Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-08-18

| WHICH pIONluSS Illub JlG UOllu
which now bear six per cent, inter
est, may be funded at four, fou
and a-half, and five per cent, to b.
paid in ten, fifteen and twent,
years.
AS we all know, there has been
reduction upon articles upon whicl
duties are levied for revenue tar
i'll. | know, asyou know, there hai
been diversity Of opinion express
ed upon this subject, but l say tina
the Union party of Ohio is prao
tically unit upon this subject o
the revenue tariff. Applause. W.
do not foster the privileged class
We struck down the monopoly Of
aristocracy and all caste in striking
down slavery. Applause. And VIC
are prepared to strike down every
monopoly. GApplause. We can
not fix burden upon class Of
people not shared by others. The
doctrines Of the Republican party
is that the burdens of the Govern
ment ought to be distributed equal
ly over the country, and that all the
blessings Of God, like the rain and
the sunshine of heaven, ought TO
fall on every man alike. Ap-
plause.
| know that our opponents of
the Democratic party expect to
profit by the difference of sentiment
existing in the Republican party
But there is no difference of effort
What we ask for the West is equal
protection with the East. What
we want is revenue to be collected
from those articles which are term
ed luxuries and enjoyed by the
rich, and that the labor of the coun-
try and the laborers of the country
are to be protected by the govern
ment. Applause, So that l say,
my fellow citizens, practically there
is no difference amongst us. But
| may say while upon this subject,
that important notifications have
been made by the last Congress.
You have heard, perhaps, of pig
iron. Laughter That has been
magnified into a gigantic scheme
for the purpose of expressing the
people of the country, But the
Congress of the United States has
reduced the tariff upon pig iron,
and they propose to reduce the pig
until there can be seen neither tail
or any other part of it. Renewed
What we desire, and what every
honest man desires, is to obtain a
revenue sufficient to meet the ex
penses of the government, and to
obtain it from those sources by
which the labor and the laboring
men of the country may be protect.
ed from the capital and capitalists
Of the country.
My fellow-ci citizens, there is an
other proud distinction of the Re.
party of Congress, and
hat consists in this That during
he last year it elected from Con
,ress and turned out the money
hangers and sellers of cadetships
vho were dehling the temple by
making dollars and cents out of the
'overnment of the country. The
Nbittemores and Gollidays had to
'e elected by the Republican party
n Congress, No other instance of
hat kind has occurred within my I
memory except at the time when | i
elonged TO Congress, and then we
potted and branded the scoundrels
'ho undertook to peryert princi- |
les to their own selfish and private 1
imposes. That is a new thing in i
le Republican party, and it will be
new thing entirely for the Demo 4
attic party, when they will turn y
~ man out of power because he a
,eculates and plumbers the public q q
easury. y
But, my fellow citizens, with all fl
is, the Congress of the United Il
.ates hiss not done what | desired, >,
ID what | believe the people OF q
is country desired to be done. | II
gard that land grant to the North. ir
n Pacific railroad as unwarranted, h,
reasonable, and anti Republican.
hose lands belong to the people, 20
ley are intended as homesteads h,
I the people Of this county, n,
i the time was in Congress, aud y,
om that hour to this, / have been q,
iformly opposed to granting he
'ge bodies of the public lands to or
'ge corporations, and allow them .
enrich themselves at the expense q,
the poor man. Applause. OF
But my fellow citizens let it be Oh
id to the honor of the last Con. he
ess, that it has rejected all such III
lemes in the way of appropria- nj
MS to steamboat lines and other M
operations, and in that respect an
Congress of the United States
nands our commentator and or
lhdence, and we must stand by 70
m They stood by us in the nm
lr of our disaster To them we
Q our currency; to them we owe on
supplies by which the brave m,
n were enabled to fight our bat fol
to them we owe the Fifteenth no
lendmsnt, by which we have fully tic
cribed upon cur brnners univer- 90,
freedom for all. Renewed ap- tw
use. so
Vow, my fellow-citizens, all / gr,