M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-02-18
MARTHUR. VINTON COUNTY. OHIO FEBRUARY, 49, 1884,


srgument has he made ! Has be me
my thing; has hs proved any thing
las he dIsproyed any shing Il
IsPeech Of thar kind to be ,onsidere,
~ au answer to any fact or argumcn,
stand here argning this bill beior,
he Committee. stand here makins
assertions and proving facts whicl
;ne gentleman dare not deny, and doe
'e suppose | will accept a spreai-
.aglo ALTAR Of five minutes long as Al
answer to the remarks / have mad,
upon the material interests Of the peo
lple represent ...,.
why, air, such an argument, sucl
IN attsbpt at argument, such Z
speech does rot rise iigh enough +
reach al honest mans contempt. Now
call these gentlemen back to the
poiDt. They do not answer they de-
not deny; they rant. They cay the
Union will be restored. think, too,
t will be, but it will be after sucl
!nen 40 tho gentleman from IlinDis
and those who act with him have
been consigned to oblivion, and when
tho honest sentiment OF tho people
who love this Union with all its laws
shall haye gained the ascendency in
the country. Ii they suppose tor one
moment that tho Democratic members
and the Conservative members upon
the floor are to DO intimidsted from
discussion by loud talk end high
sounding sentences, they have got to
earn US over again. Meet argument
with argument. We will strip your
position OF this fnstiau, and leave it
raked before the country.
"'Attack New England! Who has
attacked New Englandl ! have not.
| have not asked that she should DO
kept out In the cold. Indeed, sIe
shall no! 20 ont, as she takes a notion
~ once in a while. But when a party
in power, be it Now England, New
York, or Any body else, puts ito one
hand upon our throAts and the other
hand in our pockets, and asks us to
keep still while the robbery goes on,
sha ! We not be allowed the poor priv.
ileze of crying out in our agony 7
The gentleman says his constitu-
ents are not suffering Let him speak
iur them. ! tilink, however, in that
ne is mistaken, ii he represurtS an
Asr!cu tarAl district. Ilo says, too,
Ills district is loyal shoulll~ scorn
myself il | replied to SUCH remark.
| suppose il is loyal. ! do not attack
il, All 1 until an attack upon my die
trlct comes in sOmo other shape than
BY such puerilc iusinu ation, / shall
not defend IL upon this floor. -
"a word moro. The gentleman
daye l opposed great measure for
the beneti' Of the North last
Consress--slluding I to the celebrated
canal scheme, in which the gentleman
vas 90 much wrapped up. The dis
tinRuished chairman Of the Commit
tee VI Ways and Means (Mr. Stevens)
from Pennsylvania, did the same.
For once our disloyal heads upon this
side are sheltered by the broad agis
Of the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
"Mr. Washhlrne, of 1lIinois-I lie
was not from the North weet, how
ever.
"Mr. Voorhees-That 10 true bui
| suppose he is loyal. Aa to the
North. west. have never been able
to appreciate tho tangible benefits it
you'd derive from that gigantic
scheme Of what l have always con.
eived to be simply schems OF pub.
lie plunder. l looked upon II as a
great system to feed q loathSome
swarm Of harpies upon tho National
Treasury. No such measure ever
had and never shall have my sane
ton. ] stand here to defend my
course upon that subject whenever i,
is assailed.
"But this is aside from the point.
Come back to the issue; come back
10 the high tariff; came back to the
matter Of taxation. You shall not
escape from it before the country.
The :oldier Of loyal, patriotic heart
the soldier upon the field, who pays
fifty or sixty cents a yard for muslin
to wrap his wasted body in shalI
know to whom he makes that pay.
mens. The manufacturer robs him
His interest is identical with the
farmer. aa4 f-
"Mr. ]. Q. Allen / wish to ans
wer the remarks. of the gentleman
from Iowa, (Mr. Wilson) who first
spoke on this question. lthiDk he ID
mistaken about the price Of farm pro
duce in the West. 1t Is true thai
pork is quoted q. twenty two dollars
in Chicago but the enhancement in
price has taken place since the article
has gone into the hands OF specula-
iors. l know that farmers and smalI
grasisrs Of Illinois hare only Ss snJ
. O. hs thsii pork. Dssidsa tn