Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-30

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have differed some how this should be done
but 1t is easier p rhaps to come at it reasonably
by inference in the matter than to represent ard
discuss those differences OF politicians, and may
be much more simple than some have supposed ,
while willy politicians, of course, have desired to \
keep the matter as complex as possible, and 9TH
ers lost sight Of IL looking atar oil as big thing
when it was a little thing near at hand. OF
course the government is the agent OF tue people
who ordained 1t, kept up at their expense, and
pal in such a way is the people may positively
arrange and In no other. II is not the part of
people TO say in what way the government is to
be sustained and kept up. for i is only the crea-
ton Of that power which ordained 1t, nothing
more, and it cannot be the part OF the govern
ment to say how much or in what manner the
government is to have 10 be so sustained and
kept up. OF course il is for the people to say
what aud how this expense Of their agent is to
he accumulated and paid. And even the power
Of the people may not take the expense more of
Of one than another aud be justified in it. II
must be an equal matter; and 1t must De this In
the trade which wrongs no one, but benefits ail,no
odds where the balance Of trade may come, and
50 that Wall street may not dodge it or be in
any way specially helped by it. Otherwise there
is screw loose. The liberal government op-
presses no one /; il any one is oppressed either
| by the expense to keep government up or in the
| operation of government, there must be screw
| loose somewhere that permits an avenue 10
| wrong or a clog upon trade.
| 1t is said willy politicians sometimes fool the
peopleland so get them to authorize, through
ter suffrage, wrong policy. If this be so the
| Joner it Is rghted the better it will be for eV-
cry body including those very smart politicians
themselves. There is and can be no good rea-
son one who has only in the commercial wOTlp
81 ,00G coin should, out Of his substance for this
person and property protection, pay as much as
| another who is worth $40 900 eoin.value. 1t is
fact the pauper who is worth 80 only, is, never.
theless, entitled to have his person protected, and
when he is unable to provide for his wants by
beggary or otherwise, his wants are supplied uu-
der good wholesome regulations in the agency ol
the people. 1t is plIin, and intelligent men will
coucede it, that this expense of government Is to b.
sustained, not by the poverty, but by the wealth
of the nation. In this respect, nothing more need
now be said. 1t is also plain this government l.
not authorized to raiss by any sort OF revenue
accrued by tax on articles and commodities ir
the trade. it is clog on the trade, and If thu
people have mistaken 1t so much as to have au
thorized their agent, the government, to do so
through politicians or otherwise, it is misttk'
.he sooner corrected the better. Protection y
.rson and property is the full intent of the gov
ernment, and any thing beyond or outside OF it
or acts which truly promote it, lis imPoliuc, no
TO say unjust. But should government eithe
directly or indirectly protect the business OF on
at the expense or drawback Of another, it is no
only impolitc, but inequality, not to say inJus
tice toward the parties effected, and beyond
license of the COVE nmen'.
Trade is under no obligation to suffer from
any necessity there may be of raising means 4
: sustain, supply and keep up government, n
in his right.
Nc great surprise the trade OF nation goes to pc
q sooner or later when the people thereof hav
\ been deceived into such unreasonable and IN
natural policy. A nation Of great natural re
sources may stand it long time, but its trade
l to say nothing Of the wealth and prosperity {
: its citizens, is greatly deferred, and by and b
4 those whose office it is TO represent these thing
are heard to insinuate very strongly trade hd
gone 10 pot, Congress ought tn and must do some
!. thing to mend th mat e' but pdrticuld G
'my policy is not heard of. What can Cor
gress do but take away those clogs on trad
which have produced a such statef II is bad |
= have assessors about, vet nevertheless any on
Y who has any property to protect can well affor
10 pay his proportion as II may be justly note
on the duplicate OF taxable property Of his cour
j ty in his own State, by regulation he know
! how much it is, where it IS to go, and for VIII
= 1t has gone precisely, when the actual amount b
has to pay is fairly compared with what be ha
actually paid on what he has consumed, in ad
}: dition u what he would have paid on the sam
4 in the course of free and prosperous trale, be
!. sides he knows it to be equal and just and righ
whereas when raised on what he consumed
: may have been less or it may have been MOI
S than he ought 10 have paid, to say nothing {
that iaeubHs which hangs os night mare on ii
wholesome trade Of his nation.
What keeps up government has got to
raised what the nation may have gene in de-
! AMI justly owes has got to be raised; ar
| what is TO be paid has all got to be raised an
u paid. Il will take so much to pay, and in Il
time it has got to be paid it has got to be raise
] no odds what trade may be. Ii will take
h more to raise it the right way than anothe
But the right Of citizens and trade have got
be respected besides, as a matter OF policy
y say nothing of justice. il is known our forefatl
:, ers fought stamp -act-duty; how much mo-
mixed and unde6nable is a revenue tariff Q
trade, that encumbers trade for some again
others, and throws this burden OF expense {
consumers whether they are able to have Il
: means to bear it or not?
Ifa nations wealth connot pay its debt an
u sust, in the expense Of its goven nment, VIII
n should it grind the face Of its poor and ruin i
d trade besides to do il? No doubt the resource
of this nation are great, light tar on It's veal
will sustain its reasonable grant to the govern
ment. and pay in reasonable time every dollar
e jtst debt it owes, and every just pension, and
: the same time, by good and uuencumbere
trade, prosper and increase in wealth on a soil
bass of true coin rdiue that Will be recognized
tn course of trade throughout the world, and a
Il un airRess Of trade, and gambling in paper-gOl
+ be forever squelched out as it ought 60 b
This talk Of revenue reform is like talk Of RI
u form of disease. But one cannot partieulaIi1
e how government is to be kept up, past deb
: paid, and future deb! and what produces
avoided, yet general principle shows trade mu
MT be clOgged in any case at expense Of SON
J however much it may aggrandise others. An
! il right course Of trade fail TO make busines
profitable enough TO run concern on Fifth az
enue while 1t relieves. other honest people frOl
| tIa NJ 80 in fba val Z
e their honest toll and the concern on the avenu
mus therefore fail. There is 10 IA, no meet SIS
that concern should be run. And furthermOr,
the government, nor the power that makes j
ithe people) have any right to infringe the right
of trade or clog trade, no odds whom It may atfeC
or in what way anv may be affected. II is tn
duty Of the people who is the power TO see tina
their government promotes that for which it wa
J and is Intended, the protection OF all in thei
person, property aud labor. The law Of rsl
should not become nugatOTy, or be in whit Ig
nOred by the government on any prIt Dse at an
time. This country has great resources, VIII
should clog be put on their available powe
by any excuse outside of good solid righf
Free trade regulates itself to prosperity, an
gives all fair chance in the course it runs, bu
the moment il is elogged 10 favor any, 1t nee
not be told where its wrongs may light, or Wha
doors Il may not open to wrong aud unfairnes
in trade. Nothing but Yacillaton and uncertain
" can DC cApecteut ana any certain stanuhru U
coin value is lost sight Of It looked prosl erou
yesterday, but to-day times are hard and all mel
are pinched and none able to tell why.
hard labOring and industrious man has in
deed received Tor his toll what has been ealle'
two dollars per day, but il proves insufhsient L
] procure has subsistence when he has got IL, ex
ereise what eeOaomy he may. And he will nat
urally enough such Inadequate cola rat!e dd1n
Yet he cannot help II. ia half starved eondi
tion, Il he he honest he mast crowd it through
without stealing, and Mr.. My tcb thinks il al
sery right.
Let rlde have free course. true eOiaed Falu
10 established, and AOaest toR be gloriaed.
REVRESBO.
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