The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-03-29

to-hreett grace t,l-ttft>tttal iaslseoi Le+r-
IT'S ;ythhqfFy that is a{dSa aselT eN
A1ontesq uisa, and which experience
has demonstrated to be true that a
check & ifii s55ma 'klET Is needed upon
tie t! basty slSf.a{f3n 8 14sl Democrat
ic brancl;-thes Housc'efo Goamosss. /:
IN Alnetica, the Senate has 1, , stood
like a; bqTWark, against the passage OF
tsaalaws 2du~i ulgm emit is made mp
srtsr. calm aid, mature .daalj1otatiOa;::
aud III most easeSis right::c...
'%@of course III stder z! e >a1@fiah the
House, of LORDS. the. constitution
would llaye:to .he:eha1 se'1, and the:
Lords .wonll baye the :fi!pla1I;say as-: 80
whether. or. mot. tho people should
Intake tic Charge: s7'*'''5 .S'n;-' al
=, What new yelqpments; may g g < s
place Is. very a,lccftain;;'' but politics
S s.assumiia'ss oyer there y3lyl alarm n,
ing proportions Gladstone has Plan.
ned the lines up5!t which the battle
to. 10 foug ht, and /; RQsebery Us y ss-
:nfuci1: cliAaa tn>his opinions ro:5.
~; shonll thy, House 81! e.. E; Lords be
,abolished> titles ;will9hare'a lost no1qYe2
Of ,thair value, and 'the Lords = 5 viii
continue TO-: demand that .fcspsts:
whnh.tl1e =, have.a4l along re1ailcl:,o Of
people il tie more u@}R4le Vt s r; q
rlife.?,i':., ..,.''i'.r-3 90 's;'h"-
80: ---..-, ) =,
~. = t';~a:,'9a coxey:' 'ar;'co' oas'
!; .TAe,malch of.Coxex's array of:1fhe
unemp1oye,lstb ~ ashington, for the
p;lrP i!. Of eti'iQni1!ss Il 1e IS. Govern
ment -forreAress.:iof grievance; nII! 81!
gfie7 alrcq .beftig the paymhr'n5 ne, ofin;
torcstI which he; wants, !disatontlpg +, I,
and The poor roads of tho country,
V!ich te W IA the ySSyssT9@ y Z,
contribute $59G,000. 00@in Gat mQpey
forr the l'tttcfnlqlft oG,:is themes .lt3 I iF('
=
ptic of+iaiQtic fQQlislnesS. oo:,, -;
r.. The right to petition 'ahc7 govern
miesnl toItlq txqrqSs Of 4 src2 a. sr]ev'5
ance is aeriyhtinhsrentln the peo5
pic, Which IS ginar:afni tiee,a 70 the peo-
,plc, of; the United States, aAd a $50 O.! Of ;!
England by the organic law Of both
countries. i was never contemplate !..i
Eed, however; by the trainers of the
constitution that:a set of~idiots,, led
by an errotic fool, should bring this
last resort Of free people into ridi-
cule by any such proceedings as
Coxey is now attempting.
The government Of the United
States can not stop the payment OF
interest, except upon a principal that
concerns herself. 1t has no power to
intcrmeddlc with State affairs and
prevent tho citizens Of those States
from carrying out their just contracts.
[fthc United States in her present
condition was to stop the payment OF
interest upon her bonds it would be
the worst form Of population, and
would be utterly unjustiiiabie IL
would ruin our national credit
in short, i you'd be as foolish a
stroke of policy as CoAey is a fool Of
a man. Reputation is neverjustihcd.
except when it is impossible to pay
lust Indebtedness. IN instance Of
jnstifable reputation was when
Virginia repudiated to certain ex-
tent the infamous war debt that was
hcaped upon her and which should
have been liquidated by the Unite l
States fol stealing a large portion Of
her territory.
In regard to the betterlncnt of the
roads, and the establishment Of new
ones any sane man knows is beyond
the present powers of the national
government. That is Il function that
belongs to the internal policy of the
States in their corporate capacity and
for which they are responsible. The
truth is, too much notice has already
been given this wildcat scheme by
the press. 1t should be treated as
al optical illusion of a diseased mind,
and the governor Of the first State
through which he marches should,
when he invadcs his territory, eiti'-
err conitne him in the State pcnitcn
tiary or g lunatic asylnm, the latte
Of WHICH, it seems, would be more
appropriate.
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