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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1876
Page
4
The passage notes William A Wheeler and an Ogdenaburgh St. Lawrence case as context. It states that for the first fifty years of the postal service receipts totaled 26 889 000 with expenditures 25 246 000, making the department self sustaining. It contrasts with modern times where annual receipts near 30 000 000 but an 8 000 000 deficit is borne by the people.
The text rails at Democrats and Republicans with quotes from Samuel J. Tilden and attacks on William A. Wheeler and Edwin D. Morgan. It references Commodore Wilkes exotic plants, a Botanic garden origin story, and public land appropriations, noting costs and custody of exotics amid political rhetoric.
The decade ending 1830 shows $9,6s in fines penalties and forfeitures from frauds on revenue, rising to $4,219,980 by the decade to 1830. Five years 1869-73 report £391 in temptations to fraud, while expenses and police force in Capitol expand under Republicans with higher appropriations for catchmen, a captain, lieutenants, and 27 men, amid party conflict over congressional seats.
The text argues profits from speculation depend on insurance against business uncertainty. It claims increases in uncertainty boost speculative gains while producers bear higher costs from fluctuating values. It accuses the Treasury secretary of being the largest market disturber and criticizes the tax burden on farmers relative to transport firms.
The piece notes Democrats carried Indiana’s four congressional districts by majorities totaling about 9 000 more votes than Republicans, calling the distribution unfair and urging recognition of a Democratic nationwide surge with gains in governor, supreme court, and state offices. It cites a potential United States Senate seat replacing Morton and a close state house result.
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