The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-16
PAY YOUR TAXES AND SAVE PEN
AITlES

Kellogg. and the notice Of the Auditor,
that taxes may be paid without penal
ties, provided they be paid before the
sth Of October next The Governor,
during his excellent administration. has
never extorted taxes, penalties. costs, or
two dollars Auditor fees, per delin-
quent, from his loyal people. nor mas
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 tho 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, 10 onn
and bear State warrants, have not been
known or tolerated under Mr.. Kello8gs
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 q silly story
was circulated in 1873 that Hon. Ed.
Booth and Capt. Frank McGloin were
imprisoned for tax resisting, and that
Schmidt 81 Ziegler, or Wheelock u 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. II. J. Campbell
(now Judge CampbelD walked in the
lawless procession that escorted Mr..
Booth from tho Parish Prison to his
business house, when that gentleman
obtained his release by paying the IL
cense tax, 50 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 "re!ief, both to The taxpayers and
the State" and "therJore, like mercy,
thrice blessed" "Pig headed" Last
Ditchers will ho,ol that this "mercy,
this "relief," which blesses him who
gives and him who receives, las the
Bulletin indicates) will not bless the tax
payer much nor benefit the State at all,
but they will accord with the idea that
the payment will bless entirely the tax
gatherer and the Governor, Kellogg,
that now Is, and the Governor Packard
that is to be. But citizens will please
observe that this ho,Uling is one OF the
characteristics OF the Uiyats of party
feeling and is harmless, and that this
virus is properly quarantined and con-
fined to the pig-headed fanatics who
follow the lead Of such agitators as
Alfred Wiltz John McEnery and Fred
| Ogden.
The people who have not been afflicted
with this Ui1'us will also bear in mind
that although the law forbids delin-
quent taxpaying without penalties, yet
Mr.. Kellogg and the Auditor have an
nulIed that law, and that the Governor
can make and repeal laws at his pleas
ure. without consulting the Legislature
and that his release of hepenalty clause
will give full relief, provided the pay
ment is made by the sth Of October,
lChieh is one month before the election.
This act of grace, If met in the proper
spirit by prompt payment, will enable
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debts, and the suggestion that any part
OF the tax money thus paid will be
used for the election of Marshal Pack
ard, or as Republican campaign fund,
is but another symptom of that miser-
able Uirus.
| Besides, ii must be remembered that
times are easy, money plentiful, bust
ness active, and that general prosperity
blesses all the subjects OF Mr.. Kellogg.
There is an insane idea prevalent among
the vir,s patients that labor can find
no employ; that capital can find no in
vestment; that hard d-handed, honest
men seek in vain for work; that there
are families who for months have suf-
fered for bread; that gaunt famine has
stalked among the suffering poor OF this
great metropolis, and that women and
children have actually sought for food
amid the city garbage, and eagerly
clutched the husks from the waste on
our levees and the sweepings Of our
feed stores but that is all o delusion,
and has no foundation in truth. Times
are always easier in midsummer, and
any man can pay his taxes with less in
convenience now than he can after the
election. After the Sth Of October Zone
month prior to the election) times will
be very bad. and it will be very difficult
to realize enough to pay the taxes. Be-
sides, if payment is not made before the
Sth of October, the Legislature might
not ratify the Governors action, and
might insist that the penalties be col
lected.
Therefore, let payment be made
at once. Let no one hesitate. The
government must be supported, be
cause, il not supported, Mr.. Pack
ard might not be elected, for want o.
ways and means to secure the proper
and efficient administration of the cleo
ton law, and to pay the salaries Of the
the Returning Board and Election Super