The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-01

A~e.EE1..
the nite7 Tt pats, On the
II in The u. z alon b. Vance,
oil Tort, aruli DID keed . speech
a he Id; u Ichfp< Ina argument
and genuine humer he never been ex-
eslled, II equalled, II that <6ody. Mr..
Yssce argued the tariff question fEoR
the southern standpoint and, In the
course Of his speech, brought - M&ht
certain facts which are new to the mass
Of the people, The gentleman demon:
strated that the superiority Of the one
section to the other In wealth, educa-
ton and material progress Is due, In
great measure, to unequal and unjust
LEGISLATION wherein discrimination has
been made in favor Of the North. He
showed from statistics 1t hand that
railroad corporations In the Northern
States have received from the Govsrn-
ment for the construction Of :nailyoads
l89. 34l 900 acres Of land, while southern
corpoYations have received from the
same quarter but 9,5so, 900 acres. For
constructing canals the North has re-
ceived 4, los $3.50 acres, and the south not
one acre. For the support Of public
schools the Northern States have re-
ceivetl from the Government ~, 213 534
acres of the public Lands. while the
Southern States have received but g.
"a, AS acres. For purposes Of
public buildings, iight-hous- 8, srmories,
navy yards, Notifications, etc., there
have been expended in the Eerthern
States sl3G, SIS, while for SINH
lar purposes there have been ex-
pended in the southern States
only $72,S54,96. For other purposes,
which Mr.. Vance mentions, in addition
to those already noted, he shows that
the Government has expended for the
development and protection Of the
Northern States grand total in money
aud bonds amounting t" So, So, :1t',
against $:A,sl4,s7' expended in the
Southern States, and a grand total Of
public lands of ..4s;, 40 ,$$!T acres given to
the Northern s:iat.s and 2S.:sl1,7 ~ acres
expended, for the benefit OF the Southern
States.
In the face Of these evidences M UNI
just and u,,eiu legislation which has
operated against the material progress
of the Soutl, and kept the people poor,
Mr.. Vance claims that the must unjust
and most unetluai is the present so-ta!l-
I'll tariff :or protection. Then follows &
most all, argument in support Of the
following propositions: First, money
levied upon the people for the support
Of the Government is TAXATION; Second
money lcvir! upon the people for lI,s
support III Government in proportion to
the ability Of each citizen t. pay,
is just taxation. Third, money
levir! on each citizen for the support Of
Government III proportions to his
ability to pay. in such manner AZ to put
most money into the treasury and with
the least direct or Indirect waste, is boti,
j"x, and iris. taxation. Fourth, money
levied on the people, not for the support
Of Government, hut for the benefit Of a
particular class Of men 1T the expense If
another j. not taxation, b" ,r,',Lryy."
IN support q: the latter proposition and
4" justify ti,. hard term uSesl, Mr.. Vance
quotes fron, Il decision Of the Supreme
Court OF the United states whi:il reads
as follows: "Nryonda c,vii there can
H.. u" lawful tax which j. not lni'l for Il
public purr''>s'. :; = 7" lay with
owe hand the power oi the Government
M t';r property .: the citizen ami with
the either hr-tow ii upon :ar 'r~i i,,li-
vilt,al- I" aid private enterprises and
h'i!.i up private fortunes. is non- the
l'-> r,''i.ry h.Va,i~t'. it is done u,,-
slsrtht forms Of the law aud is called
taxation" Il s,s.c: permitted We wn":d
l." glad I" l'ih'l~: the swyvIi Of Mr..
Vance cn;i;., bui IA il does not we mli>t
lie '"mttli' r, rive she figures he las pro-
d,Ir"! an'! The propositions up;r wEicI,
he PIE" iirat..' his ad",ir,b.: arguments.
We shall ,'l'I>-v"'. however in 8 tu,ur.'
i>s:lc To ;:;v. ~ :e'. iu,.,n'.,iI Passages il.
it IL show how gave SENATORS S..,n.-
times relieve = :!:.." >!it;.e! al is som
br.n,~S
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