Daily Republican., 1880-10-26
A wore to Collector he drord.

AWOra to Collector Ne dIOrd.
We fcrSelr speaking Of colleeto
lBedtord's action last evening as |
deserves to be charaett rized, until VI
know whether no intends TO carry on
his avowed purpose which would enc
in the disfranehisernent OF hundrdds o
Republicans in the Southern dhtrict
When we advise him to return 10 hit
Office and accept TIE tazes Of the voter.
offered to him without Discrimination
provided they are properly qualified tc
pay those taxes, We do not wish to be
unde rstood to do 30 in ooAxing mood,
or in the common parlanos Of the day
We have NO tafYy" to offer. 1t l. the
plain duty Of Mr.. Bedford to receive
the taxes that are offered to him re-
gardlsss Of the political proolivitiss oil
the taxables. II the middle letter oil
the name Of . Democrat 10 not regarded
In the issuance Of q receipt for t,xes,
the same rule should hold good when
a Republican comes TO pay his taxes.
In ne case should . collector lose his
temper and vaoate his OfRos while there
are numbers Of other voters present
waiting to pay their taxes. We can
tell Mr.. Bedford that such actions ar.
childish, petulant and malicious, and
entirely inexcusable, and will only re-.
bound with tremendous force against
his own party. The people have heard
a great deal about fraud and dsfran.
chisemeDt, and there are a large mum
ber of Democrats who ara anxiously
watching to see II these charges are
really true. When they are fully made
aware that collector Of taxes whose
only duty it Ia to collect the honest
axes as they ara offered to him, vacateE
his Office because he is pressed by per.
sons whom he knows to bs Republicans,
for the purpose of disfranchising them,
these Demccr Its will not support him
in his actions. Go back to your Office,
Mr.. Bedford, and do your sworn duty.
Receive the taxes offered by the citizens
as they come to pay them if they ara
properly assessed, but shut your eyes
in rsgsrl to their politics. Suppose
they are Republicans, they have
rights as we'll as the Democrats.
Stick to the full letter Of thu law and
then you will have no trouble, and
whatever fscilitieS are offered to one
party to pay taxes should be as readily
accorded To the other. II all Republicans
are to be made to appear In person to
pay their taxes, apply the same rule to
Democrats. II It Is right to emit the
mid lie Letter Of the name Of q Democrat
Ia giving him q receipt because that
letter is wrong, it Is equally right to
omit the middle letter Of the name Of q
Republican because it Is wrong. We
need not name the parties referred to,
Mr.. Bedford kno VS. them. The Demo
crat to whom such receipt was given,
emitting the middle lett1r Of his name,
because 1t was wrong may possibly
have been we'll known to Mr.. Bedford,
but thers happsrs to be several other
vot.rs In tae city Of TIE same name,
while in the case Of toe Republican who
offered to pay his taxes aud was ra.
fused and the mi idle letter OF whose
name was alse wrong, is known by Nr
Bedford, and there Is no other name of
that kind in the oty. This discrimi.
nation will not do Mr.. Bedford. II one
Is refused refuse the ether. The peo-
pie are Watching and will not always
be tri6ei with. Honesty and fairness
is the bost policy. Go back to your
once DIR. Bedford, keep your temper,
act impartially, use no discrimination
and then you will have no trsubls. |
Your business Is to collect taxes. At.
tend TO that business and never mind
how man intends to vots. The latter i
is something you have nothing to do
with. ANY other course will trlpg dis.
aster upon your party. Bven the ma
jority Of the Democratic party like fair
play. They sooru to fight manaolsd
and will in turn strike the
manGoles from their fettered limbs and
banisa the tyrant that forgss the oh aims
to the sh sdes Of obsourity. Do you
understand this Mr.. Bedford : "A
word to the wise Is snA Aoient."
REPUBLICANS, do not mind the taunts
and jeers Of any body on the side walk
tomorrow night. Ysu cannot afford to
be anything else than gentlemen.
Hold your heads up proudly, keep et.p