The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-01-07

strictly economical administration. !
and is guilty of robbery whenever it |
trapscends this limit, that the SUI
preme safety demands that the earn
ings OF labor and the profits OF capi- |
tai. with the smallest possible abate-
ment by taxation, should go into
the pockets of individuals, where on
ly it Justly belongs.
OF these and allied doctrines Mr..
Cleveland is the strongest, the bold
est, the most luminous living embg
diment. Consider the heroic patriot
ism. the sublime forgetfulness of self
he Displayed in his veto of the pauper
pension bill, which his little successor
was too weak to throttle, and which
now fixes upon the country an annu-
al tax of $15O.O0O,0OO. This is
equivalent to the confscation of
50. 800, ,0OO. 900, for $50, ,O00,0 is
the interest at 6 per cent. on $500
OOO.OOO, and at 4 per cent, the
usual rate, on $3.50, 100000. In
other words, putting the number of
voters at one-fi ith the population
| and the rate of interest at 4 per cent,
| the pension laws sequestrate S3 so
| Of the property of every voter IN the
! United States But those who pay
must Law aside at least twice this
amount, for half his property or
| more than halt, is inaccessible to the
assessor, and pays nothing.
| Three THOUSAND seven hundred and
fifty million dollars Of private pro-
perty set aside to meet the demands
OF the pension laws. LEM bono.
The principal effect, ,ofthis prodigal
waste of private property is to de-
bauch the manhood of the country
The large amount goes to those who
never encountered the hardships of
the tented field or heard the singing
of a mis,ie ball Lusty fellows, strong
of limb. abandon honest industry to
engage in the easy pillage of the
Treasury Men sacrifice their man
hood and seli-respect to accept a
cole from the hand of Government.
Fpalty 20 truth is utterly forgotten
il the statements made to secure
precious dover. Increasing thous-
ands-tEie number. I believe, has al
ready run up into the millions-re-
gard the Government only as a
| !jlbfic admoner As death only in
,reases the number of pensioners, 1t
, viii take an expert accountant tic
state the number IA few decades hence
when ali will be dead. Depletion but
fills their ranks and death but mul
iiplies their numbers.
There was one man in the UnlteG
a states who had the courage to stem
yhis whelming tide of profigacy anC
corruption, and that man was Gro
p yer Cleveland. TO all human appre
q hension he was signing his dealt
| warrant as public man when he re
|, fused his assent to the Pauper Pen
sion bill, for he might justly suppos
> that the whole ''soldier vote woulC
) be against him. but with him ''publi
p office is a public trust" and bravel
p ne did his duty. And shall homes
men who behold with disgust tur
Il | the man who by every personal an
O | official utterance and act shows tina
> he stands for honest and economics
,r administration?
i Can the country and the Demt
" cratic party forget it's immense obi
r cation to Mr.. Cleveland for his Dol
i stand on the matter of tariff reform
~ He made his party align itself on tt
10 | doctrine of tariff for revenue onl..
+ and SO gave it "a fighting issue befo
the country On that issue tt
Democrats won their greatest Wet
10 ry. Before MIR. Cleveland S celebrate
~ mess .ge to Congress on tariff reforl
I'D his partv were all at sea on this Wit
he doctrine. When that great messa
IS came forth it startled even inditft
IN pnt ears. 1t made the people inv'
ST figate and think. And when it W
ne understood that the robber tariff
~ more vicious now than then-to
alr 5000, 100000 per annum in the sha
en- en- of tax and $8OO,000,000 in the tol
.es of tribute to protected manufactur
ny "A howl of Indignation arose a
PIE swept the Republican party fro
'ei power. One thousand millions
Us annum taken from private pock
ice by the tariff! This is not all, I
the worst With infused cu1ni
pe- prohibitory duties are put upon
az !, ticles that come in conflict W
ne American manufactures. Such
iat eign articles are excluded, and
Fiio are left to the tender mercles OF
! 10 iron king and lords OF the loom. /
. .he this exclusion of foreign goods
lng vents the sale of American goo
ne Foreign countries not allowed to
TN here cannot afford to buy here. Il
., must carry their wares to more
, !, NJ eral countries, where they can
, u ~ their imports with their exports
nus What is the effect of our recent
OF if legislation 1t doubles the p
lile of one-half the articles we buy,
efs- frequently more than doubles it,
'up- subjects our producing classes,
us ticuIarly the farmers, to the nect
pen ty of selling in restricted mar
Tue The tariff puts a paper wall arc
lich the country which commerce can
ing climb When we buy, our own
helr wiselegislation doubles the prict
am our purchases, but when we Sc
lout attempt to sell, we must sell
tax smothkred market. Our only r
'unt ole market is the open world, but
on toilibg people are told that
y of .sbn,ne marker is good enough
gely them. The hungry world is at
also, doors and clamorous for our sur
pro- products, but we are forbidden
ents sell and it is forbidden to buy
,ntly the huge profits of protected in
Up OF try may suffer no abatement
done thousand million dollars per an
lven- is taken from our pockets. Ca
drge take it in? The amount at 4
Of all cont to oive this tremendous ST
$25, 900, 900 600 tt is in effec
!, the same thing IS if the people OF
~ = country We're required to lay