Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-02-20
THE FRUITS THEREOF.


failure of any cherished scheme. 80
is it with the Radical party OF to-day.
The currency question absorbs them'
as it has already, though the patronage
CT the party, absorbed the resources OF
the Government itself, and now, when
that Government, like individuals, l.
'cherd up" they step up boldly to the
front and charge the whole trouble
upon a war that has been Cor should
have bcen) dead letter for nine solid
years past. This is the plaintivc cry
Of the New York Eccajny Post, when
it says:
"0ur patrimony is very great; 1t Will
! be all the greater In future years 1or
| the expenditures we have made III I'M
| proving cur industrial methods by
changing slavery into freedom; but our
Immediate and disposablc mears are
not great They have been used up IN
! the war, and i'll the prodiglous works
| Of internal communication that we have
.snIortaken since the war.
Now, this ID all very well for The
surface; it will do to preach to the
ignorant Radical masses at the hus-
tings, to give flourish to 4 spread-eagie
Fourth Of July "Eoration" OF to en-
thuse the patriotic people of Philadel-
rhia at thcir Centennial, but it will
not do to tell to thinking men in cool
| and calm moments of leisure when the
mind is capable of grasping the causes
| OF the result as well as the result itself.
| 1t is well that the Post uses the pro-
noun "our' ill speaking of its patri-
mony, for the said patrir1ony, mean
| ing, we presume, the innate wealth of
The country, is certainly scarcely q
visible inheritance this side Of the Po
tomac. The wealth of the country
has passed into the hands of our low
ing brethren Of the North whose greed
for wealth is only equalled by their
lust for power, the two, in fact, golrg
along baud in hand.
So much for the ''patrimony," and
now for the expenditures we have
made in improving our industrial
methods by changing slavery into
freedom" Tie resources of this coun-
try, as a country, are SO great that one
would think the expenditures of the
four years Of warfare would have been
overcome, to great extent, by nine
years of such peace as have followed
it. Had those who possessed the power
been more interested in the good of
upon plurdering the little left to the
impoverished South, the situation
would to-day not have justified the
wall that emanates from the Post
1t molestly says, ''hut orr immediate
and disposable means are not great, y
meaning, thereby, THAI the National
Treasury is almost as empty as the
pockets of the people in the South,
and it charges that these same means
''hayc been used up in the war and in
the prOligious works OF internal com
municatioI that we have undertaken
since the war" Yes, 1.-THE prodigious
works of internal communication "have
iiud Il great deal t. do with it; such com
mUlications, for instance, as the great
Credit Mobilier steal; the immense
subsidies voted by Congress, for nine
years past, to the swindlinG schemes
OF Yankee sllarpers; the patronage dis
pens I'd by the party, wherebya numer-
Gus Amy of hangers-on, i'll every de-
pal trnent OF the Government, must
be luxuriously fed and clothed in
purple and fine linen at the expense
! of the tax-rayers; the protective
. tariff by which the manufacturers
of New England must get fat and
be kept fat at the expense Of the pro-
ducing West and South; the royal
| ma9niiicence with which the govern
ment officials at Washington must be
scrvcdby men who arc paid ON the rolls
! OF the army and navy; the public carria-
Ses and public horses which transport
the festive courtiers about the streets
OF the Capital: the standing ;lr my kept
up i'll the Southern States in times of
peace, and another army, more numer-
ous and more Unsuitable. whose names
appear Oh the rolls of the Customs DO
partments throughout the country, all
oiwhom are loyal men to the Republican
party aud must be paid the highest
! wages fer the very smallest possible
amount Of wolis. These are Le"prodi-
& OIL, work, OF internal improvement
undertaken since the war;" as spoken
of b. the Past and "thats the way
the money goes" as every sane man is
made aware. This it is that holds the
Republican party together. Nothing
less tEan the cohesion of plumber can
keep N subordination such legion of
such men. Take this away ard the
lartY will crumbie to pieces and fall
So deep that no piuminet of political
principle will over be able to touch
bottom there.
It is a startling fact that the honest,
Woodworking men OF this country are
now supporting, by their labor, this
same Republican party; and it is
equally startling to know that millions
of money have been annually taken
from their hard earned wages and
thrown away upon Missionaries and
thieves. In the meantime the prosper
ity OF the countryis delayed and works
Of real Importance have languished
and died for want of aid. Let us hope.
though, that the worst is past and that
new era is to dawn soon the people
have spoken and the servants of the
people have heard. Let them see to It
that they heed as we'll as hear.
Evan{G in &ha Ex-o~