Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-09-16

the people of Ohio will ever in
dorse that record Of fMr. Peneletor
by electing him Chief Magistrate 0
Ohio As his colleague from OhiC
in the House. ] then felt it my du
ty to reply that Ohio never wonlc
consent to separation Of one
State from the Union. Immense
applause.
"Now the war has been fought,
the Union preserved, and slavery
abolished, applause. and the De-
mocracy, headed by Mr.. Pendle-
ton, come up and say, Elect US to
Office
"When the war was over, and
financial questions came up for con
sideration, Mr. Pendleton came
forward with his proposition to is.
sue immense quantities of green
backs, which would have sent their
value down, down, down, to the
condition of the old Continental
currency. If General Rosecrans
had said in so many words, Let
Mr. Pendeton, Mr.. VOORHEES,, Mr.
Vallandigham and company retire
from the party, or take back seats,
and let the party return to life and
progress Laughter.
"But, refer to the platform pro-
mulgated by this party, and see
what it proposes. A prominent
plank in this platform demands the
taxation Of Federal bonds. They
have the Legislatures in Maryland,
Kentucky, Delaware and Ohio
Why do they not tax these bonds !?
Simply because, under the National
Constitution, it can not be done
But they say the Federal Govern
tnent should tax its own bonds
That is just what the Republican
party has done. The only consti-
tutional method by which they can
be taxed is by the income tax, and
that we have levied. No direct tax
can be made upon property, except
by apportioningit as representation
is apportioned, among the States,
and that would be oppressive to
Ohio and the West.
"Thc platform of the Democratic
party denounces the tax on tea,
coffee, sugar and salt, as a measure
for the benefit of New England
Now | never knew before that the
articles enumerated were New Eng
land products. l supposed sugar,
tea and coffee to be chiefly import
ed, and that salt was not New
England product. The reference
to New England in the platform
shows 4 spirit Of petty sectional
spite.
The Democratic platform de
clates in favor Of limited hours of
labor. In the Democratic States,
except New Jersey, there are no
laws fixing the hours Of legal
days work, while the Republican
States generally have laws fixing
ten hours as a legal days work. A
Republican Congress passed the
law fixing eight hours as a legal
days work in Government work
shops. For myself / claim no cred
it for this law, for was opposed
to it, believing that the laborer3 in
Government shops should work as
many hours as laborers in other
kinds Of employment. Applause.
"This platform declares in favor
Of free homesteadst to actual settlers.
This is refreshing, in view of the
fact that when a Republican Con
gress passed q homestead law, the
last Democratic President vetoed
it; and it was only when we had a
Republican President and Congress
that such law was passed and went
into operation. Now the Demo.
Gratis meet in convention and sol
emnly declare that they are in favor
of free homesteads.
"They declare that they are op.
posed to grants of public lands to
railroads; yet the first bill passed
by Congress for such a purpose,
was introduced by Mr.. Douglas,
Democratic leader, and gave mil |
lions of acres to the Illinois Central
Railroad company.
Thus it is that a great party
condescends to play the demagogue
in the construction Of platforms,
made simply to catch voters"
Mr.. Sherman then discussed the
financial question, showing, upon
the authority Of Treasurer Spinner,
that the expenses of the Govern.
ment for the first six months of
President Grants administration,
had been nearly forty-nine millions
of dollars less than for a like period |
under the last administration, and |
the actual reduction Of the public
debt had been still more than that |
amount, with no increase of taxa
ton.
The speech was frequently inter
rupted by rounds Of applause, and
at the close the meeting adjourned
with enthusiastic cheers.
Sydney Smith said: "Never
cr;,.o WOW to mechanically. resist if |