The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-09-11
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\ Three years ago the war ceased, and
smiling peace spread her beneHcent wings
over our harrassed and mourning land. -
Yet we have now a standing army station
ed at the South to enforce q military des-
potism over ten of the Southern States of
this Union---this land of pfofessed Liberty
and Justice and to subject the white man
to the domination of the ignorant, degra1
ded and barbarous black-TTthe most afro
cious diabolical political crime attempted
in modern times in any country. The ar
my costs over 800 ,000,0 900 annually
Next we have seven fleets with as many
Admirals commanding, sailing over the
different seas and oceans, at cost Of more
than SO, 100000, = = - :
Then Wa have . huge Civil list, costing
thirty millions more, and National Bank
ing system sucking its $50, 600, 0004of prof
Its annually from the body of labor. The
legislation Of the party in power-the lead
ers of which are traitors to humanityr--is
all for the benefit of capital at the expense
Of labor. In the first place they increase
! the salaries of members Of Congress, from
60 per day to more than $50 for each day
devoted to public service. q For the pnr-
pose of enriching fayorites and buyingtheir
political support, they squander untold
millions upon projects and schemes not
warranted by the public necessities, And
FINALLY, as the climax in this chapter Of out
rage and injustice to the workingmen of
this Republic, they repeal the internal rev
enue duties upon manufac lures aWithout
making corresponding reduction in the
duties upon the competing foreign fabricl
| This is equal to a gift Of 300 DOC, 900 to
i the manufacturers of this country, already
rolling in wealth accumulated BY the favor
!. of Legislation, at the expense OF labor. And
this largesse is given Notwithstanding the
existing tariff was framed particularly to
. favor the mannfact urers, most ofwhom have
made colossal fortunes during the last six
years. ~ M n "A baisg "a s ioo {
And while this system Of robbery Of, and
perfdy to, the laboring classes has been
. going on, they have deluded with the cry of
freedom TO the negro, and by SANDER
and invectiye against the conquered
!, subjugated and Frustrated people Of the
South oh, what victims of delu-
!. sion I And what hope have they If they
thus yield to the artsof the cunning and un-
/. principled demagogue The amount Of
taxes IN all forms collected from the people
of the Government Of the United States, is
I over $50O0o00O0 per annt1nl.
j The State and municipal taxation will
/ amount to 100000, 900 more. Then the
.bounties in the shape of profits, which the
manufacturers are enabled to exact from
the people through the instrumentality Of
/ the tariff, will amount, il it could be ascer-
1 tanned to at least $500 100000. Then come
| the rentals of real estate, church contribu-
tions and the like, with the cheat ofpaper
money, and the amount exacted yearly
from the people of this favored Republic
will far exceed the amount exacted in the
most tax-burthened country Of Europe
The inevitable consequence Of all this is the
ultimate mpoy srishment, degradation and
subjugation ofthe laboring masses to the
despotism of money.
II is labor which pays forall. Labor is
Z the source of all value, and the true meas
J ure of value All value exists in the mus
Icles of the hnman arm. Machinery null
tiplies quantities and reduces the prices OF
individual things, but human labor is the
only element Of value in all products in
which it is considered as q creating agent.
Thus the working man can see how all tax
atipn,, all rents, all expenses OF society, ulti-
.mately fall upon the shoulders of labor
And in the immense burdens of taxation
which the policy of Radicalism has impo-
sed upon the country, he can read his
i DOOM, Is it that of the proletarian Glasses
iiof Europe subsection to the despotism 81
wealth slavery TO the moneyed classes
poverty, degradation, ignorance. suffering
and sorrow through. endless generations
4 Aud yet, with sucha doom before him, be