Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-09-03
Facts About The sub Treasury.

what devided upon what is known as
the Sub-Treasury Bill. Being raised
in this county and acquainted with its
democracy | am much surprised to
learn that its serenity is disturbed by
! this high-sounding myth. What is
the matter with the people of this
county, or rather the laborer and con-
sumner of the land? He is imposed
upon by demas ogues and unwise legis
lation. VIII the Sub Treasury BIZ, if
adopted, rolive usp With. out preju-
dice to any party, plan, or principle,
a very obvious and logical conclusion
is, the Sub-Treasury Bill as it is, will
not Jackson in his message to the
21st Congress of the United States.
urged her to take off the high Tariff,
or modify the Protective Policy, which
oppressed us tlren as it does now. The
troubles which that policy produced are
historically observable TO all Suffice
! 1t, to say 1t was removed, placing it
upon Free Trade basis, or tariff for
revenue only. Then the laboring
classes, especially the farmer, began
| to prosper; and from IL to go was
his most prosperous period. You see
with this tariff the laborer retrogrades,
without it he advances. To day we
are bound in its fetters--this our
trouble-this the canker destroying
our liberties, menancing our riShts
and impoverishing the people. Now
this Sub-Lreasury Bill proposes that
we deposit our products in q govern
ment warehouse, draw so per Get. of
their markat value at 2 per cent inter-
est. Fellow citizen, this is wrong
wrong in conception, and would be
preposterously so in execution. Sup
pose VIC had tariff just large enough to
run the government economical, then
we would have no surplus no
money to loan. The government Uas
no constitutional right to raise money
excedt by direct taxation. If she raise
it by direct taxation, it comes directly
from the people-hence, their money
Now, if their money. why take it from
them to loan it back to them at 2 per
cont interest? This is robbery-rob-
bing them of the use of their money,
and the interest also; this is what the
hill means. The warehouse is only
a plausible avenue through which it is
to be done-and only intended to hood
| wink the houest and catch thelumwary
| 1t is scheme of unscrupluous demag-
ogues and backed" politicians
hoping to break the ranks of democracy
and slip in to Office It's advocates are
the crude and disgruntled rakes, cranks
mad crooks emerging from the .'siums"
of,debauched mushroom parties 1t IS
filed with ''scurvy politicians pretead-
ing to know the things they know rot.
The prefix to this Bill sub is a latin
word meaning under, and it is the
/ most unser Bill which could be
presented to a sensible. or a
National Con gres; and all democrat
advocating it are UNDER-democrats.
The Republicans would put us under
negro supremacy, and rob Us with ex-
cessive tariff; but aspiring demagogues
and variegated politicians, would /
MAKE us bailers, pensioners, and nau-
pers to the government, thus destroy
ing the dignity of our labor and the
stability of our citizenship. There is
no soundness in its principles, much I
less, ia its details. It's representatives
claim to be'good democrats, and at
the same time are the secret recipients
Of doctrines promulgated by men
upper yankee covert during the war.
and since, the pretended friends and
secret schomers agaisnt democracy
private jugglers OF radical measurs.
1t is easy to know who is democrat
in this county generally. he is not a
| Sub-Tdeasury advocte-t therefore let
us draw the line distinctly from magis-
trate to governor this is an Issue. |
Sub Treasury candidates II elected to
the Legislator are supposed to support
a .Sub-Treasury man for the Senate
It is a kind OF II tickle-you and YOU
ticllle-me' game attempted by lot of
sweet-scented. tenler-toed gentleman
desiring thing contrary to democracy
and constitutional governments. II You
ars not right upon this question take
tho advice Of old veterans and constltu-
t onal lawyers who have battled forms
when troubles and disasters were OPP
pressing us. DO not support any body
tina VIII notsupport men who support
ell us; warding off force bills, fighting
for tariff reform. etc. The democratic
party was the ruling party 60 years of