The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-04
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! delivering His wheat, where would be
z his profits? p.
| Absolute free trade is not proposed
with other countries, but we do propose
a large reduction Of the tariff tax, and
, thereby not only refuge taxation, but the
general prices of goods. ,.~ =. -
, Commerce means the .hterchan1e Of
commodities, and that system must he
wise which enables people to sell the
, surplus of their productions at good
profit in foreign country. But this
must be mutual If we raise more wheat
than we can use, and England makes
more goods than she can use, it becomey
our interest to exchange the surplus Of
our wheat for q part Of the surplus of
her goods, and we are both gainers.-;
She gets bread, and we get clothes. But
our wheat and her stutts have to be
carried across the ocean, which re-
quires ships, and ships open to US the
), trade of the world. Then Ohioans,
which do you prefer-the interests OF
u Ohio, or of Massachusetts
THE GREED OF MAssACHusETT
My friends,I have no prejudice against
; Massachusetts, but am not willing to
pay her tribute. Many of the noblest
names in oEr country's history belonged
to that old Commonwealth Franklin,
Samuel and John Adams and Otis OF the
, olden time, and he the greatest orator the
world has seen, since the great Athenialf
died, were sons of Massachusetts, But
while l cheerfully yield honor where
honor is due, / have ever resisted the
collection of tribute by Massacliisetts
from the other States. On several occa-
sions. on the floor of Congress and be-
fore the people, l called attention TO tho
fact that, ever since the foundation Of
our government, Massachusetts, has lev,
| led tribute on the other States of the
1 Union. With official proof in my hand
| showed that in the mere matter of fish
ing bounties alone, Massachusetts, Maine
and New Hampshire had in ten years. re-
ceived four millions of tribute money.
WHAT MASSACHUSETTS PATRIOTISM COST
DURING THE CIVIL WAR 8
The farmers of the West and South
receive no bounties, but bear many btf-
dens beside their own. That fou.' NIL
lions is but d grain of sand when COM
pared with the countless millions which
have been wrung from the people by the
monopolists, the Treasury lceches Of
New England. And now that l am upon
that subject, / here introduce an extract
from remarks submitted by me to the
House on the oath day of March, 1870:
81 hold in my hand "a table made but
by order CT the Third Auditor of the
Treasury, December 81, 1868, showing
the amounts Claimed ana the amounts
drawn from the Treasury to cover war
expenditures during the late civil war by
the States of Massachusetts, New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio. 1t is as fol-
lows:
States. Amt claimed Am's allowed.
Massachusetts, SO, 3,535, 264 S3,4S7, 1868
New York, 1882, 1926 2,30O,192
Pennsylvania, 2,11S,1I9 2,G94,S7
Chic, 2,77S,376 2,576, $50
The following is statement OF troops
furnished during the civil war, from facts
furnished by Assistant Adjutant General
Beck. So, \
/ Regiments Independent
and battalionS companies
Massachusetts, rs 81
New York, 275 3S
Pennsylvania, 25S 54
Ohio, 240 3S
Thus, while Massachusetts furnished
1877 regiments and battalions less than
New York, on the plea Of war expendt
lures up to the 21st of December, 1868,
she had drawn from the Treasury 81.
1851 more tlian New York. While
Massachusetts furnished 100 regiments
and battalions less than Pennsylvania,on
the plea of war expenditures up to the
2lst of December, 1868, she had drawn
from the Treasury 1892, 1884 more than
Pennsylvania While Massachusetts
furnished 152 regiments and battalions
Hess than Ohio,, on the plea cf,-Har cx-
pendtures, she drew from the Treasury
$9lI,243 more than Ohio" 3,
These facts, though twice charged in
1.-THE House, have never been denied
You will observe, my friends, that the
statement of the I'd Auditor was made.
December 81, 1868, and assert and can
prove, il allowed to do SCI that Massa-
chusetts has been chin deep in the trea-
cherry from that day to this. ,fie ,op.
portunity viii not be given. / hold in
my hand the Daily Globe of February I,
1871, from which l reaa:.
'.Mr. MORGAN ask unanimous con-
sent to submit the following resolution
for consideration at this time: So.
sResolred, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be directed to report to this
House the respective amounts claim!
ed by AMI allowed to the States ad-
herring to the Union, and to the citizens
thereof, for expenditures madG and f6ss-
ses sustained by them during the late
civil war.
MIR. BuTLER,of Massachusetts-Io OBJ.
jec,''
Massachusetts, objected to investiga.
lion; aud the doors Of the treasury were
slammed in the faces Of the people, who
are being robbed.
WATER HAUL OF Mr.. DAWES.
In this connection, Jet me call youf
attention to the bill hold in my hand,
which was introduced into the House
by Mr. Dawes, Of Massachusetts, who
perhaps in point of shrewdness has not
his superior in Congress. Mr.. Dawes
began TO be regarded by the country as
kind of "treasury watch dog" And
confess that on entering Congress i
was struck with admiration, for what
seemed to be his jealous watehfulness
of what became of the taxes paid b.
the people. The shrewd Mr.. Dawes,
whose tactics did not at first comprc-
hend, generally makes speech in favor
of rctrenchment a day or two, some
times an hour or Two before he makes q
dive into the treasury; and when my
friend Dawes does dive: le generally
goes to the hottom; to do him justice
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