The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-27

ers unable to pay their taxes" Our
and collectors are defaulters
because they could not harden their
hearts to resort to the extreme meas
ures for collecting that the law au-
thorlzea. Failures and assignments are
still the regular order of the day"
From John G.. Drew of Elizabeth,
New Jersey, comes another letter in
which he says:
"In ancient times Caesar ordered
the whole world to be taxed. Our
Caesars, more wise, supplement similar
abuses by ordering the whole world OF
New jersey to put in prison if they
don't pay up. Result: Our prisons
here in Elizabeth, Union county, are
full to overfswing, and The Journal
the exponent of modern Christianity
and new light Republicanism, is ur-
ging the establishment of the whip
ping post, as it is evident our prison
accommodations cannot much longer
hold the delinquent tax payers"
This is a land of boasted liberty,
under a government ofjust powers are
derived from the consent of the gov
erned, and during session of the law
making powers, composed of tow op-
posing political parties, who spend
their time and fritter away millions of
the peoples money in di.graceful in
vestigations in the past conduct of
each other.
First they rob their constituents by
excessive taxation and contraction of
their money, ther thrust them into
prison because they have no more to
be robbed of. Who wonders that the
people complain? Who wonders that
they demand relief through the exer-
else of their own sovereign powers,
delegated to the government to coin
money and regulate the value thereof?
Who wonders that society is becom.
ing alarmingly demoralized, when
tramping in search of work. to earn
money is made felony in some states
and men are thrust into PRISON in 9th.
ers for not possessing it?
After congress had remonoetized
silver and provided to increase the
coinage of that metal to meet the cry
ing demands of want, who wonders
that morality is at low ebb when
preachers of the gospel from their pull
pits are allowed to pray that the six
teen millions of silver dollars now
coined may be tied to the necks Of those
who authorized their issue and they
drowned in the depths of the sea, al
Rev. DR.. Dennan last Sabbath, il
New Haven Conn.,, exprested himsel
himself. Who doubts but that Satar
is loose on his thousand years fur.
Tough, and has chosen his disciples
from the velvet cushioned pulpits
when the Rev. DR.. Joseph Cook O
Boston is permitted to utter, in Ire.
mont Temple, such devlish sentiment
as the following in reference to re
cent labor meeting in that city:
81 say, come on with your scheme
of confscation, and forced loans, ant
graded income taxes, and irredeema
BILE currency, under universal suffrage
and if you are sufficiently frank il
proclaiming the doctrines of your rim!
leaders, then, under military necessi
ty, and even here in the United State
we must get rid of universal suffrage
and we shall" Applause. "Rath
er than allow these things we vii
have one of the frcest civil wars."-
Prolonged applause.
Let it come. Mr.. Cook. There
a spirit aboard in the land that wi
,, cast out such devils as torment tn
l people to-day-drive the money char
gers from the temple Of liberty, ope
the prison doors and let the tax payer
: free, and establish on earth the gosp'
of true republic, wherein peace sha
dwell among men and good will t.
ward one another Express.