Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-07-11
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lands. Now let us suppose, IoF argument
sake. that the whole expenses of the gen
eral government are 100000 annually; q
suppose that fifteen millions are collected
from customs, and five millions from the
sales of our public domain. Well, now
suppose Congress takes it into its head to
distribute the land fund amongst the States,
as consequence there will be deficit in
the National treasury of five millions of
dollars. How is this deficit to be made
up? There's the rub. It must be made
up some way or other. Where is it TO
come from? Why, that very same Con-
gress which has made the hole must set
about devising some means of filing 1t up
again. 1t deliberately goes to work and
imposes new burdens on the commerce OF
the country. 1t must raise the tariff. The
fifteen millions derived from the customs
must be increased to twenty. Every ar
ticle which the farmer and the mechanic
uses must be taxed enormously. The iron
which the farmer uses in his agricultural
pursuits-the tools and the materials which
the mechanic makes use of, must be taxed
anew to meet this deficit which the nota-
BILE scheme Of distribution has created.
You, fellow democrats of the sixth district,
are called upon and compelled to pay your
quota of these increased taxes. From your
pockets must be replaced the amount which
Congress has so literally distributed a.
mongst the States. This is exactly play
!, inc into the hands of the Northern tariflites.
Their object is to create as many drains
as possible upon the National treasury, in
order to have pretextfor imposing onthe
country an unjust and oppressive system
of taxation in the shape of protective ia
riff, by means of which they will be ena-
bled to revel in wealth and splendor at the
expense of your poverty and ruin. This
is one of the principle reasons why Thos.
ID. Meares, in common with the federal
party to which he belongs, go it so strong
. for the distribution scheme. But say the
: advocates Of this measure, let North Caro-
|, lima get her share of the distribution or
land fund, and she will be able to educate
. her children. A school-house then will be
g found at every Cross Road. To this we
answer, that all the stuff about educating
II the rising generation out of the funds Of
h the general government, is shear humbug
> We, for one, say that we wish every chile
K in the State to be educated. No one, more
| than Gen. Mckay, deplores the Ignorance
+. which exists amongst the people of Nortl
h Carolina. But, then, people of New Han
over, of Onslow, or of any other county il
the district, just look at this /: what woult
al 1t benefit you, suppose that $4,000 was
le given to you out Of the National treasury
ii on the lst of January, 1916, for the pur
"a poses of education, and during the course
" of the same year the Federal Customs
Collector were to abstract from your peck
4 cts eleven thousand dollars. This, GU
,t readers will see from what has been said
At they would be sure to do. For the origi
~ nal ten thousand must be replaced, AM
r. the Custom-house officers must greas
their fingers with an additional ten pc
70 cent for collecting it. The best idea whicI
r. we can convey TO our readers of the ope
m ration of this rascally scheme of distribu
ID ton, which Thomas D. Meares and tn
8 Chronicle advocate so strongly, will b
70 found in the following illustration
n Let our readers picture to themselves
a. bluff old farmer standing at the doors Of Con
n. gress, admiring the beauties Of the Capito
,e when out steps one of Uncle Sans ger
i. try with a smirk and smile on his face ali
i. addresses him in this wise: "Well, oil
Of friend, how do you do? We have bee
10 making considerable sales Of the publ
ar lands would'n you like to have some {
d. the funds to educate your children?" 81
nd be sure would says the old fellow. "Ju
Is, step in with me then TO the public Grill
ed and you can have it right off, Now con
he mences the beauty of the operation. "Ho
IT, your pocket, my good friend." says Il
nst uery polite gentleman, "and let me cou'
ct it into it," The old gentleman looks c
six with unsuspecting complacency Will
100 with one hand his kind friend counts dc
in lar after dollar into his right pocket, Will
b;s the slyIy passes his other hand round Il
to old fellows back to his left pocket and a
m stracts the same amount, with ten per Ger
nd added, to pay him for the trouble of Il
III operation. Good reader, wouldn't y
os think the old farmer was doing rather
os. ''slow" business. Such, nevertheless,
IN. fair illustration of the working of t
md distribution scheme. But we have dw
raj longer on this subject than we intended
ar, Next in the Chronicle comes the folio
II. ing paragraph:
du. The people will we hope also rememt
"u that General Mckay voted in the House
TO Representatives AGAINST the amendment
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