The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-23

settled. In thi. act it is declared that the fatt
5 Of the United States Is soiemniy pledges; :
lent ef the obligations Of ths. United s,asss.
enIy exception they make is batch of some 81,
( tmo,oso. They are quoted as currency bonds
point that it seems to me. is perfectly una<sail
| able Let the Democratic PARTY get INTO peseri
Christsndon would be down upon this act the
most seoundreliy act OF Eepudiatlop upon resort
: millions. What would they think to BE told that
l = new party had come into power and rePealei
the nation means Nhlns. and that for the bonds
they must be content TO take greenb backs,
;; own country. ana below. par in this. i
have endeavored to present these propositions to
+ them. The Democrats paTfy headed their plat
! form with the five propositions which | read
pre- eminent one inn this controversy. have
; analyzed this proposition. and put the question
feel the honor of this government TO be dear TO
r yen as YOUR own personal honor-can the schsm :
without vioiatins the pishted faith Of the nation
; without flooding the country with an irredeem
dsarns prices and posponh
to specie payments? TIE Democratic party has
reason that they have been thirteen years out OF
are hd 10 aay @ tS
purposa ofrecoyering the con idence of the people
to the lowest passions of the people their avariee
and eupidity. Were they in power they would do
this dishonest thing-rain the best hopes of the
country for the purpose of stopping twenty or
forty millions OF interest-ruin the credit OF the
county, ruin ats prosperity. for this pitliul
i This community, being mainly. an agricultural
community. are much interested in the
I TRANSPORTATION QUESTION.
Your condition is not as fortunate as that Of the
I farmers of New 1ork and New Jersey, who live
hard by tide-water Surprising the capacities o!
the soil to De equal, you have some 40 miles to
i overcome before your property becomes of equal
w ias W ha e eosn sd or any o,her
stuff TO. bring away, and you can not
sell taboGt home. i becomes necessary to send it
Z the difference between what eastern farmers
urod by the cost Of transportation The Repubii-
can party has said upon this transportation ques-
point read from an article of the platform
In thelr platform adopted June 18th, 1874, they
those eas 4r Whieh shall TeeoenEe esricutura
and IN ech anical pursuits as entitled to the
plest protection and the fullest Development; of
putting stop to large grants OF the pubile do-
main % railroad corporations. and reseryfng 1T
navigation of cur great inland rivers; of seeur-
I ing cheap transportation and profitable markets
ing Labor. -
| That is what the, Republican party say in their
y m s DE- III FATTY fng
and all other corporations created for gain
Ppies good; thai we demand sueh lesislat on upon
TINS subject both STATE ana Na69nal Is VIII eff
forests of the country against all forms of corpo
rate monopoly and extarton.
show to you tsat the Democratic party. in Con
gress, gathered from every State in this Union.
aae not in harmony with the Democratic party OF
the State OF Indiana on this question.
Let me say, gentlemen, that under the pewer
merce with foreign nations and among the sew
eral States. the Republican party believe that
commerce. both on artificial and n tarai high
ways. We have exercised this regulating power
country; fhe Missouri. the Mississippi the poto
mac and Hudson rivers always, Bat the Dealor
Congress to make any appropriation for the pur
"a ro easa s
very old belief Of the Democratic party. 1t goes
go gov, 1t was once very foreibiy Mus
trated IN the year 1906. alter Congress had made
led IN ieo2 to be admitted into the Union as
STATE Congress proposed certain conditions for
to become state. one condition was that the
people of the State should not tax lands
lnent. and in consideration Congress, stipulated
that it would expend two per CENT OF the net pro-
leading from the navigable Of the Atlantic
to the western limits of Ohio. That was
Congress and the State of Ohio. Ho" did Con
grcss execute the eompaet 1t was measure
people of the West. to have an outlet by which
they could reach the seaboard with their proper
pemoeratfo infuenes.-becauss in 1906 you
every department in this Observation-Disclosures
about the execution OF the compact. There wa as
Maryland in constructing a highway through it
her eon5ent ana wnab aa 40 thls great
embraced in the thirty-sere st ties and territor
reo'uire thar This goye-nment sbonlj underro,
this sovereignty that deals with. Great Britain,
which declares var makes peace and colIeets tax
IS oy millions; TINS sovereignty which now ranks
and evil powerEwbat. [ repeat. was il required
e dor To take OF its hat and bow low 70 theli
people Of the State OF Ohio to build the Cumber-
We Observation-Disclosures. the Democrats partS Of the
United States. that we have right to enter up
ing this road, without any expense to You. with
out your consent You have set the power to null /
low the United states Of America TO carry out this |
contract and build great national highway? The 4
United States dad that and from that time to this
laborinE under the delusiop that Congress
has no power TO con struet work of Internal I'M
provement passing through state without its
consent Wei. now. / should Ike e ask: my
going to build a road, q great freight railway with
tive or more tracks leading from the Atlantic to
existing roads and cell them to an account,
and require them to make an exhibit of what
they are charging in tie shape OF freights. and i
Tote? IT cannot b. done if the peusrt; n.,rt
come into power. For the purpose ofputting this
matter more clearly before you, that no man I
shall be let in don6t as 10 what is the precise at
tjtade of the t1go parties on this transportation
question. will call your attenton to the votes
regis tered in the House of Representatives.
Now there was excellent gentleman in Con- I
gress by the naIne of John Q. Smith. He was
farmer. and he regarded as the representative
Of the farming interests in Congress; and when
he Introduced resolution it demanded close at
tention of all men of all parties a resolution
that meant business, that contemplated future (
action. and every looked closely to the lam
gusge Of the resolution. There was a general Il
TrickinF up of ears all the house when this a
resolution was read. want you to prick up your