The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-10-14
LEGITIMATE STEALING.


f President of the United States, the Con
i gress and my State Legislature with ma
4 ny valuable items, with regard both to
State and National policy, and feeling
as do that my talents have not been
duly appreciated by the United States
i Government, and that my claim to high
official position have been treated with
! the utmost contempt by the President
! and for no other reason than that of hav
4 ing ideas of my own with regard to GER
4 tain measures, which | knew to be de
rogatoryto the prosperity of our noble
+Republieanism, / had conclud-
! ed to.withhold further suggestions until
such timega as the Government might be
convinced that my services. could be dis
1 pensed witlr-no longer, ,sf ri
/ But when see my country bleeding
/ at every pore, for want of only few
talented suggestions, I am unable to re-
/ strain myself longer. And now lay at
the shrine of my country an item or two
which consider of immense magnitude
and huge preponderosity ... ...r... t..,
/ The financial condition of our country
is such as TO. demand the combined en-
ergy of every lover Of his country, in or
der that we may again place ourselves
upon level with other nations of the
world The licenses on the vast num-
Der Of privileges of our country arc not
M accordance with the benefits derived
therefrom, while many privileges, from
which are derived greater benefits than
from any others, arc not licensed or tax
ed at all Merchants have to take. out
license yearly, and have to pay ali enor-
nous tax. Farmers and mechanics are
taxed almost beyond their capacity to
pay. Liquor and tobacco dealers have
to procure q license and pay their annual
tax, while other privileges from which
immense fortunes are annually obtained,
and which privileges arc recognized rs
legitimate by the Government, and diff
ferent States, thereof, are not required
to procure a license or pay revenue.
Then, in the first place, [ would sug-
gest that u reasonable tax, or revenue be
levied on the privilege Of stealing, more
especially when the public generally are
to be operated upon, and that the stealor
be required to procure license for said
privilege from the Deputy Z, S, Marshal
of the District in which he may desire
to carry on his business. And further,
that he be required to give bond with
approved security, that he will run his
business in a Legitimate manner, and that
he will not use the proceeds thereof in
any other manner except for furthcrencc
of intelligence in the usual way, that is
to say, In procuring votes in all cleo.
tions, wherein principle is at stake, and
where such money can by used to adj
vantage. And for said privilege, said
sfealoy shall be required to pay to said
Deputy Marshal the sum of five hundred
dollars, for each and every county in
which lie proposes to operate, and shall
also pay to said Deputy Marshal, for is
suing the license, the sum of twenty-five
dollars. md at the end of twelve months
from date of license, said stedIor shall be
required to report, under oath, to said
Deputy Marshal, the full amount, by
him stolen during the year, and shall pay
thereon twenty-five per cent per dollar,
which is to be used by the Executive
Committee of said District, in Congress
ional, Senatorial and Presidential elec-
tions. And any person assuming the au-
thority to run a business of this sort,
without first procuring license, and pay
ing the required sums asabove specified,
shall be punished, if a Republican, by
being elected to the Congress of the
United States for two successive terms,
without the benefits of the back salary
grab.
The privilege of. stealing should be di-
vided into different grades, and should
bc taxed according tothe grade of steal
ing man may desire to follow, The
above mentioned should he grade first.
Grade second should consist princi-
pally in stealing spoons, knives and forks,
plates, and silver-ware generally, as also,
iewelry of different sorts For this grade
the tax should-be regulated according to
the locality in which the business is
transacted. For instance, New Orleans
is one of the best localities for this grade
of stealing in the United States, while
this, AIaryville, is one of the worst, con-
sequently, / should not be required to
pay as much tax for. second hand steal
ing here as Ben. Butler should pay for
the Same grade of stealing in Orleans
Nor should 1 be required to serve 50
many terms in Congress, for engaging in
the business unauthorized by law.
The lowest grade of stealing is the pro-
miscuous stealing by the poorer class of
men, who are over-burllened with taxes
for their families, and are unable to pay
for the ptivflcgesof the same. This grade !
of stealing is disgrace to good society, |
and should be punished with imprison
ment for life, nor should any provisions
be made for license for this grade of
stealing. The idea is to keep up re-
spectahility in all grades of legitimate |
business, AMI right here would mention,
that a mans political qualifications
should be taken into consideration on all |
applications for license to steal
IS There are other grades of stealing and |
other privileges, which should be, but
are not taxed, of which | will probably |
speak hereafter
aia 9.f-ea THOMAS BAscUAf.
Maryyille, Tenn, Oct. 10, 1874.
Another Warming.
We learn that Mrs. Roy, wife of Sam
uel \. Roy, who lives near Oak Grove i'll