Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-07-02

plumbers oEe citizen 20 enrich another needs
the strong, stern hand Of reform On its
helm.
Though perfect equality should prevail in
meeting the immense taxation which Is
coming like a mountain avalanche upon the
people, yet it Will be borne amid sorrow aaG
weary pain, but wLenit shall al fs'l Nirtu-
ally Ga q given class Of citizaus Il u:.l ne-
come an intolerable, suLlaca,.a- u;-..t mare
and death. challenge tie attention of tic
country that such IS the working # the
present system, which It : pretended
las been adopted To- ;.e support ,E J-a
Government. Already we see as e il
ccts- The great manufacturing c1r-rur4-
lions cf the East are crowliu- their bioat1L
pockets with rapid auH Gigantic gains
Their dividends %. profits are swollen some
thirty. sCne sixty. and some an Luul.e.
fold This Is no random statement. l-t is
sustained Icy tie statistics 5-:rre nae. IT J.
fact, tuu, of which tie whole country los
taken cCgniZalce.
Sir, no sectional boundaries ~ my 1--we ar
country prompts these remarks | ca. Cod
TO witness "ly- lyLat devotion ! love every
sod ana r.ch an. river. mountain, prairie
and igTes. e my native Lard. For lis l8p-
. pines and glory il would re sw,ct au3 :. J.
cradle 10 die. J rg,-tr uo section e i
. above another. il Is all alike a. ne, al
. der and la'loyvcG ly tie u'iHaiI'o-,f cons
sutut!ynal liberty. Bat J sTaas IN IL
name O.! Justice, which : evegywLere PRES
/ ent, in tie name Of frater.al and American
/ CquaIt!, ! ask you. | implure Won. u look
/ 81 slc condition Of tie Western people
/ Their interests have leen abandoned on
/ this floor by more than half their Ra9rescu-
/ tatIycs- and they stand to>day beating the
/ hard Lrunt Of the pitiless storm which has
burst from the anCry sky. They are
shut ont iTon ali fair MAJ ket for their
produce. Their nuturai channels of trade
To the South are closed 10y the impinuS haIa
/ of war, and tier avenues 10 the markets Of
/ the North are obstTuctej 10y the avarice OF
/ railroads. Ii costs sixty cents II freight =
! hushel Of corn from the Wabash r.yer 70
l New York and leaves from seven 60 fur-
I teen cents 10 the farmer who has Cagi~gd i5 u
/ crow aud gathered it in, a. tie reward Ci
/ his toll. For everything else lie receives
/ the same beggarly return. AID vet who
has lifted up his voice here In Lcll2i &C that
/ great, that honest. and Cpr-Css=! TeaTle ?
. Where Is their Ieprss sentative in Ias COM
/ mittee Of Ways AMI Means. th.t -rett Gez-
potic committee which natures measures oi
/ tariff, O. taxation, and OF fuaurr. and whose
/ DEGREES on this floor are y uual.erable aS
/ the laws Of the AleGcs and Pr5s.a-Sl On
1 that committee. which speaks tie voice ol
fate for the veal or Voc of tie tax payers Of
/ all the land, the great I'M fcr.a. d,m&in "a
/ the West. f!om tlle f,at uf :,.e Allegheny
mountains 10 the Pacific coast. has had no
| member during this important session
Blow after blow has fallen ON her naked
! head and now she stands exposed Il the
/ payment of four fiftis of all tie lUIGenS
/ which tLis Government has TO bear. !
speak advisedly. She has been tTamplcd
under foot. She has been plrnGered fcT
/ the benefit of others. And from here /
/ call upon her 10 viudicate herself. to assert
/ her equality. to resist oppression. II scorn
/ the tribute she IS called upon 10 pay u =
! branch which God and nature never inten>
/ ded she should support, To- demand from
/ her Government the same protection which
/ others obtain. and to reckon with her op-
( press0rs at the ballot box.
As for me l shall Join in no such system
! Of injustice, inequality, and wantsn oX,or-
/ ton against the people whose interests are
/ Coufided to my care in this House ] shall
/ resist it in al constitutional methods, and
: den -unce If everywhere and Ia doing So /
( shall perform what ! conceive 10 he CLe Of
! the highest duties Of honest, fearless patriot
ism.
. might here stop. Nr. Speaker. and rest
. The yasl debt, the unparalleled fraud by
/ which it has been accumulated, and the in
. iguitous mode uf assessing taxes ON the
wealth and labor of the country, are all be-
. fore them. But the political party now in
/ the executive and Legislative departments Of
. this GoveTUm= =ut have UevST considered any
( measure OF policy on any ssh5e.t complete
. or UulleCt unless II embraced q connection.
. however unnatural with the African race.
unfortunately IN large numbers UEol tbs
. continent. These are strange l-rs that
7 have come upon Us. We have an lived &
see the abolitiuu OF slavery become a. rerul-
iaIy question. aud the @bo.iti-a Iarty be-
come a direct tax upon tie packets II Taa
people The Federal tax gatherer Will viei.
every house in .he land In the ngEt slS
months for money u carry cut iis schemes.
In the midst Of a war more expensive than
the world ever Witnessed before; wiki al
Army and Nav costing us more taAn tlt
armies Of England France. Austria au,
Russia combined; with the hand Of plum
der deep in the sacred vaults of the nations
Treasury; with the hungry spirit of taxa
ton. ike the Cuaut and insatiatc Spec;r
Of famine hunting for the smallest substance
of 4 laboTiOus people. out q! which 10 wTin.
an income with markets closed. prices dc
pressed. BANKRUPTCY casting Its appa,in.
CLOUD On laS LOTiSoh O! the lCIUIc. ana G-e
: may gathering in the face Of the yeoman q
, the nation, this. sir, Is the time chosen L
startle Us with a deliberate and most ear
nest proposal TO purchase with money an
: set free the slave population Of the South
The President Of the United States, an
bo.h branches u the American Congres
= have solcmnly pledged this Government, il
J the face uf its own citizen. aud before IN