The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-21

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Eastern Democracy, and if Vermont
and Maine have done what they have
, what may we not expect from thC
Western States? Why this matter o.
finance | hear so much talk about
! What is there In il all? am aston.
} ished to discover in the speeches o.
{ distinguis he'd Democrats statements
| like this, that since the close OF the
war the debt al, the United States ha;
beenincreased one hundred and Sky
millions, and they quote inc con9lIi9I
! 1864 az the close of the war. Well,
now don't they know that on the 3lst
of March. 1865. the war was still go.
, inc on. We had as many men, We
E had more men in the field than ever
, before. We had more ships and
more sailors than ever before
Jeff. Davis was still President
of the Southern Confederacy, Lee
was still at the head of his rebel
army. Johson was still at the head OF
his army, and Kirby Smith was still
at the head of his rebel army. And
/ believe if L had asked any one Of
these gentlemen on the 3lst of March,
| 1865, what his opinion was Of the
| chance of the war, / believe a majority
would have said thatGrant would never
take Petersburg, and the rebellion
| would never be subdued. Applause
What is the fact, then? Why, the
| war went on two months longer, and
| it was four months before we got the
! soldiers gathered together and paid
off. The highest point Of the debt
was reached on the 31St of August,
/ a CT. 4 hnk haxr
| duced it a little more than two hun
dred millions. And now, if there is
anything wrong in the management of
the finances, to whom does the blame
| attach? Not certainly to the Repub-
llcans, since Andrew j ohnson and Sec
| rotary McCulloch are charged with
the administration of that depart
ment; and these men arc no more
Republicans than Seymour and Blair.
| They support Seymour and Blair.
| Now, my friends, what is the true So
| luton of this trouble? When a pri-
vate citizen is embarrassed by debt,
and when he knows that he must car
ry that debt for a considerable time,
his first duty aud care is to so manage
as to keep his credit good, so that he
may get money that he is compelled
BILE. What is the second thing? Let
there be economy and honesty
in the administration of our
freedom from corruption in public
affairs; let there be economy in the
expenses of the Government. But,
too. But [ say, if your legislation be
L. fI,,o.
at the head of tire Government
whether your laws are wisely and
well administered. But you ask,
wherein is the preference for Grant
over Seymour in this matter? This
thing of saving your money or saving
other peoples money that may be in
trusted to you, is something that be- 4
comes a habit from early experience
or training or necessity. 1t grows up
with you from youth. Now, in the
first place, Governor Seymour was
born with a gold spoon in his mouth.
l don't mean, of course, that he was
actually born with a gold spoon in
his mouth; you know what | mean.
1t simply means that his father lived
before he did and left him q
considerable inheritance, and there
never was any occasion for him
TO study or practice economy
from his youth up. General
Grant was raised up here in the
woods of Clermont County, and was
almost born to the duty of farm labor.
Now, this don't amount to much, for
it often happens that man who has
been accustomed to labor from youth
up, grows extravagant as he grows
al Ia L. IN.
Grant In reference TO economy, from
his habits in military life. Every sol
der knows that there is no position
in life that tests a mans economy, his
disposition to save his money. as
much as to be the commander of an
army, IF he is disposed to be ex-I
travagant, he has a great%taff, be has
carriages, he has orderlies, and oil
that, and lives in an expensive style.
Why, remember General once, and
you remember him too, who, when
he visited our camp, with his troops
of orderlies and staff, it was as if
division of cavalry was coming. His
staff was brilliant in blue and gold,
aud his soldiers used to call them
lilies of the valley" because as
Scripture has it, They toiled not,
neither did they spin, yet Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like
them" Applause Bat how was it
with Grant? Why, he slipped around
usually alone with a single orderly
with him. You could only tell him
by. that inevitable cigar. Why, his
was the cheapest headquarters of any
General officer | know of in the army.
| believe you would find some pOpjn-
law LieufenantS from West Point who
spend more money for the Govern
ment than Gen. Grant does at the
headquarters of all the armies in the
United States. He is man OF econ
omy. The worst enemy he ever had
will admit that he saved millions of
dollars to the Government while at
the head of the War Department.
Now, my Democratic friends, turn
to Seymour Where is he? [ leave
it to any man who belonged to the
New York with a greenback pinned
greenback pinned to his coat Tap
plause II leave it to any of them to
| tell US, on the 4th day of November,
just after we have got the glad tidings
that Grant is elected President,
whether, if they want economy in the
Government, they would go to Bel.
mont and Seymour, and the money
ring of New York, and If they don't
| answer no, / will never again proph-
eey as to what man : opinion is who
was in that escort. Applause. -s
Well, my friends, ever since | have
been talking politics, L have been in
the habit of repeating one sentence,
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