Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-15
FROM McARTHURs.
Correspondents of the Ohio, statesman.i

Correspondence of the Ohio Statesman.1
McARTHUR, Aug 10.
The meeting here to-day was grand af
fair in all its features, whether viewed az
to the number present, the salubrity of the
atmosphere, the fine tone OF feeling, the
good music, the number of thinking and at
tentive Republicans in attendance, or to the
force and ability of the speeches delivered
[itwas all the most ardent and hopeful Dem
ocrat could desire. Verify, the work goe;
fbrayely on! again repeat the prediction
that the vote in Ohio next October will moi
be party one. That no amount of abuse
the Radical stumpers may see fit to heaI
on the Democratic party-no amount o
personalities in which they may see fit tC
indulge-no appeals to party prejudice thai
can be made-will be able to divert the
minds of the people from the one great anC
seemingly appermost thought and mo.
'mentous question. How are we to be re-
lieved from the oburthen of Taxation that
Hike mighty milestone tied to our necks
is weighing us down to the depths of pow
lerty? How is the tremendous debt thai
hangs over us to be paid, or is it forever tC
remain as ravenous and hungry nav tC
swallow up all our substance and the fruit
OF all our labors? 1t is not, uncommon ol
Exceptional to hear Republican say
lathe. Union party had better let Niger
Suffrage alone and try to tighten our tax
es - 1 believe we have done enough fol
the colored man until he is better edu-
Gated %" Niger Suffrage won't pay oul
taxes or cancel the National debit" g be-
lieve change in our rulers could do nc
harm % I" 1 will not vote for the Amend
ment, and cannot vote for those'who ad-
vocate it, although have always been 9
Republican." These and other expressions
such as these, showing the leaning Of the
public mind have, in many, surprisingly
4 many instances, fallen on the ear of your
correspondent at every meeting that he has
attended from Waverly to Macarthur. TO-
The meeting was held in the woods about
three tourths of mile from town; the
grounds were well shaded and well adapted
to the purpose. The great number OF
teams and farmers wagons located every
where among the trees, as one followed the
winding OF the " trail" through the forest,
gave evidence that the hills in these parts
were not uninhabited.- And the proof posi-
tive was certainly there, as, turning an
angle in the wagon road, between three
and four thousand people burst on the
view. - -sr. --JaI
The Hon. W. Reed Golden, of Athens,
presided, assisted by Messrs. Swain, Moore
and Cunning as Vice, Presidents. la
When the band had played e"Hail the
conquering hero comes" the President in
very happy speech returned thanks for
the high honor conferred by choosing him
to preside over such a large and Intelligent
meeting. He passed high compliment on,
and paid glowing tribute to, the many
honest Republicans who, being convinced
of the necessity of recurrence to sound
Democratic principles, had the moral cour-
age to come out from the Radical and prof
ligate party, and attend the meeting. And
he was happy to say to them, in the name
of the Democracy of Ohio and of the
whole country, that nothing could be re-
garded as greater evidence of high moral
courage and true patriotism, than for man
who sees ne has been misled, to reso-
lutely step aside and say to the evil coun-
sellors whom he has followed: "Thus far
have I gone but no farther shall you use
me to my eountrY's ruin %
Judge Thurman's whole speech to-day
was devoted to the National Debt; the
enormous Taxation the character of the
currency, and the danger of Radical legis-
lation to the prosperity of the country and
the liberty of the people. He argued from
the fact that two hundred years ago-be-
fore England had any large National Debt,
there was not pauper in the whole land ;
that it was, in the language of her people,
"Merry Old England" and that now, with
all her boasted wealth, with all her Gov
ernment debentures in the hands of her
aristocrats, one-siXteenth of her popula-
tion are paupers; that under the present
enormous burthen of taxation and the as
founding profigacy of those in high
places, this country, this people, could not
long expect to be any better off. All the
English historians of any name, he said,
admit that when England changed her
policy, plunged into war, and created a
debt of over tour thousand millions, of dol
lars, she laid the foundation of her poor
houses, until now one-sixteenth of her peo-
pie are depending on the poor rates for
their support. He said that Andrew jack
son, in 1885, only thrty-two years ago, an
nounced to the American people that they
had paid every dollar of their debt; that
-
we owed not one cent; but now, how is it !?
How came we, in less than half an ordin-
ary lifetime, to be the most heavily
taxed and deeply indebted of any
people on the face of the earth
Why, said he, according to Thaddeus Ste
vens, we owe debt of between four and
five thousand millions, and in this fright
fuI debt ne has not included either State
County, Town, City or other liability. And
as to taxation, while Great Britain pays a
tax of 80 cents on every hundred dollars of
her taxable property, we are paying for
the purposes of the General Government
alone, as proved from the returns of 1866,
So 90 on the hundred dollars. Only %
years ago, thirty-three millions paid all
our Governmental expenses, whereas, ac-
cording to official reports of the Treasury
Department, the lavish expenses of our
once economical Government were, last
year, five hundred and sixty-eight million
dollars. What sum to be extracted from
the pockets of the people. And with a
debt of three thousand millions, held for the
most part by Eastern capitalists, who pay
no taxes on the Bonds, what is the remedy
the Radical party propose for our relief? !?
Why. to let the Negro vote, so asto insure the
present immaculate off1ce-holders longer
lease on the peoples pockets, and give
them still further opportunities to crush