Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-07-26

North is too apparent; and when they
profess so much devotion to the con-
stitution which they ignore impractice,
we cannot believe them honest in pur-
pose or wise in practice. The prom
lse of complete liberty with internal
revenue taxes, that take away the
fruits of our toll, and steal the money
I when collected, or consume it in cost
of collection and disbursement, and
keep citizens under 4 debt that they
never can pay, is one way to give
complete liberty. 1t takes some cour-
age to find a President and other Off
cials that Will sacrifice the rights of
the people in this wanton way.
4th. The promise Of the Grant adj
mlnistration to pay the debts Of the
country and resume specie payments
is renewed, although they have been
doing nothing to achieve that desired
end, bat on the contrary we are worse
off to-day than eight years ago. The
county is more embarrassed, and
has less ability to pay their debts,
and finally to make an apology for not
resumlng specie payment, which might
just as we'll have been done eight
years ago as now. They have gone
to coming spurious coin. worth about
ninety cents on the dollar, to take the
place of scrip, Splendid effort to-
wards specie payment before other
nations to water coin and offer 1t to q
con6ding people.
9th. Is nothing more nor less than
the method of centralzing power in
the hands of the president, which is
in direct opposition to the nature and
genius of Democratic government,
and should be denounced by every
freeman. What is the practical diff
ference between crowned king or 4
crowned party in power, animated by
the same purpose?
9th. 1t is in bad taste to now set up
a pretense of joy that the people have
become quickened in regard to the
plumber of the party, and after steal,
ing a country pool, promise to punish
what thieves they can catch, but as
they hear wall going up out of the
burdened masses, they can do no less
than try to pacify them with prom.
ise to do better If they will keep them
in forever. 1t is a virtual admission
that they have been guilty of great
frauds, or there would have been no
occasion for such plank in this cam,
paign platform.
7th, To say that the school system
is best or worst is presumption, as
each state has its method of managing
its schools in its own way, and so far
as using public money for sectaian
control is all right it never should be
done, and never has been, except by
republicans,
Sth. The revenue necessary Tor cur
rent expenses. | suppose the writer
means the word necessary to mean
campaign funds to be sent into states
where the power is equal or nearly so,
and to be so arranged as to promote
the interests of American labor, means
to give the American citizen the most
for labor they can; but how does that
effect the consumer, while he has to
pay for all the advance Of labor in the
advanced price of what he pays for
the article All the point we see is
Tat it feeds a lot of republican office
holders, as revenue collectors and dis
bursers, and thereby increases the
burthen of the consumer twice as
much as it increases the pay OF the
producer.
9th. In regard to public lands, the
republican party have used two hun
dred million acres Of the public lands
for building railroads, and when the
people become alarmed at this wanton
waste of public property, they can do
less than to make an apology for what
they have done, and promise to do
better.
10th. Is bid for foreign votes, and
makes it imperltive tor congress to do
something to safety the great flow of
emigrants into this country. How
does that protect American industry,
referred to in No. 8, where they are
gong to protect American Industry.
11th. Congress must look into the
mongolian question and see how it et-
fects the morality of the country. |
have yet to learn that any standard of
morals is a qualification for an Ameri-
can by biiah or adoption. But punish
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