The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-15
INJECTING REpuBLIUAN RULE.

me Ehilauelpnla speech OF senator
Wallace, OF Pennsylvania, is an eX-
haustive and stateSmanlike present
ment Of Republican rule. His painful
picture of the prostration of Southern
industry and prosperity should arrest
the attention OF the citizens of the
North, for it appeals not merely 10
commerce and trade, but to every
branch Of production and capitalists
as well. We make the following en-
tract from the scholarly effort
Nowhere on the globe is there such
n field for the production of great guam
titles OF staple commodities, calcutta
ted to increase national wealth, rs Is
found in the South aud IL they had
been totally ungOverned, save by the
great laws Of civilized human society
and the desire for gain, their produc-
tons would have rapidly increased.
The debt could only be paid out of the
surplus earnings OF the prosperous il
all are prosperous, its payment is as
sured, and the burden becomes triiimg.
Under the present policy, we of the
North, have not only our own share of
all public expenditures, interest and
debt, but have also paid most of the
Just share of the South, and we now
feel the strain upon our resources. a
household of thirty-ilve millions, en-
numbered Ivy debt, cannot be support
ed 10y twenty-five millions without the
pressure of the load being felt. The
continuance of our own prosperity
largely depended upon tie re-establish-
ment Of Southern industry upon ba-
sis just to all classes, and the re-0pun.
ing of that great market for our man
ufactures and surplus crops. Take the
three great States of Alabama, Louis
iany aud Mississippi, ~ examples Of
this policy of acknowledgements, de-
preston OF industries and deprivation
of local government, aud see the
results. AS shown by the cen
sus reports there were nearly three
million of acres less In cultivation in
these three States in 1870 than in 1860,
and decrease of $3.50, 000, 900 of the ac-
tual value thereof. Why so enormous
decrease in valuation? What causes
operate for evil in so astounding a
measure? Glance at the same official
documents. Whilst actual value had
decreased by more than one-half local
taxation had increased more than two
fold. What II commentary on the sub
stituti0n of military for civil rulel
What blessings II personal government
in the room OF local and constitutional
control have brought as its results
Look, now, at the contrast in the pro-
ducton of but one of the great staples
of these States In 1860, Alabama
produced 9S9, 955 bales of cotton; in
$50 she produced but 429 lS2 bales. In
1850 Louisiana produced T77,730 bales,
whilst in 1870 she produced but $50, So
bales. In 1860 Mississippi produced
LOO, 500 bales, whilst in 1870 she pro-
duced but 564,03S bales. is it strange
that your industries anguish, Your
looms stand idle, ycur furnaces
cease to blast your workshops are
untenanted, your artisans are idle? Is
it strange that the trade which used to
I'LL your streets with bales and boxes of
merchandise is banished and your fac
tories find no market for their produc-
tons? Is it strange that you should be
depressed, exhausted and poor, when
you are compelled not only 60 nav
your own share of taxes but that of
others, when you no longer find the
natural market for your merchandise
nor aid to sustain your exchanges with
foreign nations? Your farm lies fallow
and undeveloped, the curse of n mis-
taken political aud financial policy
weighs you down with its appalling
Your only policy is a change
of rulers and of policy.
Gentlemen, the Democracy are not
in power We have no control either
in national or State affairs. In this
we are aggressive. We de- !
mand from those in power an account
of their stewardship. No flank move
ments, no side attacks, no frivolous
charges upon our candidates or upon
their record are to swerve us from the
discussion of the real questions at is
sue. We demand that you an
swer: Have you administered the gov
ernment, faithfully, honestly economi. /
cally and prudently ? Why is it that /
the people are depressed, eXhaused
and poor? Why create aud maintain .
n financial policy which taxes one
man TO the benefit of another? Why (
are our industries depressed, our trade
hanished, our factories idle? The peo-
pie want to know how they are to
have better condition of financial
affairs; they want to see a path out of
heir business prostration; they want
% see soGle remedy for the evils that
'nviron them as II people. Are their
ust demands to be answered 10y at
acting the position of Judge Pershing
n regard to some trllling bills at Har-
'isburg ten or fifteen years ago? Is
hat n matter which presses itself upon
'our attention now? On the contrary,
'our minds are occupied with the great
question of means of relief from the
lire extremity Into which you and /.
FOUR government are plunged. Your
minds are turning In the direc-