Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-12-08

the carefully restrained creatures Of
the law and the servants of the peo-
pie, are fast becoming the people 81
master.
The people must still be taxed for
the support of the government under
the operation Of
TARIFF LAWS,
but to the extent that the mass Of
our citizens are Unfortunately bur-
dened beyond any useful public pul-
pose. and for the benefit Of a favored
few. The Government, under the
pretext of an exercise of its taxing
power, enters gratuitously into par
tnership with these iayolites ITO their
advantage and to the injury of vast
majority Of our people. This IS not
! equality before the law.
ae* *is ...
Communism is hateful thing and
q menace to peace and organized
government, but the communism Of
combined wealth aud capital, the
outalowth of aoveTweening cupidity
and seliishness, which insiduousl y
undcrinines the justice and integrity
of free Institutions, is not less dan
gerous than the communism of OPP
pressed poverty, which, exasperated
by injustice and discomfort, attacks
with wild disorder
THE CITADEL or RULE.
He moclSs the people who pro-
poses that the Government shall pro-
tect the rich, and that they in Curn
will care for the laboring poor Any
intermediary between the people and
Their government, and the least dele
CATION of the protection the govern
ment owes to the humblest citizen 10
in the land, makes the boast of free
institutions glittering delusion and
the pretended boon of American
citizenship shameless imposition.
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There should be no scheme ac-
cepted as satisfactory by which the
burdens of the people ave only APP
pareutly removed. Extravagant APP
preparations of public money, with
all their demoralizing consequences,
shonld not be tolerated, either as a
means of relieving The treasury Of It's
present surplus, or as furnishing pre-
texts for resisting proper
REDUCTION OF TARIFF RATES.
There should be no cessation OF
the struggle until the plan is per-
fected, fair and conservative, toward
existing industries, but which will
reduce the cost of the necessaries Of
life; while it provides for our manu-
facturers the advantage of frcer raw
materials and permits no injuries to
the interests of American labor.
The cause for which the battle is
waged is comprised within lines
clearly and distinctly defined; il
should never be compromised, it is
The peoples cause.
1t cannot be denied that the selfish
aud private interests which are SC
pelsisteutly heard, when efforts are
made to deal in just and cjmpre.
hpnsivp manner with
OUR TArIFF LAWS
are related to, il they are not respon-
sible for, the sentiment largely pre-.
vailing among the people that the
general government is Che fountain
of individual and private aid; that il
may be expected to relieve will
pacernaI care the distress of citize rs
and communities, aud that from The
fullness of It's treasury it should,
upon the slightest preiext of pro
mot ng the general good, apply pub.
lie funds to the benefit of localities
aud individuals. Nor can il be de.
MED that there is a growing assump-
tiOn that, as against the govern.
Inent and in favor of private claims
and interests, tie usual rules and
limitations of business principles just
dealing should be waived.
THESE IDEAS
have been unhappily much encour-
aged by Legislative acquiescence