The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-09-19
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Mr.. Porter Du Hallway demanded
by what authority we said that he is a
great liar. We will try to inform
him.
lie said in his speech at Middleton,
that when George Washington signed
the Declaration of Independence, he
had no reference to negroes, because
at that time he owned slaves Now it
is not to be presumed that he was so
ignorant as to think that George Wash
ington signed the Declaration of indie
pendence He must have known bet
ter, and therefore the statement must
have been wilful.
lie says in nearly all his speeches that
the national debt, that is liquidaled, is,
in round numbers, three thousand mil
lions of dollars. This is absolutely
false, and he knows it. We stated
last week the amount Of the public
debt. Mr.. Du Hallway says the debt
cannot be paid by the party in power
Let us see how this is. We take the
following from the N. Y. Tribune, as
our answer to his statement Of the debt,
and the prospect of the present party
in power paying it off:
THE NATIONAL DEBT.
On the 1st of August 1SG5-whcn our Volun-
tcers had not been paid off and our Army reduced
to Peace fOotng-Our ascertained National
Debt exceeded the funds in the Treasury by the
gigantic amount of. 81. 151 ,6S0. 571
II has since been reduced to. ....2, ,492, ,783 3G5
Actually paid off. ..............$2Gl, ,9OG 2OG
or very nearly one tenth Of the total.
Whoever therefore, asserts that we can never
pay fairly aud fully, does so In the teeth of the
fact that in the last two years with large Mill
tary force, nearly half our country rayaged by
four years Of desolat ing Civil War our Industry
disorganized, ten States out of gear, the passions
of the late conflict still active, and with poor
haryests, we hare paid tithe Of the sum, and
that without thereby sending one child hungry TO
bed.
OF course we can do better hcnceforth ut
Is the first step that costs, " and we have taken
that bravely and successfully. When any villain
suggests some slimy mode Of cheating the Ma
tiOnal creditors let us say, Get thee behind me,
Satan!' and press steadily on!
Mr.. Du Hallway states in his speech
es that the three thousand millions OF
dollars is in the shape of bonds, all
drawing interest, and that these bonds
are mostly owned by rich nabobs in
Wall Street, N, Y, and in New Eng
land, and that they do not pay cent
of taxes.
He also speaks against the 1900 Ma
tiona Banks. Now he kn0pS that there
are only about h0o thousand millions of
bonds; that of this amount more than
one half are used as capital stock OF
these same National Banks, and that
each of those banks pays in the first
place a license tax of one hundred dol
lars, ana that they are heavily taxed
upon their issues, and in other ways.
SO that eleven hundred millions of these
bonds are taxed as bank capital. OF
the other nine hundred millions, more
than one half are owned in Europe, so
that this fling at New England is the
slang of the demagogue.
Now we claim that no public speaker
has right to 60 over the country as
serting that which he kaO,rs to bo false.
Let tho truth be told, and if the party
in power cannot stand the test, let it go
down. But it is not fair-it is not
right, to deceive the honest people by
asserting absolute falsehoods, and no
politician should get so low as to resort
TO such a course,