Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-08-26
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my is being introduced into small matters as
well as large, and the work is still going on with
| unnagging energy, and it is estimated that at
least forty millions of dollars annually will be
! saved to the Government by the reduction Of
unnecessary ioree and unnecessary cost and
Thelncreased collection of the re,,a,,.
the 4th or March last, as before shown. IL kenf
up for three years, will make gain Of NOT les
ed with the lastthree years OF the late al n
| tration, and the savings from economv ana
retrenchment being introduced, during the
same period will not be less than one hundred
and twenty millions, and these two hundred
and seventy miiiicnx OF actual gains in dollars
ana ana cents i Tla es9 Eerth more to the country
democratic platforms and promises. Since the
4th Of March last the public debt has been III.
eight hundred and ntnety-six thousand i1-e
hundred and twenty-t three dollars and Seventv.
up at the same ratio It Will be entireIy
ed in eighteen or nineteen years Rnt T A., r5t
say that II should be kept up at the same ratio
Tor THINK tnat this generation has done its
duty very well, and some portion OF this ,ehs
should be left 10 be paid by those who are ~
and enjoyment OF the blessings for the preserya
tion of which IL was created. - =
Not only Is this vigorous administration and
reform manifested IN the Treasury and Inter
nal Revenue Departments, but It is strongly
exhibited in the Departments of War. the PSI
grown mp up in the Postofice iSnses pspsch which had
been weeded out with a yieorpns hs,d uasS ave
economy, energy and promptitude are every-
where displayed. And such is the case In the
Department of the Interior, and especiaIIv in
that portion of It which pertains to the MANAGE
to believe that anything like another generai
Indian war will be avoided, and that the new
policy of peace, kindness and good faith which
the Government Is establishing will finally win
the Indians away from hostilities, and Gradual :
ly draw them into the paths Of Civilization and
improvement u, pro-, 1 t. Quaker guns are not much
fright the souls OF timid adversaries.D but Oua-
ker agents, Quaker policy and Quaker honesty
potent in establishing peace and eiyiIiza
ton among the Indians than MANY REGIMENTS
oI cavalry and infantry. Indian wars, which
have brought about the butchery OF so MANY
men, women and children, have also been VERT
expensive and exhaustive to our Government:
eral policy of paeifeation OF which there Is now
every prospect, il VIII be grand triumph. and
ministration. The Republican parfy recsive5
from the Democratic party, when 1t came into
power. an Indian policy of irresponsible and
of the Indians, provocations OF Indian wars. for
the sake of the money to be made ont OF them
n various ways, resulting In the annual squan-
only remedy talked about was extermination.
ministration succeeded That Of Mr 1osnsoa aS
was 1t in the power Of the Republican party to
s61sess se US u 70 the corruption Of these great
expenditure ofblood and treasure.
Congress, at its last session, provided for a
era1 pacification of the Indian tribes IL can be
still further reduced, and our military expenses
into a small compass. 7a m fr--'-.l-1-
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. --r.
Our foreign olicy, too, has been greatly i'm
policy, and is demanded by the best interests Of
the country, the national honor will be CAREFUL
ly guarded and all our interests connected with
foreign nations 1Ost9red and vfn6frafad
Britain Will be called upon to account for the
grievous wrongs which we suffered at her hands
and honorable to ourselves, and in conformity
TO international law. Cuba, the richest island
with which we have such valuable commerciai
relations, has been in q state Of revolt against
the Government of Spain for nearly a year We
now pending at Madrid by which IL Is proposed
that Spain shall sell Cuba to the Cubans upon
YER Terms ms @ wnicn me Cunans would be able honora-
suit OF those negotiations Will be IL is impossi-
ole now TO predict, but should they faiL and
nlze the independence of Cuba, II is clear to nv
mind that the Government of the United States
peope of Cuba ssts - s1s I'm
90 be practically the ally Of Spain for teIx
jugation. The recognition OF belligerent rights
of the independence of a people, and does not
depend upon the same conditions. If there BE-
law of nations and as distin guished nom amere
riot or unorganized tnsurrection-Har corduct-
ed by an organized Government upon principles
recognized by civilized nations-it is the right
OF any contiguous nation, whose commercial
and political interests are liable to be affected
treat each party to the contest with impartialify
And that there Is such a state of war In Cuba
matter now stands. we are furnishins TO Spain.
provisions for her armies, arms, ammunition
and ships ofwar, while every effort in behalf OF
the struggling people OF Cuba is punished by fine
and imprisonment. Should the people of Cuba
by according to them belligerent rights, thus be
Spain, there can be little doubt about their finsi
success and the maintainance oftheir independ-
ence; and after that We will consider the ques-
ton OF annexation, about which IL would now
oe entirely premature to talk.
Spain made haste within two months afler
erent rights to the Southern Coincidence, and
the diplomatic correspondence will show that
our Government, in polite and studied phrase,
thanked her for her moderate and friendly act,
with what propriety have never vet under
stood. And If we should now, at the end OF
nearly year after the beginning OF the Cuban
revolt, reciprocate the compliment, by con-
ceding belligerent rights to the people OF
cuba, the most fastidious Democrat should not
complain. ,.....-t- e
THE sIRTATIoS SUMMED Ut.
The success of Republican principles, and OF
the great reforms which have been inaugurated
Dy the Republican party, can best be conSum-
zation of that party. should the Democratic par
ty propose to surrender ritsorganization. and to
accept the general principles Of the Republican
Mississippi and Texas, it would furnish mo- good
reason for the abandonment of the Republican
organization or the relaxation OF its radical
standard or its discipline. They can not forrna
better Republican party than we now have, and
although they may take on Republican princi-
pies, yet they will take with them so much OF
the spirit of the erebeliion-so much ofthe leaven
Of the old Democracy-that their new oryanixa-
Democratic party and likely TO fan back into
all its old evils and abuses. Conservative Re
publicanjsm,'' as it is mildly described BY some.
If it does not absolutely mean reaction, at least
means positive halt in the march OF progress,
and a compromise with the Democracy, in
advantage. But in Ohio and the Northern
States generally the Democratic party exhibits =
no evidence OF improvement whatever The
Quoted by men Of sagacity, long ago percslved
that the party could make no progress, and
% out the COUNT Country unless Il lab aSanconed c its oid
heresies, accepted the results Of the war and
should take an entirely new departure, and
begin the work of reform by accepting the doc
trine of universal suffrage, and consent 10 the
and South. But the editors OF these papers,
overlooked the lessons OF history, committed
the blunder of supposing that an old political
dened in the molds Of State Sovereignty and the
right Of secession could be reformed and made
to put on O new and loyal face, and their sugges-
tions were laughed to scorn, and made no more
impression ON the Democracy than drops of rain
Lalllng upon tne Oiu MOSS cOYereQ DO1Qer. Inc
Democratic party must go on as 1t now Is, only
getting worse and more hardened, Till. by some
great political ground-swell, Il shall be broken
10 pieces, and the fragments dashed and ground
together like the breaking up ofa sea OF Ice.
1t will not be Improbable 70 notice the gen.
private
enterprise In the State of Indiana there are
more railroads in construction to-day than at
any former period in her history, and what Is
true of Indiana may probably be said of tho
other Western and Northwestern States 1t Is
true there evil prophets, As there always Will
be- but the condition Of general prosperity must
be admitted by ALL Towns and cities are grow
ing, farms are being improved, nne fhrm houses
and barns are being erected, turnpike roads are
Penetrating through every town shlps and coun-