Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-31

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! internal taxation Great applause
orhere may be some here who Will
/ differ with ms and 10 snch | want TO
address myself and tell each Of Them
! why 1 am nctuhted I'm that de
reciion. THE amount Of taxation
/ from that aource aggregates
! si2n 600 600 This is just about the
1 amount OF money that there is no oc-
/ casion 10 collect at ALL Now this In
/ ternal taxation has been particularly
| oppressive upon the people Of the
! Southern states This eyetem Of taxa
/ ton comes 10 MS from English author
! nv, IL was instituted In Eng
/ lnud Ia 1913 and bus
never set had the full
sanction aud good will 81 that people
! I'm ita administration 10 u one 81 the
institutions handed down to us by our
ancestors, and when the power came
/ To- be discussed az 10 one Of the uecea-
sary powers 10 be- given 70 the federal
! government ia the cpnsliiuuon Of the
/ United States, u waa only placed
/ there after great doubt aud long
| discussion. Then II was incorporated
or created with the distinct under
I standing that It was only to be exer-
clsed nB a great war necessity. In 1901
| tie Internal taxes that were then
spreading, and had become necessary
during the two administrations ofGeD,
/ Washington aud tue one Hdmini5tra-
| ton III Mr. Adams, were upon the rec
ommendaiiou of Mr.. Jefferson wiped
| from the statutes Again the war OF
| ijl2 made " neces 4ary TO adopt this
syslem 10 furnish means 20 carry on the
war against Great Britain. Within
two wears AFTER the victory Of Gen.
Jackson at New Orleans, upon the
recommendation of Mr. Monroe this
internal system was swept from the
laws OF our country, and now we find
Ourselves with no necessity for the
money derived fiOm this source.
Twenty years after the
war IL over which produced the levy
ing Of IL, we lind the Republican
party and come of our own party
regret TO say, still willing that the
American people shall be subjected 10
this vicious system Of tHNRtiun, IL Is
given us un excuse that these taxes
| have taken away your necessity for
"A higher rate Of tariil on Imports That
Is distinctly denied, / say to-day that
| the revenues OF this government
ought not 10 exceed two hundred aud
! fifty millions Of money | say that
! there Is no constitutional authority
Ina the instrument 20 take from
the pockets OF the people one dollar In
excess Of the amount necessary 10 eco
nnmically administer public affairs.
! Prolonged and vooiferous applause.
/ In addition, / viii Say That there Ia no
excuse, no right or reason for any such
taxation; that whether we look at II
from a legal standpoint or asa question
Of policy, the time has come when
internal taxation should be en-
tirely repealed. Nocilerous applause. ]
The very approach In the tariti law
10 what 10 termed by come a revenue
tariff law will increase and not dimiu-
ish the revenue. The Republican ar
~ seeks to continue this taxation, and
3 for what purposc2 Their candidate
for president during the lstt
campaign made plain what
their project wa4. They wanted
to raise these 500 600 600 and more
tor the purpose IT distributing II
among the states Of this Union, aud Il
is remarllablo, when you come to con
e slider II and figure it out, what pro
T portion each state would have
T. am free to say that, utterly unconsti
tuiiouNl from glunmg 20 end though
= 10 is, am almost willing to submit Z,
Z such pronosllion II did no
b know more fatal objection
3 My main objection Is that IL woul
Il forever make the states Of this unio
a. the dependents OF the federal author
r ity and destroy that relation whic
g, should he between states towards IN
- Union and utterly wipe out the right
Ne of tho people ot the state
which are the groundwork OF our IN
N sti,ntions Of freedom, the rights an
ol li0ertieB of the citizen. Now / b
% lieve that the sooner we 10 back
10 the strict construction OF our constitl
ton the better IL will be Tor the Amer
IL can people, Pr lOuged applause
u, 81 am Of opinion, therefore, that q
III duty OF the Democratic party Ia TO fC
&c low strictly Ina tho line OF ita histOl
u, from Jefferson down, and to requi
~ that there should not be n loose al
az free construction Of that iustrumen
I 4 the constitution, In the enactment
~ tho federal laws, and that there ahOu
~ be that close strict construction of OF
Sc constitution which Jefferson, Galati
ON Madison, Monroe, Gen. jackson az
al Mr.. Polk insisted upon and in the
ON conduct adhered to.
'et Nov, having said To you that
" want TO get clear OF the iuternalreS
ro- nue. taxation, you have rational rig
ne TO ask la what way I would collect h
ge public revenue? | would transI
lor II or remit the raising OF the reven
'nt TO the approved mode OF collecting
III from the duties put upon impOr
ny While we cnncede thu Il
an which the Republican par
yer has conceded, aud viii
nv tho Democratic party in It's platfol
lis has asserted that the present tar
no needs revision, there Is great d
'ut pute among the people as to what vi
ne these changes should DO ma,
IN For one, am free to say, have ne,
- been able to find IN the constitution
lM the United States any power viii
err gives TO congress the right to levy {
ln- ties for the sake of protection.
nd
mo- Judgment Against the New Orle.
ate CottOn-Seed association.
1al GALVESTON, Tx, Dec. SO.-T