, 1869-05-21
poIIrIcAL pIscUssIoN.

On Monday evening last Judge Wyche adj
dressed a crowded house on the political issues
of the day. lie said a previous evening be
had discussed the reconstruction policy Of Con-
gress, aud Tonight the proposed 18th amends
ment together with the financial policy of the
govern ment, and the general ex,ravagance and
corruption Of the republican party would be ex.
amiued. The speaker said he should to night,
as on former evenings read authorities to sustain
his position, and that these authorities would
be drawn almost exclusively from republican
sources.
The adoption of the 18th amendment would
work change in the character of our goyern-.
ment, national and State, and the opinion OF
Hamilton, who was the incarAation of FEEDER
alism, was read showing that placing the pow
er in the general government to regulate the
right of sufsage in the States, would be de-
struc:ive of State governments. The practical
workings ofthe amendment were then discussed.
and among these would be the admission of
negroes and Chinanen to political privileges en-.
joyeG By the whites. Trne, Chinamen could not
vote until the naturalization laws were changed,
but that would speedily follow the adoption CT
this amendment, asit would require only sim
pie majority in Congress. Tie error of this re-
suit might be realized when we consider the
thousands of Chiuamen now on this coast, and
| the thousands on thou sands soon to pour in up
on us. The speaker SAID from these political
privileges conferred upon the negro and China
man. would flow demand for social recognition
and equality-the intermarrage fthe races and
| other kindred evils. He said the amendment
would work great change, and was frausht
with dangerous consequences. The second Sec
tion of the proposed amendment conferred upon
| Congress the power TO enforce the amendment
by appropriate legislation, and as Congress
would be the judge OF what legislation was ap.
propriate, this power would be found to be very
sweeping.
The public debt and the financial policy of the
government were then examined. The debt was
about 81 800 900, ,000-a debt that fin one
dollar bills and pied up, it would reach some
39S miles, and II each man should carry forty
pounds, If the money was in silver, four mill.
ion of men marching at the rate of three miles
au hour would require about forty days to pass
given point THIS much was said, not to ad-
vOcate reputation, but to show the vastness of
the debt, and hence the strict accountability to
which the party IN power should be held in the
N ungement Of the national finances. About
$500, 900 900 were raised annually from the peo
pie, aud oi this some $500 000, 900 was raised by
duties on imported articles, and the iniquity Of
this high tariff was shOwn-a vast scheme to
enrich the monopoIies ofthe New England States
ut the expense of the millions of agricultural
people. The Injurious effects were shown IN the
enormous tarlif on iron, and the tariff on salt
was discussed where the people were taxed over
two hundred per cent. 10 protect company
which bad divided two mIiiO MS OF profit in
seven years upon paid up capital Of one huns
dred aud sixty thousand dollars.
"Schenk public credit strengthening biil'
was then x,mnei aud, IA statement read show
Ing the amount oi money the government had
borrowed for which bonds were issued, the prin.
cipIl payable IT, lawful money and the interestin
com. IL was shown ia II by ms bill of Schenk's,
paying this currency debt in coin, nearly eight
hundred millions OF dollars had been ADDED to
the debt of heavily taxed people and the
| r"hiir deh, had haeo iscrea sed over one third.
The iniquiiy OF the scheme was shown from re-
publican sources. The speaker read the views
| of Senator sherman, coudemnins the bill, and
! the views OF Senator Cole, of California, Nor
tom OF Indiana. General Butler, of Massachu>
sets, aud Tha1eus S'ephens, who denounced
! the schemceas a - sYiuIie cn the tax>payels of
I the country" The speaker showed that while
this loan was on the market, n new loan, called
the To- 30 loan. which expressly stated that prid
! ciPsl and interest should be paid Ia coin, was
I Va tsIt iihtt NJ per cent, "iIllc tue OlHJr
! loan was tor six per cent, and that Jay Cooke
who actA as agent for the government in all
+ these loans advertised that tins 10 10 loan was
the only loan where principal and interest were
/ both payable in coin aud that when the bill
was repurte for the 20 loan as 1t was called
| Stephens, who reported the bill, was asked in
Congress # the principal was to be p aid in coin,
aud he replied no and so the speaker felt jus,i-
| hed ~ deuOuncing this republican measure as u
scheme 10 enrich the rich and swinie the poor.
The speaker then read from official tables
showing that for the first twenty-five years of
the government on Sl72, ,G9T ,772 were Tequir-
| ed-nOt one third of thessum Tnised now IN u
single year. The speaker showed from tables
the expenditures Of the government down to
1861, when the tepublcan party came into poS,
er. lie said since the close of the war over
1000, 900, ,0o0 al been wraug ont of the people,
add yet, tae debt was just about what il was
Reports Of. committees were also read showing
how the peoples money was squandered.
The corruption of the republican party was
thea shown. The persion committee had intro.
dnced bill withholding pensions from the
widows OF soldiers where their virtue was ques.
toned. The speaker proceeded to show from
The Tribune, the Chicago RepH6iicdn, the y. Y.
.I"dsPcHaeHt and other republican sources, that
this chhsie Congress were turning the very cap
iiol OF the Nation into purposes of Prostitution.
! anu some OF It's chambers were the greatest as,
si-nntion places in Washington National cor>
rupuon Is national death. When n party be.
comes thoroughly rotten the only. hope for the
people was to put it out of power When the
Prinee OF Orange stood gazing a, the coffned
corpse OF the imperial oppressor of Holland, he
exclaimed. Dead dead thea let him remain
dead Soon mighty nation will stand over
'he corpse Of the republican party, and when the
VICTORIOUS leader. whocYer be may he shall er
''Hh' DEAD !. dead y the rejoicing millions
= VIII respond, "Then let il be dead ~
AS OLD LASDMARK.-The old frame buildine
hat has so long stood at the north west corner
o. Main and Third streets, has at length given
way TO the march Of improvement. This build