The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-12

INC NOIu Oi dofGce 0feEley thai ne never
viii be beaten 10 the fed o. politics.
Cheers We Eoposs 70 make H0Eace
Greeley political prophet neHt NOVeni-
Der. CheegA We can't afOfd 70 make
him President Just nov, bat We can a..
ford 10 make q political prophet Of him,
aS long As be has prophesiei in the right
direction. But why should Grant he
beaten! Is there any reason growing O1t
Of the reconstruction Of the stStes lately
in rebellion! Why. the whole Democrats
paEty-the portion OF il that supports
GFeeley-rcogniZtS these meagunes Of
settlement as measures Of great justice.
Does II grow cut Of the financial coodi-
ton Of the co1ntIyl What b their plat.
form On the subject OF finances? They
say in the 9Th resolution thGt they are in
lSvOr Of raising 3 sufficient amount d
revenue 70 deiray the expenses q olr
Government. economically administered,
TO pay the pensions Of the widows and
orphans and soldiers Of the var, % meet
the interest on the pablo debt and 4
moderate annual reduction Of the same.
This Is what our Liberal Republican
and Democratic friends have resolved 70
do with the money when they ggt ii into
the treasury. They have NOT YET said TO
Is in their platform or in any Of the
speeches 81 their leaders no. in their LEAD
ing papers, hnE they propose to get the
money into the treasury with which 70 do
all these ihiugs lirequireS about $500, :
Do,000 p@: Ganum 20 pay the interest on
the debt, 10 pay the pensions, to meet the
demands Ct the sinking fund and carry on
the Government. The Republican party
have had policy in regard TO raising this
revenue. That policy is before the couD-
Try. We have been Scting upon it from
yeSr 70 year, revising and amending our
tirif and internal revenue laws from
time TO time. The people have come to
understand them now; and during the cur.
rent year, believe, the Proposition Is 10
raise shout $l26, 10000 from internal
revenue The PRINCIPAL portion Il believe
50 OK, 6Jg comes from 3 tA1 on hQuors
and tObAccG the remainder from 3 tax,
l believe, on banks, and & stamp duty still
on bank checks aud some stamp duties on
patent medicines These are the direc-
tons in which the entire amount Of inter.
nal revenue is collected, scarcely
any Of it reaching the body q
the people-very Lille save the tai
We pay on liquors and tobacco Then
the remainder comes from tariff; and in
that direction The Republican party have
been travelling ever since the close Of the
war in 1865, keeping in view the prOpusi.
tion that the lSbor o. the country should
be taxed IS little IS possible. POr instance
while Brussels carpets pay large propor.
ton Of tax, tea and coffee are Tree. We
DOW understand how the Republican par,
~ propose 70 raise revenue in the future
Whist DO our Democratic and LIBERIA
Republican neighbUrs propose in this di
recuoD: We have been unSble to learn
Three hundred million dollars must b
raised, bat where shall it come from: d.
they propose TO repe4l the internal revenue
lSTs entirely and collect the whole Of i
by duties on goods imported or take {
hundred millions from the t8rit and ado
il 10 the internal revenne2 Ii strikes mt
taese aye questions the business men, me
chaoics, lSooEing men, everybody, are in
ierested In. sam Cary has developed !
plsn. don't know that Greeley OF any
body else Is responsible Tor the DotiOns o
sam Cary, but as he has been employee
70 canvass Ohio at so speech, perhap:
he has got his cue from the leaders OF thl
party who employ him He says he hope
the day is DoS distsnt when there viii no
be custom house in America OF = port o.
entry on our coasts; that he desires 70 So
the internal revenue laws repealed, Gnc
that ne would hsFe the general govern
ment Just say 10 each Siste: We requirl
you 70 raise us 50 much revenue for Ii,
support o. the federal government, and le
the State lay this amount Of tsx on thl
property Of the people AT this rate yOV
Will find The taxes going on the t2x du-
plicste Of the people and collected fruu
the tAEIDes on their farms and stock AMI
from business men on their business l
means direct tax; and this is the poiicJ
NJ. Cary TU1ld have the gOVernmen
ADOPT / dop0t pretend 70 hold NJ. Gree
ley and the pSr1y supporting him respOn
El0!e 70: these opinions, bat We would b,
glad 10 know what Mr.. Greeley's opinion!
and what the policy Of the patty support
ing him are IN the direction q The finances
Ii i the policy Oh the Republican part1
whilst raising revenue by collecting du
ties on imported goods, al the same tim.
70 protect the industries Of the country
Whist the other party would do in the di
Techon Of protection or free trade, we are
at s los 70 know. They say in theil
platform thst they recognize the Eact thai
there are irTeconcilS5le differences O
opinion with respect TO protection snC
free trade, and they therefore remit thu
discussion Of that question 10 the peopl.
IN their Congressional districts, and u
Congress. wholly free Of executive dicta
ton or indueace. They say, honestly
that there arc such conflicting opinions
thstthey have no opinions on tie subjec,
They ere like the hunter, who shot 10 Kill
the game If Il was q deer, and 10 miss il
II Il was q call. Applause They al
tempt 70 hit the Pennsylvania and Ohit
iron men with protection, or miss freC
trade Illinois with free trade. They ar
Like The Yankee schoolmaster, who, beiuc
questioned By the school committee as Z
his opinion on the question whether thu
world was fat OF round, said he taught
either fiat OF round, to suit the parent
Laughter This platform teaches round
0D the tariff question in the CITY Of
Wheeling, but II is fat when We gel ou
on the plains Of Illinois or Iowa CAp
plsHel Greeley said eighteen month,
ago that this question oil protection or free
trade would be the vital question of thi!
campaign Of 1872. And be said further
4Our country Is to-day one billion dollar
richer BY reason Of the tariff Of 1862. ;
Yet We find Horace Greeley, who has al
ways entertained extreme notions on tn,
subject o! protection, wiling 10 accept
the nomination on this platform l have
spoken Of. l take il that when "hones
old Horace concluded 10 become III,
caBiids'e Of this party on such a plst.
form, be made up his mind that his epi.