Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-07-06
Let Economy, Eetrenchnent
and Reform bc tie WatCh-
xNnrI.

Let Economy, EetfenChthemt
ana Reform Toe Tie watch
word.
TO say nothing ofthc other evils brought |
upon the country by republican mismanagc- .
mcnt, the burden of tdrdtlop is likely to /
bring people TO sense Of their real condi- |
tion. Indulging in no oniectures az to any
feasible plan for reducing the vast amount
of our national indebtedness, and speaking
only of the sum which will be required, .
annually, to pay the interest on the public
debt, it is painfully evident that every spc- /.
cies of property, except Government bonds,
every comfort, and even the neccssarics OF
life, are to be subjected to Il crushing weight
of taxation. Leaving the principal to bc
paid by future generations, those now llv-
ing will find enough to do, to meet the CON
stantly recurring demands for the interest
on what we owe, and the greatly increased
expenses of the Government. Add TO this
the indebtedness of the States, feariully
augmented by extravagant disbursements
and fthc towns and counties, swollen in
many instances, to almost frighttul pro
portions, and we have an aggregate which
will tax the resources and industry of the
people to the very extreme OF human en-
durance. This, in the main owing to the
unavoidable necessities Of war, in a measure
to the use ofa greatlydcprcciated currency,
and to no inconsideablC extent, to the EN-
ploymcnt OF II host Of provost marshaIs, AS
SCISSORS, secret agents, military commissions
and detectives, renders inevitable the lnaug-
uratlon of a system Of taxation, which Will
sorcly oppress, if it docs not paralyzc our
, national industry and resources. But we
will suppose-lor it is agreeable to think 50
that loyal and patriotic people will grace
t,l1,. ,.,p1l tho luil ntApn thplp
and nanfully meet all Just demands made
upon them. But they will feel that they
have a right to require of their rulers, and
of all poll tical parties claiming their conf
dcnce and support, the most solemn assur-
3 ances that they will labor, without delay,
and unrcnttingly, now that the war is over,
to reduce the public expenses to the lowest
c possible point. Unless in the general de-
= moralization cngcndcrod by extravaganza
n they have become utterly reckless, careless
: of the present and hopeless as regards the
C future, they will demand of their public
servants immediate retrcnchmcnt and re-
:, form.
!, Intimatons have been given out from of
u fetal sources, that the national expenditures
:. are to be, and to some extent have already
% been diminished; but we submit to reflect
ing men, that there are still in the employ
OF the government, ana pensioners upon an
$ impoverished treasury, IA horde of super
numerarics, who cannot be discharged q
u moment too soon. Nor can we withhold
6 our amazcmcut that it should be thought
necessary to keen nm. for n moment lon%er
-, an army of !, hundrod tbousan1 men Rnt
!, lcnvinr tLc work Of rcfnrm in That dircctior
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