The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-05-19
The Many and the Few.
From the Yaukesha PIaind

From the Waukesha PIainleaIer.
Let any intelligent man, who doubts the
fact that the policy OF the nation a shaped
by the party 10 power, Is intended TO pro-
mote and secure the interests CT the few at
the expense OF the many, calmly and dis
passlonately reject upon the acts and meas
ures OF the radical party, and conyiotion
Wall fasten ltse.t upon his mind.
Let Us refer our readers to few of those
measures. Our gigantic public debt, for
instance, was contracted in currency. The
government sold It's bonds and took its pay
III greeneacks. BY the express terms of
the contract between the government and
It's creditors, this debt was made payable in
legal tenders. Would you have proof of
this fact =? If you have greeuback in your
pocket, look on the back Of it and you will
find It there written, that this legal tender
is receivable IN payment Of, for all loans
made to the United States
This Is pretty plain English Well,
when the government sold It's bonds it took
this currency in payment, and a loaa was
thereby created In other words. the cred
ltOr iOaRed the government certain sum
IN braenUacks. and as an evidence Of the
debr, the government delivered It's own
bond, whereby it promised to pay the sum
loaned back again within given period.
The borrower had the und0ujted legal and
moral right to pay the lender in the same
kind Of currency which the latter received.
Instead Of insisting upon this plain right,
the government deliberately reiinguishes it
and says to the lender, we will return YOU
coin fot your grcenbacks,' thus giving
HIM from thirty or forty per cent more
than It was obliged or promised TO pay, and
more than it had received or course the
lenders would not obiec, to so profitable a
speculation. The holders Of these bonds
are mainly The wealthy few, bat the payers
are the masses OF the people, the diggcrs,
toiers and spinuers Of the land The
whole burthGn of payment falls upon the
tax ridden nany, for mind you, the mil
lionaire bondhC!der pays nothing upon his
property. The rank folly, outrageous IN
justice, and manifest par;ia.ity Of this ar
rang emcnt, must be visible to all observing
minds. 1t is sacrificing the interests Of
the lab0rIng many to the wealthy few
Then COMES the tariff, another scheme
Of wholesale robbery and ulunier Of the
many for the benefit OF the few. \ scheme
SO replete with rank injustice, and 50 intol
erabiy oppressive and wrong, TIA; we are
astoulshed that the people should submit
TO 1t. y few who are rolling in wealth and
who count their treasure by millions, de.
mand protection for their capital They,
however, hide its real purpose under the
ta'se naue Of protection to industry.
1hI~ so called protection costs the nation
from five to eight millions of dollars per
year. Who pays this enormous sum-
The masses OF the people, the labOring
many. Sweating Industry staggers under
I'll fe9' e9' Q Il OF the ~ trTGT may reap IONS
profits. The hard working husbanlman,
who drags his weary limbs after the pow.
or tolls through the long, long days Of sum
mor under sc5rchiDg sun. to ge.iEer in
the yellow harvest, must devote 20, 80 or
20 per cent Of his earnings 10 protect"
the capital OF the millionaire. The day
lalUrer, who carries the heavy load up the
rickety ladder, or plies the apalo ten hours
day the p!astsrer, brickiayer, or stone
cutter the shoemaker, who keeps peg
ging away the blacksmith, bending over
the anvil IN shOrt,t the whole host OF artlzans,
mechanics, farmers, tol'erS, III doors and
ont, upon the earth or under it, as well as
the merchant and professional man, they
who labor with the hands or with the brain,
all must pay constant and heavy tribute to
that eXtortionate rOnber, who picks the
pockets of the people and plumbers them
Of the fruits Of their labor, and calls it
protection"
'protectioa to American inlustry!" In
the name Of all that IS holy and true, what
an alrocious lie these words convey! Ey-
cry species of American industry is being
continually robbed of its just dues, under
the lying pretext Of protecting it. -
American industry is compelled to pay an
nuaiiy its hundreds Of millions, to swell
the bursting Golfers of New Eogland capi-
talsts, and the oppressive, unjust, tyratic
law, which authorizes the cold blooded cx-
torton, IS called a law TO ''protcct industry. y
1t is high time this thing was called by its
right napc 1t should be known as the
ACT ito rob the industrious many for the
benefit Of the wealthy few.