The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-28

hoI eqflFe me contraction OF the cur Ell
cy; II does not involve n further decIeu
sion IN prices and viii add to the purchas
Ing power and value OF ali the M oney Il
Lne pockets OF the people: 1t cannot b
done suddenly or violently: time is n ne
! cesSary element in the operation bu
Wnen specie payments comes by bringing
our currency up 10 par, the volume of cur
rency Will be increased By pouring into /
| ali the geld and silver in Illa fand7 whici
are now put articles of merchandise: bust
4 hess VIII pc improved, confidence restored
ana we VIII have better and more prosper
Gus times. In his speech at Buffalo Dnor
1 Sns suoJect or taxation, he used the fol
/ wrongs to which will briefly aIIude anf
/ walch VIII discuss more at length on
/ should be equal upon every SPECIES ot
] property according to its real value"
-, Inc Etl.t New ork orr platform upon the same
| subject reads as follows: q Equal taxation
| OF every species of property according TO
| It's real value, including Govern n1ent
bonds and oJher public securities" The
Internal Revenue tax is now confined I'd
Iour manufactured articles, VIZ: spirits
tobacco, ferme uted liquors and sas, and
banks and bankers gross receipts from
stock sales; of other special taxes. in
Games, legacies, SUGGESTIONS and passports
me spirit OF our Internal Revenue system
is TO levy the tax upon the rich, and upon
articles of luxury, but Mr.. Seymour aud
the New York platform says they
must be levied upon every species of
property according to its value. This
would put a national tax upon real estate
which now pays none; upon the flrmer's
wheat, horses and cattle; upon the dFay-
mans horse, the ashman's cart, the me-
chanic's tools. Il would place the same
tax upon a barrel of -four as upon a barrel
OF whisky; upon the pound OF meat upon
your table as upon the pound of tobacco
according to their several values. 1t will
mans broadcioth; the calico dress with
the silk gown. Mr.. SeymOur's proposition
is unjust and abhorrent,. and will
never be adopted in this country.
1T takes a large sum of money 10
carry on the Government and pay
the interest ION the debt. Whenever
tne burdens of taxation, they mean TO
cheat them by promising what they Will
not perform, or repudlate the obligation of
The Government by failing to raj o the
money with which to pay them. No man
In the Northern States has done more to
create the national debt or magnify its
proportions than Mr.. Seymour. No man
has done more to place the burdens of tax
alton upon the shoulder of the people
han he No man in the North did so
much to encourage the rebels to go into
the rebellion and to continue the Struggle,
N man In an official position IN the North
gave the rebellion half so much aid and
comfort. Even Mr.. VaIlandigbam never
exercised half the baneful influence OF Mr..
Sey On sur, for he was not in a position TO
When Mr.. Seymour speaks of the ma
tlonal debt, he treats 1t simply AS a Repub-
lican extravaganza, and makes no refer.
ence to the fact that IL was brought about
by wicked and bloody rebellion. When
ne speaks of taXation he treats it as a
wicked oppression, of which the Demo-
cratic party would relieve the people en-
tlrely, and drops no hint that this taxa
tlon was brought about by rebellion
which was Lursed into life and encouraged
TO persi stence by the democratic party OF
the North.
Mr.. sey ours views upon the negro |
seem TO have undergone a remarkable |
change since the 29th OF, June last. In |
swinging around the circle, up to this /
point, ne has not said one wJrd /
q
gers of negro domination, but, on the /
contrary, what he has said, while 1t has /
{ nctiy to negro suffrage and equal |
lights in the Southern States. What ne |
said at Buffalo about the negro was this:
The difficulties of Tie task were increased /
by the fact thai its popula.Ion was made
up OF two distinct races, one of which had /
been held in slavery and was now sud.
10 act a new part in our social and pOliti-
sal system 1 do not wish to underrate
contend, but the magnitude of these diff
;ult1es demanded that toey should enter
1pon the task IN q wise and thoughtful
way.
Another great object and end was to
educate the African as fast aud as far as
'ould ne wished. Humanity dictated this,
n South demand this. As the two races
we're to live upon the same soil their com
non Interests called for harmony of pur-
pose and feeling. What he said at chi
ago about the negro, and all he SAID was
his: The Sou h was Frustrated and dis |
lrgan Zed, and tried to cary on the work |
1f raising cotton with the aid OF the en-
raucnised Am merican negro, who mad in |
many respects deeper interest in
vnIte man - had his very existence
IS a race. TIE judgment of the
whole world as TO his capacity 10 DO The
tuty of an American citizen hangs upon
5he success of the trial which we are now
max ing at the south, in our efforts 90 give
all races in that section peace and pros
Derity. In fact, Mr.. Seymour has become
strongly attached to the negro very Ie-
Gently, and talks eloquentiy of the duty
and necessity of lifting him up, and giving
20 all classes and races of men justice and
EQUAL rights. What has converted him so
That the negro vote in New York, viii n
viii be very convenient now to Dir. Sey-
nOar and his friends, may have some
yning 10 do with IL. He evidently feels
greatly oppressed By the revolutionary
Il ititude which he and General Blair oc
,upv toward the country and would re-
ieve himself from il il possible.
In Ills speech at Rochester he affected
great indignation at the idea that he or
would do an act of violence or revolution,
DR. trample a.iaw in the dust; but tiis Will
appear TO nave been said with an i'll grace
when we read the Democratic platform,
which declares that the reconstruction
avs are unconstitutional, null aud void,
aud when we reId the letter OF his cJl-
eague upon the ticket Gen. Blair, written
only one week before his nom mination
and which causeI his nominatton-in
i
before the finances, aud
10 do this we must have q resident who
VIII execute tbe will of the people by
.rampling into the dust the usurpations OF
Cong gresS, known as the Reconstructto
A cts" sir. Seymour went on to argue at
Rochester that he and General Blair could
10 none of the revolutionary ac S which
they were charged as pledged to perform.
because the senate and House Of Repre-
begging the question 1t was for the very |
reason tnHt General Blair declared that the
avs sao,tlu oe GtdAl pieu lnbo the 4ust Pc
cause they could not be replaced in the
way. II is absurd TO hear man
argue that revolutionary acts Will not be
because they cannot be COM
nttted cOnstitutionally.
The very idea of revolution involves
tramplIng under foot of the ConstlLu-
ION and laws. If the policy To which MIR.
and Gen. Blair stand pledged |
could be executed constitutiOnaiIy, 1T |
J leeches Mr.. Seymour steers as clear of tile
New York platform upon the su 1iect of
recOnstruetion as ii 1t had the small pox.
He has never once alluded to the decltra-
ton contained in ii that the reconstruc-
void He has never limited at the de-
While he has complained in general
Terms that the Republican party
he has not once attacked our plan OF re-
except that In MS speech
here asst night, La reierr nS 20 tne feoel
States, he said that most OF the Wnlte men
In them mad been disfranohlsed by laws
Of Congress- This statement is most un-
and is even more wide of the
mark than the tax of six cents per pound
on raw cotton. The reconstruc Ion laws
iid not disfranchise more than fiftq thou
sand men in all the Southern States, and
fhey were those who had, before the re-
beliion. held office in which they had
taken an oath to support the Cons,itu-
lion of the u lied States, and aftsrward
committed perjury by going into the re-
Oellion.
The persistent Misrepresentation OF
nemoor5itic speakers upon this subject
proves hat the real South Will not ausSver
heir purpose. He c0mplained much last
night that the kepu biican par had, not
pursued a course of concitia ION aud kinF-
ness towards the people of the South, be-
;ause they had hesitated to restore them
m n1 6diaf ely to their fOrme condition of 1