M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-02-18

no doubt the highwa, man when h
grssps his victim on the highroad
weuld rather have him keep sill.
have no donbt the burglar. when hi
breaks into a dwelling-housc, i, yer,
mnch annoyed it the scrt ans Of tn
inmates disturb him at his ielonipu,
;abors. All say they, We must hav,
peace. We must have 10 screaming
We'll, quit robl,ing us. Take yonl
hands ont Of our p'ckets. Quit fich
ing Tho rewards Of our honest lhbo
flom "nr pockets tor the benefit o
men who are no ADLER. no trusr. NJ
m"T" patriotic. 10 say tho least OF it
than the people which the gentlemen
from Illinois, myself and others on
ItSis side Of the chamber represent
here. Meot tho Argument, and sto;
this talk. Does tho manufacturing
interest pay any thing to the support
Of the Government 2 Or dnes the
agricultural interest pay it all z lam
NOT to be deferred from the argument
by this Inc of talk. All! Won are
comfortable and cosv, gentlemen. 1t
is M. 30 with the people that you
and l., Mr.. Chairman Mr.. Cox in the
chair), represent on this floor.
"Oi course, on this question ofsec
iionalism the retort is very handy
so apparent to every body, 80 ready
b every lip, that | do bct condeecend
10 nae it. The whole world will take
notice with whist propriety any body
on that side Of the chamber can talk
of eeoiionalism, their party having
been built upon the idea Of puro sec-
for more than thirty years
past ...r..... .4.....
''Bnt. as I was going on to say
when interrupted BY friend, our peo
pie are desply Interested on this qnes
ton nf high tariffs and high taxes,
They make long. hard daywork t"the
farmers Of the country they wiring
the sweat from hia brow. The farm
era ot my district have sent me h,rr
to look To lhair interests. The tariff
law now on the statute book wrings
fran labor every dollar that the mann
iac'urer pays as q tax. Let msmbdrS
on the other aide meet that ii they
can. The gentleman from Vermont
(Mr. Morril) says that if | was well
on this subject | you'd nui
have made this stAtemcnt. | have
'ntire respect for tho gentleman from
Vermont, and | big 10 assure him
that, to the best tmy limited ability.
have iniprmei myself. Doubtless
have no, so vast fund OF intorma'i)n
is he carries about with him, bat sill
what little have | operate with. !
lm not 80 large al operator as ht is
!. do nit belong to the Co'nmitteo OF
Ways and Means. But still | have
ooked into this question with what
God has endowed me with,
anl | tell the gentleman that | stanl
by my statement. Ii it 10 not true,
ut him make it manifest. lam in.
lnest Il information. Lot him in
urm me on that point. Let him show
ne that | am wrong AMI will az
knowledge it. LIT hrm show me tha,
the rl,thOric, bloated manufacturers
Df Now Engian ! are p'yin. any thin.
to support the Government, and I will
rcoguizo it. Show me that our poo
pie are not wrnng day by day AMI
honr by hour, not merely to sGppon
the Government, but t. snpfort tllt
manufacturers Of New England, AMI
| will acknowledge that, too. | mahr
tho assertion, and challenge proof o;
thu contrary.
"rhen comes this question of draw
backs. 1t ia not true, as the gentle
man from Vermont has said, that
agriculture Ia not interested at all in
that question. lts interest in it is not
very extensive, ! admit but it has
just this interest in it i; that what tn
government pays back to these maj u
farturers in the shape Sbt drawbacks
makes n vacancy in the. public Treas
ry which somebody has to FL mp.
"The gentleman from Massachu-
sets (Mr. Dawe;) asked me how
would raise u revenue. Better far
better. free traJs and direct taxation
according IN ea,h mans wealth, in all
sections alike, than this discriminat-
ing policy by which that gentleman's .
grow rich and mine grow
poor. The true policy Of government
ID Il, bring the cheap markets OF the
world to our duors by free trade. Let
our psople buy where their money
will bug most; and let a rsvenue for
the support of the GCyernmen. be
drawn equally from the wealth OF the
country" gs lra ys..
beg pardon of the Committee fa,
my repeated appearance upon the
door. Every body will bear witness
that lspesk but seldom and slways
with reluctance. ] zish to cali the
aissssica q N cemmistsa to shls