The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-03

counties settles and towns, and their purse,
should donate enough. to build the sub.
| structur0 Of nearly every road In Illinois
upon which the rail was laid. frequently
| stock wasissued In lieu Of 1t, butthese gen.
| tie ministers to the peoples welfare always
made such condit ons before they would
| lay the rail or run the road that tho power
| would rest with them to administerits az
fairs. and never failed, by their manipula.
tions through bonds, stock and Oth0fwise.
to gobble all the local subscriptions by
| counties, cities and towns. and leavs the
real authors OF the enterprise without one
dollar to reimburse them either f,r their
| genius or their labor. O.
In leaving this subject assert that the
railroad construction N the Wet 81 sast-
| ern money and eastern manipulation has
| been an exh btion Of the boldest robbery
| known to modern civilizs tion. - StsE
| Mr.. Speaker, | would not deem Il neces-
sary to refer to this matter, but the AFRO
gance Of the money holders and their rep
| resentatives would lead one unintiated to
| believe that every blessing emspated from
and had its vitality In the ring Of dollar.
4 In past times and under past theories, II
nah Ueen believed that the laborsr and the
producer were the real benefactors; that
governments We're instituted among men to
promote the welfare and advancement Of
| the honest and industrious of their race
| that the blood, bone, muscle and brain
that go to make up the human family were
tho proper subjects for the thought, labor.
ano action Of tue statesman and plIilanthro-
pisf. But IN these times the glitter Of the
golden cali see ms to absorb Nil the faculties
and all the affections Of o certain class o
Democrat, following as nearly as I
can its inspirations and the teaching of its
| great defenders, hold II to be my highest
duty to subordinate capital aud elevate la
| Dor. let us see what one Of the states Of
the Nor.hwest, my own state OF Illinois, has
TO boast Of About halt century since
| she was admitted into the family OF states
with but irregular settlements and al Ia ost
! wilderness. She commenced her race
with her Older and more boastful sisters OF
| the Northe asst her inherent re sources en-.
| courased emigration OF the entefprising
| energetic, aud more daring population from
! the older tates, who have built her by al.
most miracplepe mental force and general
energy IRON hi1giny to giant. While the
Northeast weree aceumulating bol,is ex-
empted ironftaxati0n. were active In reap.
| ing a harvest Of gold, the state Of Illinois
has gatheredit0 herself the power to main
! tain AMI protect near three millions OF hu-
man beings. al OF whom are engaged In
| adding to the general wealth Of toe country
and are with the other producing portions
Of the country. the cornerstone upon
which our wealth, prosperity. and great
ness depend. Illinois now stands the fourth
state in the Union in population and
| wealth, and pays over four times a. much
| to defray the expenses OF the general gov.
ernmeLt as all the New England states to-
gether; pays over four tim. as much rev
enue TO maintain public cTedit--the specia
| devotion 10 which seems to be Ia the own.
| ership of certsin 10 calities--as all the New
| England states: owns but few bonds e1-
empte from taxation, but pays over fouI
times the amouot OF interest on them thai
| all the New England states pay. In short
| | suppose, bears the relation 10 them that
the young ana vigorous bear to the old ant
decrepit. takes care OF them in their Ole
age. These New England states have
twelve United States Senators and but
tw enty-eight Repro entat,vc.. Illinois has
two Senators and nineteen Representa-
tive>. Thus showing that one Illinois AZ
| pays over seven times a. much to support
the government on the proportions of pop
ulation a. one New Highlander. and make,
him equal in usefulress in this branch o.
government to seven aud q small traction
OF New Englanders. This Is not said IL
the spirit OF rnkindBess nor to create any
unktndness between the sections, but u
remind my TREND that the old sometime
grow garrulOus and exacting.
For the Information Of the gentle mar
Ofthe report OF the Commi ssioner OF Inter
nal Revenue for the year 1873. which dem
onstrates the truths Of ali the foreg oip,
| statements.
Statement showing net amounts OF receipt
from all sources OF internal revenue dur
ing The year 1879 In the several state
! and Territories