Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-09-18

What Radical Government has done for tn"
sountry is well illustrated in the following extract
from the speech Of Governor Walker, of virginia.
at the Democratic meeting i'll Philadelphia on
Monday night. His reference to the condition OF
the Southern people and the destruction Of the
shipping interest. Is SO true and torcibe that It
ought to be published i'll every newspaper and
read by every citizen:
'Tha millions Of State del that have been piled
up since the war, and the consequent enormous
increase of taxation. have so crippled the people
aud prevented the influx OF population and capitei
a. 70 render prosperity and advancement, ~ es.
ssutial 10 them and 10 the nation, next 10 impo,-
sihie.
The States of Virginia, Tennessee and Missn url
succeeded III wrenchlng their State Geyernmenta
these States you hear OF neither corruption ne,
frauds, neither wrong nor disorder.
BUT EVERYWHERE LAW Is SUPREME,
order 10 maintained and crime is punished. There
three STATE Governments are administered III th
interests of the people, and not 1T party. The>
were organized by the people themselves, ami
aRa,nat the active oppos,ion Of the Adminlstra-
tion.. lnAtead of being aided ronntenanced and
sustained by the Administration, as was Its duty
they have been frowned upon and treated with
coldness and reserve. No fostering hand has lee,
hold out to them, but, on the contrary, emhai :
rassments have been interposed 10 the proper nj
ministrAtion OF the State laws In these States
you hear Of no fraudulent increase OF the Stat
dsbts, no miSappropriation OF public funda, n,
Au-klux disorder, Ihese exist only IN thos
States loyal to the Administration and sustaine,
BY it. Are not these facts the highest evidenc
that the attempt to reconstruct these States in tt
interest Of party and for party purposes was nol
only . wrong and outrage upon the people them.
selves, but an incacuIab!e injury to the ration n
self?
Four years ago I stood upon the Liverpoo
docks, those monuments of commercial enterpns
and foresight, and an old merchant said to N
.'Look upon that forest Of masts that fill that ha
Dor, and tell me II you can see the American d +.
acatng anywhere" / took his glass and mao
the survey Nowhere was seen the ''stars III
stripes" floating in the breeze; and he said 10 H.
"Tou may come here every day for months Al
you will never zee it. and yet ten years ago " =.
could scarcely see any other flag on InercLan'
ship In vhia hsrbor put the American VII I
was true IN 1868 is true to-day. Oar immen q
carving trade, which in former YEAR, enrich,
our people, by the oppression OF unwise laws Va
first destroyed, and has never yet been ahie 70 n
vivs. Does this look like wise policy? It IL
aaid that the people prosperous; and If this f,
true, Why is 1t that our entire labor system is
constant disorder through the strikes OF workniel
and artisans2 tell you that the policy of con-
tinuinR TO pay our debt in advance OF its maturi'
conpels the maintenance Of = system Of taxation
oppressive 10 our people and destructive to our
best interests.
Especially is this true Of the desolated and in.
povefished South. These people are willing To
meet the just requirements OF the dovernmoI,
and they have no disposition to shirk the just !
sponsibiiities imposed upon them; they have IL
dsrs " rspuEiiAte the. pahlic debt or free them,
selves from necessary taxation but they 10 pro-
test against unnecessary burdens, against the pol
icy which has dishonored their State credit, Tuns
them INTO irretr,evable debt, robbed them Of ur',
substance. and prevented either their paciAcat IL
OF SesuscitatiOn.