The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-31

Speech Of Hon. D. N. Camden. at Non
ongah, Marion County, October 18th.
FetEoic citizens Of Marlon County:
Ihave been invited here to-day
to meet and welcome amongst us, {
West yIrginian of whom we al
have good reason to be proud.
To-day, William L. Wilson, o.
West Virginia, stands before the
people of the United States as the
most conspicuous representative Of
tue democratic doctrine of tariff re,
form, the reduction of tariff taxes
upon The people, the successful
leader in the new era of economic
policy, long entertained aud advo-
Gated by the Democratic party.
His distinction reflects credit upon
our State Shall we not stand by
him aud aid in giving practical
test to the great Democratic doc,
.trine Of eporlc administration
of governmental affairs and reduced
tariff taxation?
1 may be pardoned for recalling
the fact, in connection with the du-
ties and responsibilities attaching to
governmental affairs, that civilized
governments are organized and es-
tablished for the purpose, and from
the necessity, OF protecting life, lib
erty and property under rules and
regulations of law, adopted and
agreed upon by the people for that
purpose, and it follows as necessi-
ty, that for this protection the peo
pie must contribute by some form of
taxation to meet the legitimate ex-
pepses of the government and the
administration of the laws. The
origin of government has been do
scribed by writer's as being very
simple in the earlier ages, when the
world was sparsely populated. In
deed they go back to the period
when there were no organized gov
ernments at all, and every man was
at liberty to follow his own inclina-
tion in his own way, and was re-
sponsible to no one but himself for
what he did. But as men multipli-
ed and population increased, it be-
came necessary to meet together
and form rules and regulations for
the protection ofeach other, and for
the enforcement of penalties for vi
olation of the rules and regulations
Indeed it is described
that people met together, as we are
here to day, and all had equal rights
to be heard and to vote his own in
diyidual sentiments in framing laws.
To this form of PRIMAL government
no expens was attached, and the
ax-gatherer was unknown, but as
civilization advanced and popula-
ton increased more elaborate re-
preventative systems of government
have been established, in which the
power of law making and govern
mental affairs are entrusted either
to hereditary rulers or to represen-
tativos chosen by the people; and
with such conditions followed the
burdens of taxation upon the people
for the support of government and
the execution of the laws for our
protection and safety. This taxa
ton has increased from time to time,
under different forms, over the civil
lized world, until to-day the aggre
gate amount required in the United
States was, for the year 1893, under
Republican rule, not much less than
four hundred millions of dollars,
and for the present year, under
Democratic administration, it is es
timated at three hundred and sixty
three millions of dollars. This, as
with the expenses of less
than one dollar per capita in the be-
ginning of this government, shows
the immense increase per capita in
taxation. Then it was only about
So per capita, and it is over 5000
per capita now-even in 1850 it was
only s1.92
OF the sum necessary to meet the
aggregate expenses of the govern
ment for this year, the amoznt is
chiefly raised as follows:
tax on whiskey,.S95 600, 600 Os.
Tobacco o......... ................. 100000 co.
Fernented Liquors, .......... 81, 600, ,000.0 90.
Income, e,.......................... 15,00O,OO0.OO.
From sales OF public lands
and other misct llaneous
sources, about............ 23, 900, ,O0O. 90.
From Tariff duties on i'm
ports, .....,... ...,... 100000
1t will be seen from this statement
that more than one half of all the
amount necessary to support our
government, is raised from tariff
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