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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt:...internal revenue system of spies, informers, and inquisitors, and to remit what should be properly raised thus to the States for collection, thus decentralizing federal power and abolishing a corrupt flock of greedy vampires. If the conspiracies of this administration were confined to the tariff, bounties, and land grants, it would be tolerable; but we have other schemes and jobs. We have entered upon a new order of military diplomacy for commercial adventures! The Executive, by his aide-de-camp, seeks to annex St. Domingo! No matter for Cuba; let her suffering patriots wrestle in vain. Hurrah for St. Domingo! By recent treaty this Executive agrees to work privately---privately--with Congressmen for the ratification of the St. Domingo treaty. Was there ever such impeachable maladministration? Thanks to Charles Sumner, that scheme of fraud was defeated. It is time the people had something to say about treaties. The grandiose style in which we ushered Mr. Burlingame's treaty with China has given us a pretty little labor question. The party of humanity have encouraged the Chinese to come, and before long it will naturalize them. The party of protection finds itself unable to protect labor against this advent of paganism. In other words, in fostering Chinese immigration the Radicals have caught a Tartar. It is the old story. It is as old as the Pilgrim Fathers. We know how Massachusetts instituted negro slavery. History tells us that George Downing, first graduate of Harvard, wrote to Governor Winthrop, urging a war with the Indians, "as it would yield a crop of redskins, who may be exchanged, with great profit, for negro Moors to be slaves to us--a thing greatly to be desired, as one negro Moor can do the work of twenty Indians. Besides, he can live also...