The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-01

years, to Whlch the Indebtedness was eX-
tended by it, the enormous sum of $780,
900. 100000. Was it any wonder that
the hondholder was the champion of the
radical party! This matter Of finance is
the one that overshadows all others, and
the people are demanding to know what is
being done with the enormous sums real
lied from the various sources of revenue.
1t is expended in keeping in subjeetion
ten states of the union with large stand
ing army the internal freedmen's bureau
by which four millions of negroes, whom
the radicals say should be made the equal
of the white man, are maintained at the
expense of the people, and in the support
of vast cloud of hungry Office holders.
On the payment Of the national debt
Mr.. Packard was very clear in his views
as to himself, not speaking, as he said, for
his party. He ewould wipe out our nation
al banking system, which was a great
swindle, and substitute as currency the
issues OF the government Suppose, said
he, the government had retired $500, 900,
600 of its fve.twenty bonds, and issued in
lieu thereof what are known as greenbacks,
We would have saved the interest upon
this vast sum, and had a currency vastly
superior to that of the national banks.
We now have the inferior currency and
pay SIS, 100000 per annum in gold for the
luxury. He said e did not blame the
bankers.
The democratic party. said the speaker,
are in favor of the taxation of the bonds as
a clear right that congress possessed, and
as matter of justice to the taxpayer. To
this the radical party we're opposed, and
not only favored exemption from taxation,
but desired to fasten the debt upon the
country for forty years. The whole radi-
cal policy upon this subject was fraud.
They would tax the forty acres of land
from which the poor man obtains his sub
sistence, but the millions of the bondhold-
er were freed from tax. The poor man
pays tax upon all that he eats and all
that covers him, in fact upon everything
used by him from the cradle to the grave.
The discussion of the freedman's bu-
reau next demanded the attention of the
speaker, and the care that the government
extends over the blacks of the south
while the interest of the white man, both
north and south, is neglected. was ably
examined. The radical party were in
stilling into the minds of the negro tha
there was no necessity for them to labor
that the government would care for tn EN-
inculcating habits OF Incidence destructive
of the negro himself. On the other hant
: the whites Of the country were compelled
to labor, not only to sustain themselves
) but to support the negro. The speake
f illustrated the questions involved in sus
, tanning this adjunct to radicalism will
great force. He appealed to the voters o
the country if they desired to put an enc
3 to this system of maintainence of nationa
, pauperism to cast their vote for Horati,
Seymour, as it would be death blow t
, the freedman's bureau. The whole ten
dency of radicalIsm in connection with tn,
freedmen was to use them as as politlca
machine to retain possession of the gov
ernment in that party. He referred t.
the history of those governments where
there existed a mixture of races. Th'
mongrel government of Mexico, professed
ly republican, was reviewed, howing tha
the mixture of the races there had degrad
ed her as nation in the eyes of the civil
lied world; without honor, and not res
pected by any of the civilized natious o
the world. This is what the mDgling o
the races has prodeced everywhere wher,
the experiment has been tried, and yet
IhouiOoi OVu iCso dlV cttCmpbiuE W IL
upon the people of this country system
that will produce like results. Wher
ever the experiment has been tried o
comforting political rights upon the negr
7 it has proved failure. The democrati
party are opposed to it. While the radi
Gals have fully committed themselves to
: by forcing it upon the people of the south
in the District of Columbia and in the ter
ritories, and only wait the opportunity O
fastening negro political equality upo
the people of the north. They are takin.
privileges from the whites and extending
them to the negroes. That they favor
at the north he said that Gov. Nor
ten, Schuyler Colfax, and Gov. Baker ha
canvassed Ohio for the purrose of irduc
ing the people of that state to submit t
the negro being made the equal of tn
white man, politically The doctrine
dangerous and untenable. It is alreal