Lower coast gazette., 1910-04-30
SATURDAY, APRIL so, 1871
rho ]per,,b|;can Party ard CentraE'=
.. cation.

rur DEMOCRATS of the Southern o'a.eS "u u
ual,c+an+ about contesting tor 'he Jun
,;ohts of their respective states "1e'' '''es ,ands
fnonc;a] inducements leading them Wa"
Capitalization. The income tax was 49,
....t+,+iona because the CONSTITUTION u .N
United States provides that any o'Iec. 'c w.
g tho citizens of the states by the O"''eu usoo
Met no in proportion to the popu'auon u I4I
nyS+os: and not in proportion to tfe!r "ec''".
~. +ho Constitution was adopted the Iarseo.
wealth was in the Northern A1la'I c 0''''' ,hoso
;'nno,v The Democrats of that oay' vi
n,ho wore onposed to the centrallzlng views "
~. rodora1ists were willing to make thiS con-
sas,;or +o the northeastern states, ra1her .A"n
~ bave the federal arms reach OUT ll'o
49, sto+es Of the union, grasplng any cl''Ae"
hare y, there and compelling him to pay 'aAe'.
MI aon,ocrat;c idea or the Jeffersonlan 1oea' u
tho IDEAS which preceded Jefferson IN 'ne ans,,
Capitalization party, were that the s'"'es "lv
rot;onal units and their unity, OF ao'o'ro.ls
n.so,,1d mt he disturbed by the federation ol 'ne
a+.+oe excepting insofar as was necessary "
orooto and maintain a national torn ol so'eiN
won't with such powers, military and o'hei"'Se'
.s wore then determined necessary
TSo oroot wealth Of the eastern states seems
o,vavs to have presented a tempting i'ol'0l w
the tax gatherers and recently even ool w.
rood neighbor, Alabama, voted IN 1aVor VI "a.
;,ooro tax amendment, now before the Vaf'0u 1,
a+o+os Of the union. They are Wiling 10 WEI
oonoo the federal tax %gatherer into Alabama "!'
~ annlv the inquisitorial law into the CUES y
4ho+ rreat state. because they think thata large
nronort;ooate amount of revenue Will be secure
go +ho neonle Of the northeastern states y:
the same law. This reasoning may De so .1n'
Int It is certainly not good polltlcs from " 49, -.
..ro+;c noint. Of view. We should maants1h VI
SLa.noe+ limos Of aen.arcatien possible betWee
tho no,pers Of the state and the powers OIL ~
sadar., union The individual citizen OIL u
.tato owes his allegiance to his state and TO u
no+;on which is composed Of the states. LIN u
noo+ personal relations should be as tar as posS
ble confined to the state only. II we are -
bought off with the cheap price Oh taxl'g oue
more heavily than ourselves, w shali ia
roochod that raercenary condition that seer
ceneral]v to precede the dissolution OF all gie
nations. +ho Tint
The magnificent development tha' 'ne o"l'
s+o+es acquired during the first hunoreo d
twenty-five years of their existence was alul1
table largely to the individual efforts OF the p
Me. Since then the invasion Of industrial ne
Nv the trusts, their seeking Of national leg's
ton to justify their monopollst1c tenderness
their defiance of the laws Of the land ana 3
oral success in their defiant attitudes, seem
no precursors of that decay that has finally
stroyed the great nations of the past. Lev y
hope that we shall not fail as they nave q.
Tie test will soon arise likely in our own >
LEGISLATURE and we have fears that some o!
own people will be very anxious to tax the Dig
comes Of the people of other states, put WEI
that the majority of our state legislature
conclude to maintain our democratic tenoe1
and to vote down the appearance Oh the &c.
tax gatherer in our land and we hope. 1ut'
that the courts will pronounce Mr. lafcs III
;onslv c~ontrived corporation income tax as
constitutional.
Tracking in Louisiana.