Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-24


ihsCcAtsmceg for cheating the laboring rlasseg Of
mstnlz,id none has been more c1ectual than that
which duluges thon with paper money. This 10
the 4dheotuni Of Inventions % lortliz6 the rich
may 4glnl " tbs sgeet q i1e poor fngna brow.
ufdinAly ilfany and oppression execfsive taxa.
ton. ld1'fe bear liehlly 6n tha happneis q Ihe
'masa az iiiG conlmunity Compared With ffaudu-
lent cdrtebcy, ind ne robbtFifa committed bT ap-
pttn4tod paper. Our own hlalpgy lIua recorded for
'ont Insuucslon enough and more hta enough Of
intolefable opprelpp ohthe ylrtaona and well dis
posed Of degtaded paper currency authorised by
law or countenanced by government
II is one Of the most successful devices in
times of peace or war, of EXPANSIONS or re-
vulsions, to accomplish the transfer of all
the precious metals from the great nass of
the people into the 'hands,of the few, where
they arc boarded in secret places or dep0s.
tied under bolts and bars, while The
people arc ieft.to endure all the inconveni-
encea, sacrifices and demoralizatiOn resulting
from the rise Of deprecated and worthless
paper. rl{Ao. thitit sals48
The eSecretRry Of the Interior, in his
report, gives valuable mforn alton in refer
onco to the interests confined to tho super.
vision Of his department, and r,vicws the
operations Of the land ofiico, pension Office,
and the Indian bureau. During the fiscal year
ending Jane 30, 1868, six million sixy hun
drod and hfty-dvo thousand seven hundred
acres Of public lands were disposed of The
entirc cash receipts OF the general land office
for the saflo period we're 81, ,3S2,745, boing
greater by S2S4, SS3 than the amount realized
IRON the same source during the previous
year, The outries under the homestead law
cover ?, ,328, 1923 acres, nearly or quite one
fourth Of which wero taken under the act Of
---- Il, 1865, which applies only to the
l,,9l-
and Florida. On the Sd ofJuno, 1868, one
hundred and Aixiy nine thousand six hundred
and forty-thrae names were borne on the
pension rolls, and during the year ending
on that day, tho total amount paid
| for pensions Including the expenses OF dis
bursement waf S5,391,O25 greater than that
exrended for like purposes during the pre-
ceding yeay. During the year ending the
80th OF Sept, last, the expenses Of tho patent
Office exceeded the receipts by one. hundred
and seyenty-onb dollars and including re-
issues aud designs fourteen Thousand one
hundred aud flfty-three patents were issued.
Treaties with various Indian tribes ave been
concluded and will be submitted 10 the SEN
ate for its constitutional action. ! cordially
sanction the slipulationa which provide for
reserving lands Tar the various tribes, where
they may he encouraged 10 abandon their no.
madio habits and engage i'll agri-.
cultural and Industrial pursuits. This
policy inaugurated many years since
has met with signal success Whenever 1t has
been pursuedin good faith and with becom-
ing liberality by the United States. The ne
cessity for extending 1t as far ns practicable
in our relations with the aborig-
inal population is greater now
than at any preceding period, While it
FURNISHES subsistence and instruction to the
/ Indians, and guarantees the undisturbed en-
| iovmenf of tReir treaty rights. we sbon d
lhab,tuaIIy insist uponthe faithful observance
of their agreement to remain within their
respective reservation. This is the
only modo BY which collisions with the
tribes and with the whites can be avoided,
and the safety II our frontier settlements
secured. I a
eron, or,ahp 10 Socro naentn 'bevs.ncen most
lIu oss sI y asad ~ Ees Vim t;ng S tho
rnrI ond n 10 hafiayed that tho line Will he
coinn, s eted S bofnro tbe oncnin@ ~ fhe next
Sscay vesE TSe AN NOR cent bonda ;ssned tn
ph Ssa ys, Iias amnnnhcd an Tia Sth inst
~ Sia so1 6SS ad ~ odditinnaI S~nrl hsd
Sobn So iSSrsJ to the sytcnt of IA am 00(1
Tho a. retarv of fine interior in Gnoust
"a a. in ;ny;tad nv attention 10 the renort of. a
sus, %nrh,,m ent Ilirector N the IIni6n Pacific
| Ilailroad / io,hnany Syho md beeh specially
| inatruetod M examine the IocntioD constrtic-
t;on and comment Of their roed, 4 submit.
I'D for die oninion of .the Attorney General
certain onasfions IN regard TO tbe
enthopi Of he execntiye which are
m n this renort. and those which had
Hom ~ r tin,n IN 7 limo "been nreseiited fhe
cominis issionera ahnointed to examine this and
vthcr iints md baye recently submitted n
stateyacnI tate of their investigafions Of which
the renort of the Secretary of the Interior
fnrnishes specifie Information of Importance
resnectino tho several bureaus of the war
douartmdnt and the " opueraiions Of
lhe army. The strefitth of the
military force on Tho thirteenth day Of
Sent lSst was As, ,0Oo men. and Il Ia COMPUTED
this number nm will Ie decreased 10 "a. .OOO 1t is
the oniniun fthe Secretary Of Warthat with
IN M nesi vcnr a onnsiInrahle diminntion ri
~ MA, fro tnrcc nav be m"do without dntr;.
wy " ~ ~,
W " tiiv W wy MY ny, III
VleW OF the Brett eApehso auenuinS ihihtary
R,poace establishment u an aDso.ute neces-
sity Of retrenchment wherever 1t can be APP
piled. ,fW Ntf gsthr, fs lqal.f-5a
Ii ls hoped that lonnress will sanction the
ralnnlion yJhinI 6is sSrnnort recomnnends
IVb;io L. 1aco CIV TX nnsand. tbroe bnndrnd
~ ioV ol% .c No nno .n a,'.i
iles, NVsS ls w tiauvl e.utlT'pov, IVY F9ln e
Gf SUU Oi6. .UtQ IL BStinldtnu as necessary IOr