Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-02-14
what the Men Of the North
west Ask Themselves In
fheir own Minds ane5 and5
what They answer. \.

tsSston iaC Eastern closeis2 Apswsr.
of,the National Debt
. 3. why does the prospect of kepudi-
.tioa- .frighten them aOS A. Because
hey are the receivers, and the NORTH
Vest. Westaand South are tho. payers Of
20 How did Eastern men manage to
have it so arranged2 A. 9y bringlDg
On the late war. |.
o. Why did they bring on the, aa'e
war A. Well, they saw that Negro
slavery was profitable to the South, and
thew conceived the grand idea Of redu-
oing ali the people of the United States,
White and Rlack, TO slate OF slavery
10 themselves. fees3e..,
O what is Slavery 2 "a, Slavery is
that slate Of a society in which the sur.
plds earnings of ttePlave ere aPPlled 10
The sole use and benefit Of the master,
o. What is the amount OF tho surplus
earnings otsthe people Ofsthe North
West West and SDutb, annuallyE Al
They amounted lastyear to shssnm o.
about S575, 100000,
/. d what became of thoas surplusI
earnings ? A. After deducting small
amount Ii suyportthe Government the
balance went into the pOckets'of foreign
and eastern bonShOldsrs. Saii sod s4e ~
.gOl What proportion of the debt OF
tbe United States is held by foreigners 2
a. About one6ftb. as'sA gai - .sa4'
O, Who owns the balance ? ~. Eas'
tern men. sas t'Ar'Diel
O. How didrthey come to own it1s--l
Az During the war, they did the COZ
tracing, while the West and Northwest
did the fighting. The East furnished
the shoddy, tho bad pork and beet, the
wormV bread, the guns that bursted, the
oli rotten transports. Ia which 50 many
| soldiers were drowned, the ffc'proof
whisky the Yankee notiors, the negro
substitutes. the hollow talk about loyal.
Ety the lie Of the nation, aGd all that (;
,Ithey gathered hone all the siIvsr.spoons
and other portable property, and so 'he'
came rich, while the West.an North.
west furnished the food for powder, and
are now gathering their dead from q
'Etnousand battle fields, and With theSouth
are now called upon to opay the National
debt, ess Il. :
| Os WHAT'S d summary of.the result
of the war n A. Why the5negroes are
to be paid for at very high valuation !;
Ebut. instead of their ownersgetting paid,
the price goes into the pockets of the
shrewd Eastern Yankee, and comes. .oat
of tho surplus earnipgs Of all the other
sections. aae4s bpsls9d ~ $500 sr.
| QaWny are the surplus earnings o.
-tflhe people or-rtU Aurtlrawsst, West and
South sojsmalI2 "a. Bscanse Of the
fenormous amount of; ;indirece taxtiiop
they are compelled to pay to Eastern
Manufacturers y59i.IGt div Tss II
q. Explain 2l "a. Edslern men have
SO arranged the legislation in OoRgres;
, that the tariff on foreign maDufacturesii
SO high as to exclude them fiOm the
country; SO that Eastern meu charge
what profit they choose on their own
manufactures; all Of which profit comes
out of the CONSUMERS, goes into th'
i pockets Of the Eastern manufacturer
= and so lessons the surplus earnings O
= the other sections, q sai pf qa hsaalo'
Q Now that the. negroes are free, Wh!
doethe Yanbee fuglemeu, Butler Sam
uer, Stevens, DC, keep up such how
about them A. BY this they expect t
keep the people of various sections 0
y 1.-The county by the ears, and thus pre-
. vent them thinking about Reputation
Q WiIlthey succeed in doing so?-
A. NO. Jat 4il.
# %. Why2 a.! Because the peopl
|. are beginning to think. F'aa 5oi
n @. Why do the people begin to thinl
= so very hard 2 A. Why, they rkno'
q and feel that every thing they use cost
. about three times as much as it used to
/ and they are thinking whore all th
A money goes and what becomes of it.
%. What is tOcome Ofsll this har'
|. thi6hingS A.cTho people are going i
d act. fs
g q. Hov2 A. Why, somebody y ,ou
!, West will run for Congress on the Re
publican ticket, and, if elected, thensev
: eral Others win run for Congress on th
: same ticket, and be elected the some
body willrun for President on the sam,
ticket, and be elected; then they will re
construct the Supreme Court on th'
same ticket, and then comes 3Repudia
: ton: an
@, What repudiate 4 debt 70 yhioI
the faith Of the United States Is SOLEMN
!. .Elyspledgsd /? A. Yes; twas Yauke
: trick getting the pledge, and tits Yauke
!. chicapsry that Keeps up the talk Abou
the pledae. -
!. Q%To what other Institutions was th
solemn faith Of the United States pledged
! A. To the great United States Bank ant
!, to the institution Of Negro Slavery. 4
Q. What'becAms Of those institutions
! A. The fret. was repudiated BY Genera
!. ackson, and the other by Mr.. Lin
= coin. ~
I o. Who is the coming man, for who y
t the people of the Northern States 81
: anxiously look ? a. The man who vii
make dollar be dollar; who will brin,
J, free trade and cheap goods who will
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