Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-19
rhe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS System.

The internai-reyenue ISSUE canhVs pe
thrust aside, and the Democrats in
the House of Representatives would
do we'll to realize the fact. The inter-
nal.revenue system is a thorn in the
flesh CT the people that is source OF
constant irritation, and the demand that
II be removed is becoming more posi-
tive every day. The papers in the sec
tons Of country where the system bears
heaviest upon the people are getting
very impatient. The following from
the Shelby IN. Co. aurora affords q
pretty good idea Of the temper Of these
papers:
"The internal.revenue system is be-
coming as odious in western North
Carolina Is when it was enforced by
Republicans, 1t puts too much money
into the pockets Of few;it is relic
of the war and contrary to the free
spirit Of our institutions. The Demo-
cratic failure to abolish, as promised,
and the rush after revenue Offices once
dsspised by Democrats help to increase
the odium. Our North Carolina mem
bers have spoken in Congress and in
vain implored its repeal or change in
Its collection, yet there is no chance for
the speedy abolition Of the revenue.
The offices once cursed by Democrats
are now gladly accepted aud enforced,
a. they get big pay for little labor"
As we said few daysa ago in discuss
ing this matter, so long as the internal
revenue laws are upon the statute-book
they should be rigidly enforced. 1t is
unreasonable to blame the Democratic
revenue officials for doing their duty
and regarding their oaths of Offices.
Nor is that all. We do not think
1t is reasonable to blame the
Democrats for taking the revenue
Offices. II Democrats had refused to
take them or had not sought them,
they would be filled by Republican
emissaries, with which class the
people have had sad and bitter expert
suce. However, these facts do not
render the internal.revenue system
any less odious and wrong in itself than
it has always been - do not
rob such utterances as those we quote
from our North Carolina contemporary
Of . note of warning to the party in
Congress which it would be wise to
heed. The facts that . Republican
Senate would never pass . bill to abol-
ish the internal.revenue laws, and that
most Of the Republicans in the House
are opposed to their adjustment
afford no excuse for the failure Of the
Democrats in the House to do their
duty in the premises. But "notes of
warning" do not come exclusively from
Democratic sources. The National
Republican utters Almost significant
one. Our Washington contemporary,
after charging that Gin Virginis and
elsewhere in the South the Democrats
are making the internal-revenue system
much more internal than it was ever
alleged to be in Republican hands,"
adds
Snow, IL the Democratic policy were
to abolish this system this strict and
ysxatious Administration would be in
precise accordance with President
Grants prescription to make bad laws
odious but as it is Democratic policy
TO retain and expand the system, south
srn wrath redoubles at Democratic
perfidy in perpetuating and sggravating
what was denounced by the party as an
intolerable abomination Of Republican
extcrtion and tyranny"
II this means anything, it means that
despite the opposition Of the Rspub-
lean party to the abolition Of the inter-
nal.revsnue laws, should the Demo-
Gratis in tho House fail to 60 on record
O. In favor Of wiping them out the Re-
publicans will endeavor to make politi-
cal capital out Of such failure. 1t means
that the Republican party hopes that
the Democratic members from the
States in which the internal-revenue
laws do not directly Cypress the PEG.
pie viii prevent the Democratic men,
bers from other States from redeem
ing their pledges. It means that
should that hope be realized the Re.
publicans viii stand ready to charge
the Democratic party with playing the
people false. Let the Democrats in
Congress who are opposed to abolishing
the acknowledgements iniquity learn from
The enemies as well as from the friends
Of their party.
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