The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-15

with A commercial movement greater py
sar than that of any nation past or present,
save the Chinese Empire; with 2 capacity
NJ raising revenue so great that Sl00,ooo'VVV
would not be felt, are such people 10 pe
frightened or wheedled away from 'in-
nrovino their rivers and making those ca
nails by a truck patch craftsmanship, rai'-
road kings, the penny-wise ana iooilsn.
nh,risaicol constitutional scarecrows!
We will see.
The Panama canal when made, II matters
,,o, ,yben ar Inv whom. will move the world
~ commerce az Il was never moved before,
and huiId ND great empire on the remains
81 negroes and Indians. The sbip-canai
tbrougb Florida SHANE that IL should De
left 10 private enterprise) VIII open new
world OF commerce for the whole valley OF
the Mississippi and the Gull States-yes,
Cor the world. The james River and ka-
nawba canal would give results that would
delocalize the iron and coal business, ana
send the Goals OF West Virginia to all parts
of the sea reached by commerce, whiie u
would add countless millions to the wealth
Of all the States OF the Ohio and MISSISSIPPI
valleys, for IL would give to them cheap
coal, cheap iron, as well as cheap transpor-
tation. We, the 40,000,0OO, point to you,
the Il, 100000, or rather to your yenal press
and politicians, the policy and the works
OF all great and enlightened peoples, and
in answer we hear nothing but your in
sane howl about "the great steal and
trout-streams," and thus you leave lis I'M
certain whether you be children, knaves,
fools, or idiots. We, the 40,000,000, say to
YOU, the 100000, The genius of COM
merce, the genius Of the Valley Of the Mis-
sissippi, will crush you, II nothing else will
do, as the paw OF the lion the stealthy fox
that sneaks around to fitch and to steal.
What is the use for you and your dupes,
for your hireling press and paid lobbyists
to pirate about the Constitution ! Have you
ever respected it? Have you ever, when
ii suited your purposes failed TO sip
around it? Never. You to pirate about
the Constitution for so mean purpose as
to foster your great cities and manufacto-
ries at the expense OF a continent! You
pirate about the Consttution-you who
emancipated, cOnfscated $1,000, 900, 600 OF
the property OF the people without COM
pensatiOn TO their owners; you who de-
stroyed with one breath sovereign States
you who enslaved, as far as your laws could
do so, 100000 OF your own race to 4, 000,-
vi lUt lOMtSl ~ pc VI NnOIi
they had in part weaned away from canni-
baism and fetichism you who have grant
ed an Empire OF our lands As subsidy TO
railroad corporations for nominal cOnsid
Grafton; you, who, dipping our politicians,
have governed the whole people and bur
dened them with whimsical tariff: you
who have mastered a whole people for
defending their huntng-grounds, report
ing i'm your butcheries so many "bucks
killed" so many "squaws" taken; you
who employed bloOdhounds to hunt them
down in Florida; you who have altered
our national obligations under the dicta-
ton OF money-lenders again and again,
thereby robbing the whole people OF more
than $1,000, 100000, and producing want
and misery among them unheard of-yOu
talk about the Constitution
"Avaunt, thon foul hend."
We have before Us to guide lis the wis
dom Of all the nations that have become
great. Our right TO use our own money 10
carry out our own beneticent purposes i
clear enough to us in the matter OF such
work i'm every line OF the Constitution-m
its spirit. purposes. and genius. We de-
cline to discuss it,. We will. and we mean
TO be obeyed. We leave YOU in the back.
You were born there. Railroads have now
come into vogue. They were designed for
the benefit OF man. We do not propose
they shall be used for his robbery and OBJ
preston. They have unaSSailabe charter
privileges. We propose TO check them.
not by contiscating their rights. as YOU are
disposed TO do, but by improving our
rivers, &C.. and. il necessary, by building
railroads at our own expense.
Under the system OF improved rivers
and Of canals by the Government. trans
portation must Of necessity be virtually
free. Railroads, when constructed by cor
pOratIonS. uniformly result in monopOlies
and all kinds OF sharp dealings. Monopo-
lizing land. particularly coal-land, and
driving out competition in mining. &c. is
the policy OF railroad corporations. They
are hostile to water transportation. for m
proved rivers and canals are check on
on them. and, as it were, hold them in
chains. They laugh at the noisy mOmte-
banks that howl about them, for their
charter privileges are under the shield OF
the law. In this struggle for cheap trans
pOrtatiOn, on one side are the people, be-
coming enlightened on the subject with
marvellous rapiditv on the other, the rail-
The people want cheap water transport
tation, knowing as they do that this will
bring railroad charges down 10 the lowest
minimum. How is ii that the United States
Senate supports the policy OF the railroads
and these eastern mOnOpOists! How is it
that the United states Senate and the rail-
road magnates are In such perfect accord
viii you also answer this question: How
is it that 40 many 90 to the Senate poor and
i'm few years become 30 vastly rich! "A
village politician goes to the Senate whose
property is assessed at $500. That sena-
tor is there now, a magnate and star
with the milhonaires and monOpOlists Of
all sorts. In few years he becomes a mil |
lionaire, he files away his United states |
bonds, his railroad stock, and lives like |
prince. Obsequi0uS politicians pause at |
his doorway. He is a prince among the |
voters OF the people, and 80 with Others in |
all degrees OF gain, until half the senator,
from being poor village politicians are mil
lionaires. l. there no remedy We will |
see. How do these men get TO the Senate, |
and being there how do they boone so sud-
denly rich? Are they alchymiStsy DO
they manufacture gold ont OF TIM Sena-
tors, il we cannot send you a Jackson, we
will. ii need be, send you Il Cesar. The
Valley OF the Mississippi holds in her
hands the sceptre OF empire, that empire
means commerce, and commerce means
peace, unity, and love among her people.
That sceptre will strike blind all who dare
confront ii. Hear and tremble.
JONI ;. SWAMI,
Charleston, ". Va, March 8, 1883.
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