The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-04-17

The railroad and other monorol;es
that exist to day are infinitely more dan
gerous to the republic Ihan slavery was.
UutwarGly they are not SO degrading and
debssipg; they do not leave the moral
stain upon the body polite that, whilo
it lasted that peculiar Institution did :
but we doubt if the crimes committed by
and in the name of slavery exceed those
which have been perpetrated by our gi-
yantic monopoIies during the last ten or
fifteen years Legislatures have been
pribed and bought BY wholesale, corrupt
ion has established itself openly and def
antly in more than thrce-f0uIths Of the
States of the Union; while municipalities
by the hundred have humbly registered
he DEGREES of the inoneyed kings The
Whole theory OF republican governments
has been overturned. and, in the name OF
the people, the railroad and other mono
poles have virtually become the masters OF
ihe country They mould legislation, and
have their paid advocates III our represe n
tasive bodies, from the highest down to
the lowest. No act can pass which they
do not approve, and scarcely law can be
executed which they oppose. They own
Judges and cnurts. as we'll as legislatures
and congresses, and more than one OF
these corporations Is to day aspiring even
to the presidency ilself. Washington
&C. d. Republican.
The New York Tijune as this: From
the report ma ie to the constitutional com
mission 1t appears that the aggregate of
state, town, county, and city indebtedae 50
IN tine State of New York has reached the
astounding sum- of $235. COG 900, The
Il - ndI nf,
entirely the bardenS Of national debt and
extravaganza, expense " town, county.
state, and city government 1t is clear
that with prices of grain. cattle. and farm
products established by the cost ofgrowing
them on the more fertile lands ofthe west,
such taxation as nov rest upon the farm
ers of this state cannot be permanently
endured. Yet here seems nowhere t.
be any movement in the direction OF
economy.
From a long and able article in the
Wakefield Citizen VIC clip the follow
| ing:
with an arrogance that is disgusting
and the more so because based on the
treacherous ground n: perhaps temporary
power, the Eastern road, in conjunction
| with its fellows. has this week put forth
/; its manifestoes declaring it's supremacy,
| and giving the law to the travelling pnbIic
| in a manner that would indicate that the
road and not the public, were the arbiters
| of these ms,ters Railroads are but a
trust. granted by the peoples special will
and for their benefit, created and sustain
| ed by their patronage, and subject 70
their demands but the view that is held
by the majority of these servants Of the
people, their managers, is zoo often totally
different from this. ~
The Montrose RepuJlic1n. remarks:
| THE defeat of the bill known as the
'Pennralvania Railroad project" in the
New Jersey Legislature, is about the frs
great defeat that Tom Scott. the Railroad
King" ever endured. The struggle be
tween the people on one hand and tn,
powerful railroad corporations on the
other. for the control of the law making
power, must come and the sooner the
people take hold of the matter in earnes
the better for the country"