Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-06-26
We Advocate Reduced Taxa
ton,

We advocate reduced taxation.
We advocate reduction of Offices.
We insist on a reduction of expenses
Weprctest against any more stealing.
We demand one CURRENCY fos rich and poor.
We say disband that large essnding army.
Call back those exiied states.
Abolish those buresu poor houses.
And let every aiIr man in the south, black AMI
white -. ,''ay. ave- itcniy of work anc all
Will - wsS ~ an AZ II was beiole the war.
Copperhcad democracy is great on doc
sviues and promises Some parts OF the
sbOrc are quite Spacious. Let US examine
Fat. '.Reduced taxation. This is al
ways advocated by parties wh'-n cut OF
rower " no eve- knew modern democ
racy to do anything towards reducing tax
70 when they had the power. Repnbli-
cans are in favor of "reduccd taxation,
and the Republican Congress has been
carving ont that doctrine ever since the
end Of the rebellion. At the last session
Of Congress, some forty millions OF taxes
were Topped off. and at the present session
sixty millions more. till the eoPperhead
papers began to cry out. that the govern
ment expenses could not be paid. iii conse
qaence Of 50 niue, reduction. /
2ud, They advocate ''rcductlol oil
Offices :" We always hear this IRON the
democracy when it does not hold the Off
ces but never when it does. Nobody ever
heard of the offices being reduced under
democratic administration. large number
of offices have been abolished. and the sal |
aries of large number of others Gu.
down. II is possible that there may he
too many Yet If so, let US 60 in and elect
Gen. Grant. who has already won golden
opinions from the people by diseharglns
unnecessary officers ond clerks from the |
War Offices.
Bird. They insist on production of
expenses. The present Congress is
ahead Of them ON this. 1t has done a
handsome thing this season in reducing
expenses below democratic estimates. The
democratic Secretary of the Tseasnrv made
an estimate for the expenses of his depart
ment for the year ending June 1862 of
372,O0O,0 900, and decla e h. could not
get along without it. Congress cut it down
I" S276 011 90. making 4 reduction OF
about go, 900. 600 The Secretary of tn.
Navy Daddy Wells. y who has turned
johnson democrat. demanded an appro-
priation, TO carry on that department, OF
9l7 ,3l7 ,lS3. But Congress reyoltrd at
the demand. and he came down to $24.
g54.575 Oh, or about one half, But the
most striking contrast between Republican
and Democratic economy in the matter oil
expenses. is seen in the civil and misc' lla-
ne0us service, which includes Legislative.
Executive, Judicial, government OF the
territories, foreign intercourse &c. This ;
service in the last yea: OF Democratic rule.
cost S27 1863 $50 81 in gold, equal nGwiin
apcr to $40 I57.SlS 81. The approprai
zion for the next fiscal year. for this ser
vice, is only S26,439 9I2 81. being a rrduc
ton of S2725 906 81. If copprrhead
democracy means by reduction OF cxpcn
ses, 3" that they would he less extrayagant
than they were under Bnehanan's admins
tration. the people would be glad to hear
it.
4th. They protest against any more
stealing" Had they added until We get
hack into power, the protest would have
had more poiut. This protest would have
been very appropriate at the close of tae
buchanan administration, just after the
retiring Of Floyd, Cobb and Thompson.
1t could not then have been disregarded,
for those gentlemen left scarcely anything
to steal except the public buildings. and
the cast iron statues in the public grounds
at Washington.
5th. They demand one currency fur
the rich and poor. We suppose they
mean the kind they talk SO Giuch abOnt. as
leing the currency in odd democratic
tunes. to wit. gold. We should have it
in plenty nov but for the Democratic re-
belion. As the matter now stands, the |
rich fave grecnbacks aud 50 do the poor.
The difference is in amount; not in kind. |
Anybody, rich or poor. who has got $ 40
in, rot
there is no respect Of persons in that mat
ter.
9TH. They say. "aishanl that large
standing army We had large army,
hut i: would never have been in existence.
hut for the democratic party. which set up
n rebellion in the South. We have now II
few troops in the South. and they will be
dlsbanded Just as seen as the democrats
down there, will stop shooting and cutting
the threats Of Union men, numbering
scho, teachers, ;nl driving peaceahle
uniOnss from their homes.
9TH. They say, "call bat those cxiled
States" Very well. That's what Con-
gross is at present doing. Week before
last it called back Arkansas. Last week it
called lack North Carolina. South Carroll
ma. Ger ia, + or.da Al ,haml. 1t
called them back under the rule Of true
loyal men; called them back with nstiiu-
tons made in accordance with the old
Declaration of Independence; cOnsiitu-
tons which declare that there shall be no
distinctions in regard 10 civil and political
rights. on accOu 1t of color. This way OF
calling back those States suits all the pro.
pie except the old aristocra:ic rebels who
want to still lord it over the negroes. and
the Northern copperhcads who dance at
tcnCa G upon tn M
9Th. They say. abolish the Lurcau
poor houses Not quite yet. These
bureau poor houses have dorc immense
good in the South. They have kept poor
white people from. starving. They have
Rept poor white people as well rs poor
black people from starving. They have
taught thousands nay tens of thousands Of
poor. ignorant men, women and children
how to read aud write; the first qualiiica.
tions Of good citizens. They have in
struc:el the FRI edmtn in relation 20 tic
civil rights 18th which they have been h,
law invested, and have shown them how t,
take care of themselves without the aid o
poor houses. For every dollar the govern
Iuent has invested in the Frecd,nen's Blu
rcau. the nation will receive ten fold -
But we can't have all the poor houses abol
isheI--at least Till the Democratic part,
dies, So long rs we have a demo,r til
party, we must haze 10 r hOu es.
9th. Finally. this democratic light says
let every able boiled man in the South
black and white, have fair play and plent,
.,r work and all will ra we'll Amin as il ~ n