Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-18


sentiment that Breckinrdgc men may not and
should not be called 10 place and pO~er- During
the last campaign IN the State OF New York.
ID iniel ; Dickinson was nominated and elected
AttOrney General by the Republican party. De
was one OF the genuine Buchanan and Breckin
ridge men. IL l. he never held office by APP
pointment from Buchanan. but that was not his
(DIckinson's) fault. BE was. in days gone by, a
great worshper Of those now in rebellion. De
has expressed regret that he was not born in Vir-
ginia; and il you can call to place a. response.
bic as that Of Attorney General Of the State OF
New York such man, | think IL does not be-
come YOU 20 speak or write about Buchanan OF
Breckinridge men here or elsewhere being called
% power. You would MT hesitate moment 10
call Buchanan himself TO any position in this
country. IL thereby you could advance your own
selh-n ends aud purposes.
have not alludeSto these appointments 90
civil aud military Offices. aud 70 the election oi
nm Attorney General in New York for the pur
pose OF finding fault. | have no complaint to
make: none whatever; and IL had. it would he
unavailng aud useless. do not complain. and
shall not. have called attention To these AZ
poin,msnts TO relieve the address from an unjust
imputation sought TO be cast upon il. Sir. Il is
said the address meets with but little public favor
that il is not popular About that We will see
hereafter. Ii is what / concei, ell. did each
one who signed il. TO be right and proper; that il
asserted correct principles TO guide our course
IL is the path of duty. and / shall endeavor to
walk il. though have to trudge il alone
Popular favor generally comes 10 correct con
illusions sooner or late. On it, march IL often
consigns The hero Of to-day TO exile to morrow.
IN passion it sometimes condemns To the block or
scaiiold the guilty and the innocent. Reparaion
for the wrong done to innocence is made IN the
page Of faithful history
One other ground Ut objection j. urged: that
the address j. guilty of the reasonable act OF
calling attention to the necessity of economy in
public expenditures. Ii il true this l. more b Y
insnuat0n than by direct charges. IL is init
mated or insnuated here and elsewhere. that no
man il loyal Who complains of speculation or ex-
travagance IN the expenditure OF public money
had supposed that the reDorts of the committee
OF this House. OF the Senate. OF the commission
appointed by the President. composed rs il was OF
men eminent for ability. integrity aud PATRIOTS m
was intended to suppress POPULATIONS upon the
treasury, and that all men were doing public
service who aided in bringing the public mind Ia
condemn such practices. From the course OF de
bate here. and from the tenor OF newspaper art
Giles from the press ia your interest. il seems that
doubts are entertained OF the loyalty OF men who
expose aud fenounce larcenes from frauds
upon the public treasury. Ny young and elo-
quent friend from Indiana has been suspected he
cause he had the audacity TO charge that theits
had teen committed upon the treasury, and that
our expenditures were enormous each day. Nei
Their the Democratic address nor the speech oi
Mr. voorhees, charges one half of what il al
legged by the Holt commission. the Van Wyck
COMMITTEES by Republican members upon this
ti0Or, and in the Senate. Both here and IN the
Senate It has been said by Republican members
and Republican Senators that were in more
danger from those who were plunderng the trea-
sury than from the rebels in
Believing that il was wrong tu plumber the pub
lie money in this hour of my countrys need. aud
that economy necessary. / have said 50, and
still adhere TO that opinion.
am grieved To hink that all this ado on the
part of Republicans about prodgaty and TO pre-
vent fraud was n mere sham to deceive the pub
lie. | confess ! do not comprehend how We can
embarrass the Administration by exposing aud
denounclng fraud and peculation upon the treas
ury. by bringing the Government back to rigid
economy. | had supposed, until re emily. that
tins was the proper way TO aid the Administra-
ton. To he p them put down the rebellion and
preserve the Government | am mistaken if YOU
do not tind this the true and indispensable policy
To control your actions IN future.
There is one single other point To which wish
To allude. and | will then take my seat. 1t is
said. both here aud elsewhere, thIt no member
Is loyal who lid not support the tax bill IL
passed this House | am ready To defend that
vote here or elsewhere; ieel no uneastneSs upon
that point To-day might content myself in de
tense by saving that. il The statements to our
Indebtedness and expenditures made 10y the
Secretary of the Treasury, by the gentlemen
Mr.. DIVES aud Mr.. NJ Pherson) are true. We
do not need the vast amount that will he
raised under this bill. Ii the Secretary OF the
Treasury has not mule truthful statement in
this regard. lie should not have control OF the
amount, vast as IT will be, which YOU propose TO
raise.
But. sir there existed reasons that were salts
factory 10 INV mind for the vote given. that |
shall hereafter elaborate and only briefly allude
tOnOw.
The amendments male by the Senate in some
respects greatly improved the bill, in others maize
it more Objectionable. The principle upon which
the bill i based j. erroneous aud wrong Bv your
tariff As now arranged. and your tax bill as it
passed this House. the support OF the Government
falls mainly and heavily upon the labUfer and
producer, not upon capital, which is capable TO
pay dnd should be maize To pay Under the ope
ration OF the tariff AS il now exists the poor Ia
borer, with dozen persons in his family, pays
into the ire isury, indirectly. it is true. more
than the richest man in New England. Under
the tax bill as il passed this House, and against
WHICH L cast NO-e, sumo llefcObs III us
rict will ply three times as much into the
treasury "a the mn worth his many millions in
the city ct New York. Wealth, i'm great emer-
gences like this, should pay the taxes; iudividu
ais fight the battles.
The burdens Of the tax bill fll most heavily
upon the section from which ! come. and une-
qually upon persons residing there The tx bdl ].
il passed this House, levied tax each hog
slau. Uttered of ten cents: head of cattle fifty cent.
sheep. hive cents unless killed for domestic use.
The census does not show The number killed, but
the value In lc6l, in Illinois alone. the value
oi animals slau. htered was over fifteen millions.
In the six New England Staes together the val
ne V,s less thin fifteen mil ons anu half Tie
entire tax upon this head would come from the
Northwest and none from the East Under the
oil a IL passed the House the tax upon policies
ct insurance tails heavily upon us. l Don trans
erS of ret estate. ~ that changes hands frequent
~ IA new settled countre,--and in old settled
communities the changes me but seldom-the
burden again Is with Us might occupy the
hou-e "a citing similar cases: one O.her J. deem
ell sufficient at tbs time Under the bill il
pissed this House YOU levied 4 duty ct fifteen
cents upon each gallon OF whisky m ,nutictured.
without regard % is value when manufactured.
ln Illinois. raise OF corn nearly SIX times -
mins bushels you raise IN all New England
together, and nearly three times ~ much a. the
SIX New Eng land States together with New York
Ia the six Northwestern ~ ltes of luiiana. lil-
no>. Michigan Iowa. Wisconsin AMI Minnesota,
about SIX times ~ much A part Of this l. manu-
e..f.. - q. a.