The advocate., 1891-04-22

remarkingi
Did you ever stop 10 think from whonc.
and why government has a right 10 tax
The government owes something 20 ths oit
iz0n. What 10 it2 Tho government mus
rRotoot him In his life, In his liberty and ID
his property. The citizen owes something
10 tho government. He must oontribut,
that which is his own, that which ho own
by his own labor, no must contribute 10 Oh,
government In tho shape OF taxation a suiii
cient amount 10 enable tho government Il
discharge los duty, and whom you have do
fined the amount which Is necessary TO ona.
BILE the government 10 discharge its duty
you have defined the amount that tho gov,
ernmont has right TO exact from tho citi
zon. Applause. We profess TO have, and
have, in this country, government of thC
people. There are no olasses born in thi,
country 10 ride booted and spurred over The
masses Of the people. But the people them.
selves are sovereign, and they control
They have II in their power 20 say what kind
Of government we shall have, and the only
thing necessary, Mr.. President, 10 enable
the people 10 have the kind OF government
they ought 90 have, is that they stop and
carefully consider the questions Of govern
ment that are TO be determined. Now,
am not one Of those people who believe that
the government ought 10 interfere in all the
private business Of the people. / believe
that consistently with the protection Of the
life, Of the liberty and property Of tho peo-
pie, that tho government is the best govern
ment that governs los people the least,
[ Applause. ! believe chat the federal gov
ernment ought not TO do that which the
state government can do better ZAP.
plause. believe that the state govern
ment should not do chat which the people
themselves can do better. Applause.
Now, II is necessary Rt this day when you
find all kinds Of interests olamoring for
government aid, that we 60 back TO the fun
damental principles Of government. Taxa
tion is necessary, as I said before to sup.
port the government; IL cannot live without
IL. Now, how shall that tax be levied upon
the peoplo9 We can have a direct tax un-
der our system, speaking now of the federal
government, / do not believe chat there are
any considerable number Of people in this
country who want that system, because it ID
a system based upon population and not
and II has never been resorted 10
in this country except in time Of strife and
war, and then only temporarily. Therefore
think II can be put aside and that IL is not
TO have direct taxation.
Taxation is not recognized ordinarily by
men as blessing. Il is an evil that must
De borne like an aflliotion in sickness; but
ordinarily If there is something connected
with the system wioh benefits somebody di-
'ectly, then all men would agree that the
over the tax the better the government.
Now. this tariff system Of customs duties
has some effect upon the business interests
If the country. II is hardly necessary with
IN audience like this TO go into details TO
Illustrate that fact, and yet, perhaps a word
IT two would not be misplaced. The duty
imposed upon foreign article coming into
he United States Is paid by the importer to
he collector of customs at the port. This
iuty by the importer is added TO the price
10 has paid for an article, and sold by him
% the merchant; and the merchant in turn
ellis IL 10 the farmer or mechanic, who buys
: and consumes IL, and that rate of duty
hat has been placed upon the goods. /
peak now Of the foreign article, There
AVE been peopleiD this country who denied
hat proposition, but think they are