New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-06
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GRANTS FINANCIAL POLICY.

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serted by our Democratic friends that they
do not desire to discuss this question now.
They desire to discuss liye issues. They say
the government at Washington are using
the public revenues, not for the purposes OF
the country, but for their own uses. wish
to exhibit to you tonight a few hgures on
this subject, and ask you to consider them
carefully, and to examine tor yourselves 10
see if they are correct. Mr.. johnson un-
guestionabIy was a Democratic president.
He, with his Cabinet, had control OF the
revenues of the country for eighteen
months. During that period, with forty-one
millions more taxation than now, he re-
duced the national debt $l,3O3, 900. Prcsi-
dent Grant, with four millions less taxation
reduced the national debt $l69,OOO, ,00O-a
difference of $l65 5,OO0, 900 in favor of Re
publican administration. And up the trst
day of October last, with forty millions less
taxation. he has reduced the national debt
Sl75, 100000.
This debt has got to be paid. The faith
of the nation is pledged to pay it. 1t is our
duty to pay it. 1t is, believe, the pleasure
Of the American people to pay it, be
cause although it may be two thousand NH
lions OF dollars, we say this was the ex-
pense of saving the whole American people
from ruin, and Of preserving the integrity
of the government.
Not only has General Grant reduced the
debt, but he has been able to reduce the eX-
peuses Of the government over eight NIL
lions of dollars i'll the last eighteen months.
And not only that, but he has been able in
collecting the revenues with this reduced
taxation, to collect seventy millions more
taxes than were collected under the johnson
administration.
We submit these figures in vindicatiOn Of
the national Republican administration
We believe that the Grant party intend to
pay this debt, and that they intend that
every man shall pay his fair proportion of
taxation, which shall be honestly applied to
the purposes for which it is raised. Zap
plause) We do not believe. with the
evidence before us, of Perry Fuller and his
six hundred thousand dollars defalcation,
of Steedman and his seven hundred thou
sand dollars defalcation, that a Democratic
administration would ever collect justly the
revenues of the country. If they did, we
believe they would put them in their own
pockets. Applause
THOSE CARPET-BAGGERs.
But the Democrats may say: 1T is very
true Grant is very good President and
Congress is a very good Congress, but they are
not to beicOmpared with you Radicals down
in louisiana; not to be compared with a set
of Internal carpet baggers, scallawags ard
niggers. We don't care about what is going
on in Washington. All we know is, you
adventures have come down here like lot
OF vampires and are sucking the life's blood
out of us, and as soon as you get out of
Office intend TO fly back to the North" In
answer to that have only to say that in the
first place we don't intend to fly back to the
North. because in the second place we don't
intend to give up ourOtices fGreat laughter
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out of office, expect most of us will be
buried in this country, EReDewed laughter
and applause.
The truth is the Republican party of this
country are not all mi ggers, are not all
- carpet-baggers." There is as much of the
bone and sinew and intelligence of the State
of Louisiana i'll the Republican party as
there is in the Democratic party. Zap
plause. | have but to appeal to this all-
dience and need no further confirmation of
this assertion. Not only here but elsewhere
the honest men of the country are beginning
70 rally round the party OF progress with a
to wipe out these old issues,
these old tallacies. and to build up gov
ernment on sure foundation for the future.
| lApplauseI.
CORRUPTION IN OFFICE.
We say it is rot true the Republican
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them on themselves. We say every dollar
we can account for. We don't go
behind the bush with our settlements. We
come before the world, and when we find a
dishonest official i'll our own ranks we take
him by the throat (Applause.l Did our
Democratic friends do this? [''No,' and
cheers. Tell me one instance where a
Democratic official was ever kicked out of
office. Tell me an instance where one Demo
cratic official was ever arrested by his party,
however great his frauds. Do you remem-
Der when NJ Wicklifte was arrested, that
the Bee. The Bulletin, and all the Demo
cratic papers of New Orleans, turned to and
and hurrah'd for Wicklife Applause He
was being prosecuted by carpetbagger.
aod it was the duty of the whole community
to rally round him. What was the
the whole city Of New Orleans to
convict him. though he was twice tried
For what Wicklitfe stole the Republican
party il responsible. They elected him to
office, but they borrowed him from the
Democrats, [laughterl and they returned
llIn to the Democratic party when they had
eiected him from office. TContinued laugh
ter and applause.l He was one of the old
Wickliffe family. He stated he came from
kentucky. We knew he had been a rebel.
4 Democrat, and everything else that was
bad, but when he came into our church and
confessed all his sins and asked to be for
given, we fOrgaVe.him in order to show we
to be fair and square, and took
" icklitfe in and gave him a small Office
We did not suppose he would have made
;Uch good use Of it. Laughter and ap-
Dlause.l
THE ABELL JUDGE.
After this man had been tried and ac-
:uitted ON two charges, there were still
.welve indictments against him, but could
We get the First District Court to try him
went myself to Judge Abel and begged
,im not to dismiss the prosecution. told
lin the people were now convinced this
Vas not a mere prosecution, that public
opinion had changed. But l had no iufin-
nee with Judge Abel. Judge Abel said
n effect, Il know Wickliffe is a thief: I am
aststied he is "a rascal; | know he is one OF
he worst men that ever lived, but am 60
ng TO tell the District Attorney to dismiss
he balance of the prosecutions" And he
Id dismiss them. I charge to-day that
Nickliffe's not being punished is attributa-
lie to the fact tbatSwe had Democratic
ldge III the First District Court, a Demo
ratio District Attorney, a Democratic
nat one Of the deputy sheritfs in the First
District Court Lad brother in Wicklitfe's
flee. LApplausc.l
THE TAXATION QUESTION
But the Democrats say That amt all the
tealing you fellows have done. 1t lis proved
hat Wickliffe stole a good deal of money.
Gut look at our taxes. Our taxes before
be war were only thirty-tive to fifty cents
n the hundred dollars; now they are nearly |
dollar. and the increase is all attributable !
rou'' What is the truth That our |
democratic friends are responsible for every |
slIar of extra taxation [Cheersl. Before |
ae war the taxable property of the State
: I,o,,isiana was five hundred millions OF |
ollars. By the losses Of the war the taxa,