Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-08-15

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All those who find best insuranc Of the
peoples prosperity, peace, and progress, in
government administered on the princi-
pes and in the pure practice of Jefferson
and jackson, and who descry the tount and
origin Of the present corruptions, eNDraya-
sance, miSgoycrnment subversion of pub
lie liberties, and insecurity Of private rights
in our rulers law,ess usurpation of inter-
dictcd and undelcgated powers-usurpaton
that to-day marches deliberately on to the
snbjusation Of popular rule aud the posses
sion of dictatolial power--ior by act, Of
Congress General Grant may even now de-
stroy the freedom of State elections invade
the States ut his pleasure, and declare mar,
ii law OF bis own mere will.
All those who would maintain the honor
of republics, and would preserve public
credit by punctaal payments OF public debts.
All thos, who would cut down to fewer
and MT objects all appropriations Of the PEG.
pies money (to.day more than double,
nearly treble, the appropriations Of Il Dem
ocratc Congress eleven years ago, not count
ing aunuitics TO Indians, pensions to sold
ierS. and interest on debt), and who would
oblige all spending of the people, money
got by taxes to be with honesty and thrift;
likewise all those who would spare little
the peoples landed estate for the .andles,
millions hereafter and stop its squandcrius
dominions in day upon those VINO already
own too much.
All those who would reduce the number
OF commodities taxed by our tariff from
thousands to Il few dozens, and so empty
our custom houses of half their officials,
rid the statutc-books of half their odiou,
snares for honesty or brides to fraud, and
untetter scores Of our native industries.
all those who would lower the rates also
of our tariff taxes to the point of most easily
yielding the largest revcmc-who would
abandon the proeclionist system of reduc-
ing the public revenue whilst increasing the
cNtortionate profits of few at the expense
of all other industries.
All those who would abolish every un-
lawful tax, like that on incomes every IN 4.
Just tax like that which gives banks the
peoples profits on Il national currency {;
every unequal and ndeterminate tax, like
that levied most cruelty upon tie poor-thc
tax of our irredeemablc paper-money.
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3D. organized determined, and pcrsr,ten.
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