Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-02

VI tIc piupCI ItDOE tI IlIOEC. Ap-
plause. And the fact of history is
that the manufacturers of the east,
those big fellows who really get the
benefit of this government bOunty-the
fact of history is that every time they
have had controversy with their
laborers, those men who work in their
mines and factories. who turn on the
steam, who run the machinery and
guide the spindles, when those men -
have come TO them and said, "Our
families are starving and we cannot
live upon these wages, we must have
more or we will simply have to assert
our manhood and Strike"-it Won
please-what have these manufacturers
%. the east done? Why they have gone
into the bowels of Europe and import
ed by the ship load into this country
that identical pauper labor and put it
here TO contend with the free Ameri-
can labor. Great applause. Who
was il, INV fellow citizens, who stood
in the congress Of the United States
and demanded in The name of Ameri-
can labor and in the name of Justice
and law the release Of the people from
this outrage now and forever? It was
the democratic party. And they in
trodntcd and the& put through Il bill
which is now law upon the statute
books OF the United States prohibiting
The importing of pauper or foreign
labor to compete with the labor of this
country.
ONE WORD MORE.
Now, fellow citizens, Just one other
matter OF a public nature, and | will
have done with this public discussion,
for see | am taking too much time.
There has been, under import and eX-
else laws, accumulated into the treasury
of the government, beyond the needs
"f the government, surplus revenue
of about Sl65, ,O00, 900. There are to-
day S136 100000 outstanding govern
mcnt bonds drawing 3 per cent. inter-
est, which are subject to call and re-
demptipn. i put the question here to-
night to the people of Kansas City, and
To thinking men irrespective of all
party considerations: Why not take
this surplus revenue and apply it to the
| redemption of these bonds, and save
this amount OF over 81 100000 interest
to the people?
tell you, fellow citizens, as | stand
here in my place 10 night, that | hon.
estiy believe that the accumulation of
such vast amount of unemployed
| treasure in the public C. ffers is a menace
| TO a free government, and is fraught
with public evil and danger. That
which accelerated the downfall of the
mightiest empire the world ever saw,
was the gathering into the granaries of
the city of Rome OF all the corn that
the government could lay its hands up
on. The result was that the husband
man left his plow standing in the fur
row and the sickle dropped from his
hand before the ripening of the harvest
field, and they rushed to the city and
joined the rabble horde i'm the shout,
"Give us circuses and give us bread"
The de usion was that it was the duty
of the government to furnish the ciii-
zens both with entertainment and
sustenance. Why, when | was in con-
gress some badly informed constituent
of mine rOte to Tue to have the gov
crnment send him seed corn enough 10
plant twenty acres of ground. The
truth is, that the people are being cd
ucated to look 10 our government as
parental government, instead of rely
ing upon their manhood and their own
self-eXeriion. Why, this vast SUN in
the treasury has aroused md is siimu-
lating the cupidity and avarice OF the
, people, and all sorts OF public md
private schemes are set on foot to raid
, the treasury. 1t encourages iaxity and
2 extravaganza in public appropriations.
, 1t looks AS though we did not know
f what TO do with This money. They
+ have got a scleme on foot to try and
r put water where God Almighty never
e intended TO put it. Instead of taking
f this money and paying these bonds
' they propose to build canal called the
\ Hennepin canal which will cost 5000,
= 000, 900 to the detriment of the great
/ Mississippi river leading TO the Gulf of
, Mexico, and it is proposed that S75,-
q OOO. 900 OF this money be AIKEN out VI
/ the treasury and appropriated to the
r cause of public schools,
: BASED UPON ILLITERACY.
This government is to take charge of
the common school system of this coun-
| try, and l suppose they are to displace
i the old fashioned school teacher and
schoolma am of this country, for if
! government control is permitted, and
il undertakes 10 furnish money to ruin
schools, the next thing it will do will
, be to furnish the teachers, aud it will
!, dictate to them what to teach. Mis-
l souri,, under the auspices of the demo-
cratic party, don't need any of it, for
it has got the grandest school system
almost of any state i'll the United States
to- day. 1t has got nearly $4,000. ZOO
OF money dedicated to the school, fund,
. and in proportion to its capital, its
.. . wealth, and Its population, it has got
/, the grandest school fund of any state i'm
the American Union ;and it has all been
done by this miserable democratic par
i ty in poor old Missouri
Fellow citizens, l simply wish once
y for all upon this subject to say that l
II think this money ought to be taken and
. applied to the payment OF these matured
bonds subject to redemption; and to
{ turn this money that is wrapped up in
Il these bonds into the channels of trade
= and commerce; and as there are no
!. profitable fields in the east, this money
= will seek an outlet, and it will come
west, where Horace Greeley advised
. young men to come. 1t will come here
|, to improve our country, to cheapen
the rates of interest, to increase The
value of our lands and to move oul
live stock. 1t will put steam into new
mills, and put spindles running in oul
Z factories. 1t will put new energy anC
y life in this western country. 1t is al
~ nonsense to talk about the retention ol
this money i'll the public treasury fol
the protection of this country. Let INT
;, say ,fellowcitizens, lin answer to that tina
the public credit of this country is es
= tablished beyond the power of maj
u and the combined powers of the eartl
Is to shake. The production, the re
~ sources, the wealth, the pride, the hon
u or of 57,O0O,OOO of freemen are pledget
r. to the support and maintenance of thi
,, government, and the gates of hell can
:. a not prevail against it. The democratic
- party will not hesitate about the appli
,, cation of this money. Resistance to Il
/" in congress and in the senate came
from the republican party. The bill fol
its application was modified and emas
- culated, and in that form went TO thu
president and was pocketed.
~ | do wish, fellow citizens, that the
u president of The United States coulC
, agree with us upon this subject. | dC
not question his patriotism, for | be
lieve he is "a great and honest man and
e safe president, if for no other reason
- than that he possesses i'll greater de.
y :, gree than any other president since the
u days OF Andrew Jackson that trait OF
's character that enables him to say no.
{ lie has not entirely agreed with us as