The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-09-22

linked with materially il she tha
she must SQUAD the doleful sigaal o
retreat, haul down the banner Of .h.
cross, must hsBg her harp upon II
willow, weep over The worlds relap'.
into moral night, aud CRY, Ho7
long Oh, Lord, how longI"
| | know, sir, that these trn.hs are
so axiomatic that their statement
here might seem superduous,bu but sucl
and so many are The clashes and con-
ftcts of minor interests involved in
the movements or the complicated
and interdepeudent parts OF the ma
chinery Of our civilization that re-
currence to FIRST principles seems re-
quisite TO emphasize the supreme
Importance Of maintaining aud pro-
teCting this graudesJ or the arts, the
"nouri5hirg mother o. an arts," IN
taxed, uu.rammeled aaj free. Sir.
if agricultural prosperity is The foun.
dation as well a. the mainspring OF
succoss in every department Of en-
terprize and industry, as Is self-ev-
ideut, if the adequate reward Of uni.
yersal labor is q condition essential
to general financial prosperity, and
if general financial prosperity is tho
Only guarantee against natio0al
bankruptcy, ami The only reliable sc-
ourity for lh3 ozuoanishmonJ Of tho
national debt. 10 seems clear 90 mp
that the complete enfranChisenouJ
Of agriculture by this Congress will
be an irfallible evidence or jts states
manship, distinguished proof offs
wisdom and an enduring monument
10 its patriotism.
Past legislation has robbed mum
berless future citizens Of their homes
by donating hundreds OF millions or
acres of the peoples land to opulent
railroad corporations which ors sov
exacting from the people millions OF
money yearly, Justice demands that
we replenish the peoples treasury
with a liberal tax upon the incomes
of these princely monopolies. Leg
islation having deprecated national
bonds by expansion and after their
sale appreciated them by contraction
of the currency, aud ogain having
increased the value OF The bonds by
demonetizing silver, all ia the iuler-
est Of capital-in short, by these re-
peated 'hocus-pocus' msuipu|a-
tions having legisla,oG u9uumbsrsd
money dealers and bond lords into
rnillionalres A. the expense OF the
masses Of the people, justice Row
imperativeIy demande lhst This Con-
gress legisia'e as far As possible the
resulting burdens of Of the shoulders
Of labor thus fraudulen. ~ depleted
and impoverished, and supply the
deficit in revenue thus created by
laying a tax, not upyu bonds, since
they are exempted by law, but upon
the incomes derived from bonds and
upon aU incomes above q reasonable
minimum, according 70 capital. Let
us tax these wealthy corporations.
those combinations Of capital, and
these royal moropolies which are s.
standing menace to liberty. Let US
tax the millisus of boarded treasure
wrung from The toll sud sweat OF uu-
-eouitted labor by wicked legislation
to enrich favorites and rings. From
incomes alone in 1866, without 0var-
taxing any that we're not abundautIy
able to besr taxing, We derived near
" seventv-three millions ofrevonuo,
touching 10 income Of less than $500.
Let US lay again = juat aud fair in
come tax and dare 20 DO justlca
though the heavens fall. Let inheri-
ted fortunes and growing wealth. and
priucelv incomes bear the burden OF
their Own protection, and let the IN.
| fortunate moor and the toiling Ia
borer 20 free. Let this Congress
proclaim complete emancipation -
the six millions or farmers Of the ia
tieu now and forever.