The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-04

annum aud spent on an average t4}9 per anDuni,
leaving an AVERAGE possible annual saving. as
provision against future want, sickness. and old
aao, OF about so; and = little ejaculation will
syersse worEinsmsn or woman OF Massaob1setts
must not expend OF bis income an average for
food, clothing, fuel tsxes, education, religion or
amusements an average OF more than t1B
per day, which. for those having families, Is
certainly not large allow nee.
III tins is the condition Of things In Msssa.
chusetts, where accumulated wealth is greater
and more equally distributed and the people
Other State OF the Union VIII Il ia il in other SEQ
lions OF the country. Suppose, by reason OF
feuernl mlsmanasement of tionsl trusts, the
relation between the different sections Of tue
country remain discordant and hostile when
tney should be peacesble and friendly; suppose
that the taxes and expenditures are so excessive
as to absorb an INDUS proportion Of the PROFITS
o. INDUSTRY suppose that the medium of ex-
certain and nuciuatins suppose that trade with
foreign nations is bampered or prevented, and
the markets for domestic products are re-
strioted suppose that In consequence the
wheels OF Industry ceass to move. the nrea In
tho furnace hearth go out and trace becomes
The newspapers reiterats that daily. But how
many OF the newspapers appreciate what fol.
lows TO laborf III n man earning an average OF
o. a day, and doing we'll as tho average man
and woman In MASSACHUSETTS, Is deprived OF tho
rangement OF the industry for only ten days In
the whole year, not only his whole surplus Is
swept away, but nearly similar amount Ia de-
Quoted for his fund Tor living and carrying him
through that period.
The important question OF the hour is, gentle.
men, What Is the gearing Of the Presidential
election upon tho business interests OF the
country In what manner hiss the Administrd-
tlon aud party In control OF power for toe Last
fifteen years, snd which now appeals TO the
people for continued lease OF power, treated
tue trusts conhded to II. Has II administered
them In such awy "a to bring plenty or schr-
city, peace or discord, prosperity or adversi,yf
In answer, plead nrst tho general issue:
Look for yourselves at the general condition of
the country and let the results Of even the most
superficial observation speak for themselves. 1
plead next the condition OF The South. Has tho
Republican party, following the advice OF the
late Coy. Andrew, prosecuted peace since the
conclusion OF the war as vigorously rs IL prose-
cuted the war. call but one witness on this
head and one II Il Is the right one, Ia all that 10
necessary. call Charles Nordhon. THIS gentle
man, at the cost OF Ar. Bennett of the Herald.
made a personal Investigation OF the Southern
States. As an Investigator and observer, Mr..
Nordhon cannot be surpassed. His testimony
has been before the public. printed and bound
In n book for u year past, and no enc has ques-
toned ITS accuracy, even TO 30 much as . dec-
Here Mr. Wells read from Mr.. Nordhon's book
the evidences that tho Southern states under
Republican rule have been shamefully misman-
aged. and that rs fas, as they have been re-
deemed 10y the Democratic party prosperity has
followed almost Immediately. He added tnat
from 1858, when Arkansas was reconstructed.
until 1874. 1t flrst Brooks and then Baxter;
then Baxter and then Brooks; until she was u-
terly PROSTATE In her Industries. Under her new
Constitution In 1873 Gov. Garland was elected
and Baxter, aud Brooks, and Poker jack Mo-
the meantime the fall elections Of 1874 had
CURED, and Congress and the President thought
| 1t inadyisabe; and to his honor be II said, MIR.
| Poland, from the Congressional Investigating
Committee, reported that they had better leave
Gov. Garland alone March ~ 1878, was set apart
"a day for thanksgiving and praise 10 Almighty
God. No suoh occasion for thanks was ever
heard Of since the Pilgrim Fathers save thanks
for the abundance OF the Sc IS when that anun-
dance consisted mainly OF clans. Was this a
| Thanksgiving for deliyerarce from pestilencef
| M, but simply that the people OF Ark,ns had
teen allowed 10 enjoy unrcstrained Inc in~lien
| able right Of every American ctizeh-that Of
| free government. lCheers-l During the last
Industrial DEVELOPMENTS as Arkansas. Az
| plause.l The planters near Little Rock nave
| been Negotiating in Boston for the past few
months for the building OF a cotton mill near
| that city. They were making more and better
cotton than ever before. He proceeded to con
| under the rule OF the oarpe;-bassers ana ne
eross. by which it has come to Dc called Tho
AID now what Is the lesson Of all this to you
who desire to vote at the coming election, not
because YOU ara Democrats or Republicans. ou,
because you desire to see the emp oyment OF
your uDemuioyed instrumebtalities and prodnc-
| tions, your workshops. ana mines. and rail-
| line. Capital comes out Of Arkansas to
| start tho wheels OF busy industry at the Nortn
which in turn Is to be used Tor augnieniing
| Southern production; while South Carollns
| under Federal Administration Is given up to
desolation and destruction. better pay the
| Southetn claims TO. the utternost farth-
| ing that the most extravagant parts n
| ship la. estimated. than have the existing
| continue. house divided against Itself
cannot stand A nation divided against Itself
never Will prosper. lhs North had better paw
| those claims to the uttermost penny II It will
bring peace and prosperity; for while this de-
| sumes and does not earn. Capital wastes by dry
| rot. tAppiause.l
| But a word or two about these Southern
| claims considered simply from a practical. no.
iitical, aud IN iuclal standpoint, and leaving out
OF all account the manly and statesm mike let
| ter Of Gov. Tilden. Most Of these claims II Is
| admitted, ire barred out by the Fourteenth
| Amendment; but my friend, Mr. Halstead, and
| ger TO be appreheaded from the allowance OF
| other claims not subject to constitutional pro-
| hibiton. Let us reason aoout this lutte. The
| taxes imposed by every government which lives
| by tsxing, ami not by confcaton, are propOr-
toned to It's expenditures, ana the e.pendi
| lures In overy well regulated administrative
| government vary very slsh,iy III successive
| years. except Ia cases OF extreme emer-
| Rencv. This was the rule Of our Government
bel, re the war; It IL claimed TO be the rule
| now, and IL would have been so ye1rs ago had II
not been for tho extraordinary policy OF secre-
| tary Boatwoll IN Keeping up uvertaxation on a
| nation which bad already strained Its resources
to the uttermost for the purpose OF paving a
| debt that was not due and 10 tho utter neglect
| Of a debt that was due. Suppose. for instance,
| that II was proposed to increase the debt. The
| very first symptom OF a propOsiticn looking in
| that direction would bs flashed by telegraph to
| every town and centre OF the civilized world.
| and the echo would como back almost as RAPID.
ly in the decline Of bonds. In tho rise OF gold, in
| an unsettled condition of foreign exchanges,
| and ~ tle general Interruption Of all business.
|
| miulsncd.
| The aauGsr In regard to tho payment Of South
| erD claims was purely imaginary. Though the
| Southern Representatives IN Congress should
| vote AS one man In favor OF their payment, the
| Representatives OF the North and West had a
| majority In Congress OF neatly three To one Bs
| com pared with the South, AMI they dare not go
| before their constituents with the record that
| they had voted to Increase either the debt or
| tn tlxee.
what tao South needs Is peace and good GOV
| ernment. Give her these and she will rapidly
| become The richest portion Of the Union. and in
| her increase In wealth tho North and the West
| will largely share. Whatever may be tho inter
| est OF inoigiduAls In the South In RESPECT of
| claims. the South as whole may be relied on
| not to advocate any policy which would be de-
| structiye OF sectional as well hs national pros
| por,ty. People have sometimes qunrrelled with
| their own pooketbOok, but they do not do II
| often. and tho average American Is not mucu
given TO operating in that direction.
| Without good government there cannot be
my bigh degree Of prosperity. or even anv nigh
| degree Of puoilc morality Let MS apply tins
| test to our recent public experience. National
| expenditures In times OF peace ought not to IN
| crease Ia greater ratio than population. In
| 1860 tue national expenditures. exclusive OF any
| payment for interest or payment OF the public
| deOt, was ninetY-fOur cents per capita. In 1870
| 1--WE yenrs after peace, our national expenditures
| exclusive Of interest paid on the principal OF the
| public debt, aud not including pensions, were
| SIG psr capita. Or, In other words. the whole
| population Of the country from ib0J 10 1870 ~