Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-09
rmE FINANCIAL QUESTION.

Tho talk and strife about reconttruction'
fr.eamcn's bureaus, impeachment, and ne
rro suffrage all pales before the great hnar-
cal question. Congressman who Tor years
have stood shoulder to shoulder, solid as
rock upon the slavery question, war cues
tion. tax ard tariff questions, are splitting
up, dividing of. and assuming hostile att.
tndcs upon the leading financial topics. So
too. among the people, I'll over the country
Approaching very kesnly the perils attend
ing the grea, want Of settled financial pol
icv upon . wholesome basis-equitable to
oil, they are fast taking position, and If the
already elected Congsess does ncs provide
remedy for the lis now complained -
they will elect . Congress that will. There
10 no escape from this conclusion. The
idea sha, one cass Of people can ride |
through the country With their pockets
stusFed full Of Governmcnt bonds, upon
which they pay no tar Of any kind, while
the laborinS classes have 10 sweat for their
own taxes and those II the rich -bondhod
era too, 10 so perfectly preposterous that
there is no use Of ~ssting argument upon
Il. The case will be tried At the ballol-box
and at thai tribunal the verdict will be In
favor Of equal taxation-one hundred TO
ore.
Furthermore, when you tell laboring man
that he is obliged 70 take as pay for his SCI
vices a deprecated paper currency called
lssal-tsnder, and that the interest upon 'he
rich mans bonds must be paid Ia go'u'
you excite his righteous indisnAtioi'' ano
The very first time he gets chance 10 pus
shat grossly unjust theory down TO the
ground, he viii do it. and stamp upon =
after il 10 Down. And woe be unto tho par
ty that stands in the way. II Is oil very
we'll 10 tell them that the robbery that 10
being perpstrasi upon their pockets is le-
gal robbery that Congress gives the rich
man the right TO demand gold interest. and
that the poos man is obliged to pay il; II Is
very good indeed TO tell the lower casses
that the Union was preserved only through
that arrangement. and that they ought, as
patriotic men, to be satisticd-nay, TO be
Slcased Herewith; but YOU will never got
them to see it in that light. Its very little
Use TO scatter tracts among starving pau
psss.-- is just a. much use 10 tell hard
working mcn, whose backs ere breaking
under she weight Of taxation, that to be pa
triotic they must work on. toll on and
sweat On 10 poverty TO raise money 70 pay
gold interest on bonds that they may be
reskoned "loyar' and patriotic " That
dodge is fast playing out. Loyalty" cannot
DO ussd ~ menAcing bludgeon much long
%. Loyalty 70 the masses 10 loyalty to the
country. Loyalty to bondholdcrs, or CoA-
grcssional cnactments tending to enrich the
wealthy and still farther impovciish the
poor, will not TO ,untenanced much longer.
Mark 10 well, Mcssrs. Congrossmen, and
take your CHOICE.
How ARE.,he mighty fallen how are the
pet schemes Of the Radicals laid low
Nearly two years ago, and IN malicious
spirit, without the least show Of a case.
with nothing 10 back it hu: bitter partisan
hatred aud hope Of unmoles,ej plunder, tie
Radical party went to work 10 secure tho
impeachment Of their chosen President,
who. disgusted with their vi,lainics ana
aarmed "a, their corruption. had interposed
the strong arm Of Executive power 20 hold
them in check. How much precious time
they squandered, how much Of the tax
psyc-s' hard-eArned money they wasted,
how many pcrjuries were purchased. and
how much general rascality was perpetrat-
Cd, need no, be reheArsed tho entire pro
ceedine Was As full Of unblushing crime and
corruption 40 an egg is Of meat. We'll,
these forty thieves (snd more) have been
figuring at this for more than score OF
months, whom they were paid by the pee
pc to leg slate Tor the benefit IL the coun-
try. The people occame dgustvi with THEN
Outrageous contact, and nj the late clec
items gave due notice that no more en-
ploycs Of the sort would he wanted after
this present Congress. Frightened therea,,
the scoundrcls have changed their tune.
and upon . square vote. last Saturday, re
puiia,sd by . large majority all their i'm
pcschmens schemes. They had charged
Andrew johnson it'll being traitor to hi.
country now they say hc is not guilty.
They charged him with aiding and abcttine
the South in its rebellion; now they take it
oil back. They charged him with having
to do with tho assassination OF President
Lincoln now they exeulpstc him from this
and oil other charges. ., corruption. fraui /,
and rascalisy thy name is Congress.
TuE New York Evsaing Post. and several
other Radical prints. are ., the CONFESSIONAL.
The Pct mAkes . clean breast OF 1t by
stating that 'at this particular juncturs it
10 not the cue Of statesmen to declai,n about
national unty. which in every legitimate
sense, has been secured and established BY
method from which there will be no ap-
peal, and in every other sense means Gen.
trail sggrandiEemeht. But il 10 time to de-
claim and to act against tho concentration
Of functions ~ Washington. Already, BY
strain Of the powers granted. aud BY the
assumption Of powers not granted, the cen
tripetal force hes become enormous. Al
ready the whole country ssagnatss under .
plsthosa Of central legislatien-a veri,able
congsstien Of the brain. What we want
aow 10 depletion; . reduction Of Offices, sn
economy Of expenditure, strict and rigid
system Of taxation. the ssoppsgs Of frauds.
contraction Of the volume Of the currency.
asmaller army, end in short, . return to
the normal condition Of things, which the
grand and exhorbitant. but necessary de-
mAnds Of the war have deranged."
TuE Rsdicais are all in for paying the
National debt Are they? Let's sec
They want standing army At &l24.0oo,-
600 per year. which III ten years amounts 10