Smyrna times., 1874-01-07

The NEW TAX Law AGAIN.-The old de-
vice by which the real culprit attempts to d.
vert attention from himself and put his pur-
slers on the wrong track by crying stop thief
is we'll exemplfed in the leader of the Della
aoarean Of last week. 1t cries fraud" in or
der to conceal and cloak that by which its man.
ayers intended to perpetIate fraud upon the
voters of this State. 1t charges that long lists
of fictitious names were handed into the Levy
Court at the March term by Republicans
men who ought to be ashamed of themselves
insisting that the names of negroes who had no
real existence in some instances, in others the
uames of negroes who had been dead for years,
should be put upon the assessment list.
This asserted attempt at fraud" by the
Republican leaders is made the pretext for the
passage by the Legislature of the Tax Law
to which we recently referred. Now. first, the
Deldacaredn knows that there was no attempt
BY Republican leaders to get fraudulent name:
on the assessment list "in this County" but
it knows, and we know, that "names have
been left off the assessment list (Republcans
in what to US appears mysteriously unac
eountable manner, but perphaps not at all so t.
the Delauoaredn.) 1t knows, and we know
that names have gotten on the assessment list
(Dcmocrats) in manner which to US, but no
to it, perhaps, appears mysteriOusly unaccount
able. The DelaWdredn further knows, or
ought to know, that said tax law was not pas
sed to protect the elections from the attempte,
frauds of Republican leaders in attemptin
to have the fictitious names of negroes place
on the list of the March term, tor that very ia
law was determined on, framed, and, if we ar
rightly informed introduced before the Marc
term, and consequently before any lists {
names we're taken into the Levy Court As "
said in former editorial, it was and is legi
lative attempt to cheat, to defraud the Repul
lican party out of the next election. II not, wh
does the DeIdwdrean advise Collectors not
receive any man s tax except from the ma
himself?
The pretext given by the Dela1aredn
bosh Has there ever been, heretofore, al
such practice as this refusal to take one man
tax from another? Suppose the Collect
knows the party whose tax he is requested
accept suppose be knows the man who offe
sudl nc TcIuSe W dCCcpb III upOh ASmO
probability that some one, some utter strange
may come and claim to be the man he kno'
he is not, and threaten him for giving the
ceipt 70 HE man he knows he is? 1t is I" I
thu .cn advice is given in the hope tb
if generally acted upon By the Collectors it "
result in having good many Republican
who had not heard OF this nc,o lar, or W
were away from home at the time OF giving
notice, returned delinquent. We have heG
of Collectors who refused to accept from ano
er the taxes of men whom they knew v,
well, and who were, as they knew, away fr
home AMI could not probably get back in. Ii
TO pay their taxes under this ne0 td,o.
DeIatoarean has advised the Collectors.
will give them some advise also, and il is tn
IF any man, whose tax has been rendered
and refused by the Collector, is returI
delinquent, somebody will be to see about
Aud if any one should hereafter lose his '
by reason of such action on the part Of
lectcrs, the question viii arise, who is respo
bic for such disfranchisement? The Collie
may be legally, but is not the Inan who adv
him to defy the law morally liable for the
sequences which may ensue? "' Hs s.
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