The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-10-08
Speech Of Hon. Samuel Mckee, Of
cow vh Kentucky.


the, Hon. Samuel Mckee, at Elem
.ingsburgs Kyo on the 2Sth ult., VIC
make the following extracts
'ueu FkgEDMES's BUREAU.
The Democrats are constantly ns,
sertipg that we are expending sl5,-
100000 yeorto keep up the Bureau,
taxing the poor white men si5, 5,000,-
600 a year 70 feed and clothe lot Of
yagabond negroes. There il not
word or Truth In Il. The whole OK.
pense OF this Bureau since it began
It's existence, as the records of the
Treasury show, is, in figures, less
than IS, 100000, in more than three
years. Near one. half of this sum
over three and half millions-has
been expended for whites In Vir.
ginia, North Carolina. Tennessee,
Alabama and Arkansas, Eve of the
eleven States where it has existed,
more whites have been fed, more ra.
ti0ns have been issued TO whites than
blacks. sl5,OO0,0O0 a year The
whole expense is but little over half
this sum in three years, aud in the
last. year, closing with July, 1868,
less than a quarter million dollars,
all told, has been expended under
this Bureau. This statement is
about as near the truth as their
statements generally conc. More
thah this, on the 1st day OF October,
1867, THE issues Of raiious ceased
'cntirelyy and for now whole year
this Bureau has expended no money
at all to Feed or cIoihc either white
OF black. They are constantly de
clhf'pg that this Radical party's pur-
pose is to continue this Bureau, aud
continue TO tax the people for its
support. What are the facts in the
case In July last, the Radical
party passed a law to discontinue alb.
solaieIy this Bureau, TO close it out
altogether on the FIRST day Of january
next Every Radical in both Houses
of Congfess voted FOR the bill, aud
every Democrat voted against its dis
continuance. Andrew johnson veto
ed the. bill originally creating the
B1reau, and every Democrat sus.
.tained his Veto, When the Bureau
has done its work, when it is no
.iohger needed, 4 Radical Congress
passes a ebill TO discontinue it, this
rccreant President vetoes this bill,
dHd every Democrat In both Houses
votes TO sustain his veto. While
cryi6g out against the Bureau, the
Whole Concern, from Andrew J Johnson
down, tote toperpeluate it. such is
Democratic consistency.
7.,r loo EpI;AL, TAXATION a.
One cry of the Democratic party
is equal taxntien!l--in the Language
Of their platform "equal taxation upon
every species of property, Including
government bonds.n How will that
work for the poor man for the la
boring men ofthe eountry2l IL will
tax your horse, your corn, your plows
and your hoes, aud your axes, your
mechanics tools. your beds in your
houses, your saddle with which you
ride, and your harness with which
you Plaut your corn, your cooking
stoves aud the ovens il which your
meals are prepared the sewing ma
chiaes of your workiBg women and
the cradle in. which your baby is
rocked ssossleep at night, just in the
same ratio as The dandy's gold watch,
the Jockeys ham '~c buggy the
rich mans silver pla'e and tue
wealthy daughters piano. Low do
you like. the picture This is the
!oastlto which the Dem ocracy invite
the laboring man, IN the shape of tax.
atom h1'0hr policy ia M.e Mraries-
make the rich pay the taxes, because
they are able to do It, and to let g
poor nun go I'r, e. l' ''.''t+
''f ''i"5q fSXrNG BONDS.
Just a single word more on taxing
our Gonds, When the Government
needed mony il issued this loan said
to its citizens The nations life is in
peril, We need money to maintain
an army until treason is crushed. We
y III Give teYyoiu YOU our our bouds, nav YOU in
terest at Six Der cent. in gold. and the
bond at The end Of twenty Years. The
loyal pedpic came to the call, took M
the bonds. loaned the Government
the money, the poor men and women
all over the North. Horatio Sew
mour, the Democratic leader in this
contest, has, in his printed speech.
shown that very large portion of
these bonds are held by the laboring
classASiSO OO0, 900 in New YORK
State alone, more than 100000, ,OO0
in New England, by the poor of those
States. The poor widow, who lost
her husband in battle, came to the
Nations Treasury with her Sl00, the
bounty paid her as that which the
UoVefnment nad promised her dead