The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-02-28

people WAS stolen dnring Abe first year oI
M. LlncOn's administration than the entire
4 lalxpegsss Of conducting the Government
during the fouriyesrs OF Mr.. Buchanan's
administr ation. And. sir, that inunda ion
Iof ihieyery which commenced then has
been growing aud rolling and swelling from
that day to tpis, uutII the people sre brough:
to. poverty in one section vi The country
and starvation in the other. Ii the party
that brough, about this thing has any RENE.
dy to offer, il is time the remedy should be
preseDled When The people are c!ying for
relief from The ENORMOUS burdens which
are weighing them down it 10 high time that
this party, now upon i's last legs and abou,
10 retire from power forever. should insug.
nra'e some system by which the people may
be hereafter protected from such robbery as
that by which they have suffered. There
are many why's OF Introducing reform and
protecting the interests OF ihe people.
know OF one meihod which think would
be lnlulliabe and hope my colleague, or
it that il hopeless, at least ths, the honest
nessrs vii. have been deceived BY The false
cre'enslous OF the party in power. will lin
ae in bringing about the desired reform.
do not. must cuDiess have very strong
hopes that ny colleague vii unite in inc
proposed effort; tDt the rer!edy s q ps pa.
ble one, ard that is to % back to The old
iprincipes End practice OF Democratic nd
mioisrslions. bring in a Democratic Presi
DENT. rnd Democru'ic Congress. and intro.
duce tie principles Of economy end just ice
which were always carried out when that
party was in power. Then this robbery OF
,he people will cesse. ! will guarsDtee il,
'ir. The history OF our Government, from
us foundation To the present. time, furnishes
irre:ragabie evidenc that that ia the renee ety,
and now the only remedy. lss N..t
Ny colleague proposes one plsn b. which
TO increnset the r.veune from the whis !;
tax. I propose another plso, end ihss is 10
get sid Ugh, now OF this parry which hss
bus wfdheed and oppressed the people, and
prcught desnis'ion, ru,n, moufnins, and
4 os, Nv sur TAR land Let the stick, 'drc "a.
ons gentisimsn orcuII ne bow themselves
mni II tnese halls. nd let The old fashioned
Oenorraiic ad,nnisiration come into po wer,
aud wiil guarantee ,.at'we ~ilG have an
administration which will relieve the peop,e
of 'he enoriuons burdens which ore now
lrru-hi:.s out iheir very lives, snI that VIZ
will drive The thieves snL mc ey-changers
Ijn disgrace mud ignomy from frpm this great
eTpe 81 liberty. which they haze oeen
olIuiiug and despcraing.
Mr. Ma.nsrc-,L't me ssk the gfn'ismsn
qurs;ion. NJ. F.oyd. one o: The old issh
oned econo,als,s. has unfortunately depart.
eos bht cpnAhe ia'ctrn us ~he'hstI Jacob
Thompson i-accessible, and whist mems W
.hrl rs-or, 10 in rder 10 &c, him bsck.-
Laughter "'h'"s
Mr. Msrshall II have heard tharce.
against 'hese men, md they may be true,
but n. Buchsnan's Admi nistrstion wss not
i fs,orie Of nine. ] have, howsvei, thel
e-i'nony of lending Republicans Tor ssy.
iug that the stealing during he first yesr OF
NJ. {. Lincon's Admiuis'raiion amounted tol
a lager sum ihsn it cost TO run Mr. FuI
chansn's Administration for four years.
.seaIings and all. tGreat laughler.j
'rhs ,hiog Of stealing, cir. has become Al
wholesel- busEesa, aud, hss grown TO mos''
appsling proportions since he sdgeni of the,
Rspub lean psr;y to power, snd 4 viii ce -se,,
in my judgement, the very doy that ii goet
cut of power, and not one moment sooner.
The rresen, condition Of the country. cir,
bought not 10 be considered csuse 'or s0rprise
| or wunder - any one who has brains enough
to ccnpre bend the natural and Inevitable
connec'ion und sequence between csuss
and affac.. Similar causes would produce
similar suits in any uge or in shy country.
The abolition, now called The EspublicsnI
or rad,csl party, was founded on the m x h,
Nfica ',,rv spread out on their banners and
5old proclaim. TO the world, that "Tbr
.,FnJci State Cous'tuii0n is a covensn,
win. death srd ~ agresmppt with hell,
ndg,ha there. vas higher Inv than III q
iCodst,uuon, ana no man was bound by it-
prnvi.inus pr oh huatlot,s. And thiG nA vtv Il