The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-30

formerly stenographer..in the war depart
meht, whence he went with General Grant
on trip to Mexico.
The speaker then called for committee
reports,
Bills for the erection of public buildings
at the following places were reported from
the committee on public lands, buildings
ana grounds, and referred TO the commit
tee OF the whole: Norfolk, Virginia; Green.
vile, South Carolina; Greensboro. North
Carolina; Asheville, North Carolina, and
Newbern, North Carolina.
Inc house then went into committee of
sion bill.
Carlisle, OF Kentucky, who had posses.
sion Of the floor yesterday, concluded his
speech.
speer, Of Georgia, said that the
questions Of tariff and internal revenue
were. one and inseparable, and should be
| considered together, and that the bill which
came from the senate acknowledged the
truth of that proposition. The time
had come for the people of the
country to rid themselves of this system
as rapidly as possible, Internal laws were
unpopular, and unpopular laws were gen.
orally bad. He thought that free trade,
like charity, should begin at home, and he
was unwilling that this house should be oc-
cupied only with consideration of the bene.
hts which might be received by taking tariff
OIL foreign products while the farmer was
not permitted to sell products Of hts OWL
farm without paying heavy tax or in
curing the risk OF excise. Free trade be-
gins with our own people He knew that
the government must be supplied with
revenue and the public debt must be paid,
but this could be done without imposing
on the people one dollar ofinternal taxes.
lie declared that the stories of violation Of
internal revenue laws were grossly exagger-
ated, and gave instances where their en-
iorcement was accompanied with great In
justice and violence on the part of the
government officials. The demand of the
country for the repeal of these laws was
not new feature in our history, they
having always been regarded as war taxes.
The tidal wave of public opinion was
sweeping against this tax. Great monop-
oles might resist 1t, but it would
bear them down. The people of
this. country would never submit to
having the excise system fastened per-
manently on them. The most dangerous
excise was for spirits, as it poured an unu-
slalIy immense revenue into the treasury.
To the friends Of temperance this was the
most forbidding view OF the question. 1t
gave the government an interest In the
Hquor truillc. Inc sales oil spirits poured
a stream of wealth into the treasury, but
also poured its costly poison down the
throats of the people, He arraigned the
system Of internal taxation because il was
a spy tax, and because it encouraged and
maintained horde of revenue in
formers, whose claim to promotion was
in the arts of treachery, stimulation,
These laws laid waste farms and DESTROYED
the peace of communities They were
fruitful sources ofanarchy, bloodshed and
disquiet TO every peaceful interest of SO.
ciety. This country must and would strike
them from the statute book. Then let the
revenues be raised by customs. If the
United States could not have free trade
with the world, 1t could at least have
II at home. If relei could not be
brought to manufacturers of foreign mer
chandise it could at any rate be brought tc
the mass of American people whose fmosi
priceless heritage was the spirit of liberty
and Independence, [Applause.
When the committee rose, Butterworth
OF Ohio, from the committee on appropria
tions, reported back the army appropria
ton, bill. Referred to committee of tn,
whole.
Adjourned