The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-12

tue managers OF HERALD III hcop'"s ''s
cAlamns open for the "dscussion of any
unstter of public interest properly pre-
sented." This is u marked departure from
tho course of the average Democratic news
paper of the country, and is worthy Of all
praise would not despair of the republic
IL all would do 80. / congratulate tho citi'
1ens of Dallas county in having a paper Of
such liberal views. And prasuming that the
question OF TAXATION and any question involv
Ing taxation, directly or indirectly, will ever
20 recognized AS matter of "public in
;erest" now fool at liberty to present my
Viows on this all.important subject through
ths columns OF tho HERALD.
Nearly all the wars that have disgracet
Anmanity in ancient and modern times hav,
grown, directly or indirectly, ou
Of this great question. In every
age and nation there ha.
Gyer been class OF men seeking to enslsv,
thetr fellow-man through the power of taxa
ton; and there arc but two notable instan
III iu uluheIu NlihNb WuuiO thO HpODlo nhNt
risen in their might and oyerthrown their
oppreasors--the French revolution and the
American revolution. This question i,
rsraly, in fact never presented to tho people
in its true character else there would DO but
little need for public discussion. If direct
yesrly levy Of taxes were made
upon the property of the people
that Ia now wrung from thcm indi,
reety, through interest to bond-holdors on
the bonded debt, interest to national bankers
for the use ofthree hundred and fifty millions
atdollsrs Of the black back notes that our
precious government now gives them as
aaouopoly, interest on state debts, interest
GA municipal debts, and enhanced prices on
transportation to pay interest on "watered
stocks" of railroad bonds, there would be
ao necessity for discussion. Tho people
would rise in their might and over
Erow the present financial sys-
tenn In six months. The great
trouble Is that designing men and leaders of
parties, seeking to onslave the people, hide
their purposes, like the serpent OF old in tho
,,ardsn OF Eden, behind decetful and false
issues; and to this end somo side issue or
question is framed 10 divide the people into
parties and to array them against each other.
Iner ignorance is appealed TO- their hatreds
ana prsjudlces are assiduou,ly aroused and
capt alive by designing knaves and the lead.
4zs OF one faction or party arc placed in
aathorAy with the power of taxation placed
IA their hands. What matters II to the tax
Fayingpeople of England and her depend
Sncles o'day, whether my Lord Gladstone
&C my Lord Beaconsfeld 10 prime minister
we either or them or their adhorents ')se
10 loosen the shackles OF slavery in H.. ".
mSns OIL taxes by tho laboring and producing
millions for the benefit of tho privileged
ci&sesY No tho contest between the par.
Oe or tho factions Is simply rs to
which shall have tho omolumenIs
o.. office, DO invested with the power Of taxa.
don, and have tho distribution of its results.
And what matters it TO the great body of the
2aooring, producing and tax paying millions
Of the United States to-day, so far as thi,
gTeat question is concerned, whether Han
coak and English, or Garfield and Arthur
are Observation-Disclosures the Democratic or Re-
p!oHcRn party placed in powerl Do either
oe the .opposlng candidates, or either of the
9Pposlng parties propose to relieve the
ASoorinS, and producing millions from any
Gsrt OF tho grinding taxation by which they
Sga snslaVed for the benefit of bankers and
noadholders! No, alas, mol On tho contrary
gus republican party points with bride" to
't9 dsrk financial record, and measure, by
ER'eh this great burden Of taxation hn, boen
pssced on tho shoulders of the people. inold
IuS Its fraudulent specie basis. and coin ro.
'2eniptlon measures for perpetuatingit. Onthe
other hand the leaders of the Democrat PARTY
OF to-day, sssaying to tout Herod uerod.h
go to Cincinnati, and abandoning all its old
time honored" principles of opposition to
sanks and bonds and adopting the peculiar
whim OF bankers, boud-holders and Repub.
deans declares for "honcst money of gold
MAJ silver and paper, convertible into coin |
on demand" This ombodies the whole Re-.
publican, national bank and bond holders
financial system, and provides fox its perpe |
eulty' And In convention, whore John lro. |
land and ono or two other "lost sheep," still
eeVerins the old time principles of Dsmoc.
rses, proposed resolution for the abolish.
Aeas OF the national banks and the payment
'o' the bends according to the original law.
cesting them, il was almost unanimou,l,
voted down,and Mr Ireland says himself he |
could do Nothing" And yet in the face of
THIS abandonment of principle BY the trucu
lent leaders at Cincinnati they have the of |
troatery to "plsdge themselves anew \ n \
70 the teachings and examples of long
nne OK patriots aud embodied
IN this platform - Ny God, |
what amazing "cheek" Was ii the teach |
tags and examples of Jefferson, Madison.
Franklin, Randolph. Calhoun and Jackson |
shey thus slandered! Men who spent their
fiSes in opposing banks and bonds, and in
aaS0catlng paper money issued bv tho
government based upon the credit ofths whole
people, instead of few swindling bankers !!
Ne, no II could not DO these thew rcferrsd
70. 1t must have been that cline of pure
democratic statesmen" who insugerated Ia
late prich mans war and the poor man,
aghl' who conscripted all poor men into the
trent line of battle and exempted All rich
Eneu from service who owr ed ssnty negroes
ar i've hundred head of sheep or cattle, and
detailed their sons into the cCmmi,ssry and
4eaTIermasters departments, who flooded
Che country with confederate treasury notes
pad to these exempted classes for subsistence
IL sho army ut enormous prices; and then
asssysd to fund it into non. taxable bonds
with interest payable in coin for the soldiers
and their chidrento pay in after year.-sl.
most a.perfect counterpart of the Republi.
can policy. Ii must have been that '"lonr
nae OF statesmen" who nominated Horace
greeley in 1872 on specie basis resumption
NYlAtfOrm. that ANNA ulnn,x l;ao - 49,