The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-05-30
Northern Taxes.

is known to be one of the most correct
statisticans and reliable business men oil
that State. In his remarks before the
State Convention ut Albany, last week, he
submitted condensed statement of the
taxation being incurred by the North for
the support of the machinery erected by
Congress "outside the Constitution" for
subjectiug the South to the interests OF
the dominant political party. After re-
citing the acts of Congress on the subject
OF Southern government, Mr.. Tilden pro.
ceeded:
"How my fellow citizens has this work
been accomplished, aud at what cost?
The main instruments have been the
Freedman's Bureau and the army of the
United States.
The Frecdman's Bureau is partly an
elccmosynary establishment, which dis.
penses aims to the liberated slaves, aud
assumes to be their protector. IL il, to a
large extent, job for its dependents and
their speculative associates. But, in its
principal character, it is a political ma
chine to organize and manage the three
millions OF negroes.
Its cost, as reported by itself. 10 the
public treasury, for the last two years, is
about ten millions Of dollars.
The army is used to overawc the white
race, and sometimes TO work and some.
times to shelter the working of the politi.
cal system which goes on under the mill.
tary governments of the ten States.
You have seen kilograms announcing
the reduction Of the army expenses
When | was in Washington week before
last, took come pains TO ascertain the
truth. / am able 20 inform you, from au.
thentic data, that the monthly payments at
the Treasury, for army expenses, up to
the beginning Of the pres mt month, cx-
ceed twelve millions. assert that they
are now-to .day--runniug at the rate OF
one hundred aud tifty millions per annum.
They have not been less, but probably
more, for the two past years. This does
not include pensions, which are thir,y.six
millions more.
Now, assert two facts:
First. The main employment Of the
army is in occupying the Southern
States.
Second. If the Union were fully re.
stored the army expenses eau be, and
ought to be reduced 100 and I25 millions
year. The average for the ten years
prior TO the rebellion, was about fifteen
millions; and our experience in raising
volunteers shows that standing army is
unnecessary.
You may safely count that rcconstruc.
ton carried on by these military govern
ments costs you at least one hundred mil.
lions year in army expenses, unnccessa.
ry for other purposes. To carry on the
experiment Of negro supremacy 10 ten
States for two years TO bring in twenty
Senator'S and fifty Representatives-depu-
ties of three millions of liberated slaves,
allies and instruments Of the party oh
jects of the Republicans. will cost you
two hundred millions of dollars 10 dircc,
army expenses How much more in 9th
or expenses, created or permitted 10 con.
tinue-how much in future years | can
only conjecture. / venture TO predict
that five hundred millions will not consu.
mate the system.
These immense sums have TO be wrune
from the people in taxes which cost them
much more than the amount thus expeud.
ed at time when the illusions of pa.
per money are passing away, aud the
country discovers itself exhausted and
Impoverished by war; when no commerce
is profitable, and nearly all manufactures
are carried on at a loss; when labor il
scantily employed. and the cost of living
is high when taxation closely approach.
es to the whole net income Of all capital
and al. the labor in the country; and
when this condition is daily growing
worse, and can only be allcviatcd by re,
ducing expenses, remitting taxes, liber.
ating trade aud industry, and restoring
them to their natural courses.
/ If those three millions of negroes elect
twenty Senators and fifty Representatives
they will have ten times as much power
in the Senate of the United States as the
four millions in the State of New York
On every question which concerns the
commercial metropolis, every question O.
trade, of finance, of currency, of revenue
and of taxation, these three millions O
liberated African slaves will count ter
times as much in the Senate as four mil
lions of New Yorkers. One freedman
will counterbalance thirteen citizens O
the Empire State. These three millions
of blacks will count ten times as much o.
the three millions of white people il
Pennsylvania; ten times as much as tw,
and half millions in Ohio; ten times a
much as two and quarter or two and /
half millions in Illinois; ten times a
much as one and half millions in Indi
ana These three million blacks will
have twice the representation in the Sen
ate which will be possessed by the fiv,
great commonwealths-N York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, EN-
bracing thirteen and half millions of ou
people.
j Why in marriage easy and universe
& in such country as Japan? Life there
is simple two or three small rooms, /
Fl few dishes, a mat upon which 10 sleep
|, one dress, little rice, and some fruit
these suffice for all, rich and poor alike
in great city like Yeddo, which has
: civilization as perfect and as old as ours
] And it is not life of stupidity or barba
: rism all can read and write; manner