Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-01-23
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Stark County Republican
Republican Financiering.

In the resolutions adopted by the late
Democratic Convention charges of corrup-
ton and extravaganza are broadly made
against the Republican party, and the vo-
cabulary of invective exhausted in efforts
to vilify its leaders. We are told that the
policy Of this party largely increases taxa
ton that the monstrous extravaganza and
profligacy ofthc leaders is unexampled in
history and more Of likeimport. And the
President of the convention took occasion
to denounce the revenue system az one of
untold evil, corrupt in its administration,
and tending to debauch the public morals
Now, says the indianapolis Journal, all
such decunciations are cheap, and are at
the command of any irresponsible scoun-
drel who chooses to indulge in them. But
| II the Democracy expect to make any cap
ital out of this line of attack, they must pro-
vide themselves with facts and figures. for
mere words of abuse will not answer
There are yet nine months until the cleo
ton the Republicans are not quite fools.
and before the momentuous day ofdccision.
these false and slanderous charges win be
well ventilated. For the present we shall
content ourselves with a few plain state
ments.
| !. The expenditures OF the government
for the last seven years have indeed been
enormous, and the taxation required to
meet them really burdcnsome. We have
no disposition to underrate them, and are
in favor of their reduction as speedily as
possible. But these burdens are chargeable
to the Democratic rebellion, and not to the
Republican party which suppressed il.
Are the expenses OF our criminal courts to
be charged 10 the extravaganza of the
honest people who establish and administer
them, or 10 those whose crimes compel
them to do So? We Nigh, have avoided all
this expenditure and taxation, by submit
ting to secessi-n, and writing ourselves
down as towards and slaves. And we
know that this was the course advocated
by many OF the leaders, how high in Dem
ocratic favor. But the loyal masses did
not think so. flockcd to the Repub-
iican banner, pledged the last man and the
last dollar to put down the infamous trea-
son. and bravery accepted the hardships of
the war in the cause of the national integ-
rity and freedom. And they will continue
TO hold the rebels and their advisers res
ponsible for tho load of f.ebt and taxation.
and not those who laborcd to preserve the
government.
2 Our internal revenu, system is new to
US. and it will require some years of expe.
rience to bring il to perrec,ion 1t is based
on the experience Of other aiions. but the
conditions and habits ofour people are so
different from all others, t,at extensive
notifications must continually be made,
until the required taxes can believed with
the least oppression to the people. 1t is the
business of Congress to lay thesc taxes, and
as that is largely Republican, that party is
responsible for proper adjustmentto to the
various interests of the country. But un-
til the Democracy openly take the ground
that the debt Of the nation must be paid.
those who made the war, which created
the debt, are responsible for the general
burden. But so far as the admin stration
of the law is concernc d, the shameful
frauds permitted to he practiced, and the
decentralization of the public conscience
thereby, the Republicans are not respon-
BILE. The Executive Department is no
longer in their hands. Mr., Johnson is pow
In full communion with the Democratic
party, which receives all the patronage he
has to bestow, ard whose interests alone
be now consults, as he is prominent and
formidable competitor for their nc nination.
Mr.. johnson is responsible for the faithful
administration Of the revenue laws, and all
the frauds and corruptions of that depart
ment are chargeable to him and his present
party associates, not to those he has aban-
doned and betrayed We, are willing to
accept all responsibilities growing out of
the Law, but none offllat flowing iron its
mal-administration.
3. But the charge of extravaganza and
increasing taxation is totally false, and in
conflict with ali the official facts and fig |
ures To begin ut home. Here in Indiana,
as well as everv other loyal Stale, there |
were extraordinary expenses required by !
the war. But so prudently have our hnan- |
ces been managed by5th Republicsn adj |
ministration, that in two years after Its |
close, our State debt has been reduced fifty
per cent and at the same time our taxes
reduced to lower point than they have /
been for ten years. Nor is this singular
instance. In almost every State similar re-
ductions have taken place, but not to SO
great an extent As, examples, the State
debt of Ohio has been reduced fifteen
per cent? that Of Illinois thiriy-two per
cant Dnppcv1voc;o nina and q half r,c-