The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1890-01-31

THE INTERN REV ENUE.
The Tohacco Farmers of North arOiina
and :rginia Demand Its Repeal.
lSnecial Cor to STATE CHRONICLE

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and :rgin III Demand Its Repeal.
lSnecial Cor to STATE CHRoNICLEl
CXFUAD, n C., Jan 81, 1S9O-ln an
article writ en- for the CHRONICLE some
month ago OH the Soldiers Home and In
ternal Revef.ue felt that it was lIttle adj
vanced and somewhat outside the party
1raete-anG LOW some what in justification
II gives pleasure to call ;.tteutlOn to a
resolution that was passed by represen
tajl>e body of farmers from Virginia and
North Carolina rect ntly assembled i'll Ok
ford for the purpose Of lighting what Is
known rs the Clutter Trust 1t is as
follows: "'fhnf we Ini approve of and
endorse ali Dltlo lutTouuceti i'll Congress
for he repeal of the tobacco tax ana de-
manu OF our representatives from North
Carolina and Virginia regardless of party
interest 10 press the same TO an early
| passage.
These are plain and forclble words and
| there is as much TO be read between as on
| the lines they make. There is a ring of
earnestness here that is gongto be heard,
and no deaf ear need to be turned. They
| say if that be treason then You can read
Is with that meaning. The people of
| North Carolina and Virginia are begin
| Mug to feel that there are some higher du
ties and interests than party behests. AS
|
| but Democrats IN State affairs but break
hese Revenue sha,kles, We will, though
! II cost us our allegiance TO any national
| organization. Some of US have very little
| respect Tor the records of either OF the
| pal Ties on this question. The revenue
laws have been particularly oppressive Oh
North Carolina and Virginia. They have
| horne them now until all patience is gone.
! For twenty five years the public treasury
has Ell kept flied with money for the
| politicians 10 scramble over. OF course
! there are Northern States which are pay
! ing this tax, but great bulk of it goes
back to their people through the soldiers
pension rolls Every dollar paid by North
Carolina and Virginia, and it has been
millions upon top OF millions, has gone
into the Federal treasury to stay, SO far as
! our people are conceIned. There are pa
| pers III The State that, when the people
!.ave groaned under the burden of these
revenue iniqulties would cry out in derls-
ion free chaws, free drinks" Ran
! dalism," ''prutection." Yet there are
statesmen III The Democratic party who
I understand the principle oi the govern
meat, and Who have declared time and
..saIu that these Internal Revenue laws
! were unconstitutional and bsiOpG only TO
! the higher law, W3r era, and not 10 these
piping times OF pace. But al the bare
noLlluu OF the Blair bili (Which DO not
approve) these same papers and politicians
/ cry cut Ia f.oy horror against its uucon-
stltutlo!.ahty and pajeILaiislu l confess
I do IoI Understand how TO reconcile
I tnt>c 20 ici0HS. It's 10 justification or
/ ''I&Ic tote IL Tie eyes OF those of US who
! suffer from fleets Uf the uut q .aI bearings
Of ne iIteiI>,! kev1une avs - say: 'OH!
we'll tobacco is a luxury ana Whlskey a
,;uroe, let them pay the ar debt Tnis
! ioCAs like morality III tae Interest Of pa
| iernaliSm Our simple faith, however,
! leads Us 10 believe ttiat he Internal Rev
enue system TO more keeps Tie peace be
tween the States and attends to foreign
affairs than would the Blair bill. The seeds
| of centrallz atom that would spring up
rom the latter might be choked out-but
who would ike to behold III panorama
even the workings of the 1nte nal Reve-
nue. system IN our country size the war.
| The corruption engendered-th federal
| court-the victim dragged from his home
| the attorneys lees the courts cost
the revenue otficial-the spy-the sherff's
pOsse-the murdered cltlzen-the misera-
BILE family-what a picture! But this body
| of farmers say nobody must stand ID the
way. We have exhausted mild means
we intend to throw stones now, let them
hit who or where they may Fhe camel
won't carry the internal revenue system,
the tax and the cigarette trust on top.
Some OF the papers tell Us that Brewer
sold out to Reed We don't know ex-
actly what that means. We say let no
Democrat throw any impediment in his
way, but let him do what he can for his
State and district. Brewer had the pluck
to vote, III the face of his party, for the
Mills bill, and if it is found that he has
sold for enough to abolish the revenue
then he vii! have obtained a higher price
than any other North Carolina Congress
man ever sold for" We feel proud of
Col. Cowles III that he had the manIuess TO
lebuhe Gar llsle, with his vote III the Speak
! erShip contest One of the first para
graphs of Gov. Fowie's message II the
! mex Legislature should be to instruct
theu4 o give Cowles d vote of thanks for
this act. The people viii app 4ud. For
who can blame the farmer the fellow who
Is down. for kickiog! When, after having
paid the government an illegal tax, then
have The governments b.,Ions, the ''trusts'
to sit upon him and demand further tlb-
ute! Free US from these burdens. And
let no Democrat stand III the way.
You need not send any missionaries
around to talk about four and half per
cent reduction in this tariff as long As this
revenue mill stone is around our necks.
N A. GREGORY.