Daily Republican., 1882-04-05
Tax pawfug and Disgranchis ement

Tax paying ana btsr H. WeH
The On cite has really seen something
III the r 1rUBLICAN that struck its al
mj-Atiua, 10 has found that after al
that p&p.r cxOnerates the tax collectors
+ ON AL The charges Ofimpartiality and
uutairncss that have been made
against them. In a recent issue We
said we nad no sympathy with that
class Of uen, Republicans, who were
able, bat who would not go and pay
their taxes and then after they were
returned as delinqUents for not paying
them, turn around aud Genounce the
collectors for all that was bad. We
have no notifications to make Of this
expression and our neighbor may make
the mosG of it. This however does MOI
do away with the charges of discrimi
nation and unfairness on the part O
the collectors. This does not remove
the brand of craftsmanship from the
brow Ct the Ubiquitous laws under
which our taxes are collected and which
We're made to cheat Republicans ou1
of their votes at the expense of the tax
payers of the State. We woull be cul
pable were we to say that nobody coulc
get to pay their taxes who tried to dc
So II has not come to that yet, bu
there is 10 knowing how soon another
twist Of the DISTINGUISHING screw may
be given and thousands more Republi-
cans dis franchised. We never pretend
ed that the class of well known citizens
referred to who did not pay their taxes
and in consequence We're disfranchi sed
would have had any difficulty in pay
ing their taxes if they had taken the
trouble to look up the collectors. Onr
remarks were directed principally to
that class of voters who were not igno-
rant OF the assessment laws and yet
made no effort whatever to see the col
lector and to offer to pay their taxes.
We repeat, that were it not that the
Republican party cannot well spare
their votes we could in certain sense
enjoy their disfranchisement Yet we
are as emphatic in our conden nation
of the assessment laws and the laws
governing the collection of taxes as we
ever were before. The law should be
made, and was formerly so exacting and
stringent that the class of persons re,
ierred to were compelled to pay their
taxes or they would DE shown the in,
side of prison cell. Now the law
leaves such persons severely alone. The
collectors for partisan reasons are MOI
required to call upon them for theil
taxes, for fear they might pay then
and remain voters. We have often sale
that we blame the law more than the
collectors and we have no reason for q
change of mind. The law was passed
to dist. anChise Republicans only, and
the collectors cannot be blamed tor
carryil z out the law for the purposes
for which it was intended. We are
only pleased that there is q struggling
chance for Republicans to pay their
taxes by calling on the collectors to dc
so, and those who have not done 50, and
made n attempt to do so and in conse.
quenco find themselves DISTINGUISHED
are the persons wealluded to as having
DO real ground for complaint for their
dls1ranC hisement If aman could save
his life by running through fire when
not to run would be certain death, he
would be fool if he did not make the
venture. A man who makes no attennt
TO pay lis taxes even though the effort
may be accompanied with some labor
NJ d risk, has no right to complain of
The result 50 long as he made no at
tempt to avoid the 4isaGretable conse-
,nCeS.