The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-03-12
Usa. fsc las. Congress. did.


Waa' 1ac las. congress did.
II j. not The bEmTwTITiic party UTrt
press alone who denuuncc the acts and
damages .ofihc Sd Congress, but the bet
ter class of the Republican party aud
press join in their abuse. The people
are justly Indignant. job after job
was arranged to be be rasscd, many
Of which were carried successfully
through, and but few were defeated.
Instead of cutting down the enormous
expenditure. which were depicting an
already bankrup, treasury, they adj
cl millions to the list, and n tax-rid-
den people were powerless to stay their
foolish waste.
From sl59, 100000 expenses in ID,
they run the sumup to sI9l,OO),0J0
in the past year, and this, too, cxc'u-
sivc Of the interest on the public debt.
Instead of applying themselves to u
thorough overhauling Of the various
departments Of the government, meni-
hers wasted precious time in making
brncomb speeches in favor of negro
social equality. They would have
let loose food Of another miIlinn Of
rreoEback- on tie country bat fr the
veto Of the President, upon whom taey
full relied to uphold and sanction any
measure they might adopt, regardless
Of the fitness Of the same. They, how
ever, made one or two sensible and
needed appropriations, the chief one
being eight millions dollars Ia all pri.
vatc subscriptions raised to convert
the mouth Of the Mi sissippi river in
to broad channel. This grea, river,
nlong which the commerce of world
can iloat, and which j. essential to rhe
prosperity Of the nation, running from
our Northwestern confines TO the
Gulf, !. 50 filed up with the soil which
gathers ut its mouth. that vessels of
large tonnage cannot float therein. The
Eads plan Of jetties. which will rene
dy this evil. and millions of dollars
will be added to our commerce yearly.
If to raise this IS, 900, 900, they had
cut down the salaries of officers and
built fewer magnificent public build
ings, their actioa would have been
proper.
What has this Congress left on rec.
ord upon which an oppressed people
can build a hope? Let US see. They
imposed other taxes on many of the
necessaries Of life, which should have
been almost free Of duty, while luxu.
rics hal no additional tax placed upon
them. 4 man may have a yearly in
come of $4,000. or $50, 900, but u.
tax Is Ia be paid BY him on this in
come. yet the man who holds the plow
and strikes the anvil, the man who, by
the sweat Of his brow, day by day
earns bread for himself aud family,
must call at the office of the tax col
lecior and settle. The lordly aristocrat,
grown opulent in the labor of the
country, may lit back in his easy
chair while his thousands flow in upon
hisi, and dread not the call of the tax.
gatherer, while he who builds our
houses, railway ears, aud every thing
else requiring physical Labor, is COM
PEELED by an unjust aud unequal law
10 pay the expenses Of an cxtrava
CANT government. Aside from
these acts, the Forty-third Congress.
rs ii determined TO add 10 the
last straw upon the peoples back gave
Us Summers legacy" the Civil Rights
Bill. Who but the in,olvent negro
thanks them for that? The lat gasp
"f the breath Of this Co gress sound
Sl the name Of new State, aud now
Colorado is member of the Union.
This Is simply an imposition upon the
country at large. But for mere ne
cilent, New Mexico. with handful
Of Ignorant white men. and hos: of
mongrels from all nations, would also
have been admitted rs State. Only
five votes were needed to accomplish
this iafamy and outrage. Thanks To
All overriding Providence, the days Of
the Republican party are numbered.
No longer will they he allowed to i'm.
pose unjust bur,hcns upon sorely af
ilicted people. The glorioas OH Dem.
ocrat.c party will he m the majori,y
next time, and the Iith Congress will
reverse many Of their iniquitios, aud,
in all probability, let US hopa, save
the country from the evil which seem,
likely to grow out Of Radical lcgi.la-
tim.
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