The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-05

naturalized, ought to feel that this is hii
country TO which he owes allegiance, duty
and pride. The President (any Presi.
dent) In his elevated seclusion, approached
only by flatterera and ofice-seekerg
should regard the interests and honor ol
his country, Its development and prosper
ity, and the emoluments and happiness
Of his Countrymen, ss higher far than the
interests Of foreigners or the development
OF their products. Il Ia to the Senate only
that l have the right 10 appeal. The best
we can do for mankind ia to do the best
for our country.
"our Country's welfare Is our drst concern, =,
And who promotes that best beSt proves his duty"
1.-THE home miesionary 10 the best mis-
sionRry. The light Of our example We
give to foreign nations; duty we owe to
our own. What higher duty can there be
than to be watchiul Of the interests, and
to protect and foster and diversity the In.
dustries Of the American peopleH" :.
The attention paid to the address OF
Senator Sherman was the most marked
and most earnest. Democratic Senators
listened as attentively as the speSker'e col
leagues. Although delivered in the hour
usually seleCted by the majority OF the
Senate for luncheon, bat three lett tho
chamber during the delivery Of tho
speech The Democratic members crossed
to the Republican side and sat near the
speaker. Not q paper wac read nor letter
written. The Ecene was more remarkable
when 1t Ia considered that Senator Sher.
mans elocution is not at all impressive.
Senator Sherman concluded his remarks
at 2 o'clock, aud Senator Voorhees, took the
floor snd delivered speech upon the
came subject.
MR. VOORHEES, REPLIES ILI'TRMPERRDLr.
Mr.. Voorhees, in his address said the
subject Of taxation was as old as the Gov
eminent itself, and yet it was as fresh and
full of interest to-day to the lsboring
masses Of mankind ss ever at any former
period Of the worlds history, The con.
traction Of the volume OF currency had
always bean policy marked by disaster
and suffering and accursed by every
friend Of the general welfare Of the coun-
try. But when that nbominRble policy
was still further aided and executed by
snatching, as it were, the money Of the
people from their very hands, at the rate
Of ten millions q month, without neces-
sity, excuse or palliation, every honest
mind had to revolt against such robbery.
Il was crime against every home,
every freride and every living man and
woman in the United States. It was
crime national in its proportions, gigantic
in its strength, omnipresent in its visits-
tions, and brutal in Its rapscity. And yet
the day before the recess, the Senator from
Colorado Teller had sneered at the idea
OF the surplus being Of any consequence;
and the Senator from Ohio fisherman had
also declared mot by cable from Paris, but
on the floor OF the Ssnste) that ii was for
tuuste for the country that there was
surplus Of fiity-fve millions in the treas.
ury. It would be well for that Senator II
he should become the Republican csndi.
date for the Presidency next summer to
explain to the people why 1t was fortunate
that their money was gathered into the
Treasury in excess of all the uses, pre-
scriptions and wants OF the government,
instead Of remaining in the pockets OF the
people.