Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-10
Sid OF travel and commerce between

States lS Such lhAt,s III tley were
allowed to take advantage of j !
for the purpose of local revenue,
the commerce between States
might be injuriously hardened, or
even virtually prohibited. 1t Is
best, while the country is still
young, and while the tendency TO
dangerous monopoIies Of this kind
is still feeble, to use the power OF
Congress SO az TO prevent any sell
fish impediment TO the free circu
laIion of men and merchandise. a
tax on travel and merchandise, in
their transit, constitutes one Of the
worst forms ofmonopoIles, and the
evil is doubled If coupled with the
denial of choice Of routes. When
the vast extent Of our, country is
c ansidered, it is plain that every
obstacle 10 the free circulation Of
commerce between the States
ought 10 b. guarded against by
approximate legislation within the
limits of the constitution. As far
back as 1895 these doctrines were
submitted TO Congress. i merely
call your attention to these things
to show you that some of ns were
loohing after these matters before
the Patrons Of Husbandry were
heard Of. @ ftat@t
We are talking about farmers
and mechanics, but don't under
staidme as making war upon other
classes. A certain variety of classes
is necessary. We know as q gen.
eral proposition, that most repre-
sentative bodies are controlled by
men Of a certain profession, but
the lawyer, when well Inexperienced
and an honest man, makes one Of
the best of Legislators. Lawyers
are indispensable to community;
doctors are indispensable, and min
listers are indispensable. 1t is not
good policy TO array enc class
against another, nor do / believe
it right to legislate in favor of one
class against another.
Some have an idea that to be
called a farmer or mechanic is a
letting down. What would our
government be but for tn M p
They constitute the foundation up
on which this mighty fabric rests.
1t is altogether mistake to try to
elevate ourselves upon pri e of es-
tate, or upon what our father or
mother may have been. If you
see a scion running back to hunt
up stock y you may conclude
that that scion he's not much stock
ofhis own. Laughter. We talk
about "self- made menu There
are very few self-m made men but,
if you depend on some one else
making you, as general PROPOSE
ton, you'll meyer be made. Laugh
ter. 5sa13 'aie 95i - les'3a'] 'io
1t is worth that makes man,
And want Of it, the fellow"
y You have heard how our great
men come up. You might go to
your own State, and could enum-
crate some of our most disting-
uished men who were farmers and
mechanics, Go TO back to old
Rome. When anarchy and confu.
sion prevailed they had to go out
into the field and get Cincinnatus
to bring order out of chaos. He
was farmer. We find mechanics
even among the apostles of our Sa-
vior. Paul was tent-maker, and
he was a very smart man, and
wrote some epistles which are re-
ferred to to this day as models Of
composition. Go back to the Greeks
Take Archimedes, the great geo.
metrician of ancient days. He was
a practical man and found, after
many experiments, that by the use
of a sun glass he could burn the
enemy's ships, aid we find him
declaring that if he only had a full
crum upon which TO rest his lever,
he could move the world. He was
a carpenter-o of those men who
walk around with q rule sticking
out of his pocket. Laughter. l.
Why, l could spin out list of this
class of men as long as a bill in
chancery. Adam, our great father
and head, the lord of the world,
was tailor by trade. Laughter
and applause /" Adam and Eve,
when their eyes were opened, knew
they were NAKED, and sewed fig
leaves together and made them
aprons"
That is the first we ever heard of
tailors,and do not see that--with-
out intending to be personal---very.
one need be ashamed to be called
tailor, nor that any young lady
need be ashamed to be n scamp
stress for her mother. Eve,
seems, handled needle with some
skill. Laughter. / speak OF
these things TO induce young men
and women to come forward and
show that they have no false pride
and DO not think any one oughtto