, 1874-10-24
Tho Present Outrageous Attempts at
Popular Intimidation.
Certain Overthrow Of tile Opprcssors at
tho November Election.

any proper idoa Of tho c1tont to Which
TIE POLICY Of TEnnonfoM
is carried here. Our own reople,-the victims
Of such crimes as aro without parallel under FREQ
Government, dazcd, bewildcrcd, stupofcd,
hardly comprehend their wrongs. aud only
dlna1y renlizo tho dangers OF tho situation In
which thoy lind themsolvoa.
Tho falth and credit OF the Slate hnvo, for
otght yeara, boon tho proy Of the carpot-bngger
tho acaiawag, and tho negro wait Of confidence
}n tho future has paralyzed industry and onter-
priso; wlo public dubt increased many fold,
| and taxos intolerablo In tho condition Of tho
country, threaten general contlscation and Il
mora universal and rromed,ab!o ruin. Money
is locked up in private strong-boxos. cnpitat 10
dotcrrcd from coming horo, immigration is pre-
vented, aud thousands Of good citizens aro
driyon to llomeu il bettor-gororned Statos. Tho
hest agricultural lands il tho world, in healthy
| climate and under tue brightest Of nitios, with
Echool-housos, and churches. and narltota On
every hand, lave fallc's in ya!uo from $50 to S75
per acre to from IS 10 Sf5 per acrc, with plenty
Of eollczs aud no buyors. Fertile fields arc grow-
ing up III woela md bramblcH, fonceB arc falling
| to tho groAnl, highways arc becoming in,paHsa-
bic, outhouscs und other improvements $40 rot
| ting down, aud
EVIDENCES or DECAY
| meet tho eye wherever it IL turned. Haggarl
men aud careworu womon arc content wlou thoy
| have the nocossarios of lifo aud tho conu.oncst
| luxullos nte unknown to tho owners Of broad
acros and tho dwellors In tosidencoB almost pala-
tial. Labor ia demoralizod by tho b:sost arts Of
tho mont contomptiblo and ia1amou1 Of donna
| gogueg, whose preserco and practices would not
| br tolerated for ous hour in any county in Il-
nois. Once roar the local papers arc filled
with Tax-Coectors' advertisements Of de!in-
quont lanls for sule and uinu-tentI.s
Of tho linda thus sold arc bought
BY the State, aud tllcneeforward contribute uosh-
ING to tho Public Treasury, wllosa burdens aro
thus thrown npon, tho remaining propcrsy.
Tho common schools arc closed. tho ordinary
cxponsos Of tho Government (incraazod beyond
niI reasun1 aro unpaid, aud tito interest uu tho
pubic dobs il protested. Tho por cent bonds
| Of AabnMa which, tsur years ago. roatily sold
at Il 1zoni'n', i'ave now no quotabio value my
where.
This condition OF aIai1a hero rcautto from
| NO FAULT or THE rEopLE,
| and from no tauit OF Tie country. In former
day.. tho pconlo Of Alabama were rlcl. eni pros
and illclr homes wcto luxurious md elegant !;
thrift anu plenty abounacd; hospitality waa u
sacro1 rite; poace and coutonsmont prevailed; ;
1aiuoa; and Blooming flowers, ani fruit
faece, wers ovorywheIo. Iho people havo
shown lint, unlor Tayoriug ci:cu1nIlauecs they
l1newl,ow to prosper aud how 70 DO happy. AM!
iucontrovcrkib[e figures ntteat TIC fruitfuueHs Of
tho soil. nnd proclaim tic bonctirosco ol Nuturc
Turn. # you ploaao, to the Compendium Of tho
Ninth Ccllsus, III yuur Office, and institute aomo
comparisons. This county (Dnllas) is there
charged with 1GB, 158 aeren OF improved laud,
valued ut 50. LIZ, 3f3. and credited with "total
estimated yauo of far1n-pro1ucs!onH, Including
bottcrucula aud additions to gtcck," Of 52, T5:.-
59l. n comparison Of thcuo agu1ca with Illinois
| S1f MI }IIO 10 n n
land iu cultivation will chow
| THE ToIDEnFuL FERTILITY
Of tis county IL proportion to td ts capital in
81, ,g9o.1l1. Dupago County hss a,s4 acroD
worth s9.525 G90 aud producing S1,7OS, 512
treouo County has 175 40S acres, worth al. .oo7.-
si4. with annual products valued nt G2,5G7, $780,
50 $40 1J4, tho products Of which 81, ,G15, 763.
And with tho aa,no rcsuitg. Dallas County may
be compared with any other county In Illinois or
any oLor Northern stato. Tlin acction, then,
IL not sunk III poverty, and on tho verge OF utter
ruiu 1ecauso tho people arc incapable. or bo-
cauHe tho aoil il llntrntful.
TIE FAULT Is IN THE GOVERNMENT
imposed Oh tho State by ,Congso'H, and adminiE-
eruinollt Which dcons property its Legitimate
| prov, uud gives no protection to person. Iu
lHG7. tic stato WAS subjected to u.iltary rulo !;
ord, subordinate to tho military authollty, tho
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