Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-28

those who live by their daily toll.
He who will carefully look into the
evils growing out Of the violence done
to all fairness and all wise states
manship, will see that it has been a curse
alike to the East and West lCheers.J ]
When you go to your bankers 10 get
bills TO buy up the products Of your State
he is obliged TO q TO the East to borrow
these bills in that section, and then to
charge further usury, so that you psy
interest to two bankers Therefore, this
discount upon your paper is of such ruin
! Gus rates, or to state it in other terms,
Illinois pays interest TO Massachusetts
upon what should be its own money. The
West is tributary to the East Cor cir
culation which rightfully belongs to the
West. [Applause The men in power
who did this thing, and your own Rspub-
licaus who consented to the law, come
now and ask our approval Of their con-
duct. IL it is good thing to have more
than seventy dollars of currency to each
person in Rhode Island, why is it not a
| good thing to have an equal value in your
own State Is it right that Massachu'
setts should have fifty-two dollars to each
citizsn, while Illinois has but six d)llars,
and Michigan and Wisconsin but three
dollars
Fellow-citizens, there is another draw
back to your prosperity mean cost
of transportation and the existing meth.d
of taxation. The problem with the
farmers Of the country is always this
Can he raise grain here, send it to the
ea-board, have it carried across the
ocean, aud then undersell the farmers of
EuropeP And this question mainly
turns upon the cost of transportation.
find that when buy barrel of -four
at my own home, the farmers, who own
the land, till the SOIL raise the wheat,
and ft it for market, come very far short
of getting all pay. The prosperity of
the West and of the whole land turns in
a good degree upon this matter of cheap
enng transportation.
The views bold on this subject are
those which l bring forward now for the
| final time when / am a candidate for
your vote. Years since, when l was
Governor of the State of New York, as it
was my duty, | looked to see what made
its greatness and prosperity. | found
that our chief city was enriched because
it was s vast agency to sell the produc-
tions of the people of the United States,
| and to buy fer them what they Eeeded
from other countries We who lived in
the interior had the benefit of carrying
upon our canals and roads the persons
and property of the citizens of other Sec
tions. We found our chief support was
our relationship with the West In my
message to the Legislature | urged it te
enlarge this intercourse by wise and
liberal policy. That we ought to carry
Western produce, toll free, upon our
canals rather than suffer its diversion
into other channels; but when look TO
the action of the General Government /
cannot see that they have given regard
| to the matter That, more than all others,
concerns your welfare. | see taxation
upon il repeatedly. At an early period
of the worlds history taxes we're taken
in kinds of grain by the Government as
toll is taken by the miller.
/ If this was practicable now and the
value of every tax and every stamp upon
a bushel of wheat as it passed from the
hands of the farmer to the use Of the con-
sumer was to be'taken out of the bushel
itself, how much would be left of its origi
nal bulk. [Cheersl If any one would
take the pains to calculate all this as II
was dipped out by tax on all the hands
Of the vessels, the elevators through
which ii must pass, it would be badly
sbrunk whenit had run the whole gaunt-
, let of imports Applause
Citizens Of Illinois, / object to the |
conduct of those in power. that they |
have not given thought and attention TO |
these and ether great subjects which |
deeply concern you. object to their |
conduct in their canvass that, giving mp |
their defense Of their action, they try to |
turn away yoar thoughts from subjects
that most concern you, and that they at |
tempt to nHame partisan zeal and pas
sions by keeping alive all of the snimos- |
ity sngendered by civil war. L nd |
cheers Will our country ever be led |
out of ITS difficulties by following il such |
psthwaysf lCries Of no, no Will the
policy Of the past four years, continued |
for terra OF equal length, bring rs out |
aud place our interests upon Arm foun-
dstion? Voice-Never; no. no.
Iappeal to every thoughtful Rspubli-
can il the teachings of history or the
lea&ona OF mOIal'y leau nlm 10 Tue con-
elusiou that the Republican party should |
continue to hold unchecked power7 |
lCheers They do not merely ask that
they shall have substantial control of /
this country, but they demand, ia sdii-
ton 10 the Senate, the House OF Repre-
sea.a.!ses, a1d the army under the con
tEol Of their own candidate, that the ex-
ec1tive power should be placed snder
their direction. More than 81, 0O0, O00,-
900 have been drawn from the people of
these United States sines the Republi
can party took the reins Of the Govern
ment This vast eun has been paid TO
some one. Itwould be An easy thing for
those who have kept the records to let
the public know something Of the de-
tails Of these expenses For example,
besides the expenses Of the Navy De-
partmeni, q great many vessels were
bought or chartered By ihe War Depar.-
ment for purposes Of transportation. IL
would net cost as much TO priHt list Of
these vessels, Of the persons With whom
the GoverDment dealt, and Of The prices
given ss it nov costs to furnish the
lContinusd on ioarth rars.l