The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-10-20

NOUS puOlI' ucOJ anu tht HcbeoNatN NNPVh-
di.urss of Govern ment will require heavy
duties and large revenue for many long
years to come.
5. Goccynor 7Idisas Income 7dr .tor 1902;
"While the loyal men of the North paid
| their allotment of the War tax checrlullv,
he evaded the war tax by false swearing"
Rep Sept II.
"a man whom the record shows, periur.
ed himself in the return of his income tax
He did not want reform when be
| PICTURED himself about his income tax.
He did not want reform until he had safely
| pocketed more than ilO0,000 that belonged
| to the nation. The people now
say pay the Govt. the 100000 you retain
ed by perjury. ."-Rcp. Spd Il.
1asccr: There never was the slightest
proof produced in support of this furious
and malicious charge, which was borrowed
from the shameless columns Of the n. Y.
| TINES, in which was paraded pretended
bill of items of Gov. Tilden's income for the
year 1862. A complete, detailed, incontro-
vcrtible answer TO this whole charge by
Judge Sinnott of NcwYorS was given on
the first page of the COLUMBIAN So pt 29th.
| In that answer it was shown that nearly
every item in the Times exhibit was false
and forged, no such items of income having
ever existed, and that the items which had
any foundation in truth were nearly all items
of income prior to the year 1862 and not
objects of taxation for that year under the
laws of the u. S. Upon the publication Of
Judge Sinnott's answer to the Times, this
malicious SANDER, in the judgment of all
honorable men, sank among other despica-
ble rubbish of the campaign and will be re-
ferred to hereafter only as illustrating the
desperation and malignity of the enemies of
reform. But the stupid absurdity of the
charge in the Republican is manifest upon its
face. 1t charges Governor Tilden with de-
frauding the Government out of the whole
false income alleged by the Times for 1862,
instead of the mere tao upon it--out of the
whole bogus sum of 100000 instead of 8
per cent. thereon, which was the tax rate un-
der the law But the reckless authors OF
this SANDER were just as near the truth In
stating the one amount as the other, as the
whola charge was utterly destitute of truth
| in any possible form. Nor is there any evil
drnce that he paid an inadequate tax for
| subsequent years when hostile assessor as
sessed his income at $4,000 per year, the
tax on which WAS regularly paid and without
any question as TO its sufciency until the
present canvass rendered SANDER a necessity
| to the Radical leaders. 1t is a notable cir.
+ cumstance in this connection that the Treas
ury Department at Washington utterly re-
| fuses TO allow any one TO see the income tax
returns of those wealthy men, Gov. Hayes
and ex.Gov. Morp an, Republican candidates
| for high Office, although it furnished the al
| legged returns of Gov. Tilden for the purpose
of campaign detraction and the manufacture
of falsehood.
6. Democracy Of Columbia county for rebel
| lion THE Democracy OF Columbia county
are among The most devoted followers of the
| 'lost cause in the United States. ."-Repu6h-
can, Oct 12h.
| Ansrer They were so devoted to the
Rebellion that they followed it with shot
and shell, with 'blood and iron," until it
was wholly snbdued. The Democracy OF
Columbia county were represented in the
fight by Gen. Wellington H. Ent, Col. r.
Bruce Ricketts,, Col. w. w. Ricketts,, Capt.
| James Thornton, Capt. George w. UT, Capt.
Rees J. Millard, Capt. G. B. Brockway, Capt,
| w. J. Allen, Lieut.. and Regt Adutant Geo.
S. Coleman, Lieut.. U. II. Ent and other oc-
ficers, and by soldiers-"rank and fle"-
|
who did their whole duty to their country.
The soldier vote sent home from the army
in 1864 was, in spite of all uniairness in tax
! ing it un Ter Radical manipulation, Deme-
cratic 1913, Republican lS4. We have, lying
before US, papers of subscription to raise
monies for war purposes II Bloomsburg al
the beginning Of 1864, which, if published
would constitute fi-e commentary upon
the above text from the Republican, as would
the lists of contributions for the"lronGuards
and other military organizations, earlier in
the war. But why reply TO slang by argu-
ment or by an appeal to facts? The Phari'
see is not TO be put down by any exposure
of his false pretences, and his impertinencC
about his neighbors ''will break no bones"
Z. Col Freeze dad John Rantz when al
honest citizen from Fishingcreek inquired as
to the condition of public affairs during the
Rebellion, this fellow told him that Ohio
had seeded, Indiana had also, and New
| Yorl: was about to secede, and advised him
to 20 home and get the "COntederacy" ready
as Pennsylvania would soon follow. Pre-
publican Oct. IL.
Answer: In the special report Of the mill
taiy trial Of John Rantz at Harrisburg ,mad'
for and published in the Philadelphia In
qairer, dated October 25th, 1864, and whicl
was, we believe, republished in the CoIum
biz County Republican, the testimony o
Richard Stiles, government witness, was
: given as follows:
"Rantz said he had been to Bloomsburl
e that day, and lawyer Freeze had told hin
: Illinois had just seced,d, anu the State O
New York was about to go ont of the I'm
ion Rautz further said, that the Abolition
= leaders had seven pockets ard they neye
E would be satisfied until they got them a
fun of money"
: Another and independent report of tn
n testimony OF the same witness, substantial
e the same in language, will be found in Ii
f C5d,mbiaa of July Both, 1869 Comparin
e this accurate, eontempOraneous 'eport wit
e the above aOto 0erSioa by the RcyUbiicaa, W
n lave fine progress in ialschood, Ohio an
i Indiana are substituted for Illinois; Ran
e is made 10 inquire as to the condition of pul
q lie Affairs, and he is advised to go home al
h get the "Con!cdcraey" ready as Pennsylv
Ig MIA would soon follow the example of Il
l. other States mentioned. All this is no
freshly manufactured, not one word of it b
+ ing in the original report! The additions
ID this story are, however, no more false al
nj nLsurd than Mns the ORIGINAL story itse