The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-03-26
~ Taxes for Grants Bayonet Usar.
patton in Louisiana.
rbe wise decision of the legal State

IN
,.,res that oppressed commonwealth
,,t one means of successfully resisting
,he Kellogg usurpation, namely, by a
.,ited refusal tn pay taxes levied for
70 support. This is a jns,ifahle
~, mstbad of opposition, and, if the peo-
nle are sufficiently united, it will prove
efpcrnal.
withholding money supplies is not
NOW method of confronting tyranny
T. il sanctioned hy all the early strug-
nles Of the English people in defence of
their liberties. The power Of the peo-
ME. through their representatives. to
fr,apt ar Withhold supplies, has been
sssoo,led, for more than two centuries.
a. the bnlwarE of British freedom; and
Ills principle has been incorporated
int, our Constitution ny the provision
ub;ch reoui,es all bills for raising rev.
snns to originate in the lower house,
and the provision torbidhiug appropri-
atoms for supporting the army for
larger period than two ytars-two
years being the duration OF the terms
Al the immediate representatives OF the
,eople. The people of Louisiana will
he acting in the spirit of this time
bonoreti Safeguard against oppression,
iftbpy steadily refuse to pay taxes for
tue support of he usurpirg Kellogg
goverrment. The illustSions Hamp-
Ion. a name scarcely less reVered than
,bot OF our own Washington, earned
the gratitude of bis country by his re-
fusol to pay an illegal tax Aud re-
sistaoce to unwarranted taxation was
tl,e verv essence Of the revolution by
which Washington and his compatr;ots
gained our independence.
Tn refusing To pay taxes to the KEEL
,ocy government, the citizeus of Lou,
is;aua will lave the law clearly on
their side. A Republican committee of
the limited States Senate has declared,
after full investigations, that the KEEL
loog government was never legally
alecteh. 1t is a necessary consequence
th.t all it's acts are void. 1t has no
mare sioht to levy Il tax than a State
onufprence Of the African Methodist
Fniseopal Church wolld have. Refu-
sal to pay taxes tor the support OF the
Kellogg nsnrpation will be no resis
tonce to law, but only refusal to recog-
n;ye a spurious Authority. Nor can
General Grant intervene with Federal
troups 10 force the payment OF taxes
The peUple Of Louisiana may III few
months starvc out the Kellogg govern.
mept aud force it to surrender, us q
ca,risos in Il fortified town which cail'
M, he carried 10y storm may be brought
b. terms hy ihtercepting It's supplies
THE uSurpers cannot get over The
1iniculy by borrowing; for capital Il
e,utions. and SO man will risk hlS
money IN Louisiana bonds ISSUED by ;
Government which the most eniinen
LAWYERS in the United States Senat'
conpur in declaring Illegal, when thei
marty bias would incline them the 9th
I er way. The kellogg asurpati"n can
1 not live Ivy ho,rowiug from capitalists
I Int ouly b, taxing the people; and
\ the pponle mite III Il res"lnte rtiusa
I 70 nav taxes. the train viii have to sto]
on the track because there will be u
l fuel for the locomotive.
4 Ii may he asked hy Il bogus govern
| meut, with the Federal army to hac
it, cannot collect the taxes by distrain
and sale of property, as taxes are col
lected elsewhere when people are siac
or contumarious. The reason can Il
made perfectly ineligible. Osdinar
IL, the uou- payers Of taxes form but a
insignificant fraction of the c"mmnn
IT,. Their EASES are attended to last
aud citizeus who have already pal
give their moral support to the ia
CATERERS from the interest they hay
in seeing the public burdens. equitahl
distributed. And then the amount
property sold for taxes is small enoua
To tud purchasers. But if the Peep
Of Louisiana come to an uuderstandn
with me another that they will pay /
Illegal taxes, they will be masters
the situation. Federal troops Cam
help the usnrpers because they cam
furnish buyers tor the property seiz'
aud offered fur sale by the tax CT
ectors.
There are several reasons why pro
erty cannot be sold in Louisiana t
taxes. In the first place, buyers knr
that the spurious government cou
not give good title, and men won
beas shy of such property as of bon
offered Ivy the same illegal COVER