The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-06
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Let Us Reason together.

lIIOm II lllluolh ouuNt htBihAtI'I
We ask every candid man, whatever may
have been his political attachments, to
consider and answer u few plain questions.
Vainly the public mind is agitated, if the
people will not reflect, and digest the mo-
mentous questions now arising. Livery
voter in the land should turn these things
in his mind, and answer for himself us his
heart and head suggest.
And first: N.H. ..
Why is the burden of taxation SO op-
pressive, and employment so scarce2
Is IL not because a radical administration
has squnndered the means OF the people
upon corrupt partisans, and in measures to
perpetuate their power2 Amongst other
wastes, So, 900, 600 Of the tax payers mon
ey was donated last week 10 q pet measure
Of the radicals in Massachusetts,, the Hoo
sac tunnel.
Sixty millions of dollars Of government
bonds, and u territory twice the size OF
Great Britain, have been given to mann.
moth corporations without any security to
the public or its government.
Infamous extravaganza has distinguished
every financial operation of that party -
Having unlimited power, they pirate in
platforms of retrenchment and reform, but
fail to do any thing to relieve tax payers.
Their policy has disabled mechanical pur.
suits, honest industry is p%aralyzed, the
farmers and other toiling classes can scarce
" raise money enough TO puy taxes. Mean.
while the industry of the nation is Grip.
pied. Thousands and tens Of thousands
Of honest working people. who pay. taxes
upon their little homesteads, are driven
hither and yon in search Of employment.
OF course work is scarce, the resources of
the country are measurably dried up, and
the result 10 that hundreds and thousands
are compelled by lack of employment Ia
seek hhuf in the far west, on beyond the
Rocky Mountains. Such a state of things
is terrible enough and lis p%erpetuity IL
certain, If the party in power get n new
lease OF Office. The remedy is in the peo-
pies hands. A change Of public servants
will produce good, old prosperous times.
Let the laboring men lnbor tor it.
There is still another question TO which
we ask the sober reelection Of the people:
Why should the bondholders get gold.
when all other people. are compelled to
take the currency established by the mdi-
cal party2
This question has been askeda thousand
times, and answered u.s. often. hut il IL
profitable to keep IL before the people.
The interest necruing ON 500 bonds, by
the terms Of the oct, i payable in gold.
The Democratic party propose to.stop this
drum Of gold by taking up these bonds
with the currency established by the party
in power. This the radical opposes. The
Observation-Disclosures Convention say in
stead, this national debt should be eontin-
ued TO our descendants Why2 Because.
If tho principal is paid, tho interest ceases,
and the holders get no moregold. Besides,
they want the bonds to be paid in coin.
II the act called explicitly for payment m
gold, IL should be forthcoming. But the
ipterests of the people demand that the
principal should bepaid or as fast MS pos
sible. This is the policy of the democn-
cy, i seems q good one, innsmuch a8 a
continuation OF the money, which in the
space Of fifteen or eighteen years will
double the amount OF the original indebt.
edness, In ordinary everyday life, the
man who has a note 10 pay, bearing inter
est, hastens as soon rs he has the means
to take 1t up, and thus saves on accumu-
lating interest. Such would be the COM
mon sense course of every sensible fnan-
cier. Not so with the radical party. On
the Jay Cooke principle, that a national
debt il n national blessing, this party de-
sire to prolonR indefinitely the payment,
thus erippling the energies Of generations
yet unborn.