The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-09-29
Acres Appropriated

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Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw.......... 1,05246o
Flint and PermarQuette e.................. 5S8322
/ Lake Superior and Mssissppt............. 10000
Minnesota Southern. $4,000
Hastings and DacOtah. 5J00OQ
st. Joseph and Denver City............... l700000
Kansas and Neosho Valley 100000
Southern branch Union Pacific c........... J. 900
Paceryille and 10000
California and l5400O0
Atlantic and
northern zUyUUUDOO
Stockington and opperolis~.............. $4,000
! In addition TO this there had been disposed Of
! by former Congresses composed OF Radical ma
Joritles, S1O0OOO acres to the Union Pacific Rail-
road and 100000 to the Northern Pacific. The
/ entire amount Of lands given away TO corpora
! tions by Republican legislation, foots up nearly
! two hundred millions Of acres.
Language utterly fails to describe the conse-
/ quences OF this unspeakable crime against the
/ people OF the present and coming generations.
is the robbery Of the people by the very
Trustees of their interest and the sworn guardian
Of their rights, their Godgiven rights to the soil!
Where were the Senators and Representatives
! from Ohio. when these colossal crimes were in
/ process Of conEuTnmauon2
/ Allen G. Thurman, that man Of the people,
( was there, and by unanswerable arguments and
| votes, opposed these robberies in every stage OF
! their progress. Able as he is, he was powerless
( against atwo-thirds minority in the Senate.
What was his colleague, John sherman, doing
/ during these times? He was there aiding the
/ lobby by the weight or his great abilities. Had
/ the Republican members from Ohio, alone, with
/ Senator Sherman at their head, opposed these
grants, they might have defeated them. what
/ do they care for the people and the instructions
/ of the General Assembly. Their business IN
/ Congress is to make money and get rich. IL is
| said that Sherman, on salary OF Sji000 q year,
! has become wealthy in the modern sense OF the
! word; that he IS a partner in the great banking
/ house Of Henry u. Cook & Co., In Washington;
/ that he is q heavy stOckholder in a National
| Bank at Mansfield, and that he has large
| amount Of public land in the West.
! When he entered Congress his possessions were
| small-be Is now classed among the very veal
/ thy OF the land.
I long TO himself for he had entered into coyo,
nant with the people to devote all his time and
his talents 10 their interest. such statesmen as
/ Henry Clay, Thomas Il Benton, Thomas Cor
win anu old Ben. Wade did not lay up treasures
Z to themselves while in Congress, Yet this man
Sherman, who has made himself so immensely
rich Wtile 5eTglng the country ds ChGTgldn q tee
Committee OF Ways and Means, has the brass to go
before the people and beg Of them to renew their
lease of power TO the very men who have so
shamelessly violated their high trust.
The Homestead Law for settlers, and the Land
bounty for soldiers are made void by these land
grants The law gives 100 acres, each, TO the set
tier and TO thesodier, but practically, 1t is worth
no more than 100 acres OF the sky, because the
railroad companies and the spectators nave
gone ahead ofthe pioneer, and taken up ali the
choice lands that there Is no place left for the
settler and the soldier, except the "barrens" OF
the mountains. With the public lands in the
hands OF private corporations, and an tmpend:
ing inundation OF Chinese coolies, the future OF
the country does not look hopeful for the welfare
Of the people,
THE REMEDY.
You ask what is the remedy. lean name but
one remedy, and that is to choose men who VIII
20 to Washington and repeal the laws granting
lands to all the new corporations, ana then nMa
maximum price Of not over So an acre to the
lands granted by former acts Of Congress tothe
Pacific roads that are built.
And further, TO provide, by law, that no man
or corporation shall hold any part OF the public
domains for purposes Of speculation, because the
earth is for the support OF us lnhabltans'
THE INTERNAL REVENUE SYSTEM.
The collection Of this tax, amounting to about
slS0,OO0O00 year, is farmed out TO what Is called
the District Collectors There is an Assessor and
Collector OF Internal Revenue provided in each
Congressional District, with deputies and assist
ants in most of the counties.
Der of men, who do not eat the bread OF honest
industry, nor do they all honestly account for
the money they receive. Defalcatlonsi ainount-
ing to millions, are common, and nothing -
Cen Morgan. a member Of Congress, IN his
speech at Delaware, few days since, gave the
names of ten Collectors whose aggregate defal-
cations amounted to the sum OF S5,gS5,ll5, as
shown by a report OF Hon George s. BOUTWELL,
| Secretary of the Treasury, made to the House Of
Represec ctatives last March.
The report gives the names Of three hundred
and forty detaulters of the public moneys.
The ordinary cost of collecting the revenue
amounts to about one tenth of the whole.
| What is the necessity of keeping up so much
machinery Could not our county TreasureTs
collect the necessary revenues for the support of
the general government, quite as falthfuliy as
the United States Collectors have performed that
| service? No man of sense will dare to question
the proposition; and it will be collected in that
way for one-thiId the present cost.
Why then continue such swarm of unneces-
saIy officers at such cost? The answer is, they
are needed for other and different services; and
that service is to set up congressional districts,
and control nominations, and to superintend
elections. 1t is charged by the good men and
true. in the Republican party, that this thing
has been done in more districts than ono in this
State.
lent TO pay the expenses ofcampaigns. The sys-
TEN can have no other tendency than to ocorrupt
the ballot box and deprive the people 81 their
The system, during the time II has been IN ops
Grafton, has made detaulcation respectable. II
has taken the name of Revenue Ring" which
means corrupt combination for unworthy ends
The country has no further use for 1t.
Let the Internal Revenue be collected by the
county rreasurors, who are elected BY the peos
pie and accountable to them for an honest and
honorable administration of the public money.
THE TARIFF QUESTION
This is a question that both parties artfuIIy
dodge. 1t was in former times sharply defined
issue between the wings and democrats,
II is not so now. The realization OF the hopes
of Free Traders must, in the nature OF thlngs
be adjourned until at least this generation shaH
NTH public debt, Teanirng 81 100000 to pay
the interest upon it, and other eApehahtuIes OF o.
more than 500 0O0 600 year, the establishment
ofactual Free Trade must, necessarily be adjourn
e ed until distant day. -
/ All This vast sum must be provided for either
y by tariff on Imported Boousi OF ny olieOt JaA
| in one form or another.
y The main reliance for revenue must neces-
d saTiIy be a tariff, which means tax upon I'M
il | ported commodities.
n The only remaining question, is one OF detail.
The tariff acts of June Goth, 1864, and the amend.
II ments OF March 3D. 1857, were SO lily devised as
: | to produce much cause OF complaint.
l. The scale OF duties such Is to discriminate
in favor ofartcles of luxury and against articles
] Igft. as
cotton and wOolen goods. The duty on sugar
o was about 50 per cent on its cost while the duty
e on salt is about Us per cent. The specific duty
d Of so O ton on Pig iron, was only about 25 per
d cent.
d The last Congress which the Cincinnati 1tnes
J. Republican paper has styled the land grabbing