The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-11-04


that section peacc and prosperity fCheers.
Did these rulers strech ont kefring hand
No! They said tn tne white man and nc
gro alike, We will rot let you get the ia
value Of your product in the markets of Il
wolld-we will pm, heavy tax upon cotton
. Which you send out Of the country, and ypl
shall sell 1t to. the eastern manufacturer
for less than its value in the Eufoppa
markets Now this act was not; only cruel
it was unwise. II crushed the first effort
Of reviving irdustry; it pushed back, an i'm
rovcSished and iSnrgauized people in thei
edOIts to bniIt ur their social system. |
was one Of the great causes Of the disorder
which exist at the South, The unpaid AZ
ricau could not soc Why his ruintd empIoye
WAS unable to pay him his wages, .rnd n
was filled with hate ard rage towards him
auo the employer found his slefider aleahs
and his credit still further weakened, II
whose intcre was this wrong done? Il
what OF the cotton manufacturers Of the
east, whose profits have been enormous
and who are protected hp- the highest tar
ifs tCheerS.) How did this measure tel
upon the farmers of the West and planters
Of The South? They could not huy You
corn or pork He was compelled by starv
alton to raise these things for himself
You lost th" market you should have gain
| ed. The export duty on cotton proved tt
be an Export duty on corn. (Applause.) q
If you wish to know why the South il
still dsordered, you will find the reason il
acts ike this, aud in the selfish purpfse!
vintlic i've passion which prompted then
enactment 1t is true the measure il rc.
3, alea but the evil it has done cannot be
recalled. !Applause.
After discussing at great length. the ii
nancial aspects of the canvass, GovrEnol
Seymour continued:
Citizens, of Illinois object to the con.
duct OF those in over that they have not
given thought aud attention to these and
other great subjects which deeply concern
you. | object to their conduct III this can.
va>s Il at, irving up the defense Of their ac-
tion, they try to turn away your though
form subjects that most concern you, and
that they attempt to infame partisan zeal
anl passions, BY keeping alive sll the ami.
mosity engt ndered by civil war. Loud
Cries, Viii our country ever be led out
ct it, difficulties by following in such path
ways? Cries OF No! Mol" VIII the
policy Of thc past iour years, continued for
term Of eqDal length. bring us ont apd
plaae our interests ul.nn frm f foundation.
Voires, Never, No MOI appeal
to every thoughtful Republican, if. The
teachings OF history, the lessons ofmoraiiy,
lead him 70 tlic conclusion that the Rerubil
can party should continue to hold uncheck
Cd power. [Cheels Tf,y do not merely
pSk that they shall have the substantial
control Of this countIy, hut they demand in
addition to the Senate, tie House oE Re-
.presentativc and the arnyundcr The com
mal,d of their own candidate, tl.at the
Executive power should also be placed un>
direction,
More than four thousond millions cf dol
Igrs have h, en- drawn from the pronle of
these United States, since the Repuhlcap
marty took the reins ot the Goycunprt
This vast sum has been pad to ,ope 6IA.
1t wonId be nm cav thing for those who
have kcrt records 10 let the public know
something If the details OF these expenses.
Fer examp,e, j,tsides the exprn>es Of the
Navy Drpatmlnt,. a great many vessels
welc bought ,r chartered hy the War De
paltnpnt f. the purnosp of transportation
1t would not COS, az much to print list OF
these vessels. -ottlre persons with whom the
Government d, alt, and Of the prices given,
AZ it now costs to furnish. uptItlers ri Con,
2ress with ue,knivee. Laughter. If
thts list was rublishcd we should know, if
there he'd been iair or foul d, alings in these
tfan,a,.tiors Rut uulu>s there is some
change in power. the action If the Departs
u,ents ca,,not bp laid bare. The honor ard
the interests Of our country demand such
an examination, a. yl,al dspe the suSpic-
4
and which >Eall Lmrg tie guilty men to
plnishnent, il wrongs have been done.
iGrrst fhe, ring.1 As the matter now
stands. there Is lIltcr confusion ait, r ,hr Of
6cinl statements about the debt, which had
Ieen Int io,th to the nublis AMI ceived
w i lar vpars as ,rnr Statements. Ore in
srniu,s member of Congress ASS rted that
tn puLlic debthad been le.spntd about six
hundred millions If collars na,le than we
srrposed ILnushter Unfortunately.
this statement, which othe"wls, might have
beer, so comfortable, did not diminish
tie amount of Four present indebted
upss;s ut it Went to show that al
one time we had owed uuch more
than We supposed. and much n'ort than
had been stated; aud Therefore that VI h q
raid more. The statement was accc rtod by
the political leaders and most OF iht officials
OF the Bepu(iican party. although it was at
war with the solemn assurances, which
ttey Lad b. lore given frrm time to time,
about our fnapc,aI condition. What Gao
We think, ,.,t,.,d what can the worl think, OF
accounts which admit Of such monotrous
Discrepancies? GENhat must be thought
of he morality, that either HOW puts forth
gross mis- statement, or, by its own show
Ing d, ceiyed the people III tic last? loud
cheers The ilulh il our. mon yed affairs
are in utter confusion, and the government
cannot give to the world-it cannot give to
the pcople-a statement which shows
where we stand. The officers OF corpora
on who should stand before its stockhold-