Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-02

The following is part Of the speech Of Mr.
RICHARDSON which was accidentally omitted In
trsnscribing for the press:
Ny fellow citizens. YOU have doubtless heard a
great deal OF talk about the President proposi
ton in regard to the emancipation OF AL the blacks
in the slave States Of this Union The practical
effect OF the adoption Of that measure will be
neither more nor less than 10 enslaye the white
man in order that the negro may go free Even
now. my hard working. honest friend. must you
toll from early morn ill dewy eve, dag after day
in order TO paw the taxes which have been i'm
posed upon you; but II you bad % work side by
with the freed sluves of the South. rs the Pres
dent would have you do-if they were permitted
20 come into competition with YOU aud thereby
reduce your alre tdy scanty earnings, you would
not be able To pay your taxes ut all.
word or two ab1ut these treasury notes,
suppose you have. most OF you. seen them; per
haps You have one OF them in your pocket now :.
The Government has kindly given us these
notes IN order % assist in paying taxes
Laughter Well this Is all very we'll. bat we
must not forget tlar sooner or later pay day
must come. No nation ia the world has ever
maintained it, Independence that repudiated
its debts. Although Great Britain Is more
heavily burdened than our Government.
still she pays her three per cent Of
of interest punctually yea after year We of
course must pay the interest onr debts ii we
eau not pay the principal and IN order 10 do
that taxation must incret-e-the country must
groan beneath mighty load
Now, so far a. we of the Western States are
concerned. these Yankees down East have
shrewdly managed To get us pretty well taxed
already. in advance. so to speak. They are ex-
ceedingly sharp feows-those Yankees Why,
my friend. you never supposed. did you, that all
.att Of fha
welfare OF the negro were sncereG Not bit Of
it, They are merely running" the negro be
cause they can make money on him-nOthing
else. assure you. Laughter And 80 far they
Thave succeeded pretty well. They got forty six
millions of dollars from the Government Inst
year for making arms, and managed 80 as to give
Us the taxes To pay by way of compensation tor
not being equally favored with them in the mat
ter of contracts. Laughter The effect OF the
war il, that we are selling all our home produc
tons much more cheaply than usual. while the
Yankee gets little more than usual for all OF
his.
Now. these Yankees are able 10 support them
selves just about thirty days out of three hun
dred and sixty tive-they are dependent upon the
West the remainder of the time: and yet they
exercise "A very powerful influence At Washington
City. Where the Yankees pay three per cent. by
way of taxes we pay five They have probably
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they have all the contracts. They are getting
rich; We are not. Fellow citizens, that should
be corrected. The Government should be just
To all its parts Ii is disgrace TO the Govern
ment that while we of the West have more pOpu-
lation. rs much wealth and great deal more
/ genuine devotion to the cause of the Union and
the Constitution. we should be made "hewers OF
wood and drawers of water" to the inhabitants
OF another section OF our country.
! But how do they manage TO do all this? The
answer is plain. These eastern men all Re
publicans. Republican is elected to Congress
from the West-lrom Indiana or Illinois, and
when he goes and takes his seat in the House or
the Senate, II he begins TO show the least dlspo
sition to think for himself and do what Is best
for his constituents at home. those men who are
leaders OF that party in Congress 30 10 him aud
tell him. III YOU do not vote for and with your
party, YOU will not be regarded rs loyal to the
Government" Ii is thus. my fellow citizens
that you destroy your own interests when you
place Republican in power