New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-06

aid to them. The history of legislation fol
: forty years upon this subject will bear me
out in saying that the laborer in this land
has found in the Democratic party his dead
Hest enemy. When did the Democratic
7 party ever have any reputation for economy
in public affairs? Take its history 1o
back to Mr.. Pierce's administration, IN
time of profound peace. With no occasion
, for any extra expenditure OF puolc money,
and how did he leave it? With an addition
of some twelve million dollars to the debt Of
the nation, And what did Mr.. Buchanan do
He added seventy million dollars more to
the debt. In time of profound peace, with
prosperity in the land, revenues increasing
, and overlooking, he added seventy millions
to the twelve million dollars of debt that
.. existed at the end of Mr.. Pierce's admins
tration, and the very last year of it, with all
the revenues of the country on war basis,
to meet and liquidate the public debt, with
every obligation upon the administration OF
public affairs that could be brought to bear,
in the burden that rested upon the people,
in the patriotic sacrifices the people were
. making to meet the eXigencies of the gov
| erment.
The very last year of Andrew Johnson's
> administration. he added to insteai OF
paying q dollar Of the debt. He added
$4,000 600 to it. Is there anything in the
past history Of the Democratic party that
encourages the people to think that, II
power were restored to their hands to-day,
they would be economical in the expendi.
ture of the public money? Where are the
Perry Fullers and the men OF that stripe
They only slumber, they are not dead; and,
when that party comes into power, their
heads will rise all over the land, their OPP
portunities will come, the public treasury
will be plundered anew and the burdens
that the people are bearing will not only be
grievous as they are to-day to be borne in
! INN 70 h,,f how ha1y @Ia
sclousness of knowing that they are going
to be squandered upon unworthy, dishonest
and protilgate officials. such as darkened the
avenues OF the treasury department in the
years that are passed. Such as lowered
around the great Customhouse and Internal
Revenue Offices in the immediate past; such
as hung upon Andrew johnson in the last
| years OF his administration, ready to prey
| upon the public treasury. These men are
behind those that are calling upon you to
transfer the power in this nation to their
hands, and take it from the Republican
party.
| THE ECONOMY OF TIE PRESENT ADMINIsTnA-
FION.
How is it now, fellow citizens, with the
Republican party? Have they no claim to
honesty and economy in the public affairs
They have been in power eleven months,
and can show the account Of their work
up to this day. took it from the Treasury
books yesterday, and I state it to you JUST
as it is in contrast with what / told you of
the last year of Andrew Johnson, who spent
all the treasure and all the revenues OF the
land, and ran the nation into debt, adding
to the S7,500,000 900, under which it is
grooming to-day, $4,000, 600 more. During
| the last year, Mr.. Johnson received $685.
900 coo, and he incurred debt in addition to
5000 900, so that he expended 1914 600, 900. In
the first year of General Grants administra.
ton, with no higher rate of taxation, but on
the other hand, with reduced taxation in
some particulars, he has gathered into the
Treasury from his officials hands, 1894, OQ0,-
900 Gnstead of S36S, 200, 000) from the saAe
taxes /; but, instead of spending all that in
the current expenses of this first year.
he has paid $50, 000 900 of the public debt
out Of it, (Great applause.) So that he
has expended only 1914, 100000, against
1914. 900, 900 spent in the last year ofAndrew
Johnson's administr alton, making just q
difference of 100000, 900. This is from the
books. He has collected S26,000O00 more
for this present year than Andrew Johnson
did in his last year, and $4,000, 600 of that
is from the internal taxes CT the land,
which were not a mill higher, and on some
articles were lower than last year. Why
has he collected s26, 900, 600 more? Because
there has been less of it stolen. daughter
and applause.) Let me tell you there is
good deal of difference between the politics
of my district and the two Congressional
districts in Brooklyn, New York. You know
what that difference is. There are two dis
tilleries in my district wish there were
none there-snd there are l29 in Brooklyn,
yet the two in my district paid more money
into the treasury last year than all of the
l29 in Brooklyn. What is the reason? Be-
cause the men in my district are brought
up as they are in New Hampshire, and have
an idea that they must pay their taxes hon
estly, while there Is no such idea in Brook.
Ign. (Applause) That is the account up
to date between the administration of Cen
eral Grant and that Of Mr.. Johnson last
year.
PRESIDENT GRANTS PLEDGE TO NEW HAMp.
SHIRE.
Now what is the promise for the future
What is the prospect on the question O. pub
lie expenditures for next year? Upon that
point propose to speak plainly-as you can
find have spoken plainly elsewhere. Zap
plause.1 1t is true that the bureau officers
of the several epartments-and, by-the-by,
more than half OF them have been inherited
from the last administrations making
their estimates for appropriations for the
next year, asked too much. When these ap.
preparations came to be all aggregated, to be
sent to the House, the whole cunt was
alarmlngly too much, and l took the liberty
to tell the men responsible for it that it was
too much, [applause] and, gentlemen, if you
want any assurance that for the coming
year, or for the remaining years of this adj.
ministration, as in this very year, that there
will be no tendency upward, but rather
downward, you will find it in the answer,
which the whole people made, de.
handing that those appropriations for |
the next year should not be larger |
than the appropriations for this year,
and in the unanimity in the Execu- |
tive branch OF the government and in Con- |
gress, in the work they have been applying |
themselves to, in cutting down the appro- |
priations for the coming year. There is no |
division. There is an earnest. conscientious |
effort in all branches of the government to |
see to it that there shall not be dollar |
more appropriated for the next year than |
for this. [Applause.I l was charged, yes
terday afternoon, by the President himself, |
with this message to the people of New |
Hampshire-[loud applause when I told |
MIN was coming here. He told me to as
sure the people of New Hampshire that this
exhibit have made here of the successful |
collection, and the economical expenditure,
nest and pledge of what it shall be in the
year to come. [Great applause] Tell the
people OF New Hampshire that during nv
administration there shall be no ascending
scale OF public expenditures [deafenirg an.
plausel; but, whenever and wherever the
closest scrutiny shall disclose the possibility
of cutting off a dollar, it shall be done
Loud and continued applause
THE STRENGTH OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
There is one other thing which l wish to
mention tonight. General Grant ia at the
heaa of the party. Thank God that he can
criticise it. A party that can probe and IN
cover its sores can grow strong and healthy
by self-probing. What has it done this last
week but to take one of its own members