The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-18
$500 A YEAR

OOV, ,oeGOoO yet our debt is $4,000, 900, ,ooe,
taken aiIogetbsr. white Engiands is about
ta,eso, 400, bvt iitils more than half our
buriep,
Butt would pay syery debt In the con-
mon eurrbucy of ths people. know ne
castna ~ mT tisv pf American citiEenshiR,
A behdhoIaer told me this spring; ~
want the bonds paid OF 10 greenbacks be-
cause the gold interest have collected hes
paid me back all they have cost me, and
don't core 70 make speculation OF an isn-
paysFished psafie,''
They aay AgAini
a. II II due 70 the labor Of the nation
that taxation shouid be equaliEsd aud ~.
duccd es rapidly as our national faith will
psrnit"
Nov say to them, Why don't CongFsss do
itS You have two third, majority Tiers -
why don't you do ~ But the natiOnai
faith with Bondhoider's convention means
Just what personal faith meant with Shy
lOck WHEN be a,tsmpted 70 got p0uAd "
hesh out Of or near Antonio's heart.
Aagin:
IS. The national debt, contracted, a. IL
has been. for the preservation Of the CHitA
for all time u come, ,hpuld BE- extended
over fair period for redemption and Il Il
the duty Of Congress 10 reduce the rate of
interest thereon whenever 1t eau hensatly
be done"
They dont say Il shall ts dsus. bui u
shall be done whenever Il can honestly Be
done. That means never, with them.
would road Il thus "The national debt
should be sEtsndsd over > fHiF period fpf
redemption, Rpd II 10 the duty Of Congress
TO reduce the rate of intorest thereon"
~, The Government Of the United States,
should be Administered with the strictest
economy, aud the corrnptons which have
/ been go shamefully nurs6d and fpsteEed bY
Andrew JohnS"n, call loudly for Radical Ft-
| form"
| Now the Radical economy is this. In the
contingent expenses Of the House, 1 remsm-
Der one item Of 500, spent 10 buy mem
bera gloves TO go TO funeral tLaughier.l
Several HUNDRED dallars for soap,
tMr. cravonS hOre said, "Thsy Needed
that u
Ny friend, Mr.. crSvens, says they need
ed more soap than they got. [Laughtor.l-
But the Radical Congress presches economy.
Satan might as we'll preach the gospel. No
more Proaigato and imprOvidont sPeeuls-
tors upon the peoples money ever assem-
bled than these Rep arc,
They speak Of Aldrew JohnAep'S dishpn-
esty. Whatever may have been hja fAnits
as an executive tGcer-tjow, inert in
action, no, prompt as / would have him,
not wise in calling around him his Cabipet
and his oE GERS not the best judge Of men
and whom that 10 said all his faults are told,
aud then Fises up . man ss pure
and honest and free fTam corruption as ey-
or lived in the Waite Hppsc. The charge
of corruption will nsveE lie at his door -
stphbornsss may, bad temper may, injudi.
eiops appointments may, but dishonesty
never. An idaa Of this band Of ,eoundreis
msY be seen in their attempt 70 got bold Of
Alta Vels. and they bring the chAEge af
corruption against Andrew johnson. They
have the power 10 retrsnch and eeonomi1s
let them Do it,.
They thapk the thiriy-fvo seGatoEs that
voted TO impeach Andrew Johnson. For
what vaS he impoaohel2 2 Ever SINCE tho
the foundation OF your Govsrnmept the
President las had the right te remove his
Cabinet officers. No man with a soul in him
no man but a corrupt politician would have
remained in a Cabinet where hs was not
wanted.
! [MT, Vnarhees hare briefly referred 10 the
case Of the removal Of Secretary Stanton
and the Civil Tenure Bill, and continued j
Then they have plank about foreign inn
4. a.
rights Of nRturalized citizens abroad. Now
there have been tome OF our citizens unjust
ly imprisoned in England and Ireland.
believe, however, that Congress is the war
making power in this country. Congrsss.
and Congress alone hiss the power 10 DE-
clare war foF any violation Of the rights Of
a eitiIGp anywhere. Ths Radicals have
Congress, and yet they como with their iy-
ing cant hsfore the foreign people Of thiA
country a. though tho were friends OF
prisoners in foreign countries,
Geplsmsp, ifypu mean business, have
business. Ifyou think England has tramp.
led, as / think abe has, on the rights ofour
naturaliIOd citizens, the Radicals have Con-
gress, and Congress 10 the lHw.ma king pow
or. Pass your resolutions demanding re-
dress, and IL Englpnd dout act, then you
have q rcmsdy in yoqr haadli but DON'T
come before tho people pSsteRdin5 that you
are fo' thing and dQntdo il, You rssolvs
in favor Of foreign citizens and don't ait
and from arst to last that platform IL .
mocksryj there is not a straight out-And-
out eOmmittal from beginning to end all
is conditional all diplomatic. all deception
There is the platform on which they stand,