Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-16
Democratic Responsibility and Repub'
lleAn Managemeal.

The proper starting.point OF any Qiscusaieh az y
TIE relative claims of pcftes 70 The favor O tax
payers, is the fact that De whole war expenditure
tsgetbor with the expenditures resulting from ih'
war belong 10 Che debit side u the Democratic &c
cunt. For The rebellion and Is consequences ne
Democratic party is responsible And every ooi.al
spent in The prosecution Of The war or % Pc
work which 4 made necessary i properly e 80 Z,
able against That party. The debt % the -
Democratic policy. The enormous amoui- -.
IN taxation have been expended 70 HuPL :
Democratic hostility 70 che GovsLn''en - t6e
.,r,rate III thesa olitisys therefore fepresehs -
money cost VI a struggle begun z - 49, it -
efn supporter and aggraFa'e' ~ w
gsvra6sr and Sc Northern ifenas' - -.
SSghss t. vs.e ,be sctual expenditure which ne
f,...s...tS. yehollion ba1 neeessiiaied during tne
e,sbt ,cers If war and feconftructionf Deases'D6
az sysvs,e rsaoe expenses 81 The War ana Nnss
Dsnsrs rnents, their cost on Democratic ,-s
.,,sG,,,fs 10 1891, 93i ,553. Official bgui~ PsSfS
tbis 70 ibe last dollar 10 ms sum mus ~ 10
49, .,,rso, interest paid on tho debt during ine
s..;os amounting 70 s587479l6p, and pension
80, ,,,t Of The war amounting 70 Slo5,gle,
We have therefore, as the price Of the reueiIiOl
ssbiie8 70 the Democracy, the stupenaous au"' y
SL0l7,6soOoo CO., ,.,be- iaeus.
TIE account Is incomplete without 0lne' lySu'
,.ssffyelv much smaller. These are; Stae "a Pc
'..s.,sed sio 200 600. property destroyed ano
nad for. sllO00O00 Frcedmens Bureau ~ 60
lac of iis organization 70 the close, 1921 80
disbursemens under acts regulating reSoA's.
81 IA ZOO add 20 those the sun slTe1py -
toned and The grand financial result q DoiHG ,be
resistance 70 national authority aPpoSaSt =. I,
s,nres "a 100 al, 700 This condition Of ne Paisy
.,s,oo,,rt eioi,id he remembered when Demoef4liS
orator. assai Republicans as accountable loI 'ho "a
nenditures Of the war. The balance agAlhss w
Democracy as We have shown, exceeds Hour 'nO'-
Eaad millions. 49,, d, ,,, ,I,os
N, thjs condition Of the national ledger Do" 90
Republichu management APPEAR TO ansEoI e -
ouesaiou fairly lol il be borne IN mind ihaI .o -
nubcans came into power in 1861 The inhe'iyyiS
OF The resulia Of eight years Democratic rue
l.s half OF that period bad been used by the parry
Ia preuarg for the rebellion. Under buchanan
administration in time d apparent le4.5 s "
debt rose from twenty niEo millions " slghsy
,,iiiiona Of dollafs Cobb who Is now Trying 70
fonent frcsh trouble IN Georgia 50 manpu aIgl 'n0
Treasury that be left il literally bankrupt NJ ~,
totnpi 20 negotiate tea million loan iaile1 Du'
onotweutiefb Of the amount asked Tor being zen
dered and that at heavy discounts. iho january
Interest on The debt was met with faoney Oo' ~
from New York banks al usurious lhte'oot' ~
aim Of Cobb and bis felowplotter5 had boen ~ "
oripf,le the National Government that u might De
bepees ia tho prescnce Of rebellion and they sue
ooeged 40 far as concerned the squandeHng OF
mo5ey and tho destruction of the Treasury credit.
This e the conntrys lhst experience Oh DemooIauc
6n6nciering.
financial exigencio Of The steadily and success
fullv Their advent 10 power restored the credit oi
The Government and their administration Of ITS al
f,irs hss been marked throughout by economy and
efficiency The debt paid during the wa7 was not
les than 500 6el 1862 and since 1865 6,e2e oe4
Putting together debt, interest and pensions PAID,
and also The oxpendtureg-met rs incurred-ior
Freedmen's Bureau reconstructon, property de-
stroyed and State expenses the total paid by the
Republicau party on Democratic account, stands at
Al 6lOOlGDis These figures constitute the meas
ure Of Republican ability and integrity Ia the man
agornent Of war expenditures They are conclu-
sira answer 10 those who allege that the party has
made no earnest effort 10 reduce the burden OF the
deb. They show that Of the total cost o! conquer
ing a Democratic rebellion, mere than twO-hiths
have already been paid under the Republican con
duct Of affair Such % The true extent ui The re-
ducli0n Of the debt.
The sudden reduction u the cost VI The evil list
under Linooln's Government, no compfFed with
BgcbauanE further exempihes tho e0cn0mlzlug
Qualities Of The two pnrties Under Buchanan, 10
fs60 tho civil st expenses we're $45 zoo ,055; du-
ring The four years Of Mr. Linc0lns term they
averaged Ices than SIS 900 600 Under lir. john
son with his corrupt surrounding and the Disagree
moni with Congress, these expenses have averaged
nearly s42,0000o0, being still below the buchanan
standard The average expenditure under this bead,
from 1851 b 1868, inclusive, hes averaged thirty
Byo millens, as against forty-fve millions under
Buchanan.
Nor has the reduction OF the debt prevented a re
duction Of taxation. The extra FIVE per cent tax
IN i..sses % 5000 was long ago repealed, and the
exemption in all raised from 5000 to 81, 600.
Other special taxes have been removed and this
year Congress abolished taxes on industry amount
ing % SCI 900 per year. The Revenue Commits
soner estimates that the reductions effected by Con-
gress since The close of the war have afforded an
nual relief 10 the amount Of Sl6L200 900. The
general cost OF carrying on the Government has,
nlcasovor, been cut down 30 less than hundred
millions Of dollars sum which, converted into
gold, n some millions below the snti-w standard
Of The Democracy
Simply NJ economists, irrespective OF the war the
Republicans gain by comparison with their oppo-
nents But IL the debt and taxation arising out of
the war be made the basis Of analogy, the odds are
Overwhelmingly in favor Of the Republican party.
The Democrats are tho real creators Of the debt In
other words they rendered its creation inevitable
They are indirectly, the cause Of the taxation from
which The country suffers The Republicans on the
other hand have bot only preserved the public
credit untarnished, but have greatly ligbtenod the
burdens Of the people. A continuance Of their
policy will bring yet larger reliol--N T. Times.