The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-10-23


year. Where you promised to pay gold,
pay gold. Where you only promised
greenbacks, pay greenbacks. That is
the first thing. The next thing you
must'do isstop the plundering of the
public Treasury. Why, my friends, If
l were to stand here and recount to you
the hundredth part of tho plundering OF
the Treasury that is to be found in the
official reports of the Government, l
might have to stand here for well
nigh week. Laughter j might
sum up the whole thingin one remark,
and that is that Mr.. Dawes, OF
Massachusetts,, one OF, the nest radical
of men, was forced to confess, on. the
floor of the House of Representatives,
that the mere stealings of one year,
under the Republican administration,
were equal in amount to the entire cur,
rent annual expenses of the Government
under Buchanan's administration. Let
me give you On idea of the amount.
What were your expenses last year
They were $3.50, 100000. That is a
mighty sum of money. Let me give
you an idea of what it is in my compar-
ison. In the good old days of Andrew
Jackson. the expenses of the Govern
ment never exceeded twenty-five mil
lions year. Now, you expepd as much
in oYe single year as would run the
Government twenty-one years, at the
old rate of Democratic expenditures.
Now, is it not time to have change!
Is it not time to stop the leaks inthe
Treasury, and turn out the men who
tax you in this way, and thus squander
your money. [Applause.]
"Let me give you another item. A
set of fellows who wanted Government
got up an Indian war; and
what have been the expenses of it The
Secretary of War reported that the ex-
penses of war for the two years, 1865
and 1866, were over thirty millions of
dollars. How many hostile Indians did
they kill with that large amount of
will tell you. There was q
Rev. Colonel Chivington who murdered
one hundred and seveuty-four perfectly
peaceful and friendly Indians-old men,
women and children. 1t does seme-
times happen that when you want q
mean man, find Que who
writes Reverend Colonel before his
name and you have him. Applause.
How many hostile Indians did they kill
with this thirty millions of money? l
that in the House of Repre-
Mr.. Window, of Minnesota,
after investigating the facts, stated as
the result that every hostile Indian
killed cost more than two millions of
Take General Sully's expedi-
tion. The subsistence of that expedi-
tiOn cost more than six millions of dol
lars. The General reported that he had
killed one Indian. Laughter. An
express rider says the General lied; that
it was he, and not the General, who
killed the Indian. Laughter. And
the old hunters and trappers QUO there
say they both lie, for they know the
Indian very well, and he is alive yet.
[ [Laughter.l That is the way your
money goes.
"Let me tell you another way and
another thing that is necessary to be
done to stop this heavy taxation-this
great drain upon the people. That is
to dismiss at least one-half of the Office
holders of the General Government and
set them to honest work. Applause.
Have you any idea how many of them
there aref According to the Of
fficial report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, there are more than 90
900 office holders in that one single de-
almost as many as th-re were
in the whole Government under Buchan-
an. That is but one deaartment, then
consider the other departments,
the Department of State, of War, of
the Navy, and of the Interior, of the
Post Office, and of the Attorney General,
and ask yourselves how many people
you are feeding in idlene,s, whose chief
business it is to electieneer for the Radi-
cal party. ! tell you, my friends, there
never was people so ridden and taxed
by office-holders and office-beggars in
the world as are the American people at
this day. The hangers on are so num-
erous, and the office-holders are so num-
erous, that it almost reminds us of the
plaques with which the Almighty visit
ell Pharaoh and his people. Dismiss
one-half of these fellows, and let them 90
to work for an honest living. Applause.
"Then, another thing is necessary to
be done-give to the Southern people a
government. Then they
will have heart to improve the eoun-
try. In the course of few years they
will repair the rayages that war has
made, and will b9 able to bear their full
share of taxation, and lift so much from
your shoulders. Then once more we
will be a united people from the lakes
to the Gulf. We will not only march
under the same flag, but our hearts ev-
erywhere will keep step to the music of
the Union, Do this, my friends, and
you may hope to see your country re-
lieyed from this burden of taxation that
rests upon you; your people all over
the Republic once more fraternal,
Union-loying community. [Applause.