, 1874-01-23

| 6eealon III this country. 10 bring thls
! business, Which enters SO much into the daily
| HE OF the people, under the dominion OF law,
| and prevent those metamorphoses which result
in such Continuous bleeding and e1tortion, is
called % Communism by the more servile but
| scarcely sagacious advocates and apologists Of q
system which. il left unchecked any longer,
would hnve reduced US to state OF dependence
| as grinding as it would be deploratle.
| Tie idea, indeed, that money, especially
| when concentrated in corporations, WAS above
| aud beyond tho law. has been circulating for a
| long time. The soundness of that assertion is
| now about to be determined. If 1t were true,
there might be reason to wish for the return OF
| the good old times Of absolutism. There never
| was despotism which had not human side.
which, Oh OCCASION, coul,l manifest itself agree
ably. But there il nothing OF the Kind to be
found in the new power which has grown up. 1t
has but one object aud one impulse, and that is
to enrich itself. It takes no account of its VIC
tams except as to the amount OF squeezing they
will stand without absolute prostra1on--Sa,.
Francisco Bulletin.
-Oae can comprehend tho complete reversing
of the theory OF our Federal system by simply
contrasting the character Of the measures HOW
| introduced into Congress with that Ut the
legislation Which engaged the attention OF the
public men Of former days. 1t il iu 1esui1s that
causos are sure to show themselves, If at all
Where Constitutional restraints were once ap-
tled with Jealous watchfuiaess to all new
public projects mud proposals. lest the true Re
publican spirit should be diminished even by
professions OF Legislative guardianship, they
arc now secuted as obsolete obs!.uctions to pop
ular progress, aud in tho name Of development
tho country IL threatened with the imposition Of
J. dynasty. Tho swarm OF special measures that
IL at this moment living in the halls OF Congress
attests the truth Of tie foregoing obseryalious.
It IL as il their authors we're resolved to silence
all protestations by combining to let them loose
upon the country together 1t must be con-
lessed that the surprise is 30 great as to benuub
any e1pession Of 1t that may be attempted
Boston Pos.
1t looL4 now us it the CRY of the people for
relief from iuloler4ble burdens would be an
swered ut Washington by the creation OF a score
or more of the moet reckless aud wastefui jobs
over known to aay country Among them are
51U0. .0UU GOO to build adoubletrack steel railroad
from Council Bluffs to New York; 925, 0o0,0 900
for Niagara ship canal $50, 900 ,000 to extend
the james River aud kanawla Canal and $780,
00,00U iorleyees on the LowerM Mississippi. These
are ouly samples. The number OF schemes is le-
gon and 70 one calls for less than 5 0O0 600 or 30
from tho Treasury. This is the kind Of response
tue country geta for its remonstrances against
corruption and plundering---2. PGul Pioneer.
Capital arrays itself in all its power and
Establishments aud goes TO Washington and to
the several State capitals, and asks for millions.
Of acres OF the public lands, asks for the in
doreenent by the Government OF its credit, asks
outright for Government aid in money, to carry
on and complete enterprises which capitalists.
some Of them without capital, project. and Gov
Arnzaei,t accedes to all demands Of capital.
What does the Government do for the laboriug
people? Does it, in bestowiug its favors on cap
ltal, stipulate that the laboress and mechanics,
who must be. employed by capitalists to build
railroads and operate them, shall have any OF the
profits OF the enterprise over and above their
measle and Bcauty wages? Not at all. Govern
lneuts, neither National nor State, ever think
Of providing for tne interests OF the 1aborlDg
people. National and State legislation LOOKS
only AID solely to the interests OF caplt1, and it
be iudged.-DuGuque Teie1' dph.
-The slSns of Tie t1in7s are not to be safely
dis1egardcd, although nothing is easier than to
ce blind. Indeed, the difficulty is to clea11y
or political movements, people, as iule, fail to
zee what ia going on. The British Government
took no warning from the Stamp-act case but
went OIL to tax tea The French Court was
never gayei than during the winters immediate
II before tie Revolution. The possibility OF re-
Iellon Was laughed at even in 156l, and thou
sands were uttelly amazed when Fort Sumter
waa ire1 upon. Without making q mole-hi1l
into mountain. we may ask. regarding the
present appeal OF poverty, If not Of labor, to
capital 1s nothing to pe done aoout it ?-Phud-
delpIid Press.
is it u be wondered at that with this pres
sure upon them they should begin to rebel
against the awful contrast between the unEpeak-
aUle wretcLeduess Of the low and the aggl essive
luxury Of the high, everywhere thrust upon
even tho oullest compreleusions among them
They uegin to think tnAt capital owes certain OBJ
legations to labor; that the responsibility of
wealth is the alteration OF poverty; that there
are radical defects III social system under which
tho r1ch grow every day richer and the poor
poorer. lu Thoughts like these there 1s supreme
danger to the aristocracy OF possession They
Fave the way for the final ideas, subye1siTe Of
everything, that wealth should he common; that
he who a1uassts, in 10 dong becomes the enemy
Ut soc,esy; that. III short, auarchy is the only
good.-.San Francisco Post
If there is ATTY one subject which the law |
makers OF tu= United States need to study, 1t is
thar Of political economy. It Is muEe or less IN
volred in every department of governmental |
action, get most or our Congressman remain in
depth Of ignorance respecting its first prluci- |
pies which is simply astonishing. The debate |
on the inarce question has advertised this ig- |
uorance far anu wide. aud it is humiliatiDg TO |
educated Americans. -Ailtcu.:kee Sentinel.
The action Of the House Oh the currency |
question has been 50 inconsldeTate, so manifest
II Inconsistent with itself. and 30 utterly hap |
hazard and reckless thnt there is no fCreseelng !
what it will or will not oo.-Detrou Tribune.
The West has long felt that the present looa- |
tioa OF tue Capital gave Eastern capitalists aud !
monopol,sts lmmeuee advantage III contron- |
ing tho legislation Of Congress. -. They |
come by battalions from Baltimore, Philadel- |
uhia, Now York, Boston, and intermediate |
places. sud they haunt the committee-rooms and |
the halls in such numbers that members really |
come to bclie:e they represent public sentiment;
in fact, that They are tue American people. I
We warn the WISE men of the East against the |
game they are PLAYING; they may play it once too
oftcn.-f,dianapoils Journal.
The truth is that our Congressional halls |
are the professional politiciat-' harvest del4s.
1t ls to that favored arena that he looas to leap
his crops-Ldfayette {Ind-) Journal.
The people demand retrenchnent, frugal |
OF expenses, strict abstinence from |
joDs, voluntary aud not ing:oElous poverty In |
public men, instead OF the shameful spectacle, I
lately so common, of our political agents wad- |
dung ou. Of office swollen with the wealth winch |
they have drawn from the public funds. These |
things the people demand, aud these, Il. We read |
Alright the Signs OF the times, they will have
Darlington Uark~Eye.
The members OF The House will have to 80 |
before their constituents for recollection next |
fall, and I'll are therefore interested in making |
Is economical showing as possible Of the re- !
suits Of the sessiou's wora.-Ld Crosse Repub- |
iica1. |
The probability is. that the less financial leg
islaiop We have tile better it will be for all con
ce1ned- Not but that our financial affairs need |
in certain particulars; but there is
uonpIfast 1nnupr that fnatteYA NAV ha r1nHa |