The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-05

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]rm,iu.l all oppo.or-. You may take the
r1,tcnc,t monarchy in Europe, 90 over ,
i,s history for 4 hundred years, and pro-
ducc the worst act you can find Of fraud
ulrnt ,poilalion upon it, people, and II
do not Show something worse committed
here under the auspices Of the party now
in power will give up the case,
am speaking Of the governmental
fine officials who rule Us iorthcirpIrasurc
and plumber u for their personal .proll
and it is no answer toquotr Mr., l.oid ,
.prrrh before the senate on the lrlal OF
Bclknnp IIi.culogy wasonlh" y%'rlu"anI
intelligence Of the people, aud he argued
from that the duty ol Their servants 10
behave with integrity, IIo certainly did
not mean TO w]hllcwa.h the admlnl+lfa
lion. II he had meant to do 50 he coul'
NOT have succeeded, for there wa, not
wash enough in hi. bucket to po0ycr the
twenty thou-undlh part Of the job
While You were hunting tor ccrtllIcat''
or character among the speeches OF the
imprachmcnt managers, why did YOU
overlook that oi Mr.. lloar? Tie sad ~
effect Cor cite him from memory That
inc one ''2I",i''" =" I"'" II T. ,nr
Try rN''I a'I "''''' u Wv WIZ, W. w
ulpliOn Of ils government. There was
tho "'''''""l W q .L,,,r T.,
IILe VI your l"''f WV |n,| "
alh,m'u anu IT'N' "''y,.3 =" ,i, ',
hot " - u'''''' u',',' c,,t, ,hat
'h'ISI,"''I "lo' p'II, l",n,' ,r Ill ,,"m
Hi' Il' ,'"' o,'m Wv ,''rn nn,nrinn. thou
,''",,,a ii. rc",rJ If ali .ouud urinci
pie by this administrations No people
on Garth are now suffering 50 m''ch from
cNlrryawanl taxation, ana nowhere
docs 50 small Il portion OF the taxes
go to legitimate public purposes or 50
much to the rulers themselves ANA llc
ring. they chose to favor, Industry Is
crushed ~ it never was before, Labor
no longer works for itself, since all and
more than all Of liz suIp'u, pIollt' are
cxactcd and consumed 10y the hanGcrS-"n
OF tine government. Now, although we
caII ourselves Irccmcn or freedmen, we
are, to all lntcnis ana purposes, slaves, 50
long rs you continue to make us hand
over To you the earnings OF our labor,
for the essence Of slavery consists IN com
pclIiug one man, or class ol men, to work
for another without equivalent. We
are determined to relieve ourselves from
this intolcrabIc bondage, rs far ~ we can
legally and ]pclccably, and, If yon do not
help us, You must at least cease 10 mock
"a by pretending to be an antl-SIaYcry
man upon principle.
]ru,rIsrr's wAvApo,
You tell u'lhal the rcPublIrali party
will punish its W raHraI5, me
newspaper report OF your speech says
that this was greeted with laughter from
the republican sidc Of the house. Ger
family IT. sounds IKE Inc ofoa'c7I "'
jokes. II you meant II III earnest, please
to say what you iound ch'S rIaIm OF m
partial %lllSlIcr upon VIII hat"Iy
prove 1t by showing lhal bflSloW ana
Wilson succeeded, with mHcl trIbuIatloh,
in conylctlng certain manufactures OF
crooked whlskcy, and Thereby got them
selves turned oGt OF "llicc, II Is am 10
deny that there IL, ana has been, hgcneral
&y'icm "l dishonesty P"rvHdIhg al RANKS
oI the cIyIl service, when, 20 lar IRON,
being punished, ~ rrotr'lro, 'l'oofaH'a
aud rewarded by the highest authorizes
You have SET your faces IKE IL "ll'
against all investigations tclllllH t'
expose raScaIlly, l'Iool OF mat, II proc
were wanting, would be found IN you'
own dcnunciallOn Of the present con
grrss for pushing its inquiries into thosc
regions where ycnaIity and corruption
| might otherwise have dweIt in safety.
In all your southern measures you
have shown u positive adherence Of
honest government. You forced into all
places Of power men whose characters
were VIGOROUSLY bad, and maintained
them while they perpctrat"d the most
shameless robbcries, You resisted every
effort of the oppressed people to throw
them of, and when thee efforts were
successful in some OF the states, you
monrnrd the laIl OF the ,'lons WIN sincere
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