in lis wisdom has
fixed the State tax at forty cents
on The one hundred dollars, aad
the constitution declares that taxes
for county purposes shall not ex-
coed the State tax. Then the
highest we can levy will be forty
CENTS State, and forty cents coun-
ity, in all eighty cents on the one
hundred dollars. And present
rates are one dollar on the hun.
dred, counting the thirty cents
school tax, and thus we have al.
ready made a gain of twenty
cents on the hundred.
But to be perfectly fair, and
say nothing about the school tax,
we are yet able to get off even, OF
more than even on the State and
county tax proper, and erect pub
lie buildings that every citizen
may we'll be proud Of.
But not desiring to trespass too
much at once on your space I viii
desist for this time, promising to
continue in your next.
Respectfully, YoUEG.
No. Gail Hamilton has re-