Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-06-28
senator Bsyard on the Tarir.
WILMINGTON, I,el., May @, 1888

WILMINGTON, 1,el., May q, 1883
Joseph Pulitzer, Esq, New York; y
The more important the question the
greater the necessity in dealing with it.
gravely and worthily, and anything like
fnesse' or the appearance OF ,fnesse or
trick in dealing with such an issue as q
tariff for revenue or tariff for the pro-
lection Of certain classes OF our citizens
will greatly weaken the party resorting
to it.
11 Quite independent of the economy to
, the Treasury and incidental benefit to
Americanproducers and manufacturers,
which is to be effected by higher or
lower rate of tariff taxation, is the more
profound question of political right and
power to lay any public burden upon
the entire people for the benefit. profit,
or protection of private individuals.
If this claim be admitted. as one OF
right, then privileged classes do exist in
this country, and although titles may
not be allowed by the Constitution, yet
all the advantages and privileges OF
rank will be obtained without the name:
know of no position more impreg-
nable, and upon which it is more inn
portant for the Democratic party to form
its lines, than that public property cannot
be taken for private use under any pretert.
The Constitution of the. United States
and of every one of the. States so
united-provides for the taking Of pri-
vate property for public use, only upon
the rendition of Just compensation to
the owner-but nowhere in this cOun-
try. and nowhere where free institu-
ytions have recognition can the sovereign
power take public property for private
use, Or the private property Of A to be
bestowed upon B. With or so'fhoat COM
pensation. - sh"e F,dtE4. ta $40
ID The only ground upon which any in
dividual can be deprived of his property.
is to benefit the community, and when
ever such an exigency arises he. must
(under our guarantees) be first justly
compensated. ..E .s..a.. .sg,.s.
The torn, of the exaction, is imma-
terial-as much so as the place--T77and a
tax collected in the interior, or at a
entry and under a tariff law, and an
excise or direct law-it is all the same,
and to be justified must be IN the name
and for the use of the Government of the
United States. "a ,s,t @tilt Hi'tr
With this principle once laid down,
the rate of taxation will be easily
measured by the public exigencies, and
such a spectacle as was witnessed at the
last session of Congress-of a, handful
of men representing private interests
and controlling and molding public laws
of taxation to suit those interests will
never again be tolerated by honest pub
lie sentiment. ''@'u' '''''3'' ''
The excise system can be so arranged,
I am sure, as to do away with the army
of spies and agents, and the detestable
inquisition practiced under present
laws. A tax upon the ,ascertained ca
pacity of a still can be substituted for
the host of political storekeepers and
gaugers and armed marshals, who now
Constitute the chief power of the radical
party in many States. And a sensible
reduction of the rate of tax to a, true
revenue point would accomplish vast
reform and give great relief.
/ am convinced of the serious neces-
sity for change in our Civil-service
system Of removals and appointments.
The tree will grow and bear its natu-
raj fruits, and five continue to make
mems salaries and means of living de-
pendent solely upon the caprice and ia
yor of the Executive branch, we will see
such men in high office as suit the office
holding class and not the people, or.
their interest or, honor a-s ,s,o,f
Yours, sincerely, 49,, T. F. BAYARD.