The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-06-02

polI> our undevelOped resources for
export are unimaginably vast. I'm.
der the policy of free-trade and di>
rect taxation to support the governs
ment, the people would more readily
know how and for what their money
went. Vigilance and retrenchment
would then come to the front. l
love for any thing to be direct. |
love direct rain, direct sunshine.
love a direct gospel and govern.
ment to mete out direct, equal laws
to all men. to all interests.
The idea of direct tax TO support
this government lifts itself into
grandeur when we reflect under this
system, this incubus of supporting
manufacturers would he removed.
Under this system there would lie
largely fewer places for smuggling,
fraud and corruption. There would he
less room for those whose minds and
aspirations are bound on the north, on
the south. on the east and on the west
by this great nuisance of putting one
up to put another down. What ia
to he done? Do you Look to the pol.
iticians for relief? Politicians seldom
settle great measures. They meet, it
is true, and they talk, and they pro,
duce very vigorous talk, hut most
frequently they wind up like they
did last congress, having spent large
sums of money and having done
little to relieve the country. And
very particular were they that their
expenditures and appropriations he
any thing than small or diminutive,
doubtless that they at another time
might have plea for whelming
boom for more revenue for the dear
people. In observing the proceed
ings of the last Congress, as it wag.
ed itself slowly along, we, it is true,
noticed some noble spirits alive to
the interests of the people, but the
major part seemed dead to the cher
ished hopes of freemen, and seemed
to me TO be standing with one hand
upon the public pulse and the other
in the treasury of the nation; and
seemed to be closely watching, as
with measured act, as to how deep
they could 60 down into the pockets
of the people and not disturb the
slumber of their victims, and seemed
to me to say, it is true we want to go
down deep into your pockets, but we
want to leave You ON good terms, so
you may be ready for the next boom
for more revenue, more tariff, the
way for which we have already pre-
pared. Is it not time to wake MP?
Have not the people of this country
heard this bonn of political trick
sters long enough? Then down with
this boom for protection. Down with
this fostering mass Of oppression, the
natr vomiea of American politics. Up
with the peoples boom, free>trade
universal, equal laws, equal rights to
all. BY free-trade, universal. the
consumers, the laboring masses would
have everything to gain and moth,
ing to lose.
By free trade, universal, the com-
merce Of the world have every thing
to gain and nothing to lose. By free
trade our government would have ev-
cry to gain and nothing to lose. BY
free-trade, favored monopolies and
protected manufacturers would have
every thing to lose and nothing to
gain. Oh, what relief to our coln
try this yeuid be, amounting well
nigh To resurrection Let pens
that ca, present this subject more
ably, let speakers, who on the hus
tilgs can tell this tale of oppression
more beautifully, come to this. the
peoples great occasion, and let the
whole people come, and triumph will
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