The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-18
THE EAST AND WEST.

From the great spcach Of the Hon. s. s.
Marshall, of this State, delivered in the
House Of Congress on the Goth ultimo, we
extract the following eloquent and truth.
full passage:
THE EFFECT OF THE SYSTEM OF PRoTEc-
TIoN UPON DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND
CLASSES.
But the gravest objection to this system
/ is that ii drains and impovcrishes the ag-
ricultural TO enrich the manufacturing dis
| tricts Of the country. II 10 no exageration,
I thing, to say that by this insidious sys-
tenn hundreds Of millions of dollars are
transferred annually from the pockets Of
| the people Of the West and South TO the
vaults and safes OF the East and North
And thus We are made mere tributaries to
| the favored or protected sections. Agri-
| culture is beyond all comparison the most
| important industry of our country. II
gives occupation and support to more
than one half of our population. And the
fact that the agriculturists and other In
forests similarly affected have so long
tamely submitted TO depletion, exhaustion,
| and impoverishment by this legislative
| jugglery furnishes the most remarkable
instance on record of an unsuspecting Gre
| dulity and la patient submission to wrong
| and spoliaton.
| A strange phenomenon is presented by
| the relative prosperity of the people Of the
| magnificent fertile West and South and of
their brcthern occupying tho barren,
sterile hills of the East. An observer
| would naturally come to the conclusion
that wealth and great prosperity would
take up their abode with the former ;
poverty and privation, If they existed in
the country with the latter. But the
fact is directly the reverse. The farmers
| Of the west with their rich lands ARE
blessed by Heaven with bountiful harv.
ests and yet they find the hours of labor
lengthening. They are compelled to with
draw their children from school to aid in
the labors Of the farm they have not the
means to build fine houses and ride in
splendid carriages; they indulge in no
costly Injuries, and yet ut the end of the
year they find il difficult TO meet the de-
| mands of the tax-gatherer, and are en-
gagged in an endless struggle to keep pow
erty and want from their doors. In the East
among the protected classes, wealth and
luxury are seen everywhere. Money lords
meet you in every town. Incomes of $50
600 and 500 900 and more per annum are
too common to attract observation. Lord
ly palaces rise to bless the eye with their
beauty and almost kiss the Heavens with
their splendid domes. Their owners ride
in gorgeous carriages and their tables are
loaded with the luxuries of all lands
They own bonds by the million, and we
less favored mortals Of the West are their
| humble debtors. How is this strange con-
aition of affairs produced? To many il is
deemed most inexplicable mystery. To
me the explanation seems obvious it is
effected by an insidious and unjust system
| of taxation. The mass of the people, it is
! true do not see how this is done. Atrophy
has seized upon them they are bled at
| every pore every day Of their lives; they
| are conscious of exhaustion and decay, but
| dream not of the source of the disease.
Mr. Chairman, some fifteen years ago a
| strange and dreadful malady afflicted
portion of this city. 1t struck down some
Of the strongest and most powerful in the
| land. Science was baffied. No one could
tell what it was or whence it came, and
| all attempted remedies utterly failed to
National Hotel disease The victims
felt the grasp of the monster upon them,
but knew not what IL was. But the dis
ease was reality nevertheless. The poison
was in their veins, but they knew not
whence it came And day by day they
Travelled their hopeless journey TO an in
| evitabe destiny, and for years they drop
ped of one by one into the grave from
which there was no escape. Take the
strongest man, in the vigor and health OF
a Adjust manhood tap the smallest of his
ems from which drop OF blood can be