| Show vaniah PREACHES during the debate on the legis latie article the other ly day in support of his amendment made the follo following wip sensible remarks the opportunity was as at hand to declare that neither state nor any part of it shall ever burden the property of the people for anything but a public purpose let us realize that it is ib our duty to guard and pi otecia the public revenue and credit so EO that those nho isho come after us way may have the same assurance as we that the property of the people wrested from them r by the necessities of government must be devoted to public purposes alone atis it is quite refreshing refie shing to find a full fledged republican advancing such buch doctrine which is none other thau what the democratic ic party has long contended fur for the ciple of taxation for public purposes alone is a correct one As a usual thing taxes ate aie as high as the mass of the people can w well e stand when they are used for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses of the when it comes to taxing one portion of a community for the benefit of in another pub it is time to call a halt public revenue and public credit should hould be used for public purposes bos bes and no other |
