National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-24
THE TRUE RING.
A Wv raets For the Opponents OF the Al
At

rcnrnrca Act.
To the Editor of TuE REruutIcAN.
Every student Of the politics and history OF our
country knows that, whatever measure may be
passed by Tie present Congress, the Republican
party VIII be held responsible for that measure,
even though not moro than n half-dogen
Republican members may support Il. and
y, seems to me well for every member
hue. and-cry has been raised against the pension
laws, particularly that there have been millions
spent on fraudulent claims. Now, Twill venture TO
say that where one dollar has been given to un-
deserving claimants ten thousand dollars have thus
iat been withheld from mertorious claimants and
soldiers who have died before their claims were
acted upon. and any investigating committee that
relic upon facts win so decide 1t has been shown
THE ARREARAGEs LAW Will COST
over Sa0l,O0pOOO. The country Is alive as nation
to-day and able to pay that amount through the
cause Of the demand for that s20OlOOO.O0 aud
through that cause only. let us see what has
been done in another direction. The records of
the Land ONCE will show that the acres donated
by Congress 10 corporations reach out Of the tens
Of millions. Those donations were to n few. II Is
all right to encourage the development of the
country but opiuc that II would before this time
have taken soverll acts OF Congress aud more sol
diers than are now In the United States army TO
have kept private enterprises from building
railway to the Pacific. These railway ComnNnics
hold the lands thus obtained at from 81 TO- gu per
acre. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fc road
holds its lands at from s. to Sli per acre. know
this because acted agent for the lands OF that
company about year. Taking these things all
that
MORE MONEY IN LAND
has been given to these corporatonsihnn have ever
been paid out in pensions Qucry: Which Rppro-
rriation did the country most gOOdp Which WIS
for the necessity? The few are asking that taxes
he lowered and that pensions cease Lets scc. II
remember rightly, the tax on tobacco was lowered
not hong ago. Did that make tobacco cheaper to
the consumer, the poor man? Every smoker and
chowcr knows that tobacco never got any cheaper
TO him; but, on the contrary. tobacco raised In
price since, on the ground rs stated, that Tile crop
was short
THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER
| In tobacco do not pay the tax. They charge per.
ccnngo ON the stamp instead. So itisn whisky and
every article almost on which there Is n Govern
mcnt tax. The poor man, the consumer, not only
pays the tax, but he hnS To pay the interest the
money that the manufactures and dealer invest IN
stamps. This may seem strange, but II is true and
any business man knows 1t. IL the taxes were
lowered, would these few raise the price of thcir
The The cpporiunity at least Tor ~ the @ present
Another thing that should be remembered !:
this: The desires and sentiments otthe country dc
| not entirely rest in Washington or New York. And
the census shows that every state and Territory
west of Ohio holds lis own or gains In
IT'S RIGHT 70 REPRESENTATION,
| with the exception perhaps of Nevada, while The
reverse Is the case East. Another thing: The
masses Of The people are not represented In "a,
papers. Take away the soldier element of tn,
| people and how would the vote stand? The sol
| dlers are many. aud they are many vt the polls
| too They were, and are yet most of them poor
| The pension money went 10 them from the few
and has done quite as much TO advance the countr,
| MS many railroad grants, aside from the justice
| done to the soldier
POLITICAL ECONOMY TEACHES
and history shows that that country Is most pros
| porous and most secure where there Is the mos
| varied aud frequent Interchange Of commoditic
| among the whole people; where there the mos
dependence of every one upon every one else
| where there Is, In short, no Capitalization anC
no high walls between the different con
ditons of life. To be sure, IN this countr
every man has an opportunity to becOm
rich and great. But wealth and power aud SOM
of their abuses have already shown their evil iniu
| cnces In this country. The natural tendency
toward Capitalization without aiding it by laW
| We have had strikes and riots. These were no
upheld by the masses But where every man Is am
FEELS HIMSELF A FREEMAN
| the legislator should be slow In discriminating II
| favor OF wealth. The people complain, too, he
cause corporations nearly always outwind am
on techniCnlitlcs. The people can see equity, bu
not technicaliies. This Is why mobs arise. TIL
sans ctlOtcs did not see anything TO respect 4
the Bourbon laws and customs Of France. al
not inclined to take gloomy look ut our future
but history says to the man who desires 10 lAvO
the few rather than the many that there is pou
TO which you may go in that direction,
AND 40 FARTHER.
There Is one thing more. We have OF late hear
much of the opportunities of the office seeker an
indeed there has been much of IL: but every mn
election importuncd every voter In his realm, an
the people who were bored by him elected hin
And will end by declaring that am not an Office
seeker nor pension attorney, but have heard SOM
opinions east and west of the Allegheny Mount
aims. JULIAN.