The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-07-25

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S5rh Diss.st--
fbrsJtdge 81 Circuit Court
jain b DRAWER, Of Henry County
cLAGETT, SEYMOUR, AND FINANCES
The editor Of the Constitution, in his Tues
day mornings issue, labors through column
and#a half on the subject Of 81 he Renubli-
car Party and National Expenditures. He
starts ont with denial of the charge that
the Democratic party is responsible for the
rebellion. In that he is contending against
the facts of history. The whole world knows
that pne-half Of the Democratic party a;tu-
ally tpok up arms TO destroy the government
whenEt hey could no longer rule, and the 9th :
hall sFepd a. firm ~ rccA in The wey OF
! err y fnogement The government made for the
sahjueation OF their "Soulhefu brethren
he southern wing organized their armieF
captured our forts, stole our arms and arse
halls struck down our flag and lifted no IL its
STEAD ne flag OF treason. And while this was
gong dnthe Northern wing Justify cried No
coercion, and in every way encouraged the
rebels ito 60 On with their infamous work.
The Democratic President Of the United
states, representing the Northern wing, an.
noanceH to the country IN his annual mes
sac, nj December, 1860, that the govern,
meat hid no power 70 suppress rebellion
while Tie Democratic Vice President. renre.
senting the Southern wing. went trata the
lnnedS States Senate eaami3erto take eom
missiols in the rebel army. When Ar. lin-
coin csme into Office the soathesa VINO 81
Nt democratic party continued taeir lstfpa-
rationsRfor war, and at once celatnaate.f hos
'ili.ies, while the Northern wing opposed The
calling put of troops to preserve the L Mon
And soEthroughout the war, while the Soa,b-
ern wing was making actual war upou The
government, the Northern wing Continued 10
oppose each successive war measure Of the
government. This Northern wing, IN order
70 give bid and comfort to the Southern wing
opposed the raising of an army, opposed the
draft, opposed the employment Of negro SOL
diefs, opposed conilscation, opposed tie taxi
ing Of reoel property and wanted & guard
placed ;srouni the house Of every rebel. on.
posed most bitterly emancipation. and
crowned It's lntamy III ls64 by resolving, ia
National Convention at Chicago, while our
noble boys were in the midst Of the fight
that the war was a failure. Had the whole
Democratic party been loyal there would
have been no rebellion. Had the Northern
wing been true the rebellion would not have
lasted one year. These are the facts as ey.
cry man q common sense knows. The Dem.
ocratic party, therefore, is responsible for the
national debt, and the people will hold il re-.
sponsiblea
he Constitution being in " wonderful mud.
Ole about FINANCES, introduces as last resort
the speech OF Horatio Seymour delivered NJ
Cooper Institute on the 18th of Juue. The
editor quotes at length from this speech omit.
ting, however, that portion Of il in which
Seymour contends that il will! never do to nav
the national debt in greenbacks,
The gstot Seymour's speech il found IN
the following extract;
Since JULY l. 1885 nbant th-.a 1891
surrender OF Lee up to July |, Is6s. the cas, of
MI be oy official reports and estimates
j 81 IN atp
oi the CHAIRMAN OF the committee Of WAYS and
ieas y De Si91 $50. $50, making the c.st IL
government if'r tour yeaIs, sl.Gls. Sss.574.
We have hot the reports bsfors n e. u
hscai year ending June 80, 1865, aud there
tore cannot say whether this statement i ,rne
81 laise, DutI supposing il to be true. +, does
not as We shah show, compare unfavorabi,
with the expenditures OF the las. year Of Ba.
chanan' 8 I'D ADMINISTRATION.
Gov. Seymour commences - obara
Inc expenditures Of the government on the
Isl day Of July 1858. New a,tbono. =
W.T. 20 cioshd. 50 far as hos,ilities were con.
cefnea' some time before that, yet everybody
knows mat az that date the expenditures ea.,
napii'Hes grqwing out Of the war had not al,
nor even theEgreater part been paid of and
a'scharged. Nothing could be more unfair
or unjust tnan to charge to the government as /
its expenses IN time Of peoce, ali that i raid
out from ana after july Isl 1ss5
portion OF oar army were not paid untilafter
that date, ann large expenditures connected
With the arms were not paid until after TIA,
time.
We eahhosf Of coarse, give all the details i
Aao snow prefisely how much Of Gov. sey-
monr's grand total should be .fssae.eA
properly forming a part OF Ira ev-a,.a oe
the war. Ii IL. however. "a. w.if
that when LeeEsnrrender44a ra "a
Of a million pf man. and na,. 49,
inousano sailors, to be discharged and raid
on including pack pay, bounty, prize mauey. T
&C. y has been stated, and we doub. not
With perfect trsth, that it re,,,eea ~.
hundred millions Of dollars ia d;.oh..
naDll'ies Of 'ne government due and unpaid
q the close Of hostilities. Now Seymour.
70 the speech referred to, admits that but
3l6o, 100000 hid been paid on sccoun, of
she cost Of the var, after Lees surrender and
before July !, 1865. Accordingly the gov
eminent must have paid four hundred and
[hfty millions Of var debt after July /, 1866.
which constitutes one Of the items 10 be do
Quoted from his grand total. t.
10 show that this estimate 10 not too high,
Ne may state that during the i;rst Of tbe fou,