The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-09-08

geatlemaA N1lo reportelf this bill will
tarn to page % of the Naval Register
he viii find; that instead of there be-
ing one hundred and eighty Lieuten-
ants on the active list there are only
sixty-foul, while an appropriation is
asked for one hundred and eighty.
Estimates are made for Masters to the
number of one hundred and sixty,
but page 80 of the Register shows
that there are only ninety mine, and
payis asked for sixfy-one more than.
are in the service" La
And thus did I continue the analy-
sis of the estimates sent in BY the Ma
val Department.. But will read fur
ther from the debate: Il .,gst5t sf61 s.
Showing. beyond contradiction"
(for l was not contradicted +" that an
appropriation was asked for four hum
idred more naval officers than are in.
the service. IL lay these facts before
the House in the utmost good faith,
and in good faith | invite. inyestiga-
ton.
Fl" Mr.. eWashburn, of Wisconsin,
wish to askthe gentleman from Ohio
der the last Administration? ~
'.s Mr.. Morgaif-I esteem the honor
able gentleman from Wisconsin; but
hisaquestipn compels me to make a
statement which / did not intend to
make. i am talking about abuses in
the. government which ought to be
corrected. The gentleman talks about
Administrations. If this thing COM
meneed in the last administration; the
gentleman compels me to say that it
has continued up to and so far through
the administration of President Grant
This abuse did exist in the last adj
ministration. Il de not care when it
began, or byWhomit began; these are
outrages upon the country, which this
Congress is bound to remedy or be
prepared to meet the just indignation
of, the people, 2hiblH5silfn 9ifi "a q
d (To which remarks Mr.. Washburne
made no further reply.) yo., r-,4,ail
How did Congress meet these
abuses?i Were the naval officers
charged with the money they had IL
legally received from the Treasury in
excess OF. their pay? On the contrary
the salaries of the Admirals and Vice
AdIniraIs were increased two thou
sand, and the Rear Admirals and
Commodore one thousand dollars
,eacha 1t is true that the Secretary of
the Treasury was prohibited from
taking money from the Treasury in
violation of law, but the three million
seven hundred Thousand dollars thus
wrohgfully taken was not required TO
ba maid hack
HOW, THE !. MoNoPoLIsTs OF THE EAST
GROW RICH UPON THE INDUSTRY. OF
THE WEST.
Some of the finest specimens of
manhood have ever met, whether
estimated by the standard of courage
or intellect, have been, children. of
New England. But the sterilitys of
their soil and the. severity OF, their
climate have given q granite hardness
and sharpness to New England char
aeter, but SO have they developed a
sturdy manhood which corresponds
with the cold grandeur of their noun
taihs.5 4sii5lt J iltpAa.
~ Ibattle against New England mo-
nopolists because by tact and trick
they have. become enormously rich at
the cost of Western and Southern in
dustry. assail them, because for
generations they have extorted tribute
money fromithe peoplegof the other
States. 1 attack and will continue to
attack them because they are sapping
the very life of the industrial classes
of the entire conntryAthose of the
Eastern States included. iIaai IIoFa
1,oT.,- I'm. J.r, ~, ,--,.f-ysf -trs4-4
New England is the great champion
of protection, which means to make
the people of the West pay one dollar
and eighty cents for every dollars
worth Of goods they buy. The dollar
includes the value Of The good and a
fair profit, while the eighty cents is
the tribute paid by Western industry
to New England cunning. Protected
on all she makes, New England has
free trade on all she iiisesin her man.
aufactures-as dye stuffs and salt. ID
In his, report Commissioner Wells
states /" The amount of salt drawn
from bond for the fisheries in the Dis
.trict of Gloucester, Massachusetts, for
the third. quarter of the calendar year,
1869, was 8,Qa2,77S pounds, which cost
$9,307 free rof duty, as salt Jpsed in fish
packing is not taxed. But had a
Western pork, beef or butter packer
purchased that same salt, at that same
place, it would have cost him iS23, TAT,
because he, would have been required
to pay tariff tax amounting to $14,-
40, orl$ as ON every one hundred
dollars worth of salt" Nor is this all
We are. taxed to pay bounty of sew
eral dollars a tun on every vessel fitted
out in Eastern States for the cod fish,
cries, and from an official statement
furnished by the. Secretary of the
Treasury, it appears that the amount
of bounty oH tribute thus paid to Que
small New England interest from 1856
to 1865 inclusive, was $3,712,234.
WHAT MASSACHUSETTS oHAReEp FOR
~ THE sERvIoEs OF sEvENFY-E1GHT REG
n9 IMEKTssD DURING THE REBELLION. u
'1oNeSt T call your attention to the
iofhcial statement Of Assistant Adiu-
-tant General RPeck, United States Ar
my, giving the number of regiments
furnished by Massachusetts,. New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio during
the late war. e'i 2aL !" ia9iilai,i :.
, 32li4 REGIMENTS AND BArTaLLroSs. 7;4'2
Massachusetts, e. II y ~. !! tau rs
New York 2T5
jHennSytVahia ~. - y! - 25S
ofhiteii !; t9ii -ff s;t,.
BY report made by the authority
of the Third Auditor of the Treasury,
the amounts paid those States for war
,expenditufes3were as follows; s1gi
Massar arhusetts ,s. :, J.. Dc. s... SO 4S1 S6S
IYrR 10y W.
oSio TO- !'.' .5i9ji .:itI aISs5SsC SsO
iat But. to be more specific, while Ohio
furnished one hundred and sixty-two
more regiments than. Massachusetts,
OH the plea Of war expenditures that
State drew from the Treasury $9l1 1,243
more than 0hio.1a bnEi ie5ihrd at
MASSACHUSETTS, AGAIN AT PIE TREAS
.ss URY. o} sHsalldHg
Fifty years have elapsed, my friends
since the close of the war with Eng
lnnd, ,'and from that ihomto the present
Massachusetts has been prying at'the
Treasury op the SCORE of expenditures,
Willie the fact is, her authorities were
TO-