The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-10-15

A dispatch announces that Lieut.. Gen
eral Sherman has determined to Issue arms
and ammunition 90 the citizens along the
Indian iroutier for their protection Hgainst
further depredations Of the snvages." This
is because he has no troops The same
telegraphic report announced the del atture
of a regiment of regular soldiers from
Washington to Nashville, where they are
to be employed in holding the white man
down with their bayonets that the negro
may stand upon his neck. The white are
left TO fight then own battles against the
savage, while the "ignorRnt, and degraded
negroes of the SOUTH IL Gen Mmtindale
will pardon us for the use OF his expression
ure backed BY the whole military power Of
the United States IN the work of stamping
ont tile white men Of intelligence andpfop-
erly. This is Radical s~tateamanship Rad
icai Observation-Disclosures It's all
very fine for the Radical leaders and the
negroes, but rather hard upon the men
of the frontier who are abandoned to their
fate, aud the men of tho North who have to.
labor aud pny the taxes.
Tue Treasury DEPARTMENT has letitleak
ont q little in advance Of the official slate
ment that there will be another smttI in
crease of the national indebtedness" this
month. We use the language of Wash
ington telegram as Ia the small increase, 2
but the correspondent says 1T may possi-
bly, reach two million five hundred thou
sand dollars" that iB, Mt the rate of thirty
millions a year. This does not strike as ms.
a small increase. We shoBld not he sur
prised. however. il the sum named we're To-
be below the figure when the official state
ment il published. II is said TINT this in-
crense is owing principally to the unusual
heavy expenditure Of the War Department
in carrying ont the Radical measnles Of re-.
construction. We learn, at the same time.
that the receipts OF internal revenue are
surprisingly small, and that tho cash in
the Treasury has been pretty well reduced.
This is anything hut IA il,ttering prospect
OF our national finances.
How could II bs uthul y iSa The expend-
ituIes Of the Government continue IN b.
enormous. Th0y are war expenditures in
amount, though the country Is az peace,
aud has been foT more than three yents
past. The heaviest IL for the War Depart
mont in carrying ont the reconstruction
measures OF Congress. II would be better
to sag however, that this iGt expense Inns
been Ion the keeping the South IN a disor-
| gani1ed aud Disturbed condition, Tor that
IL what this so.callel rGclusinciiou
amounts to. Then the o appro.
pIiatIOns by Congress for all sorts of
schemes, bOuuties, Freedmans Bureau, aud
private enterprises must soon drain the
Treasury dry When the Income islnlling ol.
The stupendOus frauds In the internal rev
enue mud tue decentralization oillmt depart.
ment through the dead lock between Com
missioner kollinI aud Mr.. Mccullough
and the President, threaten 10 reduce the
income from that source far below the esti-
matos. \ hundred millions Of taxation
were taken of for tho benefit Ota few New
England and other manufacturers, while
the expenditures aud appropriations re-
muiued on the lArgeAt scale. We see this
extraordinary anomaly In the condition Of
tho country, that while the crops are most
abundant and general prosperity prevails,
the debt " being increased aud tho Treas
my approaching bankruptcy
GENERAI Flask 7. BLAm General Blair
has been spending several days at Silver
Spring, on a visit to hia paronts, and
passed through Washington on Wednesday
evening, on his way TO Bedford, Penn,
where he spoke Thursday night, General
Blair is fresh from the canvass IN OHIO,
Indiana, ned Pennsylvania, OF which he
gives the most gratifying a%ccopnts. The
enthusiNsm, energy, and determination of
the Democracy nre aroused TO the very
highest pitch, while their opponents. con
scious. many OF them, in then hearts, that
the policy of their congress Lasbeen harsh,
crnGl aud violent, have little heart IN the
cause Which proposes 10 continue the policy.
Fiom these and other reasons. General
Blair entertains the strongest confidence OF
a brilliant victory for the Conservatives.
The General looks we'll, aud will probably
continue TO address the people during the
remainder OF the canvass.