The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-10-08

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Republican leaders seek % increase this evil
state 81 things by widening the lurisdictior
still more. - that the Increase Of our popuia
ZION. fhe growth 0i all ~. business Interests.
20 Tar nom giving u greater security, Will
only create more complication. more disor
der more difficulties. We charge that those
who seek coyertly % bring abont these results
are animated by selfish purposes Of ambition.
love Of power, or lust Tor gain, which make
them indifferent 10 future consequences IL
Good Republican friends. We pray YOU do
not indulge In sectional hates: but II yon viii
be led into such warfare at least look and see
that you are 70 suffer more than those you
seek 90 injure. DO not shut yonr eyes TO the
fact that. while the advocates III Nationality
have much 10 gain. you have much 20 lose by
their policy You will find they are talking
for themselves, and that
THE CONTEST WIN the SOUTH n A
FEIcNED ISSUE
under cover Of which you are warred upon.
u must not be- Thought that the changes
which men seek 20 make In the character II
our Government BY the use Of the words Ma
ton and Nationalism, and by the constIuc-
tion- which they mean - put upon them. re-
late only TO the theory Of politics: that their
influences are too uncertain and remote 70 be
" immediate concern. They affect us now
They not only threaten but work disastrous
results 70 the commerce Of our country. 20 the
inteie g Of the farmers Of the Western states.
country. We know that cheap transportation
has led 10 the sale Of our farm products in
Europe. and has lifted all kinds OF business
from the depression which short time since
was felt BY M pursuits. The ability 10 send
what make and raise 10 the markets 81 the
world at cheap rate. Is Of more Importance 10
the >otththanto the south. The products The
latter are Of "A kind that do not suffer from the
competition of other countries. Europe must
have the cotton Of the South. Increased cost
Of transportation does not preventthcir-a sale: IL
adds TO the consumer. The farmers and man
ufacturers OF the North have 10 compete with
those who make or raise the same products IN
the markets which we seek 20 gain. small
difference In the cost OF carrying will prevent
our grain and provisions from going abroad.
But "A few years since. these charges were such
that We could not export many things which
we can now sell al a profit whoever viii ex-
anime the rates for carrying eight or ten years
ago. will see how they cut on all sales in a
large way 70 European countries.
We must bear In MUD that last year the ex
penses OF the General Government. after de-
Quoting all that was paid for pensions. or for
interest or principal Of the public debt. was
more than one hundred and twenty-six mil
lions. This Was for the ordinary expenses of
Government. This great increase OF expenses
has grown out Of its increase OF jurisdiction
over subjects which can be more wisely and
economically administered nj their homes.
With all the confessed difficulties set forth By
Mr.. >churz growing out Of the pushing and
varied interests NJ Washington and in tire
face ~ increased taxation. the Republican
leaders are urging more jurisdiction
with more taxation and more confusion.
The WHY'S in which the Governments col
lecf- its revenues conceal their full sums
from those who pay them, but they tell none
the less In their results upon their property
You will nnd these taxes ON the sugar In your
teaenp. inthe clothing Of your family, In the
collins II your dead. By general consent they
are levied upon articles OF consumption This
has the advantage OF giving protection TO
home Industries, II IL l. not carried too far III
they ARE made too burdcnsome they destroy
home productions as they add 20 their cost
While we cheerully pay in this way for All
necessary expenses Of Government We pro-
test against making them needles>ly expen-
sivc- Already the amount paid by New York
for its support Is about twice the cost Of the
state Government. In making this statement
sions or for payment OF interest and principal
of the public debt. The expenses at Washing
ton after making these deduction are. as near
~ as can learn. more than twice the cost Of
the thirty eight states Of the Nation. yet Mr.
Garfield and other Republican oiricial- seek
more jurisdiction. more cost. more taxation
They ask that they shall be Entrusted with
more power. more patronage. and the dis
trfbution OF larger sums OF money drawn from
the people IN unequal proportions ana by ex-
pen-iye methods.
THE POSITIONS or GARFIELD AND HANCOCK
cONIRAsTED.
beg our Republican friends to look at the
attitude Of Mr.. Garfield with regard to the
and see II IL is one that shows
loyalty 10 its provisions. II - the charter OF
IL
casions sworn TO uphold IL. on the 9Th Of
March next he will, ns senator from Ohio,
take a solemn oath 10 support It, provisions
The senate was organized 20 assert and de-
fend the letter and it, spirit. Does the con
duet Of Mr.. Garfield accord with these oathss
He avoids the use of the titles II gives the
Government. These were selected 10 shouifs
and object. He uses in a marked
way words the trainers " the Constitution re-
iected, and shuns those they selected. What
could be thought OF a clergymen who should
substitute for the grand. clear tones " the
Bi3le. vague and unineaning words which OBJ
Scure the law of Christian lifey Yet In this
way Mr.. Garfield treats the law which makes
the life Of our Union. In view ~ hi efforts 10
change the Constitution by substituting con
struction for its language. you doubt II, in his
oath OF of'lce, he swenr~ for or nj the Consfi
tuition. You wonder what he seeks. which -
rehuked by the title of United states the
Union" the General Government" What
leads him 20 dwell upon the words
Nation" or '.Nationalsm," which are weak.
obscure and tfivials Let Us see how Mr. Car
field looks AZ his interest and position. We can
give his ideas almost in his own words when
he communcs with himself. Tie says am
10 he "A senator from ohio for six years. Ham
ilton was right when hr said that senators
should hold Tor life. am glad that his opin-
ions urOw in favor. He did not like our ConSti-
tuition. but said everything depended upon the
way IL was construed. This heavy volume on
my table, called the Civil List. shows tire
names Of more than seventy thousand men
paid from the Treasury. This does not in
see We are grayitnting toward more power
The senate. OF which am member, gives
most nf these men their places directly or I'M
directly. They depend upon continuation by
W 81 the Presidents nominations In view
of this fact, he usually sends in tho names OF
those want. 1.-The does not. We throw them
out: While large numbers ot those ~ the
Civil List are not acted upon ~ our body, vet
a. rule they hold under those we confirm.
80 they all look 70 VI for support. II we can
make the Civil List up 20 hundred anh hity
thousand, we shall BE- able 20 hold our places
Tor life The things most in the way are tie
words ~ the Constitution. ! have thought
much about them. John Quincy Adams once
wrote some poetry In which he put In the
mouth 81 MIR Jefferson these lines:
M II we can mt change the things
] swear Wei change their naune, sir
1.-THE troublesome terms IN the Cunstitu-
ton arr the United states. the Union
They tell of states and other rights than those
controlled IN Congress. | do not like the
words General Government. ~ ittclis ~ other
Governments and states. there are some