Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-30


LET the Government take care OF the
Rich, and the Rich will take cart OF Tue
Poor" This sentiment il the basis oi 'Ns
action Of the English Government. ohe'
by her policy. protects her noe'i''y' h's
manufactures and her commerce.
The party IA this country opposed 20 'ne
democratic party, acts on the same basis
u.re. unlike il is England, lands ere pIen-
~ and low IN price, 30 that men OF small
means may become observation-disclosures, the
impossibli,y OF landed sristocracy, so the
policy changes aud capital is protected BY
granting exclusive privileges. as in the old
United States Bank, and the present M.
tional Bank, in protective :sritis as tue
present and former tariffs passed by them
when 10 power. Subsequent TO the enact
msnt Of the discriminating tariff Of ls42
the duty on muslins read this way: "Ali
muslins worth not more than twenty cents
per yard shall be valued at twenty cents.
aud pay thirty per cent. duty" The met
chant under this arrangement had 10 pay
for bis domestic muslins at, say IA cents
per ), ard. rlso, for an English manufactured
article, selling 10 competition, and adjudged
q be OF equsl value, at the same price,
Now, observe the duty paid Of 6 cents wns
more than tho cost OF manufacture, rnd
there was not. in oil probability, Of the
whole quantity used by our people, one
yard in thousand that paid duty. and
the consumer who paid this increase on the
price, caused by the tariff, paid it into she
pocket Of the manufacturer II they bad
been paying that amount for the support
osthe Government il might have been toll
Grated. but not more than one dollar in
thousand went In that direction.
Oar republican friends undervalue the in p
tcliigcnce Of tho people, il they think they
deceive any intelligent voter by saying, un
less your income is over ono thousand dol
lars, you pay ne taxes. Whenever you
drink cup Of coffee or . cup Of tea, when
you buy yard Of calico, or muslin, or Han
mel, you are paying taxes, and heavy taHes
TOO. The tariff Of ls42 said that "all ilsn-
ne... bookings aud baizes" should pay SC
much per square yard, without any refer
cnce 90 the value. 30 that funnel that VA
then selling u 3505o ccnts per yard, which
was used BY common labcrcrs, paid ss much
duty - that used by the wealthy, worth
ei.oo0fl.25 per yard. This is called dis
ey.mination, bu. il WAS discrimination in IA
vor Il the wealthy Of the country. We
should not SET one class Of society again1'
the other, but there ought TO b. some equal-
i,y and justice in our legislature. There
Is no principle better settled than that the
wealth, the property Of the county. should
pay the expense Of running the machinery
Of the Govcrnmsnt 10 peace or in war. aud
all legislation that takes the burden of OIL
wealth and places il IN the labor Of til,
country Is in the wrong direction.
II the ,dical leaders 10 MT change Their
hand ~ that the wealth Invested in Gov
ernmcn, Bonds shall be taxed. our tariff al
lustel 81 as 10 relieve the labor OF tho coun
try from the ontrsgcs OF the presen, policy,
do away with the military despot'sm' a,
the South, anil adopt lmc plan Ivy which
I'll, Union can b. restored, The people. a.
they have inil ..ei in or late eections
viii drive them FROM power and put hoaes,
men in their places.
X,ia Ron WAlc aud tnl,c MaYning