The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-06-21

/ NNHH HHAHAsNH 49, AHH.HHNHNHA ANA A'H"NtH
Houses OF Congress the roforma-
tion OF unequal tax laws, which
have outlasted the necessities Of
war and are now undermining the
abundance Of a long peace, denies
10 the people equality before the
law and The fairness and Justice
winch are their right. Then the
= cry of American labor for a better
share 10 the rewards Of industry
with false pretenso Of enterprise Is
= iettcrcd and bound down 20 home
markets; capital is discouraged
/ with doubt, and unequal. unjust
laws can neither be properly
amended OF repealed.
The Democratic party will con
tinue, with all the power confined
20 il, TO struggle 10 reform these
laws, in accordance with the
pledges ofits last platform, indors-
ed at the ballot-box by the suff-
RACES Of the people. OF all the
industrious freemen Of our land,
the immense m~iority, including
every tiller Of the soil, gain no ad-
vantage from excessive tax laws,
but the process OF learning every
thing they have increased by the
favoritism OF an unequal system of
tax legislation. All unnecessary
taxation is unjust
1t is repugnant to the creed Of
/ Democracy that by such taxations
the cost Of the nocessarIes Of life
should be uniustifably increased
to all our people. Judged by Dem
ocratic principles, the interests Of
the people are betrayed when, by
unnecessary taxation, trusts and
combinations are permitted to ex-
ist, which, while unduly enriching
the few that combine, rob the body
Of our citizens by deprlving them
OF the benefits Of natural competi-
ton. Every Democratic rule OF
governmental action is violated
when. through unnecessary taxa
ton, a vast sum of money, far be-
yond the needs Of an economic ad-
miuistration, is drawn fiom the
people and channels of trade, and
accumulated as "a demoralizing sur
plus in the national treasury. The
) money now lying idle in the feder-
al treasury, resulting from super
fuous taxation, amounts to more
than 100000, and the surplus
collceaedis, reaching the sum Of
$50 600, 900 annually. Debauched
by this immense temptation, the
remedy of the Republican party is
to meet and exhaust, by extrava-
! CANT appropriations and expenses,
whether constitutional or not, the
accumulation of extravagant taxa
tion. The Democratic policy is to
; enforce frugality in public expense
and abolish unnecessary taxation.
; Our established public industries
and enterprises should not, and
need not, be endangered by the
reduction and correction Of the
burdens of taxation. On the con.
! trary, fair and careful revision
J. Of our laws, with due allowance foI
the difference between the wage,
Of American and foreign labor
must promote and encourage every
branch OF such Industries and en-.
l. terprises, by giving them assurance
5 of an extended market, and steady
D and continuous operation. In the
d interests of American labor, which
e should in no event be neglected
the revision Of our tax law, con
F templated by the Democratic par
d ", should promote the advantages
e of such labor by cheapening tn,
D. cost Of the necessarics oflife in th,
q nome of every workingman, an,
q at the same time securing to hin
Is steady and remunerative employ
D. msut. Upon this question OF tarii
reform, so closely concerning ever,
l' phase of our national life, an
o. upon every question involved i
10 the problem Of good government
u the Democratic party submits il
D. principles and professions to In