The Jasper weekly courier., 1876-10-13

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can ranks and the dissatisfaction OF large
number OF Republicans with the manage
ment Of the Republican leaders. IL the hon.
est Democratic masses Of the people had not
risen against the ring, II would never have
been broken, al least net by the Custom
house party, which in itself represents noth-
ing bat a ring.
REFORM THE REVENUE TAX SYSTEM.
A. 10 our Internal Revenue tax, General
Sgel said that the system was unjust, even
Infamous, in conception and ineffective In
execution. He referred 10 the fact that
while in the year 1873, the total amount Of
the Internal Revenue tax was STA ,OOO, 900
aud la 1874 about SlO2, 800, 900, the taxes for
the three items Of tobacco. liquors and beer
amounted 10 f96, 900, 600 and sA 900, 900 re-
speCtiVey. This tax rested especially ON
the adopted element Of the country, and its
control and collection was accompanied with
80 many YeXatiOns and such continuous in
reference with the business Of the taX-pay-
er. aud was also by lis eXOrbitancy and in
Justice such a continual inducement 10
open and secret opposition, evasion and
fraud. that il proves the strongest illustra-
tiOn OF the narrow -mindedness Of the legis-
latOn OF Congress. IL il "A tax, nay, atrlb-
ute, which no Turkish Pasha would lay
upon his Christian - dogs. - II has emhar-
rassed labor. fostered crime, corrupted the
people as well a. the officers OF the Govern
against the adopted citizens Of the country,
who are principally engaged in the branches
~ business 30 affected by eXorbitant taxa
tion.
80 RELIEF PROM TIE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
VIII and can a Republican Congress and a
Republican Administration, with Ruther-
ford y. Hays - is head. abolisa the sys-
TEN OF niquity and fraud' viii Congress,
under the influence OF the puritaniea ele-
- No Irpulun1 nd ha Rnpuhlffs4f
party in general, bring about the change
which we must desire for the sake ef JUS
tice and equality OF right-. Never! A DEM
ocratic victory alone can break that undue
influence by LAYING the political balance OF
power in the land into the midst o, the
whole people instead OF laying 10 into the
hands Oi New England or the Southern
states. A Democratic victory means the
restoration OF national power instead OF Sec
u0nal or partisan power; 10 means peace,
harmony, justice 10 all, the white and the
black: IL means that there shall be unity,
hut no tyranny; that there shall be no North.
no south, but one people, governed 10y an
American Government, patriotic in it, sen-
timents, great in its internal and external
policy. and "A friend 10 the toiling masses OF
the people. instead Of being their enemy and
the seryile instrument Of class rule.
THE BLOODY SHIRT BUGBEAR.
Speaking Of the Republican style OF war
fare in this campaign, Gen. sigel used the
following language:
They do no put the question whether
Hayes or Tilden shall be elected, whether
the policy of the Republican party or the
Democratic party shall prevail. but they
put Hayes on one side and the blOOdy-shiTt
on the OtheT-tell us either To vote for
Hayes or 10 vote for an imaginary danger,
a phantom, lit up in the back ground 10y
furious blaze of rebellion and war, by ter
l. Al a
up their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., their corrup-
iion and political sins, by pointing 10 a pc
riOd 81 time which has passed forever, and
can never be recalled, on account ~ slavery
having been abolished and the Union re-
stored.
la what. ask YOU, fellow -citizens, shall
this danger from the south consist DO YOU
really believe that Buchanan, and even JET
ferson Davis. IL questioned to-day, after
the lad experience they have had. would
advise the Southern people 20 rise up In
arms and reverse the condition oi things
they have brought about by period Of six
teen years. What a nonsensical suppo~i-
tiou, II would be a. difficult TO bring
nack the free cOlored man into slavery a. 10
would he 10 press him through "a needles
eve. Would they undertake 10 array them
selves AID march against the North for
the sake of seducng the negroes into
slavery with four millions OF mutl-
neeTs behind them? II j. also al-
legged that, II n were not IN the
policy ~ the Southern whites and former
slave holders 90 reduce their former slaves
into the condition ~ slavery by force Of law.
they would by 4 silent and secret reaction
reduce them. 10 fact. To condition OF
slavery or ser,itude. Will this bee pO~sihley
VIII it be- probable! | think not. one OF
the most necessary conditions of seuitude
is the inability 10 remove from one place 10
. another, 10 change or dissolve our relations
with the employer at our free will aud pleas
urc. Under the existing amendments and
laws the coloTod labOrer and workingman
has the same right 81 removal a. the white
lahorer; he can not be compelled 90 inyolun-
tarN geryitude: the law protects In this re-
spect the t0lored and the white man al ke.
The whole south. with it, millions of un-
cultivated acres OF land. j. open 20 him. lie
can acquire a free homestead a. well a. any
white man. Besides this, IL can not Toe sup
posed that man who j. found intelligent
enough 10 sit IN the United States Congress,
IN a Legislature, in a Board OF Aldermen,
and In iury-boN, who acts a Governor or
. Lieutenant Governor and Judge, and who
has been accustomed for wears 20 take part
IN political clubs and elections. that man
who has taken care of the interests of the
Nation, OF his State, or his municipality.
/ should not possess Intelligence enough %
take care OF his own personal interests and
] To submit willingly aud silently To system
Of tyranny and suppression. No, fellow
citizens, such a supposition is nonsensical
and an insult to the culored people them
selves.
WHERE THE SHOE PINCHEs.
The trouble is rather that the Republican
/ party has used or abused the colored people
of the South, for the purpose OF continuing
/ Us power by an unnatural coalition: tat it
has by lis army OF imported Northern car
\ pet baggers and officials, backed by North
ern gems d'srmes. artiicially created
aud Kept mp the black line in the South. and
/ thereby created the white line. Break this