St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-28
Pennsylvania Programme OF
DebaucFery.
New Orleans States.

and denounced the plank in the plat
form Of the Pennsylvania Republicans
ssThat any surplus in the public Treasury
arising from the revenue should, after paying
the national debt as fast as its condition per-
mits. be distributed to the several States, upon
the bases of their population, to relieve them
from the bnrthens of local taxation ana pro,
vide means for the education OF their chiidfeh.
This resolution is quite naturally pre-
ceded by one demanding high protec-
tive tariff, and the two, with the meas
ures which we shall mention, constitute
the programme of the Republican party
to subvert the constitution and estab-
lish the domination of the Money Pow
er in this country. The pension swindie
which depleats the Treasury annu-
ally Of millions, is part OF THIS
scheme the total repeal of the internal
revenue system, including even the TAX
on whiskey, is another, as is also tle
propositions, brought forward in the
last two sessions OF Congress and to be
pressed in the next, to distribute many
millions of the public money among the
States for educational purposes. All
these ingenious schemes, to exhaust the
annually increasing surplus III the treas
nry under the present iniqultous ana
swindling tariff, are deemed Insufficient
| for the purpose and we are now con-
fronted with the plan OF the Pennsyl-
vania protectionists to do the JOB by
| wholesale, and after all these proflgate
and unconstitutional appropriations
| are made, distribute the surplus, what
ever it may be, year after year, amongst
| the States under the pretext OF relieving
| them from the burthens of local taxa
| ton.
It is quite evident in whose interest
| this wholesale plan OF protiigacy has
been devised. The protected manu-
facturers who have grown immensely
/ rich on the billions flched from the
working people of the country through
our monopOlistic tariff, are of course
the chief movers in and the beneficiar-
/ les of this scheme but the holders OF
| State bonds, not only recognized State
/ bonds but also so-called repudiated
/ State bonds, are to be, out OF this sur
plus paid in full and it is not improbable
| to assume that the purpose of Confede-
/ rate bonds, which, much to the amuse-
ment of this people, hos been going on,
/ off and on, for a number OF years past,
has been in view OF this scheme OF
4 plumber, and by persons parties to the
project.
i Thus it appears that we are to have
( free whisky and free tobacco, and the
people are tn be enormously taxed fol
/ clothing, hats, blankets, shoes. coffee
4 tea and salt-in short, for every article
they consume-so that few thousand
manufacturers may go on accumulatine
| vast fa1tunes, and that the English
i French and Dutch holders of repudia.
4 ted State bonds and Confederate bond;
may be paid these bogus claims. 7ss3
\ A similar scheme was brought for
ward in Congress in 1910, when Mr.
4 Van Buren, was President, and defeated
by the Democrats the same bill was
introduced in Congress, in 1871, when
Mr.. Tyler was President and carried by
the Wings. But the same Congress!
that passed the bill repudiated it with.
] in twelve months. 1t was too infamous
for it's own authors TO stand by. 1t wal
indeed, as Senator Benton said, .Ar
audacious attempt to debauch the peo
3 pIe with their own money!
The bills Of 1910 and 1S41 were go
ND in the same interests in which the
Pennsylvania Republicans are nov
moving-the protected manufacturers
, and the English and Dutch holders o
, deprecated State bonds-and then, fo
, the first time In the history OF. the Re
public foreigners and bondholders wer
found lobbying IN Congress, and uslD!
l their money and influence to contro
, the legislation of the country.
In the debate Mr.. Gotham, after ex
posing the fragrant unconstitutiOnalit.
} of the bill, said
1aSuch, and so Overwhelming are the const
tutional difficulties which beset this measure
No one who can overcome them-who ca
bring himself to vote for this bill-need troubl
himself about constitutional scruples hereafter
| He may swallow without hesitating auy an
: every other unconstitutional measure whic
i has ever been adopted or proposed. Yes,
would be easier to make plausible argumen
for the constitutiona1ity of abolition itself tha
for this detested bill. !"
Il Senator Benson said
: 81 scorn the bill :; I scorn its vaunted popr
larity !; detest it. IT is not case OF miseol