New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-07
GENERAL GRANT TO BE REFLECTED
Internal Revenue Expressions

The New York Sun has Washington cor
respondent, from whose letter OF the
twenty.eighth ultimo we extract the follow
ing, which perhaps indicates to some ex'
tent the views OF Charles A. Dana, the
editor of that journal. Mr.. Dana is not IN
accord with Grant or his administration.
In conversation with Senator whose
political shrewdness is proverbial, asked
him: "Who is to be the next President? Z"
His response was: General Grant. DE Is
in possession, and will succeed In keeping
M the government credit, and making the
payment of the bonds certainty. There Is
no other question upon which the Republic
cans are agreed, and the Democrats agree
upon none. This will elect Grant next time,
for there is no man rising IN the republican
ranks to take his place, and although he Is
a merely negative man, and poor party
man, he will 20 in again on his military
record and determination to pay the bonds.
His second term Will be like that of Monroe,
known as the EZRA of good feeling in which
both parties will dissolve, and new organ
izations viii take their places. Grants
second term will end the Republican
party"
The Senator who expressed these views is
a Republican, advanced in years, and
capitalist. His interests lie with those OF
the bOnd-holders and capitalists, with nigh
priced pig iron and gold bearing bonds, and
while do not question the sincerity OF his
convictions. l think Shakespeare truly said,
.Men's judgments are parcel OF their
fortunes"
A stranger accosted ne on the avenue,
claiming the strangers right to civil
answers regarding the public buildings.
He was from Western New York, and on his
first visit to the capital, lie said; and his
curiosity satisfied, he branched out into
concentrations OF the Adminlstration-the |
one idea being, ut is paying the national
debt"
This appears to be the Eastern motive |
power, but west of the Alleghanies it is not |
so potent. There it is seen to be accompa- |
MED by the grossest tyranny OF taxation. |
Even in Pennsylvania, as Governor Geary |
himself says Commissioner Delano's spe eches /
cost him two or three Thousand votes, /
and would have lost him the State if he b. d |
not stopped him. Delano's universal theme
was his and the Presidents determination TO /
collect the taxes and pay the bonds.
The cruelty of the internal revenue sys-
tenn, with its machinery permeatipg through |
the privacy of every mans life and business,
it's foul spawn of corruption and brood OF |
spies and infoImers, could only commend /
itself to the malignant and vindiCtive. 1t |
begets morbid appetite for crushing the |
unfortunate, destroying regulations, under. /
mining prosperity, entrapping the unwary, |
seducing the thoughtless; yet Delano likes |
it. Az Barriere said, in vlndicaiion Of the |
french Terror, we sweep up uoHeJ Will l
the guillotine." So Delano thinks this tax |
grinding machine, with its horrors and infa- |
mics, ought to be made into department, |
with Delano as Secretary. Did the French |
executioner ask to be made Minister OF |
State?
In reality the people begin to revolt at the |
internal revenue SYSTEM and the demand |
of Senator last week for its total abolition |
was but the first muttering of the coming |
hunder.
"Down With the internal Revenue!" win |
be party cry in the next Presidential cleo |
ton. There are upward OF 6OOO office |
holders commissioned for this bureau, and, |
in addition to the compensation credited |
them in the reports, to make
fair estimate of the cost of collecting |
the internal revenue as well to the people az
the government, We should have. to ascer-
tain the number of Cases reported at the
different courts aud collectors offices. the |
fees paid District Attorneys, Marshals,
clerks and 30 on, the moeties paid inforrners,
the per diems paid witnesses, aud the costs
paid to Commissioners. In the city Of Bal.
timore alone there were over 500 indictments
for breach of the internal revenue law at
December term last, which, a. the moderate
estimate of twenty. five dollars average, must
have involved al expenditure OF Sl2, 500
These were generally among the poor and
ignorant.