Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-14

L2b NOhtIulltAls tAtluoANt " DdN BlbnLs
on account of debt, were ST., 9Ol, 1870. The
least were 81, O02.l6S. The average for
the ten years were about $50, ESQ, 900.
From 1889 TO 1919 the average nnual eX-
penditures about S27, 100000, and from
1923 to lS3Sthey were about $4,000 600. In
1880 the expenditures of the Government
we're Sl3, 20, 534. In 1870 they are S3l5,-
100000, an increase of taCeRty-tpO hundred
and fHy per cent. in forty years. Prior 10
1884 the expenditures never reached $780,
100000. In 1858 they were 81, sol 100, and
in 1859 they dropped back to ST, 34S, 226;
and in 1860 to S59, S4S, 475; in 1861 they
rose again to about SOC, GOO, 600. As
Stunning, then, that the legitimate
average annual expenditures of this
period were about S66, 666, SOS, and
adding to this fifty per cent. for increase
Of pOpulatiOn-a very unnecessary allow
ance-making 500, 900, 900, and adding
again fifty per cent. for increase of prices,
a more than liberal allOwance-we have
the sum of Sl50,OO0,O0O as a liberal and ex-
tracTdinary estimate for the necessary eX-
p~enditures of the Government. To this
We might add $50, O0O, 900 to go to the sink
ing fund. The amount of bonds already
purchased is SIN 100000. This, with an an
nual additional of $50, O00, 900 at compound
interest, would pay of the interest bear
ing debt in twenty-five years. 1t is plain,
therefore, that $50, 900, 900 per aunum is an
49, ~ ~
everything that a tOlerably ~extravagant
administration could desire. To this we
add $40, OO0,0 600 for interest Oh debt, and
we have a grand total of $500, 100000. The
receipts this year are estimated at $685.
600, 600. In other words, the peoDle are
taxed annually S93, OOO, 900 more than is in
any way necessary.
In view of facts like these, is there
no need Of retrenchment and reform?
Ought a party to live and control this
country which thus governs for itself
and its favorites, and not for the PEG.
pie, as the servant Of the people?
Can a mar pretend he has in his
bosom any single spark Of patriotism
who can supinely allow such a state
of things to exist, and do nothing to
resist or amend it? The Democrats of
Ohio have made the following points
in their platform, which defy denial.
No mar "a pretend to any purity Of
heart and look honest men in the face
without blushing, who denies their
truth. And no man can have a rea-
sOnable pretense of honesty, who re-
fuses to carry out to the full the prin-
ciples they assert, as follows:
1. Against the present high tariff, and
the substitute therefor, lately introduced
into the House of Representatives from
Ways and Means Committee; and in favor
Of a low revenue tariff closely approx
mating 70 free trade, and making all the :
necessaries of life absolutely free Of +
duty. !
2. Against the uncomfortable exactions |
the internal revenue system; for the T
adjustment Of the annoyances Of stamps,
licenses, and taxes upon sales and in .
comes, and IN favor Of making the collec- |
lions, as remodeled, by State and county q
officers. d
3; Against the p~rofligacy, corruption Q
and imbechty OF the present Government
I
4. In favor of holding the public lands ;
as a sacred trust to secure homesteads to
actual settlers, and against the recent ac-
'loh OF congress making grants to NAM y
moth railroad corporations. already too /
powerful, and which may become dan :
serous to a free people. l
.. In favor Of the unconditional repeal C
the recently enacted enforcement law. n
u being unconstitutional, unjust, oppres- +
slNei an invasion Of the rights Of the {
states, and subyersive of the best inter- h
OF the people. :
o. IN favor Of a taxation Of United =
states bonds, equal to a fair average of b
osned. p
Z. In favor of abolishing the national a
)ank system, and substituting treasury =
lotes OF the United States in lien al :
rational bank notes. d
s. Sympathy with the efforts of all b
struggling for self government .
remuneration Of the trucking of the u
ADMINISTRATION 20 Great Britain and s"
pam ana OF the Efforts of the Radicals m
o reduce whole States TO a condition of -
.assaiage to the General Government, pC
He who opposes these principles is st
n sympathy with despotism, oppres- o,
ion, and the public plumber and W
he devastation of common THEW ii,
lg. Shame on the rogue 50
dares to resist such propo- nj
.tions OF simple and plain honesty. "'
lie can find no excuse but the neces- g.
ty Of feeding the Radicals who in to
st the public crib, and enabling them ga
} control the elections, in order that ID
may 60 on and plumber the coun- tn
more and more, and from year to So
ear, until, instead Of diminishing, ar
= the tax on the hard earnings of the tri
the National debt shall reach all
i'll larger proportions. OF
With nearly a hundred millions me-
ore to spare, after allowing most be
Derally for all legitimate and illegit- thu
late pickings and stealings, Con- an
will not repeal the income tax. the
e tax on sales and gross receipts, wa
yacies and SUGGESTIONS, which, in gel
any cases, are sufficient to retard in pr
and always repress enterprise. ev'
II Congressional masters want the ors
ira millions for their creatures to
e in bribery and corruption. The
rrupt Whittemore, of South Caro- as
almost escaped punishment on ouI
3 ground of having used his bride inv
1ney for just such purposes in car tic,
ing an election on the Radical side. fea
.adicalism covers a multitude OF Pr,
sit is loyalty; patriotism and re- pre-
ion. 1t is rascality embodied into No
lldeous party which disgraees this pun
as no other land ever was dis bus
ICED. There are but two sides in vel
5 issue. The Democratic is the Dol
nest and respectable one. The at
dical is one which to take will ruin Dur
1ng men and every man who has a bee
pc for any decent future. Under the
h circumstances, honest men and cret
e men will combine as patriots do bei,
inst a common foe-as Christians ann
for the more vital principles of a fyir
y religion. There are the two ar pro
for corruption in order to Sen
( and for consolidation in order to yes
wer, and the ether for the eternal the
nciples of truth and justice which cha
derIie the liberties Of all mankind. mo,
whose soul is small enough to the