The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-31
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II 10 rather humiliating, not only 10 per
son Of ssntlsmanly instincts, like Horatio
Seymour, but to the American people q
large, to have . candidate for the most hon
orabls position IN the world, swinging round
the circle and making stump speeches to the
crowd like common dsmAxogus. Why
should Seymour the gentleman, initiate Andy
johnson the blackauard. Initiate too not
only in the general fact Of making speeches
from the platforms Of railroad cars and piaz-
xas Of hotels, but in shameless effrontery Of
his utssrance Of barsfaced falsehoods and ~
ing abuse Of his opponents.
Senator Morton made speech 1t Indian
spolis the night after Seymour made his
speech there, in which he exposed some Of
these barsfaced assumptions Of tho Demo-
cratic candidate for the Presidency. Here
are few quotations from the speech Of Sem
ator Morton, which will serve to show the
shamelsssness Of the falsehoods which the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency ut
tsrs to humbus the people:
the COTTON FAX.
In his speeches q Buffalo and Chicago, the
FIRST financial grievance hs complained of was that
Congress had levied an export tax Of q cents per
pound on raw cotton. He said this not only op-
pressed ths plaster, bat chiefly the negro laberers
with whom - ssoms TO have fallen in love. He
declares this tax - being enormous in its charao
tor; levied for vindictive purposes, and ~ being
the reason Why reconstruction has not taken place
10 tho South.
On this subject Mr.. Seymour ID not we'll in
formed. The tax lsvisd on cotton vas not cents
per pound, but cents per pound, The tax was
not An export tA2, - he ststss Congress il ex-
prsssly prohibited by the Constitution from lew
Ing An export tax, which Mr.. Seymour seems to
have forgotten. On the contrary, the tax VA,
levied upon the cotton produced in tho country,
without regard to whether II Was exported to for
eign countries for manufacture. or kent in thi,
country. II was levied 1t time when the row
srnmsnt was compsllsd to tax everything, and 10
draw revenue from every possible source, and WAS
Aad come whom taxation could b. reduced, The
most Extraordinary statement which Be makes.
II appaars that It was instisstsd by the Eastern
mannlastasess-I quoto his language: IT say i.
Wa eslksh aot, because it was done In the inter
est ofthe Eastern manufacturers, already wealthy
from the fruits Of the war. Protected by enor-
nous tAriffs, this tax Of six cents per pound on
al cotton exported, was merely imposed 10 that
he might buy IL for price six cents less than it
vas worth in the markets Of the world"
The manufacturers were, Of all others, the class
In The North who were especially interested
against the ta1es. It b not to b supposed that
they desired to add six cents per pound to the eost
Of ths raw naatsrial which they manufactured into
goods, On the contrary, the people Of the manu-.
facturing States wers anxious to have the tar
repealed, aad every Representative from New
England voted for the repeal, His complaint
against the Eastern manufacturers, that they In
stigated this tax cotton, u quite = logical a.
that Of the wolf that quasYelsd with the Lamb which
was drinking In the stream below, because he
muddisd the water 90 that he could NOT use Il
But Mr.. Seymour 10 determined TO prove that the
people Of the Eastern States arc the opFressors Of
the Wet and South, and hsnos his REMARKABLE
statement.
COMPLAINTS ABOUT TIE CURRENCY.
Seymour makes great ado about the esf
fsrings Of the West, in consequence Of the
reduction of the currency, although the
Bank Circulation Of the West was increased
ten fold BY the establishment Of the Nation.
81 Bauks.
But the principal burden OF his epeech.s :,
Buffalo, Chicago and here Was that when IN. "a /
tioDa1 banks wsr located and national currencv |
distzlbstsA. Il Vas len open to be grabbed up ~
srn States got moro Of II, and that this Vas |
great blundss ON the part Of Congress. Again, I |
must Say that 0svsrnoY Seymour ID not well In. |
formed - CoRgrsss did everything in its power %
equalise the distribution Of that sofreney. 1.-THE
Governor had read the National Baakine oct h
could net have msds that statsasaA The ssv.
entssnth section OF the act provides - follow.
"SRcfIoN II. Aad b itfxrtAey enacted. That the
entire amount Of circulating note 70 IS iseu.d IN.
dsf tnis aet, shall not sxssed three hundred mill.
lens Of dollars, one huAdrsd and hfty million, Of
.hlcn sam shall b appropriated 70 assosiasions i
the 6tAsas, N the Dstxicf Of Colanhia and 8 ~
IsrritOrtea. according 70 ssprsssntafiye pe.ula-
ton, and the remainder shAIl Be apportionsd Il
the esorstasy Of the Treasury amons .ssoc;ss;o..
formed In the several States, the District efConm
bia, and in the Territories, having due regard -
the e1isting banking capitol, revenues and bus;.
ness OF sssh State, District and Territories" Tho
state Of Indiana got just - much Of the currency
- che was abls to take, aad her people were urr.
I'd ~ the Comptroller Of the Treasury. Jude.
MeCulioch, to take moro than they did
Bat Mr.. Ssynonr aAys that the matter shou,A
hsvs bssn kept open until the Wsstsrn State
vcrs sble u taks tAsiF fhl share, The eovers.
neat had 70 have the money, and had to cell her
bonds. We war In the midst Of . terrible war.
md could not wait fsr money until the States
ssfe ~ pFsparsA = tahs, equal portions u Ii.
.eAe1g eaDital The people Of the Eastern / !
.eaes - uors capital and more monsy 70 par.
49, seses With thaa the people Of tie Wet,
20 u wss 70 before The war. The Wsstsfs etstes