The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-04-20
Extract fr0Di n SDeecl, of Hon.
EaDIci ~. S0OrFlces. al Green
castle. Upon the Present As
peCt Of Public Affairs.

pect OfPubiic Affairs.
The Greencastle Press publishes con
densed report o. the speech of Hon. d.
". voorhees,, at Greencastle, on Monday,
The Sd inst, upon the present condition
Of public affairs. He showed that every
prediction which he had ever made in
congress in regard to TIE amount of the
public debt had in every instance been
acknowledged by the republican leaders
TO have been under, rather than over, a
correct estimate He had estimated 4
year ago. that our debt, according to the
figures Of the treasury department, Was at
CT about four thousand millions of dollars
This was yehemently denied at the time,
but within few weeks past eastern re-
/ publican journals had made the same es-
timate. and expressed their fears that it
would be six thausand millions before the
war was over. Those men were usually
only about year behind in accepting the
truth as laid down By the democratic
party. Was ii d:slcyal to lay these facts
before the people! + any man afraid to
know the truth: lIany in this county
preferred al the outbreak OF this war to
beheTe that i would be over in sixty DAYS
that women armed with very domestic
weapons could whip the south, and that
the expenses cf the war could be betrayed
by the sale II !. certain animal belonging
. = very distinguished Republican politi-
c;an in Yoar midst. II.augrter
! .l~de - this we'll known circum
stance with no desire 10 wound bat 10.
the purpose Of asking you which you are
going to do hereafter: follow still the lead
q laen who have aiwav> deceived you. or
these ou !he other hand who never did?
hazard nothing in sewing that by The
year 1896, taking IL the demands upon
yoU ;nto consideration, your taxes will
amount to iour.3ollars on the hundred and
fear that ii Less than four years 1t viii
he six dollars on tLc hundred Look At
this, you farmer, cf al parties. I am
,.al--ing fcr al. THIS i, q common inter
est Il "a fearful one to consider ]
IL: .len .ast .ali .ar t'.at l:mcs were
20 .--)ork ;cn dollars : hunaccl,' and
tenc' roy would vote ior i.iuccll, not
- '->-i'-i- = Nii"t--N' .7'ti tiC,i ''v III lvoA
ecioW tie suri*co d things. How Will i
.e ~ yeaT or tNo when prices axe al
v70- y @i,a. ;ieg have 70 ss..--&:d
'.-nts NpoH thchi-ah outrageous taIih
h,;'h ~ the ia*mer laay len prices ior
What he Eas 10 Buy. and taxation demand
ine literally the last dollar: Then the
@tcei'ee. missed ana Jarea followers OF
lis administration VIII call It fearful
reckoning. ihca VIII come hooking home
our own ore'hren g the democratic faith
Who have misplaced their confidence IN
he Qarty aow IN power- }, hat viii the
result - + ,~eyeF - seGard to tins enor-
nous O. 1i
'fl- &ttempt = answer. y Few years
"tll pass al'a., ana is cEactlons Wiz be
= II" gf-cl-"4s. -le;. WI come prop
osi'-oh. to recd.e the rate 81 interest =
ou Wi te SHOWN that nest OF TINS dett
cinsist- q bonds issued by the government
and bought ~ manly by men VITO have
grown Feh bT th:s war, and ihat your
harG earned taxes 60 10 them IN the
shape q interest. YOU will also be shown
tAat these bonds, winch are held at
their tut Fa!He over you. cost their CIV
rers, owing TO The state OF the currency,
about forty cents on the dollar In view
of these facts, instead CT continuing
70 ray SIX per cent. = now, YOU will send
representatives. to congress pledged TO re.
dace the rate perhaps IS low as two per
cent. And the danger is that the reduc-
ton viii not stop there. The people Will
dispair OF ever paying off this debt. They
will be 10th TO leave 1T as miserable lega
cy tO.their children. They viii become
convinced that much of 1t ought never to
/ have 0een incurred. They will read over
the speeches Of such men as Hale, Dawes,
ans. other eminent republicans, and there
find thas great thieves have helped to swell
/ Il, and ! fear that there will be an ire
! sistable INCLINATION 10 pay Il all off at once
] by means Of the ballot box. This means
reputation yOu say. So it does. | trust
shall never be for it or see its dire ne
cessiiy. But ia the last cangrcss bank
rupt bill was passed which enables the mer-
camille class to repudiatc, and the farmer
and mechanic, gr0anIng and sweating with
no hope Of ever getting out OF debt. many