The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-16

and business are by law taxable By the
nation, By States, counties and cities,
the eighteen millions of dollars per 1
year, now paid by them as national I
and local taxes, would all be thrown /
away. And the next would be that, I
as the Supreme Court would decide
all further issues of greenback legal
tenders unconstitutional, we should
have a sudden curtailment of curren-
cy, Wrecking all the business Of the
country. and producing The most
widespread financial disasters. Need
Il dwell any longer on this measure Of
Democratic reform? III
Another charge made By Gen. Nor
gan, IN the Ohio canvass, and echoed
By theaentire Democratic press, is that
there are balances on the Treasury
books against $40 Collectors Of Rev
enue (uearly all that have ever been
Ia ofice) and that they are therefore
defenders bV the million. To this /
need only reply that all assessments
are charged against the Collectors,
even though they may be IN litigation,
or against insoivents, or in any way
uncOlleetable, and remain thus
charged. like the delinquent taxes on
your Treasures books. or the &C.
counts of your army Quartermasters.
Captains, go, until finally adjusted,
and stricken from the record And,
that, In the few cases of defaloations
under this Administration, suits
against the officer and his. securities
have been promptly Instituted.
80 Frankly and fully / have thus re.
viewed tho results Of this ADMINISTERS
tion.. and replied without a word of
bitterness. 10 the charges of its enc
mics. Why, let me ask 10 conclusions,
should the administration berebuked,
or the Republican Congress driven
from power What do you desire
above all things from your Govern
ment? Is it not the faithful ezecr-
ton Of the laws, the maintenance Of
peace, economy in administration,
honesty in officials, the preservation
of the national honor, and all pOssi-
bic relief from public burdens? And
have l not shown that, ever since the
Executive and Legislative DEPART
ments were brought into harmony aud
political accord by the inauguration
OF President Grant, these essentials of
q good government have been feal-
ized2 The scandals which previously
dishonored the administration. have
ceased, The taxes have been Fifth
fully collected. The debt has been
steadily reduced. The national ex-
penees have been retrenched. The
national credit has improved. The
burdens of the people have been
largely reduced. Aud those priceless
words, HONESTY and ECONOMY, are
written on the portals OF the White
But i have noticed recently. as a
last card of our opponents, the pre-
paration By their National Democratic
COMMITTEES. of sample. cards Of goods,
with the amount of their cost in gold
in European Nations, under their
cheap wages of labor, and their price
here in currency, under oar Ameri.
can wages Of labor. IL Is hard to see
what they expect 10 gain By this. If
they mean that this. disparity could
be remedied by cheaper wages for la
hor here, it might explain, why, when
Senator Stewart. of Nevada, and 9TH
er distinguished Republicans sought
to pass a bill at the last session pro-
hibiting the importation, under con-
tract OF servile labor, and strength
ening the law passed by the Republi.
can Congress Of 1862 which was il.
tended TO prevent the Coolie system Of
slavery in this couHtry, prominent
4 Democratic Senators talked against
time day after day conforming les de-
tails, and finding fault with its pro-
visions as not satisfactory 20 them,
until az last the great pressure of the
annual appropriation bills caused it
TO be postponed till the next session.
will not Assume that their object
was 10 sock &c manufacture political
capital for the canvass out Of II; bat
i do say that their unWillingnesB 10
cooperate ia q reasonable bill that
could have been passed, and their
prolonged and antagOnizing speeches,
when time was SO valuable, and ia q
body where no previous question ex-
listed TO stop an interminable debate,
caused the postpouement for the SEES
sion Of the bill I have referred 10. As
to the value 10 the country of ade-
ready spoken, and need rot repeat
the argument. enc sta Eea
Whatever the object Of this cleo
pioneering device may be, 1 have one
comprehensive answer TO make 70 it.
That for every dollar the nation has
to pay for interest on the public debt.
for every dollar Of taxation. internal
and external, over the ordinary and
economical expenses OF the govern
ment. a Democratic rebellion is re-
sponsible. / do not deny that there
ares and were. many patriotic men in
side of the Democratic party. tits
not my habit to arraign them, sweep
ingly and en- nldSse, as their last Ma
tiOnal Democratic Platform arraigned
all Of US as guilty Of corruption and
extravagance exceeding anything
known In history, and : nm
paralleleo Z oppression and tyran-
ny; and that If we won In
that national contest they would
have TO meet as q subjected and COM
quered people, amid the ruins Of lib
ertv and the scattered fragments of
the Constitution But no matter
what good men may still remain in It's
ranks, / speak of the Democratic
party, its Organization, its inspiration,
Its leadership. and its history. Thai
is known Of all men and cannot be
denied. Three points in illustration
Of its responsibility. as party. for the
Rebellion. and the prolonged conflict
to suppress II can never be argued
EEyst. Every State which robelled 1
had Democratic Governor. Every |
Executive officer of tho COnfederaoy /
was Democrat, its President, Vice I
President. Secretary of State, Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, Secretary Of the
Navy and Postmaster-General, with
out an exception. Every leading 4
commander of its armies was a Dem
ocrat, Lee, Beaaregard, Wade lamp /
ton StoneWall Jackson, Pemberton,
Xxx Democratic Vice President Brock
enridge, Hood, Sidney johnson and
all. OF only the Republican party
can IL BE- said. that not a single one