, 1873-12-31


Tho t.liatrers Of tho country would justify
tho dinlinution Of Congressional salaries to
s3 900 year, --snvlng 81. .}0U Oh ovory mambor.--
but, Of eonrso: no s1lc'a thing will ho o'o. Tho
poor Wtll pay II, and naxt yoar Republican lead- %
boasts or hurdon-t0 follow than and 10 their
biding.--Des Moinca (Iotoa) Leat1pr.
1T thore III corruption tit tho Departments,
or Loo high expenditures founded on old ,,aagon
Or my wrongs OF whnte ever naturo to le rigl,ted
lot tho people DO inat1o acquainted with them.
lr all honest way, by lloncHl moil intent on
honest purposes: :-Davenport (Ioma) Gazette.
Worthy, tho titnea aro franglit with woighty
questions boaring upon tho moral ptantliut;: Of
and running down through ttlo variuna gratlos
Of civil ofloes,- ,-Barlington (Io,oa) Gazette.
-lflt IL deliberately proposed to loud tho
ion, aud mako Of IT IT, hospital for crippled
politicians who hhyo been ropulAted at llomo,
wo will Bpoed'Iy sncceed IN alternating from our
ranks tho thousands Of carI,csk manly, lonest-
our cause OIL to victory solely BECAUSE they had
fatl III tho purity Of Its leaders, the Justice Of
ttH demands, nnd tho rightoousnoHB Of its pri,,-
ciples.-Des 1foines (1o.oa) !sta!e journal.
tion In unquoationaby to promote oxtrnvagant
public expenditure. Communities everywhere
tint don't hayo to take the money directly out
Of their own poukots to pay tho natEonal tax.
gateror, fall into tho opinion that tho National
Treasury ia filled by noms sort Of ti1tatcial
| 1egorlolnain that the:.nonoy always comes from
aon,e othor man mud tIat tho chief clll Of n
Senator or Representative IL to get ont Of tue
Treasury, for tho benefit Of his constituency, tho
money that sonao other constituency las paid
| into tho Treasury. National expenditure will
| nevor bo brought again within reasonable n'ld
economical limit until communities quit acting
from this impulse. They must cease consider:
| ing the national income aB no much ''awag !"
IN 4t,f
by his s'tccesu Ii, dvorting tin. swag out Of tue
nalion'a Treasury into certain ambitious locali-
ties IN bis dstrict.-keokuk (Io'ea) G'ate Guy.
II Congress cannot act wisely, It had hotter m
tinkorltig Or experimenting. It ia positively
known Or has boon authoritatirely suited, that
there ii ONO member Of Congress- wao has not
got u financial theory for tho remedy Of existing
evils and to make Bafo the future. On him We
shail base our hopes to Interfere with or stop
tho tiuloring and experimenting Of othora.-
| Davenport (fowa) HdzfAe.
| -Inyoatigation should bo universal. It won't
hurt honest mon. If rogueB get caught, it is far
bettor to do it HOW tha,i wait for larger dopreda-
tions. Tho whole tendency Of late yours Eas
bean to destroy al sense Of moral accountability
| in communitioa. Only the successful thiaf has
boon ,yornhipped. Gildcd vico bus Jagged ont
itH little life, leaving oply trail of robbery to
havo boen secuted. Rapacity has beon dolfed
md society corrupted tn all ita parts. In this
moment OF awakoring wo should got at the bot
tom Of things.-Sf. Pdul Pioneer.
The farmers complain OF these plundors,
and the plunlerors in roply any tho farmers must
at once supply a complete revenue system. a
sound currency system, revised codo Of patent
laws. and must show tic owners Of railroads how
to rim trains and increase business. Now We
protest agaiust nil this nonBcnalcal style Of mr.
gumeut. Tho farmer Is not Obliged to coutinuc
being robbed until he Gun franc d complete cur
rency system or uolye tue transportation problem.
d. Let us have no more of this foollshnees
tile people are awnke to the issues Of the day.
ind II the Republican presses aud orators have
anything to Bny III dofenae Of the acts OF theil
party, now iB tho time to do 1t :; but the people
far1nors, workingmen, Or others-are not to bt
diverted from tho true line Of argument by IN,
eyaBion,--Il|inois !State Register.
Will any ono pretend to say that q Drow ant
Vanderbilt aro not the crentionB Of 4 cunning
ly devised system Of speculation and robbery
What equivalent have they given for their share
IN tho wealth which labor haH crcated2
There Ia remedy for the evil, without reyou
ton, If wo could bo influenced to accopt it.. Blu
it not corrected by intelligent action Oh Our part
it will, in timot correct itaoN through rnyo!u
tion. We ahudder to contemplate tho picture
The s1aveholders' rebellion Was d terrible oveut
but tho Monoy-Power rebellion, II 1t Ia eve
forced upon tho country, will be euch pando
nonium Of fire aud gunpowuer and destrucsio
as not even the pen Of Milton could have pic
tured.--1forrfson (1n.) Independent.