The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-02-19
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I'm A MULTITUDE OF COUNSEL
THERE IS MUCH WISDOM"

IN MULIllUDE Ut COlNSEL
THERE IS MUCH WISDOM"
Permit me to present the following for
your consideration:
Resolved, That congress is responsible for
the hard times under which the country has
been, and is now aboring, and that it is It's
first and imperative duty to pass such laws,
as will relieve the people Of this country
from this most grievous burden,
Resolved, That the above resolution
is humbug and unworthy of people
claiming a reasonable share of common
sense. Hard times is not the result of leg
islation; but the consequence Of fast living,
running in debt, manufacturing more than
supplies the demand; building railroads
and factories on credit when every article
Of trade and manufacture and labor are at
war prices, and that the price OF everything
has been seeking, and now has found its
natural level.
Resolved, That the best way to get rid of
hard times is to live within our income and
keep out of debt.
Resolved, That railroads are a benefit
TO the country because they greatly facilitate
the transportation Of produce and merchan-
disc, reducing the price of the latter, and
enhancing the the value OF lands in thcil
vicinity.
Resolved, That the value Of on,
lands is not increased because of railroad
in the neighbOrhood Land will not pro-
duce one grain more Of corn or one
more potato because of railroad, and
therefore should only be valued for the
purpose of taxation, according to what il
will produce.
Resolved, That the Legislature enact
such law or laws as to authorize and COM
pei county, city and municipal authorities
10 furnish work for tramps at the current
wages of the community in which they arc
found as it is believed that within the
space OF three months after the passage and
enforcementof such laws, not tramp could
be found within Che limits of the state; be-
cause nothing strikes greater terror to the
soul of tramp than work.
Resolved, That the Legislature has no
right to interfere by legislation or other
wise with the business OF the fraternity OF
tramps, either as an individual or corporate
body, as that would be interfering with his
liberty, and pray of what account is your
boosted liberty, if it prohibits us from
tramping over the country to beg, and if il
happens to be handy to take
little things without permission
and when it is well known fact that work
as regards the fraternity is entirely out oil
question, and cannot be entertained under
any consideration.
Resolved, That the science which inves-
tigatcs man, not man of the present age,
for that belongs to one Of the minor
branches of philosophy; but mans origin,
how and where he originated-thc science
that eliminated in the Darwinian theory
tracing mans origin to its true source
the monkey-is the grandest and the noblest
that ever emanated from the brain of man.
Resolved, That science which has no
better or higher aim than to theorlze on
the origin of man is useless, and unworthy
the intelligence of the nineteenth century.
Does it make q man any better by knowing
that his great great great great grand-daddy
was monkeyl Does it impress upon him
a higher sense Of duty or make him more
charitable to his fellow MANI Does it re-
lievc him even of one of the burdens Of
liteg 1t may be comfort to the origin
ator of the theory to think that his pro-
genitor was u monkey, but the comfort is
extremely doubtful as regards the rest of
mankind.
Resolved, That the science which teaches
man how TO grow the best and most pota-
toes per acre, with the least expense is Of,
more value to any country than thousand
sciences that theorizc on the origin of man.
Resolved, That any science which inves-
tigutcs tho condition of man of the present
age, and doviscs means to better his condi-
ton, both morally and physically, is the
grandes, and noblcst science within the
scope of human intelligence, foremost
among these are the science Of education
and the science Of government.
Resolved, Tha, newspapers don't amount
80 much, and TINT IN almanac that tells oil
about the weather and what Kind Of pills
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