Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-11-01


may be honest. Who can know which?
Any man has right 20 bus IN open mar
ket whatever IL offered The Law Is a con-
fession of dishonesty in the revenue of
ficers, aud mean attempt 20 punish inno-
cent parties iorit. Ii should be abolish
ed. a0a ta ~ - ..n4 Y sl
The tax on cotton was one Of tho worst
blunders Of economical legislation that was
ever performed. This is no new idea with
ur. for we opposed il vigorously last year.
The cotton production had to contend
with disorganizaiion Of the whole labor
system. the desiruetionof Of ca pilal. innaied
prices for substance and all kinds oi
supplies, and steady declining prices for
the. crop. Cotton has,n nov fallen TO eight
pence in Liverpool, and eighieeu eep,s in
New York. This 10 equal TO about. II
cnnts in gold. and iH nesrlyla low az New
York aud Liverpool as the low price bc,
fore the war. Aud yet tho produclon has
cost double what IL did before the war
On top Of sllrhis comes the. Government
tax OF 2 cents pound g cents till Sept
|, 1867 as If to give tho production the
coup de grace. i8sIa l....s
Que of the great lasting ealamities OF
the rebellion Of the South is, that il has
lost the possession Of the cotton produc
ton ia the world, The high prices du
ring the war built up great production
ia Egypt and ludia, with which il has
now TO compete. Aud il cannot rely on
the superiority Of American cotton to drive
them ifom the market for Egypt produces
superior coftou. aud thai of India has much
Improved. II the south can regain the
monopoly Of this production, il must bs
because H. can produce cheaper. The
Government tax prevents this. and com
plees lhe ruin Ut tho producer under
these conditions OF hi. b expenses Of pro.
duetion aud low prices Tor his product
Ss far as II goes, the cotton tax Is as suicl
dsi as the rebellion. Congress should
make haste TO take it of entirely.
& congrcss should stop entirely the sys-
tenn OF donating the public lands TO any
kind Of corporations. Under this System
the public lands will be nothing but u
great piunder fund, 10 be apportioued
among schemes under the name Of public
improved nj. :. ia which Il will be found
that eventually large interests will turn
up To some Of the members who engi.
neered the grants; aud il may also be found
that great Questions Of public policy, aud
perhaps the issues Of peace or war, will be
controlled by the private interests Of
pubic men 10 these objects. Tho system
is too corIuPiing and should bo utterly
abolished Ii was introduced by the Dem.
ocrn,ie party. mainly through the efforts
of Donglas, alter they had killed tie sys.
tom OF direct appropriations ot money lor
river aud Lutbor Improvement. Upon the
pretense OF principle against ull public
improvements by the Government, they
abolished expenditures for things whose
neglect would be barbarism. aud immedi
aieiy introduced system for all sorts Of in
tefual improvements which created the
Widest profigacy aud the most odious
nouopohes. This i. fair example Of oil
the progress that tho Democratic party has
ever brought into our Government Con.
gress should Gu, up the thing by tho roots
Congress should apply tic pruning
knife remorsle.sly to the appropriations oil
the public money. The whole country ha,
been demoraIKcd by the large figures Of the
paper money aud debt imitation. And
there is q vague notion that tho credit.
currency OF seven or eight hundred mil
lions, aud tho two thousand millions o
bonded debt, are real wealth. Debt al
ways brings exirayagauce; for saving il
detail seeus petty 10 comparison with ih,
magnitude OF the debt. Aud the larg,
surplus that Mr.. McCulloch has kept IL
the Treasury ---ior no .ood reasou--pro
notes extravaganza. With y hat force eat
any member talk Of ,ilo Reeossitj for econ
somy ia matter Of lew hundred thou
smds or lew mIllions, when there are
Que huHded aud fifty millions locked uI
in the Treasury, whuse disbursement vii
ease the money market?
The country needs in Congress class
OF business men who VIII be watch-dogs u
the Treasury, who will closely scrutiniz'
every item of the appropriation bills, unc
resist every unnecessary expenditure
This class OF members has not existed fol
some time. The south used to iurnisl
some; tor the South, although IL itsomciimei
let the purse slriogs loose TO make rich
jobs Tor Northern Demuctats-w which wal
the consideration il used 10 pay them fol
the sale OF their consiituents-wasg genet
ally inclined to economy This was upor
the erroneous idea thar the South pate
most OF lac expenses Of the Gogcrnhent-
u most ignorant notion, but one which re
suited in close watching of the publ,
expenditures There is more fame to b,
wpn By members in this than ia orator.
upon partisan issues.
These are some of the affairs that pres
upon the attention Of Congress, aud whicl
the Republican party cannot neglect will
safety. In urging them, We briog for
ward nothing new on our part. nor DO W
turn upon thugs which We advocated be
fore election, as the manner Of more '"in
tdepeudent Journals is; for We urged th'
same last year, and evor since the eondi
tions arose which brought in these qaes
,iops-[ Gazette.
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