The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-15
PAY YOUR TAXES AND SAVE PEN
AITiES.

| ZenS Is called TO Lne dCJ VI SidSS Va A'A l.
Kellogg, and the notice Of the Auditor,
that taxes may be paid without penal
ties, provided they be paid before the
8th Of October next. The Governor.
during his excellent administration. has
never extorted taxes, penalties, costs, or
two dollars Auditor fees, per delin-
auent, from his loyal people, nor has
anybody ever been sold out OF house
and home by tax collectors. The taxes
of the State have been used with scru-
pulous honesty for the benefit OF the
whole people; officials and public credi-
tors have been paid their full salaries
and just dues in currency, and not In
deprecated warrants, and rings, to buA
and bear State warrants, have not been
known or tolerated under Mr.. Kellogg's
beneficent rule.
And such things as Imprisonment, or
the closing up OF business houses Tor
non-payment Of licenses, have never
been heard Of, although silly story
was circulated in 1873 that Hon. Ed.
Booth and Capt. Frank McGloin were
imprisoned for tax resisting, and that
Schmidt & Zegler, or Wheelock q Fin
lay, were closed up for questioning the
legality Of Mr. Kellogg's license laws
But these stories are mere fables, as
groundless in fact as was the stupid re-
port that Maj. Gen. III. j. Campbell
(now Judge CampbelD walked in the
lawless procession that escorted Mr..
Booth from the Parish Prison to his
business house, when that gentleman
obtained his release by paying the Ii
cense tax, so justly due to Mr.. Kellogg s
government.
The people, therefore, will hail with
delight the act of grace which that ex-
: ponent Of the true people OF the State,
the New Orleans Bulletin has so happily
STYLED "reiief, both TO The taxpayers ana
the State" and "therefore, like n,ercy
. t,oice blessed" 'Pig-headed" Last
/ Ditchers will hoeCt that this ''mercy, .
T this "relief," which blesses him who
! gives and him who receives, (as the
/ Bulletin indicates) will not bless the tax
payer much nor benefit the State at all
Y but they will accord with the idea thai
!. the payment will bless entirely the tal
gatherer and the Governor, Kellogg
i that now is, and the Governor Packard
: that is to be. But citizens will please
s observe that this ho,Oling is one OF the
l characteristics OF the rirus OF party
v feeling and is harmless, and that thii
e virus is properly quarantined and con
y fined to the pig,headed fanatics wht
u follow the lead of such agitators al
:. Alfred Wilt, John McEnery and Free
s Ogden.
J. The people who have not been afflicted
e with this Ui,us will also bear in mint
e that although the law forbids delin
V quent taxpaying without penalties, ye
a Mr.. Kellogg and the Auditor have an
Y nulled that law, and that the Governo
g can make and repeal laws at his pleas
u u ure, without consulting the Legislature
n and that his release of the penalty claus
IS will give full relief, provided the pay
h ment is made by the Sth Of October
9, which is one month before the election
~ This act OF grace, il met in the prope
spirit by prompt payment, will enabl
the State government to pay all OF it
debts, and the suggestion that any pal
Of the tax money thus paid will b
used for the election of Marshal Pack
" ard, or as Republican campaign func
nt is but another symptom of that misel
,e able cirrus.
~ Besides, it must be remembered the
~ times are easy, money plentiful, bus
ness active, and that general prosperit
blesses all the subjects of Mr.. Kellogs
There is an insane idea prevalent anon
a, the virus patients that labor can fin
~ ~ no employ; that capital can find no il
~ ~ vestment; that hard-h handed, homes
n ~ men seek in vain for work; that thel
" are families who for months have gu
g. fered for bread; that gaunt famine hf
81 stalked among the suffering poor Of tn
= f1 great metropolis, and that women an
a children have actually sought for foe
O. amid the city garbage, and eagerl
rs clutched the husks from the waste c
- - our levees and the sweepings OF OIL
ma feed stores but that is all delusio
IN and has no foundation in truth. Tim'
1d are always easier in midsummer, al
" u any man can pay his taxes with less il
he convenience now than he can after Il
al election. After the Sth of October (oI
month prior to the election) times vi
be very bad, and it will be very difficU
to realize enough to pay the taxes. b
sides, if payment is not made before Il
sth of October, the Legislature mig
not ratify the Governors action, al
might insist that the penalties be ct
ux. lected.
Therefore, let payment be ma
at once. Let no one hesitate. L
government must be supported, b
cause, if not supported, Mr.. Pac
ard might not be elected, for want
TX ways and means to secure the prop
m, and efficient administration Of the ele
on +;on low and to nav the salaries of &