The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-21

| publican and New England
States, paid out...................... go ,5J6.f3
Excess over both States...........s l59, l05li
West Virginia has paid into
the United States treasury
since 1858 50, 6s7, s2l 80
Another example is as follows:
Virginia paid in Internal reye-
nue. last year AS, 1S9. %
All the other six States of New
England paid.........-.--.........5 I5,5oi. IL
Excess over the whole of New
England. ,I5s, 2i5l6
Ohio and Illinois paid nearly as much
internal revenue as the whole of New
England, and the two great states Of New
York and Pennsylvania combined.
This shows conclusively that large du-
ties are laid upon imports to favor the
North and especially New England and
her manufactures, but when internal
revenue is to be raised, it is so levied as
to come largely front the South and West,
and but small amount from the North.
We are taxed to favor New England
manufactures by way of duties on i'm
ports, making every manufactured article
we use cost us an average of SO per cent
more than they would but for the tariff
on imports. This is unjust to the South
and West, and ought to be remedied.
GENERAL GRANT.
1t would hardly be becoming in me to
close this part of my remarks without
making some mention of President Grant
| will not be so discourteOus, even if the
National Republican Committee in their
late address, did slight him. One of the
great objections to President Grant and
his administration is their dangerous ten
dency towards Capitalization.
The whole drift of things, in every
department of the Government, undr
the present administration, is towards
Capitalization. To do whatsoever Pres
ident or Congress will, is becoming
practically, the supreme law of the land.
1t is fatal to local self-government, and
the supremacy of the people. 1t is cal
culated, and unless changed its end will
be to subvert all the powers and forces of
the Government to the control of one
man. Is this TO be the end of our repub-
lican form of government? Was it for
this the Revolution was brought about by
our forefathers?
As proof Of the tcndcndcncy of the
present administration towards central
ization | have but To call your attention
to its interference in the State elections
in the Southern States, and then note the
steps taken by the party in power in
Congress in this matter. In 1871 they
passed an act the title of which was "An
act to enforce the right of citizens of the
United States to vote in the several
States of this Union, and for other pur-
poses" The avowed purpose of that act
was to control the election of members of
Congress. The operations of this law
were confined, however, to the cities of
the United States having more than
10000 inhabitants. This was put out rs
II fcelcr, and seeing that the people sub
mitted to this indignity, they tried,
in 1872, to 90 further, by in
Producing bill by which the
Federal Government would have the
power to appoint supervisors of election
for every voting precinct throughout the
United States, and this bill passed one
House, and if it had become a law it
would have placed the whole machinery
of the elections throughout the United
States under the control of the Federal
Government. This, with the power of
suspcnding the writ of bdbedS corpus
the only safeguard of the liberties Of the
pcOplc-at the will of the President
which right the Republican Congress
gives him whenever it Is necessary to fur
thcr its purposes-would make him more
powerful than the Gar of Russia. Look
to it that We elect such men to places of
power As will jealousy and zcalously
guard these safeguards of the people.
This tendency to Capitalization Is the
most ominous sign of danger in the po-
litical horizon. 1t is easy enough if
You are deprived of your money, to re-
trieve your fortunes; but if your liberties
are taken, if yonr republic is destroyed
and monarchy more dangerous and
powerful than any of the monarchies of
Europe erected on its ruins, you are lost,
hopeIcssly, irretrievably lost.
The purpose of many of these laws
passed by Congress to take away from
the States the regulating of their own
elections has been, rs they claim, in order
to secure full and free vote, and to
prevent riots and disturbances. The
true purpose, however, is to silence and
overawe the people, and by forms Of law,
and under prcteXt of keeping the peace,
to control the elections in favor of the
Republican party, and put it out of the
power of the people to assert their rights.
We must check this tcndency-the peO-
pie must arouse and meet impending dan
gcrs-or history will repeat itself in the
sad fall of ours, as fell the Republics of
Greece, Rome, and others.
Another thing showing the tendency
decentralization is the effort of the DOM
inant party to establish system of Pos
tai Banks, and Postal Telegraph. This
NAV be very we'll for mOnarchial govern
ments. but it is dangerous and fatal
step in a republic. Another thing Is the
measure of national schools proposed by
Mr.. Hoar. Another is the passage of
Carpenter's bill to allow all suits for libel
to be brought to the District of Columbia,
For this bill is but law to gag the press
and to prevent their correspondents, if
possible. by harassing suits and otherwise,
from publishing anything detrimental TO
the Republican party or its leaders. II
is bill to put the press of the country
under the control and supervision Of
Congress. disguise it as you may. An
other and most grave tendency towards
C;esarism, is the support Grant is receiv-
Ing for the
THIRD TERM.
Although he has never said he would
be candidate for reelection, he has
never committed himself in any form,
not TO be candidate. He has had
plenty of opportunities in his inaugural,
his messages and his public addresses, TO
declare his position on this subject, but
has never said word, one way or the
other. The fair inference therefore Is,
l.