SEYMOUR AND UNIVERSAL TAXATION. THE WORKINGMAN'S CART SUBJECT TO EQUAL TAXATION WITH THE RICH MAN'S COACH, “WE DEMAND FOURTH—EQUAL TAXATION OF EVERY SPECIES OP PROPERTY ACCORDING TO ITS REAL VALUE, INCLUDING GOVERN¬ MENT BONDS AND OTHER PUBLIC SECURITIES. ”—Democratic National Platform. “ I SEE THE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO DODGE THE FINANCIAL ISSUES, AND TO SINK THE ELECTION INTO A MERE PERSONAL CON¬ TEST. OUR PAPERS MUST NOT ALLOW THIS. THEY MUST PUSH THE DEBT AND TAXATION UPON PUBLIC ATTENTION.” HORATIO SEYMOUR. To Hon. C. M. Inqersoll, New Haven, Conn. History no where else furnishes so perfect an illustration of the adage that “ whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad/’ as in the course of the Democratic party during the last eight years. But as mad as they proved themselves in rushing headlong into a wicked rebellion, every subsequent act of their life proves that they are every year becoming more insane. If reason had not forever taken its flight from the Democratic leaders and stark madness been enthroned in its place, they would never thus have pro¬ claimed the principle in their platform THAT THEY ARE in favor of “ EQUAL TAXATION ” of the rich and poor, and that “ EVERY SPE¬ CIES OF PROPERTY" must.be taxed, whether it be the destitute widow’s solitary bed or the bond of the Belmont millionaire! “Every species of property” embraces every conceivable article possessing any value, however small, from a paper of pins to a lordly Fifth Avenue Palace—from an acre of swamp land to the largest PLANTATION—FROM THE POOREST NEEDLE-WOMAN’s SEWING-MACHINE to the “bloated bond-holder’s” coach-and-four. It includes the absolute neces- 8 / ries of life as well as its most useless luxuries. The dress or the cow, the pig, the chair, and the stove of the woman who is dependent upon her daily labor for the support of herself and children , like the bond of the richest capitalist, must be subject to taxation and “equal taxation,” according to the Democratic platform, if Seymour and Blair are elected. Every acre of land belonging to the farmer, and every bushel of wheat or corn or potatoes, every ton of hay, every pound of butter, every do'zen of eggs, every pound 2 of meat, every quart of milk, every basket of fruit, and every vegetable of any kind he nmy take to market or consume at home, the Democratic Convention “ DE¬ MANDS” shall be subject to “EQUAL TAXATION” with the rich man's bonds and houses and lots, his horses and cattle and sheep and poultry, his plows and harrows and rakes, his cultivators and reaping machines, his hoes and shovels, his wagons and carts and “ sleds,” and all to be taxed “ equal ” to the stocks and bonds and mortgages of the city banker, “according to their real (or cash ) value.” There is to be no exemption of the “property” of the poorest widow, or of the most dependent orphan, of the axe, or saw, or spade, or tools of whatever kind of the day labor, of the needle-woman’s sewing-machine, the washer-woman.s “smoothing-irons,” or even the shoes and stockings of the children. And all this property shall not only be taxed, but it shall be taxed “ equal” to, or at the same rate as the silver plate, Wilton carpets, and magnificent plate mirrors and rosewood furniture of the millionaire. Not only the long list of ten thousand articles which a Republican Congress has just exempted from all taxation will be included in the Democratic catalogue of “every species of property” which must be subject to “ equal taxation” but twice ten thousand other articles must be added to the long list. Instead of confining himself to the inquiry, as formerly, how many gold watches and pianos, and how much silver ware a family owned, the assessor would, he. m compelled, under a Democratic Administration, to ascertain every article of a Jj woman’s wardrobe, whether it consisted of a single skirt, a Sunday and a work- ing dress, or an indefinite number of dresses, and a long array of shoes and stockings, gloves, undergarments, jewelry, combs and brushes, &c. And of manufactured articles there would be an amount “which no man could number.” Read the following, and imagine what an endless variety of articles might be named under each general term, such as “cloth and all textile knitted and felted articles,” or under the term of “cuttlery,” or “ chemical pro¬ ductions,” &c. Agricultural implements. ‘ * Boilers, water-tanks, and sugar-tanks. Boots and shoes, including those made of India rubber, and shoe strings. Brandy made from grapes. Brushes. Bullion, gold, in lumps, ingots, or bars. Bullion, silver, in lumps, ingots, or bars. Candles. Carpetings made of wool. Carriages. Cars, railroad. Chemical productions, uncompounded. Chocolate and cocoa, prepared, per pound. Cigars, cigarettes, and cheroots, of all de¬ scriptions. Clocks, clock movements, and cases. Cloth, and all textile, knitted, or felted fabrics made of cotton. Cloth, and all textile, knitted, or felted fabrics other than those made of flax or jute exclusively, and not elsewhere enu¬ merated. Cloth, painted, enameled, shirred, tarred, varnished, or oiled. Clothing, articles of, made from India rub¬ ber or gutta percha. Clothing, articles of, not of wool? made by weaving, knitting, or felting, or from fur or fur skins. Clothing, articles of, made from fur, valued at $20 or less. Coffee, roasted or ground, and all substi¬ tutes therefor. Confectionery, valued at 20 cents per pound or less. Confectionery valued at over 20 cents per pound, and not over 40 cents per pound. Confectionery. Copper, zinc, brass tubes, nails, and rivets. Cotton. Cutlery. Diamonds, emeralds, precious stones, and imitations thereof, and all other jewelry. Fermented liquors. Fire-arms. Furniture. Gas-fixtures and chandeliers. Glass, manufactures. Gloves, mittens, and moccasins made by sewing. Gun cotton. Gunpowder, blasting, in kegs or casks. Gunpowder, sporting, in kegs, per pound. b Gunpowder, canister, per pound. Gutta percha, manufactures of. Hats, caps, bonnets, and hoods of all de¬ scriptions. Hoop skirts. India rubber, manufactures of. Iron castings not specially excepted, per ton. Iron, cut nails, and spikes, not including nails, tacks, brads, or finishing nails, usually sold in papers. Iron railing, gates, fences, and statuary. Iron, stoves. Iron.tubes, wrought, per ton. Iron, manufactures of, not specially ex¬ empted and not elsewhere enumerated. Lamps, and lanterns, other than magnesium lamps. Lead, sheet, lead pipes, and shot. Leather, of all descriptions. Machinery, including shafting and gearing, and mechanics’ tools. Mouldings of wood. Monuments of stone. Oil produced from petroleum. Oils, essential, of all descriptions. Paper. Paper collars, and all articles of dress made of paper. Photographs, or other pictures taken by the action of light. Piano-fortes, and other musical instruments. Pins. Plated and britania ware. Republican P1 j Saddlery, harness, trunks, and valise*/ Safes fire or burglar proof. Scales. Screws, commonly called wood-screws. Sewing machines. Silk, manufactures of. Silverware. Soap, common brown, in bars, salt-water soap, cocoanut oil. Soap perfumed. Spices, ground, dry mustard, and all substi¬ tutes therefor. Steam, locomotive, and marine engines. Thread. Tinware. Tobacco, chewing. Tobacco, smoking, sweetened, stemmed, or butted. Tobacco, smoking, not sweetened, stemmed, or butted, including that made of stems, or in part of stems. Tobacco, twisted by hand, and not pressed, sweetened, or otherwise prepared, and fine-cut shorts. Turpentine, spirits of. Watches and watch chains. Wine. Woolen cloth, and all fabrics or articles made of wool. Manufactured articles which are increased in value by being polished. Manufactures not elsewhere enumerated nor specially taxed. n of Taxation. Tlie tax on every one of these articles, which would amount to nine thousand at least, was removed by the last Congress, and instead of taxing one thousand articles, as last year, the list is, reduced to barely four manufactured articles, viz.SPIRITS, TOBACCO, FERMENTED LIQUORS and GAS, and to only seven other subjects, viz:—BANKS and BANKERS, GROSS RECEIPTS, (from stocks,) SALES, other SPECIFIC TAXES, IN¬ COMES, LEGACIES, SUCCESSION and PASSPORTS. If any one can imagine or compute how many articles there are in the United States which may be denominated “property” and subject to “ equal taxation” under the provisions of the Democratic platform we have quoted, he will be able to anticipate 'some of the beauties of that universal system of taxation Sey¬ mour is pledged to introduce. The value of the taxable property of every kind in the United States in 1870 will not fall short of $35,000,000,000. Of this sum three-eighths,*or $13,000,000,- 000, are invested in farm lands, and $3,000,000,000 in live stock, farm improve¬ ments, machinery and implements. The national bonds amount to about $2,100,000,000. Neither the lands, live stock, machinery nor implements of the farmers, nor the bonds are taxed by the United States. Democratic Plan of Taxation. The Democratic party propose, in order to equalize taxation, TO COLLECT AN EQUAL TAX FOR EVERY SPECIES OF PROPERTY, INCLUD- i 4 1NG GOVERNMENT BONDS ACCORDING TO VALUE. The annual wants ot the United States for revenue, including interest and pensions, will be •$ 00,000,000, or one per cent, upon all the taxable property in the United States. ■ be practical operation of the Democratic system of taxation will be that the Government bonds will yield annually a tax of $21,000,000, AND THAT THE FARM LANDS, FENCES, HORSES, HOGS, SHEEP, CHICK¬ ENS, COWS, WAGONS, MACHINERY, AND IMPLEMENTS OF TIIE FARMERS WILL YIELD $160,000,000 ANNUALLY. THAT IS THE PLAN OF EQUAL TAXATION PROPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. In order to reach the $2,100,000,000 of bonds with a tax, in defiance of the contract, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PROPOSE TO PUT A TAX OF $160,000,000 ON TPIE FARMERS. Under this Democratic rule of taxation, the farmers and planters will pay a direct tax EQUAL TO THREE-FIFTHS OF THE WHOLE AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR THE SUPPORT OF TPIE NATIONAL GOVERN¬ MENT, whereas they now pay, under the REPUBLICAN RULE, NO DIRECT TAX AVHATEVER. TPIE PROPERTY OF FARMERS PLANTERS AND MECHANICS IS NOW EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL TAXATION, AND WILL REMAIN EXEMPT IF GRANT AND COL¬ FAX SHALL BE ELECTED ; BUT IF SEYMOUR AND BLAIR ARE ELECTED, ALL TPIEIR PROPERTY, WHETHER MUCH OR LIT¬ TLE, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, WILL BE HEAVILY TAXED FOR TPIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SOLEMNLY PLEDGED TO DO IT. LET NO MAN BE TAKEN UNAWARES, OR AFTER THE ELECTION, WHEN IT IS TOO LATE TO REMEDY THE EVIL, say that he did not understand the scope and purpose of the Democratic scheme of “equal taxation of every species of property, according to its real value.” Conclusion. The sum of the whole matter -is that the Democratic party “ DEMAND” that the POOR MAN’S COTTAGE shall be subject to “ EQUAL TAXA¬ TION” with the RICH MAN’S MANSION. That the WASHER-WOMAN’S IMPLEMENTS OF LABOR shall pay “ EQUAL TAX,” with the RICH MAN’S GOLD WATCH, SILVER PLATE, SEVRES WARE, and “inlaid” furniture. That the POOR MAN’S SOLITARY COW shall be “TAXED EQUAL” to the RICH MAN’S BLOODED HORSES. That the poor man’s $50 dollar bond, BOUGHT ON THE PLEDGED FAITH OF THE NATION THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE TAXED, SHALL BE TAXED EQUAL TO THE RICH MAN’S BANK and RAILROAD STOCKS. That the POOR needle-woman’s sewing-machine or wicker BABY CART, shall be “TAXED EQUAL” to the ELEGANT LADY’S $1,500 or $2,500 PIANO. That the POOR WOMAN’S RAG-CARPET, made at night after a day3 washing, SHALL BE TAXED EQUAL to the elegant lady’s luxurious im¬ ported tapestry or Wilton. This is modern Democracy, this is SEYWIOUR AND BAIR AND REBEL DEMOCRACY, and this is the Democracy of the party who claim to be THE EXCLUSIVE CHAMPIONS OF THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS, AND THE SOLE DEFENDERS OF THE POOR AND THE WEAK AND THE OPPRESSED! PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC, WASHINGTON, D. C.