The union Democrat., 1868-08-08
SONORA. TUOLUMNE COUNTY, aucUSr ,oco

Departmeht IN that year, why and how did
You spend Sl2S ,S5S 400 this year? II ST..
OF, 600 is enough for the navy in 1869, why
did You spend upon it S4S, ,S24, III in 1866.
and SS1, ,024, oil in 1867 Yo1 have not cut
down the numbers ef the army. Did you
waste the money this year. or are YOUR state.
mentS Tor next year untrue? We ask Re.
puolicans to read the estimates for the future.
! tor they show the protiigacy of the past. Ii
Souu ,oo0,0uO OF the money paid for military,
naval and other expenses, bad been used TO
! pay the debt, to day the credit of the United
States would have been as good as that of
ureat Britain. This rapid payment and the
proof 1t would have given OF good faith, would
nave carried the national credit to the highest
point. Tie bonds would be worth much
more IN the hands of holders, and vess.he
tax payers would seem better off, for the cos,
OF Government would be cut down as its cred
1t rose. We could put out new bonds, bear.
| ing less interest, which would not have the
odious exemption from taxation. Our debl
would have been less, our interest lower, and
our taxes reduced. The hours of labor could
| be shortened
CAUSE OF LONG HOURS FOR TuE LABoRER.
What now lengthens the time of toll? II
we were free from any form of taxation, di.
rect or Indirect, six hours Of work would earn
as much as ten do now. One hour more OF
work ought TO meet a laborer's share of the
cost of Government another hour should pay
his share of The national debt He now
works two hours more each day than he
ought tc pay for the military and negro policy
OF Congress and its corrupt schemes. Ii has
just passed a law that eight hours make q
day labor, while it plies up u load of taxa.
tlon which forces the lahorer to work ten
hours or starve. But the wise and honest
use of this $500 900, 900 would not have stop,
ped here. When ii carried our bonds to the
level of specie value, it would have carried
up our currency to the value of specie The
plan OF making our currency as good as by
contracting its volume carries with it great
distress aud suffering. But if we lift up it's
value, by getting rid of the tuint upon the
Nauona. credit, 1t harms no one, it blesses
all. Now our legal tender and bank currency
must be debased while our national bonds
stands discredited. They are all based upon
the national credit. Bank notes cannot be
worth more than the bonds which secure
them. If, then, the $500, 900, 900 had been
duly and honestly used to pay our debt, to.
day the tax payers would have been relieved,
the mechanic, laborer, and pensiouer would
/
out of one-quarter of their dues by false dol.
lars. The holders of bonds in saving banks
or life insurance would be better off, as their
securities would be safer and worth more.
There would be no question how they should
be paid. for this question grows out of the
fnlles of those in power, and will disappear
when they disappear from the places they now
hold. The bondholder would no longer stand
in an odious light. lie would not be charg.
ed with the taxation which has been used to
hurt, not to help, his claim. If wise, an
honest use of the public money would have
done this good in the past, it will not do In
the future.
THE RADICALS PLEDGED TO KEEP UP THE NEGRO
POLICY.
But the Republican party, at Chicago.
pledged itself, by its nominations and resolu.
tions, to keep up its negro policy. 1t is i'm.
possible to give untutored Africans ut the
South uncontrolled power over the govern.
ment, the property and laws of the people of
the ten States, by excluding white votes.
without military despotism. You cannot give
to three million Of negroes moro Senators
than are allowed to fifteen million of white
men living in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin,, Iowa, Ken,
| lucky, Missouri, and Michigan, without
keeping up great standing armies. Without
a general amnesty, and the restoration of the
suffrage to all the whites in the South, great
standing army must be a permanent insutu-
ton. In order to curse the South with mill.
tary despotism, negro rule and dsorganized
labor and industry, they cursed the farmers
of the North with taxation, the mechanics
with more hours of toll, the aborers and
pensioners with debased paper, the merchant
with shifting standard, and the public
creditor with dishonored and tainted national
faith. Are these classes to turn and see how
each can push the burdens upon each other,
or are they TO make common cause and do
| away with the curses Of II bad Government .?
If the Republican policy prevails, this strug.
gle must begin. Either the laborer or the
capitalist must 60 down. Both cannot live
under 1t, and men must choose between.
THE ONLY HOPE OF THE RADICALS.
If, on the other hand, the policy of selfish
ambition and sectional hate is put down, our
country will start upon a new course of pros
perity, aud all classes will reap in common
the fruits of good government. The next
election will turn upon this question Can
the Congressional party succeed in their eff
forts to excite and array the industrial and
mOneycu interests against eacu Otner, or VIII
these unto aud turn out the authors of the
mischief under which they are all suffering
The only hope of our opponents is dscord,
where there should be harmony and concert
of action.
APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE.
In our State, at the last election, we appeal.
eG to all classes to help us save New York
from msgovernment. and all came up to the
rescue, and we made n change of 10000
Let US again appeal to all classes of interests
throughout the Union /; let US 60 before the
people with these facts, and we will make a
change which will sweep the wrong doers
from their places. Wesay to the bOndholder
and TO the laborer who has put his money
into the savings bank I'VE do not wish to
harm you we do not seek TO give you bad
money, but to get a good currency for all.
1t will not help us to break down the credit
of your bonds it hurts US it keeps up our
taxes by making us pay high interest: but
we ask you to help save Us, taxpayers. from
the cost of the negro and military policy at
the South. 1t is hard 70; US to paw if you le,
men in power take the money we give in taxes
to reduce your claims. and use It to UNFOLD
military despotism. We see clearly that a