The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-01-14

To as great all extent as those of any
o!her living man. IL is true they were
not cabled from Paris in all haste uu-
der The deep sea rs if the world was In
Dreathless expectation and doubt until
he was heard from, but nevertheless
spoken here in the senate of the United
states they are tnll of significance and
binding force. The senator from Ohio
| distinctly declared it "fortunatn" for
the country that there were 500, 900.
oOO OF surplus revenue in the treasury
approving the assaults made bv other
senators on the president in his mes
sage, The senator from Ohio INDUCED
III the Following language: at seems
10 ine IL ls reasonable and right when
sucil stale OF affairs exists, when The
country Is about to be frightened and
business men are alarmed lest some
thihg terrible should happen because
ihe money OF the country il gathered
INTO ihe treasury, that the humbuV
should be at least punctured, exploded
or explained away to certain extent"
One of the chief blessings and ylories
OF our form of government is the fact
that within the next twelve mouths the
citizens of the republic will have free
and unrestrained opportunity to de-
clare whether in their opinion it is
fortunate for them to bear the tyranny
OF vast and enormously increasing
surplus taxation, and also whether the
very able, courteous and dignified state
paper rom the chief magistrate of the
country to the representatives of the
people and OF the states should he de-
nounced as humbug, because he laid
pare thp nntro.rn nj
inehded remedial legislation. The sen.
ator speaks lightly of the fact that "the
money OF the country is gathered into
the treasury,' and scouts the idea of
danger or oppression Oh that occount.
MONEY OF the country gathered Into
the treasury For what object? For
What public purpose known to the con
stltution is the money of the country
gathered from the fields the workshops.
tho marts of trade and commerce, and
dumped III huge surplus heaps in the
treasury! Surplus is thus defined by
Webster: THAT which remains when
use IL satisfied; excess beyond what IS
prescribed or wanted; overplus
commend this.
DEFINITION OF THE SURPLUS
now in the treasury and rapidly swell.
ing to the careful consideration of m.
senstor from Ohio, and also com
mend 1t to the careful consideration of
the American people. That surplus is
what remains after the use for which
money is properly placed there is salts
ned; II Is the excess beyond what is
prescribed by the constitution or want.
ed tor any defined or specified purpose
OF the government; it is simply an
overplus, waste, something not need
ed where it is but sorely needed else
where. II will be for the senator from
ONO and his followers il he should be
the standard-bearer of his party in
the contest in 1888, on whose skirmish
Hines we are now facing each other, 10
explain TO the people " by it Ia fortunate
that their money is gathered into the
treasury in surplus in excesss of ali
uses, or wants on the part
OF the government, rather than il
should remain in their own hands.
But the leaders and the press of the
republican party are making strenuous,
constant and audacious efforts to evadc
and obscure the real and in fact he only
issue, 40 boldly, ably aud opportune!v
proclaimed and emphasized by the
president in his recent message, in be-
hall Of the over-taxed labor and bust
ness OF the country. These efforts are
transparently dishonest, and will not
succeed. They have but small lody-
ment now in the public mind, and they
Will have none at all after full discus
SION has taken place, aud every priu.
cipie and position of the executive, and
also OF his adversaries, are clearly I'M
derstood. he plain, naked issue pre-.
sented by the executive in his maslerlv
message, Is reduction OF taxes down
to the actual expenses of the govern
ment, as against the maintenance of
the present system, whereby the gains
OF daily labor and the profits of trade
are absorbed, without lust cause or
public reason, into the already flooded
and overflowing vaults of the treasury.
Shall such reduction be made, or shall
needless and dishonest burdens remain
upon the people2 That is the question
no" propounded every day from one
ocean to the other, and congress alone
can give an answer. In moving for
ward, no ever, TO reduce the taxes Of
the government to the line OF govern
ment expenses, The very first steu dis
closes tue powerful forces and iortilica-
tions which appear to block tho way,
and with impediments of warfare more
potent than cannon or sword defend
the present system and forbid reform
MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
The vast and commanding luanufac-
turing interests Ci the conniry are in
viteo into the field OF discussion and
controversy as allies OF the republican
party, allies of excessive taxation. of
surplus revenues. of u pleihOric over
plus in the crowded cofiers OF the
treasury. More than hundred years
have rolled away since our existence
as an independent power began; a |
hundred years of such majestic develop
ment OF the industrial and manuiactur- |
ing forces has taken place as the world |
never before Witnessed. American
skill, energy and resources in furnish |
ing supplies for all the wants of nan
kind stand foremost among the nations !
of the earth, and yet the leaders of the |
republican party insist with loud and !
vehement peftinacity that all the |
mighty manu- iacturing establishments
of the United States, from which have
emanated such WOuderfnI and glorious
results, will, al this late day, at this
high noon of their power OF greatness.
collapse aud perish by the wayside un-
less sustained and protected by All
elaborate system OF tribute and eXtor-
tion levied on their laborIng country |
men. am unwilling 10 believe tia,
manufacturers are tart, |
represented by those who assume To-
speak thss for them in congress. nm
to believe in tie unpalriotlc
and absolute selfishness attributed to |
them here and elsewhere by their self
and misguided friends.
prefer to look upon them aS an able,
class OF American citizens.
ierply imbued with love of country,
guided by an unseltlsh desire for the
general welfare, and inspired with a /
irmness to share ia common with their
cllow~cuuntrymen all the sacrifices
ind burdens necessary to secure Justice,
AIR dealing and good Soveruincnt. In
his light | have been accustomed here
GiGre TO regard them in my personal
and in the disoharse Oft
ny public duties, and hope and cx-
Iect to he warranted III maintaining |
he same favorable views under all the
iarying circumstances of the future.
REPUBLICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
But i'll this connection there appears
/ feature of political war ,aro on the ,
)art OF the opponents OF the present
which. while neither
lovei nor truthful, nor even decent.
sails for attention for those very rr., / ,