Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-07
dependent upon an appetite that will be
INDUCED no matter what may be the
THE SURPLUS CONTINUES IN THE TREASURY
Avn yxcgssrvE TAXATION GOES on.

And now. Mr.. President, Hhai iraNo
10 other persons or 20 other occasions
the further discussion OF the manifold
phasea that the tariff question presents.
conscious that have touched in many
RESPECTS ONLY the surface OF vast sub
iect whose depths arc not easily falhom-
Ell. But mean While the surplus OF one
hundred end thirty millions OF the peo-
ple's money remains IN tue treasury,
and excessive taxation goes on. Ihat
si;rnlus is the exact measure OF the de
ficit in the peoples pockets, and ike the
unjust steward IN Scripture the hepub-
lean party can only say oil II, we nave
buried it in a napkin.
The Treasury OF the United States IS
to-day the mausoleum OF tue peoples
wealth, and the Republican party "a sit
ting on the coiiin-.id. battling and rebut-
ting every attempt Of the Democracy to
knock the nails out Of the colin aud to
let that wealth riss in resurrection and
90 forth 10 discharge Indebtedness. en-
hance prices. employ labor, quicken III
dustry. to FIJI the sal, turn the mill, en-
liyen the workshop. AID speed the plow.
The stupcndous fact remains with us
that annually one fourth OF all our cur
rency. twenty five cents IN every man
dollar. is consumed in Federal taxation.
The sham eful spectacle abides that our
miners dig out OF the earth annually
fifty millions Of gold aud thirty millions
of silver. hut that toll only brings this
precious fruit TO the light to witness Its
seizure by tax-gatberers and their diesp-
pearance into the darkness OF a treasury
vault. which. like the sea, refuses to give
back its dead. No nation IN Europe or
Asia or Africa could rest easy under such
conditions, for the mine beneath 1t
would scatter il 10 atoms. And that
the people OF America bear and forbear
is only because they are the grandest In
the world, with faith that time and
patience will work out their redemption,
md that Democracy will ere long com
plete that mission which Providence has
assigned and to the fulfllment whereof
It's leader mas led the way.
The people OF this country cannot be
caioled by Republican boasts that they
have heretofore abolished hundreds Of
millions Of war taxes. They are well
aware Of tie character of these taxes, and
Of the Republican policy in regard to
them. They know full well that the
vast wealth represented by United States
bonds was never taxed Mt all, and that
Vanderbilt with his sixty millions Of
bonds never paid as much upon them to
snpport the Government that protected
them. and the people burdened to pay
them, rs the poor man who bought
blanket. carpenter who bought hand
SAW. or q labOrer who smoked a plpelul
Of tobacco.
They saw the Republican party go
forward and repeal eeyenty-two millions
OF tax on incomes seven millions OF tax
on railroads and vast sums OF taxes on
corporate receipts, bank deposits, and
bank capital, aggregatlng IN all S2O1.-
600, coo. They have waited patiently for
their turn 10 come snd now when re-
duction Of seventy-eight millions OF I'M
needed taxes is asked upon internal agli-
cultural products, and upon the uecessa-
ries of life, they will not be put of by
being told that the Republicans a long
time AGO took the taxes of Of those most
able to pay them. All through the year
1883 Democracy has toiied to fulfil its
pledges to the people, and to render
them trusty service.
Congress assembled in December,
1897, aud that it has been in session over
nine months, and is still sitting in Sep
TENDER. 1888, is a fact that rays silent
but impressive tribute 10 the efforts Of
the Democratic party. It's President, and
its leaders to release the surplus, to di-
mluish taxes, and to relieve the people,
burdens
That the Republicans in the House Of
Representatives. the popular branch Of
Congress. and the only branch empow-
cred bv the Constitution to originate a
bill for raising revenue, have utterly
failed at tins session to propose a bill, IS
confession of party failure, OF inca
pacity, and OF thriftless, contumacious
policy the most conspicuous in our po-
litical history.
And that the Republican Senate at this
late day is wrestling TO formulate n pro
position TO supply the DEFICIENCIES Of
their party companions IS a reDuke TO
them moro whitening than any sarcasm
that could be put in phrases. and IL re-
pinder in their plea OF confession with
out avoidance, mingled with tncture
of eleventh-hour repentance. Tho time
was when the Republican party was the
leader Of public opinion. That time IS
passed. Like All old man to whom II IS
always afternoon it muses. with half-shut
eve. tells tales Of its agility when It was
young, and talks OF days that have long
since seen their sunsets To tine living
it feebly breathes a belated hope which
wears the cOuutenAnce Of despair.
With a congested Treasury a
crushing tax system-a tax system under
which you can hear the very grinding Of
the peoples bOnes-with u monopoly
ridden public clamOring for reformation,
and labor pleading 10 he undurdened-
it propounds to the country a Chinese
platform, dominates q presidential can
dldate with Chinese procllylties, relc-
gates that candidate 10 the chImney-cOr-
ner, recalls a luxuriatlng tourist, who
has been summing himself in the smiles
Of an itlncrant millionaire. 10 make
speeches IN favor OF trusts and
presses through the dog days over tariff
bill which 1t is afraid 10 suppress, and Is
only willing to diyulge when there is
Just timo enough LETT for It's hasty burial.
The Greek came into the world and
filed it with images of beauty. The
Roman came, and there arose befo. .
mankind the majesty OF law but the
people were the second thought when he
pla2oned upon the standard Of his
legions "Senatus Populusque Roma-
nus
The Anglo-Norman-Saxon came he
gathered the treasures Of art, literature.
and law from all lands and ages, and
scattered them broadcast over the earth
under conquest crimson wing.
Last and best the American came /;
liberty was revealed, and law bowed at
its fOOtstool.
Democracy writes the name Of the
people before that of Senate or Assem-
bly,. 1t stands for their liberty now
the liberty Of the people to be taxed only
to the measure Of their will and their
need. 1T writes upon Its banner
Unnecessary Taxation Is Uniust Taxation
and III that sign it will conquer OF fall.