The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-07-08
NUMBER 3.

ocean by taxation, the annuaI average
cost is $50. 100000, although we have |
now now no carrying trade TO protect
While money Is thus wasted without
scruple upon the army and nary, if
any aidtIs sought TO lessen the cost OF !
ransportation9foF the farmers of the /
West, or to cheaper the fooi;' of the /
iaborerssof the East, we are at7once
treated with Congressional speeches
upon the virtues of economy. If from |
thisamount there had been saved and |
paid upon the debt the sum of S509- |
000, 900, hqY changed our condition
would have ,beens With this Day |
ment,, which. would have cut down |
the debt to about. s2,OOe. .0eo, ,Qe0, our
eredityWoqld at least. yhaVe- been as
good as that of Great Britain. 1t is
because we, did not thus apply
this mouey to this purpose. put spent
if lunop, the negro policy the military
despotism, and other abuses Of GOV
erpment, that our Credits 50 low
The world saw that we were violating
our faith With the public creditors ard
the tax payers alike when the money
was used for the partizan purpose of
Keeping the South out of the Union
until sham Governments could be
manufacturer by military! violence
and Congressional actioff..a 'Phe world
notSonly saw the ihonstrdus diversion
OF the money, wrung from Tie people
by taxation, but It also saw that it
nade,' through a long series oi years;
still greater annual expenses unavoid-
-able.o When the entire control of the
Southern States is given Coger,l tIn-
checked by the intelligence efthe
white race, toa5 Untut ored1 negroes,
whom the.people of the North have
said were un6GtO be Votersi when the
unfortunate Africans, ,slYunk with uEl.
usual power, and goaded@on 4hy bad
and designing men, shaA make life
and property unsafe, and: shall, shock
and disgust the world with. Outrages,
we shall be forced to raise aud pay
still greater armies. a:iUp to- this time
the. South hassat least had. an intelli.
gent tyranny in . military: ofHeerss-
Every man who is not lbliBded by
hate and bigotry leaks forward with
horror to the condition of the South
under negro ,domination. The bad
faith TO the public creditor and tax
payer in thus .unsettling; the Union,
| of keeping the South in a condition
Where it can not help the national
| prosperity, but is made, heavy load
| upon the country, is the real cause. OF
our debased credit. The. tax. payer
was told the burthens put upon him
was to pay. the debt = but the money
was not used in good faith to him, fol
the debt still stands; not in good faith
. to the creditor, for he was not paic
/ what he Should have been ;;>but it wa:
, fused ina way which harmed BOTH + II
7 away that tainted the nations cred
it, kept up taxation by Keeping III
RI the rate of interest while it sank tn,
: value of ftIeh bonds, and with then
/ Carried down the paper currency, ant
thus wrong6d the ilat 6rer and pen
: sioner. But for the policy of bad faith
4 of partizan purposes, mad folly, W
I could to-day Borrow money as Cheap
/ ly as Great Britain; /; but I'VE qhav
: CURSED the tax payers, the laborer, tn
D pensfoner and the public creditor 70
= the'purpose ofcursing theSoutfi wit
? military despotism and. negro domih
81 atfon.' Every one must see, if we pai,
: off one fifth of onf debt, had kep
!. down the cost of government an,
/ given peace to our Union, had bull
: up industry and good order in tn
a South, not one oftAe eViIsowEdch nov
r. affiictius could have existed. Oil
e whole condition would have bee
D changed. I'VE demand that our Gun
: rency shall be made as good as gold
4 not bJt-eentraeting the amount, bu
= by contracting the expenses of tn
: government. We are! against srf1eas
t Tes which viii pull down bushes
i credit When we stop to waste ,wfic
f forces us to pay a usnry 6fiten be
: cents ard take eoa7 course' which wi
4 enable us to borrow money upon tn
y f'rates paid by other nations; We sha
= add to thG-p0wer and dfgtIity' Of tou
III Uni n. When we give value to ou
n bendssby Using the money drawn b
O taxation to the payment 81 our deb
# and not to the military and flepr
} scheme, we shall relieve the tax pay
IL bef, the bill holder, anhOgiVe ,strengi
hs and value to tberclaims. of the publ
a. CREDITOR We ihaNei seem nnlschi
gd wrought Out,by the policy .oftthe la
.oib btlueeI years. 4 1t Will be- as hurtfuI
10 the future as.ithas been in the pas
(. Yet the; ;Bepuhhnah party has appr
10 we'd it and is pledged 70 it, We haI
1t shown how the policy Of using OF
II money to pay our. debts 4 4wor 7sc-zaiaa 7caiaay
it I,helped US ihsthe past. IT viii az ii
IS same for lps in the future. To TN
h | policy we are, pledged. There is n
re one man in our party In this bros
le land who doubts upon .this 55Int.g
ie was never Charged that one bsifig
~ Democrat in these J4iteB States ieW
~ Favored the ilitatH end h6gfo poIit
NJ upon which the,eFtSfit ofithe 0cot14ti
- has-beenowrecked. e Our Temely is
fa fiusei the public money to pay the iput
f6f5 l'iicdebtsh'Itl is laHIsfmpIe, fFbfief, b
certain remedy for o,.s IN atioD
a InaIady.i Odr<aiInent Tsl debt aggr
~ / Sated5by despotlsm! In another WI
i the Republicans.d do a constant. wrol
the -bondhoIders. In! answer
ie eofnplaints5of heavy taxation, tn.
be saylt cannot lbe' helped withijo
rd heavy debt, and thus throw he@ht
odium opsthe. debt. -Whys do they n
be tell the truth, end say one third
-. our taxation is made by, our debt
Then they wiz be asked, What max
+. IT. the t%8 Thirds T. This, question tn
he. 90 not want to have asked, and tn
vel do not want e, answer When til
it, do answer, the eyeS, of all classes W
lot be opened. They VIII be forced to
M that last year they spent, by repol
eat OF COMMITTEES Of Ways and Meal
s. s879, ,i78,d6G,S8, and this in the thi
~ w year Of peace. Wen, say our W,