Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-02-25
4 MOVEMENTS.

! take iaeeatal notice The United State,
government is going into bushes.
With eonmendable speed 1t alrcad,
controls the Post office. and siren
tious efforts are being made to sub
.jec, the Telegraph 10 the salic mag
nate. A few weeks ago We took oc
casion to advocate the sntor,lnation
of the Piano manufacturers by the
government, Tor various cogent rea
sons. |, is with lively satisfaction that
we notice the speech ma,lea' New
York 4 short time since, by one Mr..
Mart:rr lewis iIe takes up our'idea
| just where we ceased the expression
and demands that this great Govern
ment, so soon to TIC ruled over by u
5. Grant, shall monopolizo the Whole
sale business of the country.
He brings his Parrot .u,!s 10 bca,
upon all Opposition with rem,rknh',
effect. The report says; s.5
Gle believes that the only cifrc.ue, lsa,scl
! Of ci'viating the evils complsinet efs and
whic! ccriai,H~di,leSist, vas fo,s The &c r..
Graz t'ss@kAsaeui la assaa.s el.AAaA-A.! il.t
ic. and |" d with Sftsit. 'H aa 1 rrore
| quality, as il now docs FOR liz army and
| navy. AMI rs seq slicsc articles 10 cili,ans al
first cnst anl expenses In this wny the people
hi yht obtain pure articles Of food ii tie low
es, wholesale prices is s .,,,sli ps1fe}. I
~ Who is so blind is not IN heahlc 10
see c.ear.y through that mli-stoncs
Those us VIII hayd hal little OK
periencc in "the army" know. some
thing Of the ~certa;n specified and
proved quality" in the eating line
furnished MS. We have seen some
thing Of the, pure article Of tool
whiclshe suggests the, ,peop!e "myst
obtain" from this source "a. 81
This uca, as express 81 by Mr..
Lewis, Is grant ons, AMI, Only for
thescaning presumption onour part,
III 50 snip 9s;lis, We Should certainly
suppose that he hal seen our power
tul article adve eating the Piano scheme
md has taken tie liberty TO extend
upon the thoughts. while ut the came
time. stealth. our tl,un icr.i Consider
my ''Mr Martin Lewis" to have only
been the medium OF orr owr ideas
| we desire to move the cnsion of
the scheme, SO as 70 apply the princi-
pleto retailers. as well. Why not;
Our merchants can hardly object. to
| exchange their present business of
prccarious livelihood to one of greater
certainty. Who would object to Ia
king the station of quartermaster, or
commissary under tho government,
ana become agent OF the government
in furnishing tie psople food and cloth.
ing? AT any rate, TIE peopl', who are
the real sovcrcicns OF the ,natlon. will
jump with delight at this new propo-
sitlon. We have no time to elaborate
tlereal solid, argum ents that can be
urged in favor of this benc iccnt mea,
sure. Those who desire to read such
arguments III ,uld read our, as we
said before, .'oNcriul article in regard
to the Piano business. We clincb the
matter by quoting further from the
report OF ''M,. Martin Lewis" speech
/ Gle Hid Sot-see Why Inc General Gbtcrn.
ment had net rs good a right 10 10 this, as
TO insist, on Il Z MONOPOLY of'carryimg lcttcrs.
indeed, he believed'it 10 h. cic1rly the duty
If Government TO tlo this and that the people
should demand il OF them. r. s-. ..
NV ont somebody nominate "Mr
Martin Lewis for Congress an' then
elect him So. That he NIL have an OPP
portumty to oinaagi,rate his gigantic
scheme of be.lcticcaca: ssa .abis
asi f---A----------- L. -sf5 saR
There isihttle hope that any ofithe
pr Sposed amcnam MS t. the consititu
ton, relating TO the question Of SUI
image. will be-passcd by this session. OF
Congpess.ai Each House has adopted
al; amendment, differing SOMEWHAT
from, that alopte 81 b. the other House,
AMI easA Ueysca refuses to. reeede, Or
to accept any compromises This CON.
f}ictsis sincerely to be regretted A
large number Of the State Legislatures
are new j., Session. but they, Will soon
adjeurrsd Had nly Amendments been
adopted during til: present session,
there Would BE ample Time for lis con
sideration by the, several I, Legislatures
before adieurn,neat. 10 delay agree
ment or any tcrinss nhtif ne next
Congress, osts,,st necessarily make 1t
too Ike for, many Of the Legislatures,
and thus the final decision must be
delayed for two, vsa,s.--sp many sot
tho legislatures only n,octing bicn,,i-
ally. That the adoption OF M amend
mpnt TO he Constitution recognizing
and enforcing impartial suffrage will
finally succeed VII have no doubt. Il
is only "A question of tnnc hut Time
spent in Obtaining tiie success is pree.
ious not only to the particular per-
sons interested, but to the Nation rs
wciiadE ,ssoiiea.g aug a8i~ uCY deHf3
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ysTiE CANADA .THlsrLk.--Wetacory
frons yka,4h and Howe; AK !;