Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-09-03
NO.24

forms. what does the Democratic party
in any of them, propose to do for the
benefit of the states, or for the honor
glory or ub-bETiding of the nation
What InedsGEe of policy has it put
forth by Sfzy convention, which ap
peals to the heart or the head, to the
glory 81 the patriotism of the nation
Not of8el It has nothing to offer. II
puts Torth no aspirations for liberty, OF
the perpetuation of the Union, and has
nc rejoicings in the new prospects OF
growth and development that are now
presented to the country. It requires
no argument to prove that when a
political party presents itself as can
didate for popular favor it should tell
the country what it will do If the DOW
er is placed in its hands and If it can
not do that, and has no policy what
ever, it is incapable of managing pub
lie affairs, aud is not entitled to the
public confidence, and is like a Gener-
al who should take command of an
army without knowing how to handle
it or having any plan OF campaign or
battle.
The great question of interest in our
domestic affairs, TO which the attention
of the people Is chiefly directed, is in
connection with the management and
payment of the National Debt, the re-
generation of the currency, and the
which rest upon the people. What
ever might have been the policy of
Congress or the wisdom Of It's enact
ment, they were incapable of execu-
I ton while the Executive Department
of the Government YfaB controlled fm
the interest Of the Democratic uartv.
and hence no zEfpoftaht financial pol-
L icy could Re Buce6s8fullv tnaururhted
I until the control of that Department
was changed, and it should be brought
to harmonic with the policy and pur-.
] poses OF Congress. During the three.
| years referred to, corruption and de-
mOralizatiOn in the Administrative
4 Department of the GoVerhment grew
1 to an unprecedented extent, The rev
| enue was. not collected, End frauds
| upon the Revenue Department became
4 the rule and integrity the exception
! Corrupt officers and agents were re-
/ tanned Ia authority, and scene Of pee
] ulation, plumber and extravaganza was
/ presented such as was scarcely ever
equalled in any country. In this dire
/ condition the Government passed into
| the hands of General Grant. The work
/ of regeneration was his, and right no
bly, and manfully has he undertaken
it, and the progress in reform which
has already been made is not only Wis
1ble to all, but may be computed in
figures and counted by millions.
According to the increased collection
of revenue since the. 4th Of March last
uD to the first Of August, as compared
with the collection of revenue for the
same period in 1868, the revenues Of
the Government Will be increased not
less than fifty millions per annum
when cOntfkEtsd with the last three
years of the Eate Administration.
One Of the great reforms to be ac-
cOmplfsked BY the administration Of
Genetel Grant was the introduction Of
eccEomy and retrenchment in every
department of the Government. Up
to this time the work has been carried
on with great success. The expenses
of the Government in every depart
ment have been greatly reduced
Thousands of unnecessary clerks, EN-. Y
ployees and officers have been dis 4
charged. and millions of dcllars will
be saved in the way of sat aries alone.
The method of eondUctfEsS the business
Of the different departments has been
reformed, useless expenses Topped off,
and general ecoHCh1y is being intro
duced into small matters as well as
large, and the work is still going for
ward with HH4agging energy, and it is
estimated that at least forty millions
of dollars annually will be saved to
the government by the reduction of
unnecessary force and unnecessary cost /
and expenses.
enUe since the fourth Of MErch last, as
before shown, if kept up for three
years, will make a gam of not less than
one hundred and Rff1 millions as COM
pared with the last three years of the
late Administration, and the saving |
from economy and retrenchment now
being introduced, during the same ne
ROD viii not ne less than one hundred /
and twenty, millions, and these two i
hundred aszd seventy millions of act Il
ual gaHHs IN dollars and cents will be /
worth more to the country than two
huHGTed and seventy millions of Dem
ocr3tlc platforms and promises. Since
the 4th of March last, the public debt
has been diminished to the extent of
torty-three millions eight hundred and
n1nety-six thousand five hundred and
twenty-three dollars and seventy-two
cents, and If its payment should be
kept up at the same rate it will be en-
tirely DISCHARGED in eighteen or nine
teen wears. But do not say that il
should be kept up at the same ratio
tor I think that this generation has
done its duty very well, and some DOR
tion of this debt should be left to be
paid by those who are to come after US.
and who will be in the full possession
and enjoyment of the blessings for the 4
preservation of which it was created.
Not only is this vigorous administra-
ton and reform manifested in the i
Treasury and Internal Revenue De-
partments, but it is strongly exhibited 4
in the departments of War, the Post
office, and the Interior. The abuses
which had grown up in the PostOffice
Department have been Weeded out
with vigorous hand, and economy.
energy, and proroptitude are every
where displayed. And such is the case
in the Department of the Interior, and
in that portion of it which /
pertains to the management of the
Western Indians. We have reason to
believe that anything like another
anaaM Tod Ham~
and that the new policy of peace, kind
ness and good faith which the Govern
ment is establishing will finally win
the Indians away from hOstilities, and
draw them into the paths of
civilization and improvement. 'Qua-
ker guns" are not much in time of
war, although they have sufficed "to
fright the souls of timid adversaries, Z"
but Quaker agents, Quaker policy and
Quaker honesty and kindness I be-
ieYe will prove more potent in estab-
fishing peace and civilization among /
The Indians than many regiments of
cavalry and infantry. Indian wars, =
which have brought about the butchery
IF so many men, women and children,
nave also been very expensive and ex- Z
to the Government. and ifl
President Grant shall succeed in his I
general policy of pacificatiOn. of which
here is now every prospect, it will he Z
! grand triumph, and of itself will be $
iAtlCltAAt W AAAllAlQELAAlEH ms AOm1nlH- I
ration. The Republican party receiv-
ID from the Democratic party, when It q
'ame into power, an Indian policy of T.
responsible and dishonest agents, b
labitual robbery and outrage of the
indians, prOvOcation of Indian wars, q
or the sake of the money TO be made q
'ut of them in various ways, resulting n
n the annual squandering of many q
Millions Of dollars, while the Indians d
we're growing worse and worse, and &
he only remedy for the evils talked J d
bout was determination Not until 81
he war was over, and until a new adj =
succeeded that Of Mr.. a
Johnson, was IL in the power of the &
Republican party to address itself to q
he correction of these great abuses. u
md TO dam mp this annual current Of "
of blood and treasure.
Congress, at its last session, provided
or large reduction of the army, and m
With the general pacihcation Of the ln- 4,
lian tribes IL can be still further re- 3,
luced, and our military expenses 10
brought into a small compass.