The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-07-21
A Congress of Sapheads and Robbers.

The Chicago Ersning Post, Radical
newspaper, is rather severe on Congress,
and publishes the following editorial under
the above caption:
"Nr. David y. Wells writes to A. It.
Stewart that the amount of indebtedness
from this country to Europe has increased
in the last fiscal year, one hundred and
fifty-seven millions; and that the aggre-
gate amount now owing to foreign capital
lists by the general and various forms of
local government, the railroads and works
of internal improvements, is not less than
fifteen hundred millions Of dollars,
"Tbe Sapheadsin Congress are the men,
hers, mainly from the West and South,
who do not know that the prosperity Of
their respective sections of the country is
greatly hinGered by the taxes on agricul-
ture-the special industry of their constit-
uents--imposed by the unprecedented
tariff on imports; and the Robbers are
those who, being interested in the various
forms of monopoly created by the tariff,
made use OF their position in the House
or Senate TO vote the money out of the
pockets of the masses of the people into
their own, under the lying pretense that
they are protecting American industry
"These two classes in the National
Legislature are in the ascendant; and
though from them jointly it is probable
that certain concessions will he wruD9
for the ameliOratiOn of the condition OF
agriculture, mining, marine pursuits, and
hired labor. il is now certain that no
change at al adequate to the demands of
the country viii he made; hence, that the
tariff schedule, IS it now stands on the
statute book, will substantially be sus-
tanned. The fact that that schedule is at
once the cause Of wonder aud Of abhor-
renee to all enlightened men who desire
the advancement of good and Just gov
Cr1ment; that scheme for taxation Of
equally atrOcious unfairness does not else
where exist in the civilized world that it
is almost an irresistible incentive to fraud
and perjury on the part of importers, and
of unprecedented smuggling over all our
territorial boundaries; that it is the most
nnstatesmaulike Of all human cOntriv-
ances in its details, every one of which is n
encouragement to honesty in commerce !;
that it covers all the wide area between
p free list and protective duty OF
SO per cent; that it thrusts itself into
every mans affairs, covering, as 1t does,
nearly 1000 articles, when impOsts on
twenty-five commodities (rlainly those
not produced in this country with fur
thIf uGiN on every li.tllg i1l ip1Itcti-- utty
equal to the sum % the internal revenue
tax on what is made in this country
would suffice 70 yield all the revenue and
afford ali the protection that We ought to
have from that source; that it calls into
existence horde of dishonest and inca
pahle officials and great army OF spies,
by whom the patience OF the people is
abused that it has been again and again
demonstrated IS plainly as that two and
two make four, that q new, plain, simple,
honest, equal. smooth working, anti snug
cling and cheap system of doirg what
now is done with great cost, infinite
hunrliug, shocking debauchment of pub
lie morals and notorious ineticiency, may
he had for the askipg,-all these facts are
of no avail. The Robbers are clutching
their plUlder; and the Sapheads are grin
ming wiih 3 foolish consciousness OF
knowing nothing of what they dol The
work of desPOiling the labor of great ma
ton cOes en-"