The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-08-10

tics, are proposed and urged. Thus patronage
is Increased. oniee-holdefs grow moro numerous
the hatioh Is more and more heavily taxed to
support etogds Of hungry iiiefs-the creatures
Of Congress aud OF the President, the political
agents o. those WHO appoint them, cortupting
the morals Of the nation and robbiug lis indus.
try. This is not oil. In pursuance Of the
same false aud petilous theory Of consolidation
these men seek 10 rake the General Govern
meut the patron aud supporter Of all manner
Of private enterprises and schemes. Not only
are steamship lines md other private under,
lakiugs subsid1odj not ouly are certain bran,
ches Of manufacture selected as the object OF
special ayoritism at Tie expense Of general
public,and to the impoyerishment Of the Treas.
ury, the evil extends much further. II a
mining company need capital Congress at
once make a grant OF public lands; if another
set Of spectators appeal for land to plant
trees-wLtch Mr. BAynrd Toyl or inlotms the
Tribune nature does much better Congress
haslcns to do their bidlings. How p%eriTous
such O policy is we may see by reviewing the
huge steps already taken Oh this downward
road.
Tie Presilcet has done his utmost to check
the attempts OF Congress to concentrate and
ccniralize oil power in Washington With oil
his mistakes in other respects, he has shown
q true uud slatesmmoulikc comprehension oil
this danger; he nude haste to put out Of his
own hands all extraordinary power aud pat
-onagc gro wing out Of the war; be has, by bis
%vctocs, prevented Tie consumation OF some
most mischieyous measures. b.. the central
izers huve not betded his warnings, ond il is
high time fdr the country 10 awake 10 the
Of their course. Already we sec this
tale policy bearing fruit. II a citizen now
a days suffers wrong. he no longer appeals TO
the laws-he turns to the Central Government
to protect him. The Civil Rights act has
been several months in force, but instead Of
requiring those who uecd it TO SIT the courts
in motion, Congress continues The Frecdmcu's
Bureau IN operation another yonr. Thus, by
steps which use no Logger i~mporcoptiLlo, Tie
NlAlefNe NiN hhlNAN " AAlAAl NNINE uIN NletN-
gard tho laws, aud to cast all the rcsronsibili-
ties Of TIC from their shoulders upon
that Of the Central Government. That road
leads as surely to ruin as tue one called Csc.
c@ession," which bus frightened so mary incon-
siderate people from tie safe middle path. We
have no fear but that The country will see
aud escape one danger as well rs it did the
other but in doing 30 it will drop the men
who are leading it into unsafe paths. II the
Republican party chooses to go with those
men, = .,aight toward ruin; it will lose
inevitably the best part of it, followers, uOi
will il need q Tribune to read these out Of the
party. he country is now at peace; the con-
diliOn Of affairs is such that men need no longer
set aside all other Interests to unite upon .
single point. Slavery has gone down, rebel
lion has been crushed, aud American citizens
may ouce more turn their attention to other
aud equally important questions. 1t is 4 mis-
take to suppose that any party can now rule
by the stale cry that the Uuion is IN dagger
from either slavery or rebellion.