The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-10
For Congressman-4th District,
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Reasons Why Western Men should Oppose
Radlcslism

Taxes go up, as produce goes down
Extravaganza and corruption are rapidly
and alsrmingly on the increase in every de
par,mens of the State and National Govern
ments.
One hundred and siItytAree millions Of
acres of the very best aud most valuable OF
our magnificent public lands, that ex-
emption law of Congress had virtually given
to the honest poor but industrious husband
man, has, in the last few years been given
to heartless monster railroad corporations,
which are owned and controlled by the mil
llonaire lords OF the old world and the cities
OF the East.
The Legislation of Congress has been con-
trolled during the last six years IN the inter
es,s of the tariff protecting bond holding
and land grabbing rings, to the vital in jury
AMI pecuniary ruin OF the agricultural inter
ests and industry of the aboring classes OF
the country.
While labor, the great source OF national
wealth, is heavily and uniustly taxed to
support the State and National Governs
ments, the wealthy holders and owners of
the bonds of the [ uited States, By far the
most profitable capital of all commercial
and other business purposes, are exempt
from national, state, local and municipal
taxation.
The system of legislation inaugurated and
persistently adhered to by the Republican
majority in congress makes labor tributary
to protected capital, and builds up :, oney
arlstocracy upon the surplus earnings OF the
sons of toll.
While Schuyler Colfax was speaker of the
House, and since he became president OF
the Senate, the leading committees OF both
branches OF the National Legislature have
heen SO organized that the great agricultu
RAJ Interests of the South and West, and the
labor of the toiing millions, have been
under the control, and been made to
contribute, to the mercenary interest Of the
New England and the East.
Prominent Republican officials, and other
leading Republican politicians, from
condition of poverty, have suddenly
acquired princely wealth, by which they are
enabled annually to expend tens of thou
sands OF dollars in SNOWY and costly equip
page, and extravagant and luxurious living,
while the distinguished laboring masses tol!
on, from year to year, with little leisure for
the enJoyments of life, few advantages for
education, and still fewer opportunities to
enjoy fare share of the profits OF their
labor.
The expenditure of the State and Nation
al Governments are enormous, wastetul,
crImlnally extravagant, and a crushing
burden upon the too coDhding and greatly
wronged laboring tax payers OF the country.
That conclusive evidence has been pub,
lished again and again, by leading repub
hcan papers, OF the corruption Of senators
and mem ners of congress OF their active
cooperation with rings and lobby members
to secure land grants to railroad corpora
tions, worth hundreds of millions of dollars:
to increase or decrease the revenue tax on
whisky or other articles, as will best promote
their pecuniary interests; to purchase Alaska
and pay therefor in gold millions of dollars;
to labor with a zeal worthy of better cause,
for the purchase of San Domingo, at o cost
of millions of dollars OF the peoples money;
ana to SO Iegislate that protected Interests
and mammoth corporations can readily and
certainly absorb large portion Of the profits
OF laooring classes OF the country.
Under the false and specious pretense Of
protecting home industry, system of tariff
taxation mas been built up that annually
robs the Iaooring classes Of the west of hun
dreds of millions of dollars, which goes to
enrich the already wealthy manufacturing
establishments of New Engla and the
east.
Since the republican party has had control
of the State and National Government our
annual state expenses have quadIuped, and
corr upton and venality and proaigate ex-
penditures, and open disregard of the sacred
obligations of the constitution, and defiant
tramplng under their unhallowed feet, the
noble political structure erected by the
patriotic fathers of the Republic, has been
oil controlling in republican legislation,
until they have become disgrace and a
stencil in the nostrils of the good and great
throughout the civilized world
The Republican Congress have had
employed for years herd of officers at high
anu lucrative salaries, who have paid ont
niN''ons OF dollars to feed and clothe tens of
thousands t,r OF able bodied idle negroes in
~" ashington city and in the Southern states |
why were az able. aud in thousands of |
instances :, tar more so, to feed and clothe |
hseFee' 'aan majority of the white |
pop''n'oh ~ the North, who have been
worse than prohigate expenditure oe e. |
public money.
The expenditure Of tens and ano.
hundreds of thousands of dollar, nv H.
Republican Congress in the purchase ofl
knives, scissors, gold pens, gold penholders
gold n,bbed pencils, gold mounted pencils
ivory pencils, artists pencils, diaries, porte
monies. visiting cards, blank books, copying
books, autograph books, scrap books, anG
hundreds OF other articles used by sristocrats
ana 'niliionaires. This large expenditure
oy Congress for articles here enumerated
ana Others of similar character which
members OF Congress often sell and pocket
!. the laboring classes.