Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-28

ger aud trial, such IS few can bear. (Mr.
Gsrrison.)
Second only to the great battle against
privilege which he has fought 80 bravely,
comes the battle against privilege as it
now exists among US.
Exeept for free trsds with other por-
tiOns of the country, the people Of New
| England might have been q poor, half
starved and hsli-frozen race. In Msssa-
! chusettseur population eou,d barely ex-
ist, IL it could exist at all, without lib
erty Of exchange.
WHAT REVENUE REFORM WILL DO FOR
THE PEOPLE.
The Government has erected barrier
to prevent the supply meeting the de-
msnd; hence scarcity and dearness DEe-
| vail.
/ We might have coal, which is another
name for power, upon the whole cosst
| line Of New England as cheap as it is
/ upon the banks of the Delaware. The
coal OF NoYs Scotia, now lying unused
in mines belonging to citizens OF Boston,
| could be delivered here at 81 to 81 30 per
ton were there no duty or other impedi-
ment interpOsed by law. How many
| people have suffered from cold the past
| winter in consequence of that law And
/ also have as cheap.
We might have wool as cheap as the
German or Englishmsn, yet it costs us
more than double. How many people
have been ll-clothed this winter because
wool is so dear in consequence OF that
law
We might have leather almost as cheap
as it used to be when boots were half the
price they are now. IL costs double be
cause the Government has taxed shoe
leather, and the poor are deprived OF
shoes.
We fores the crowds into our tenement
houses, where disease is generated aud
cuts down the poor victims who can af-
ford no better shelter since by law we
have deprived them of the cheap lumber
which Canada would go freely supply in
exchange for the products Of their own
labor.
But worse than all these cases, moce
subtle in its Injurious effect and more
concealed from ordinary sight, the Gov
ernment hiss built up and now maintains
legal barrier 10 free trade between the
StstesSSf this Union.
The wheat which can be raised for 25
to so cents q bushel in Minnesota and
Nebraska costs 81 80 to So in Boston, and |
flour is enhanced in price in tie same |
proportion, and a large portion of this |
difference is the effect OF law. The law |
has not only deprived Us Of railroads |
which we might have had, but it has |
made steep grades, costly to surmOunt, |
upon all our railroads where nature had |
established none, because it has taxed !
the process Of transportation.
And all this iEjucy arises from an sp-
parentIy Insignificant and unimportsnt
tax upon railroad iron, from which the
Government may receive this year about
s. 100000.
HOW THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF INJURIES
THE COUNTRY.
We are deprived OF coal, iron and steel
at the demand of Psnnsyiysnis, OF wool
at the demand OF Ohio, Of copper at the
demand Of Michigan, while We in turn
deprive them Of cheap tools, cheap cloth
ing ami cheap shoes, and we are ell de-
prIved alike of cheap railroads.
And thu result comes from the attempt
to benefit pc people by taxing them.
lbs not IN the amount collected from
these vicious, indirect taxes that we find
evidence of the irjury done by them.
There was but one pirate Alabama, but
she swept American commerce from the
seas. These little taxes upon processes
are the Alabamss OF our industry, and
their advocates ere the Ssmmes and the
Lairds of our day, while they fi9d in the
Hon. Mr.. Kelley, OF Philadelphia, their
R0ebuck, who, like his prototype, en-
desvors to conceal the weakness OF his
cause by personal SANDER upon upright
public officers.
II would be wise for one who is so ready
to charge bribery upon his opponents to
be prepared to answer questions similar
to those which he asks aOOut others.
Why is il, we might esk, that his tedi-
Gus sOphistTy and perverted statements
Of fact are so exactly what the hired ad-
vOcate of bad Gauge would be expected
to put forward7
But such slsnders are little worth seri-
ous attention.
Mr.. Atkinson next gave an interesting
review of the objects OF the Reform
Lssgue:
To night We throw down the gauntlet,
and we affirm that he who deprives his
Of food, fuel and
shelter, even uader due process Of law, is
\ despoiler and en- enemy Of his country.
We affirm that tax can only be bur.
len, and cannot, in the nature of the ,
Ease, be q benefit, end therefore we claim
hat the OH sct aimed at in the enact
nent of tax laws, whether called tariff
II by any other name, shall be the cOilec-
ion Of revenue with the lesst interier-
snce possible in the pursuits Of the peo-
pie.
We who are here tonight are but the
skirmish line; our supports are in eight
and our reserves constitute the whole
people Gt the United States, except those
who are willing to call ia the fOIes OF law
70 enable them to levy taxes upon their
'ellow- c0untrymen for private gain and
not for the public good,
We have submitted long to q false sys-
.em, with sn ignorant patience worthy ,
)f all dispraise, and we now intend to
nc press upon the people the necessity OF
slowly but surely removing from the
.arif every protective duty, giving dus
and paying due regard to estab-
ishCd interestsy but adhering steadily to
his end and object, for the reason that
he heavy taxes, which must in any
.vent be imposed, make 1t imperative
hat every obstacle 70 the largest prOduc-
ion shall be'Temoved.
Among the other speakers, we find the
names Of the most prominent New f lg-
and manufacturers and proprietors. Mr..
Lloyd Garrison, one of the fathers Of
is an earnest and hearty
Torker 10 this movement.
CUBA.
Old COnfedeFateg I'm the Field.