New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-05

jEUdreW j. Carney for plssterins and re- ~ szo.a %
,ersc Co.. for chairs carpets, sSssSttSS "a
John H. KCyscr, for plumbing ;.boTs that
TiIE TRIBUNE Of day before yesterday ea aSs New
betueen March, 1869, and December, loW; VIC clone
Work Printing Company for county prntl.nkh s NIB
receiyed 81 81 &C. and that the CHIEF ~ in that
lie works ais one of the principal paIt.fo for which
SSs1ooO Of vonr money was paid coud nat tSe men
purchased for 81 200 Do you sGEp0Ee lent the larger
whose names appear on these oonrse not They are
PHr nt put P them on oath in court Of l1s' OcaIs
thew will speak This is the meat sTcat This is the
feed thst they have ES%R which millions came
KING a. Oh & Of vour rulersl waste NO 10 MASTER
detailed calculations n%es Of chairs and Of carpet
ing and Of printing sn which these sums would buy
nor in proof of o THOUSAND Ai"O''
published to the Woriu' - ,- r,Un
-. are nHblic, specific, loDg-made reit-
Ia not denied, and all can see that the city
.,SJored and that the toll, and labor, and self
s,riaI ond industry of the people avail them nO''
rona1,so they are deprived of their honest gains
.~h;ch 90 70 enrich few. Men laughed hollow ,l
ionSb and smiled a false SMILE ana shIu gu I'LL
coward shoulders for time U9iis and begin to look
to,d. l TSsr ask Where is this to endf VIII 1t
not hiring riot anarchy, bloodshed ana ioss VI Pp
nuE Scs al this; and the day is not very as
cry The American people are patient, Law
ohid;n0 thew love peace and industry ana thrIt;
Rmt they have deep sense OF Jasee VIII Inn aHts
love OF pr" tScv once begin they do that kind of
I S,T 80 thoroughly that war TOT PIE nIs
same object never cones TO out learn p't the time
nSev% and. often surprised. they find that the
dial hands on the great horologe OF 9me nav .hot
novod inward They found in England once that
,ho clock struck the hour when old Cromwell was 10
emf off the head of tyTunt King ana put an cru
the implous mockery about Divine rgn1 ON onS
did not expect all this little f9LtheT on, anu
ring and Queen and mobiles, and the dlVnn I;M
ML'sb hcdced them about, passed under the guile
tine and PrsGd & t M9' t log hour had come
when the horrd HYDRA slavery was 20 dle eoo nd e
died hard and crushed in his expiring 1oius ooVHVo
III 0nr yOuth: but he died. He Will never i've
'0ain' The frauds and coTuptions In our CITY
Government seem To he conceded, and we are
insolcntly asked. What are you g~nS 10 40
before they die In the Senate of the United states
Massachusetts, Senator said that slavery was q
great wrong Well replied as slave v SS"at CO.,
ing to do about IL Will call call the hftoI roll tb of
senator heard the ro-ca of Massachusetts soldlery
IN the citadel of Charleston and his slaves were free
What are we going to do about That Is the ques-
ton upon which propose to speak tonight nave
very definite views upon that subject and shall
leave it to my fclow-citizens TO judge whether the
views are sound or not.
HOW HONEST MEN ARE PLUNDERED.
Out of this million of people there are but few
who participate in, OF who profit by, these frauds
All who do not share i'll the plumber are injured by
the robbery There is but just so much OF property
in the city, and just every dollar which your rulers
nave wrongfully taken You have unjusty lost Every
aborer must have some roof for his family. If the
house is taxed $500 when it ought to pay but $lO0
this extra 500 is first paid as rent to the landlord
fund and thus the poor man is robbed to enrich
those who are his rulers. Or the laborer Owns
little farm Charge Wfn tax 81 $ H.. Tn Ha a Gpf fb
same. 1t makes not the least difference whether i
paid in rent or in tax 1t comes from the Ia0orer:
oil and goes to the same foul pool You cannot
sCape by hiring, for the rent must, in great meas
lre be governed by the tax.
Invest $4,000 in house, che annual interest i
800, the insurance and repairs $50, requiring
rent of $3.50 to save the owner whole. Now. what
ever tax is added must come from the tenant, or nj
nan will build house to let. 1t Is the Occupler
he house who suffers from the fraudulent tax
whether he occupy as tenant or as owner Tenant
If this great city-numbered by hundreds of thou
sands-the landlords will gladly abate from you
rent every dollar which the tax-gatherer will de
luct from the tax. The owner derives no bench
from the tax which he collects from you the s1aps
81 law s@t 81 il p. rs s9yS419 II.
.nblic defrauders; and thus the substance of your
business and your labor is taken from you.
THE RUIN WROUGHT BY MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION.
Nv fellow-citizens, living by your honest labor,
are you getting on well You worked hard last
year, and were very careful Had you anything
over at the end know you had not. Why not
You had good wages, and you were very saving
What is the troublei Why, you say, it costs SO
much to live; rent is so high food clothes and fuel
are so high everything high. OF course 1t H. II
always will be while your rulers detraud you and
by cunning devices which they call laws, put your
earnings into their own pockets. Merchants OF this
great CITY. tell me how do you get ont Is YOU
weary toll your incessant anxiety and severe econ
,my making you richi Not bit OF it! know \
legion Bankers, brokers' of NewYork, are, you
ioing we'll this year, No, nothing OF the KIND
With eDe voice. SoH answer, NS No large
cIsss of the community are doing well There is
very select circle Of official men here. Ask them
Are you growing rich I" and they cody answer
Yes, and weSntend to keep on. What are you go
ING TO do about it ~ When our last census was
was charged that the Marshals returns were wrong
The Marshal was right. The fraudulent taxes had
driven the prudent people from the city, and Engle,
wood, Jersey City, HOboken, Hunters Point, and
other suburbs were filled by citizens who fed from
the nquitOus eXactiOns of our rulers New-York
has some very rich men-nOt many. OF these, with
considerable portion by inheritance; their
fortunes are the result Of their personal success.
They all sagacous men, superior III ability, self
denial. industry continued toll and persistent pur-
bose. Their number is few-muCh less in proportion
the population than in the freer cities Of the Old
World. The relative difference between the very
rCh and those of moderate means has greatly in
creased within ten years. This fact has not at
tractcd public attention yet but ii will and men
will that unbrded license and absolute despOt-
ism produce the like results The very rich in New
OTk are very few. When you go home count them
upon your fingers, and you will be surprised to find
that you have more fingers on your two hands than
you have very rich men in this city OF q million
These men, az have said, are able and sagacious;
they are good citizens; some of them are rel gous
aud all have been heedful of the Scripture injunc-
ton 10 make TO themselves friends of the mammOn
OF unrgbteousness." So far they have got on very
well; they have not suffered any vet They are
tlmid however; they are afraid Of robbers. But
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