Maryland free press., 1866-07-12

Hardly state of the last six named but is equal
In size To all of New England, while one is third
larger. And the population is nearly double.
In view of the fact that since the census was
taken from which we CLEAN the above fig gures, the
New England States have fallen of twelve per
cent. and the six Western ones nave increased
over thirty per cent. 1t is safe 10 say we moro
than double them in population, as We beat them
five times and over in extent.
And all this tract of country au empire of It.
self has but the same representation in the Sem
ate with forty-hve representatives in the House.
Now let us set down on this log-by the forge
on your shoe, tailor or carpenters bench let
US lean on this hoe handle rest on this pick axe
on this plow beam or wherever we are and see
what difference there ia between the West and
the East, and see If we owe the East our very
blood, as II were. q 't .i4. f
When the late rebellion began, the West went
iHto the war, fgt ting her real friends to aid her
real enemies. twas New England intolerance,
bigotry, abolition and envy which brodght the
rebellion upon us. We were living in peace
prosperous and happy. The South was driven to
the wall--the South rebelled--western men who
loved the Union New England hated, fought their
best friends and proved the supremacy of our
flag.
The war is over. The armies are disbanded,
and still New England intolerance, vengeance
and spite wars upon subdued people, and upon
the Constitution she hates.
New England nabobs hold United States Bonds
by New England controlled Congress exempt
from taxation.
New England dares not have the South back
in tue Union, for tile votes of that section will
Justly. be against her narrow-minded protective
New England wants her manufacturing inter
ests protected. She wants the burden Of taxation
to fall upon the consumers of her industry ,and to
raise TO power and wealth on the labor of the
poorer classes, who in the thirty other States OF
tile Union purchase Of her. .-..>-'
The East is built 1t is finished. Her schools,
roads, churches, jails, prisons poor-houses, asy-
lums, &C., are erected. Much of this work is to
be done yet in the West. While we in the West
are at work, New England bond-holders are rid
ing in their carriages, sitting in the shade revc
ling in wine dinners, sporting in creek and jun
gle, their wealth secured aud in United States
bonds, by'a New England-controlled Congress
exempted from taxation, we have a country yet
to improve. We have roads, school house, asy-
luns, churches, towns and cities yet to build.
We have the negro who once supported him
self, to support in idlensss; and with him the
thieves and swindlers who are the knobs TO the
negro bureaus. ... ....
- We have the expenses of Government to pay.
We have the interest of the public debt to pay
We have millions of dollars a year to pay to the
rich, lazy bond-holders who are by the Govern
ment protected in their laziDess, while we are by
the same Government ground still deeper into
the earth on account of our poverty.
Why is this favoritism2 Is this the reward
given the West for forsaking her business for
fighting her real friends for spilling rivers OF
blood !,.'.'
We did not restore the Union, for New Eng
land says the Union is not restored?
We did not benefit the negro, for he is worse
of to-day under the drippings Of this New Eng
land mercy than under the care ofhis former mas
ter. a.
We did not better ourselves by the war.
We did not soften the heart of the South.
But we did this, Western men. We made fools
of ourselves, we fought our true friende, to help
our worst enemies. -a " u'-'
We piled up a mountain Of debt, astride of
which sit thousands of New England bond-hold
ers, and we have got to bend our backs 10 the
load, while they crack the whip over us-the poor
white trash of the West. .,
May God in His goodness hasten tue day when
the people will open their eyes and look at the
greatness of the misery in store for us as nation,
and give US men bold enough to lead the way to
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