Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-08-01

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All those who find best insurance of the
peoples prosperity, peace, and progress in
government administered on the princi-
= es and in the pure practice of Jefferson
and jackson, and who descry the fount and
origin Of the present corruptions, ex,rava-
Gancc, disagreement, subversion of pub
lie liberties, and insecurity of private rights
IN our rulers law.es, usurpation of inter-
dicted and undelegated powers-usurpation
that to-day marches deliberately on to the
subjugation of popular rule and the posses.
sion OF dictatolial power-for by acts of
Congress General Grant may even now de-
stroy the freedom of State elections, invade
the States at his pleasure, and declare mar.
tial law Of his 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 appropriation, of Dem
ocratic Congress eleven years ago, not count
ing annutics to Indians, pensions to sold.
iers, and interest on debt, and who wopld
ooI'ge all spending of the peoples money
got by taxes to be with honesty and thrift.
likewise all those who would spare little
the peoples landed estate for the landIess
milIicns hereafter and stop its squanderine
domlh!ons 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 u few dozens, and so EMMY
our custom houses of half their officials.
rid the statute-books of half their odious
SHARES for honesty or brlbes 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 revenue-who would
abandon the protectionist system of reduc-
ing the public revenue whilst increasing the
eXtortionate profits of few at the expense
Of all other industries.
All those who would abolish every I'M
lawful tax, like that on incomes every nm.
just tax like that which gives banks the
peoples profits on national currency;
every unequal and indeterminate tax. like
that levied most cruelty upon tie poor-the
tax OF our irredeemable paper-money.
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'IIot-boN ltrue battlefield of republics) of
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