Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-08-26

who stood 80 firmly while IN MINORITY
amid the idenunciations, arrogance and
scorn of power; the men who met the.
stern exigencles OF civil war with such |
heroic courage, who assafled the slave
power and extirpated the slave system !; |
the men who grappled 30 successfully |
with the perplexing and pregnant issues |
of reconstruction, lifted helpless freedmen I
up to citizenship, exalted them TO the |
heights of civil and political rights and
privileges, and made the nation free in
fact as well asiin. name, should not shrink |
from the less momentous and less embar-
RAISING questions now before them.
WORK. TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
Patriotisrn, principle, the continued ex-
istence, reputation and renown of the
Republican party, and q due sense OF self.
respect and pride of character demand
that Republicans now, as in the past,
should have faith in its capacity to carry
forward to completion reforms 30 auspi-
ciousiy begun. 1t came into being as an
organization of reform and progress, and
should ever be ready to accept the living
issues of the hour and march abreast with
the spirit of the age. .Unaided 1t has
fought the battles of reform with con-
stancy and courage. Nor in the work
still before it can it hope for aid from
those who still cling to the traditions Of
the past, pride themselves on their con-
servatism, and who, during the conflicts
of the past twenty years, have resisted all
reform, and mourned over every effete
and hateful abuse as it fell. If there are
Republicans who are weary of the ascend
enCy of party which has achieved such
crowning victories, who are tired of the
responsibilities of power, and would re-
1inOrioh If IN othnr n andq thnu ohOuld rSi.
member there are none worthy to accept
it. For surely they cannot fail to see
that the Democratic party, by its policy
during the closing years of its power, and
by Its blind and unrelenting opposition to
reformatory measures while out OF power,
even now, as if sfnitten by judicial blind
ness, refusing to accept the Constitutional
amendments, as fixed and final, has dem
onstrated its utter incapacity for such q
trust. s.ta
PRESIDENT GRANTS ADMINISTRATION.
Accustomed to success even against
fearful odds, and undertaking, perhaps,
the intrinsic difficulties of the pending is
sues, many Republicans looked to Gen.
Grants Administration with high raised
expectations. Of course they have been
| impatient, and not always satisfied with
results. But while these expectations
have not been fully realized in the action
| Of either the President or of Congress,
| much has been achieved, enough, at any
rate, to satisfy them that the difficult
problems will be wrought out and the
hoped-for results accomplished. General
Grant came into Office pledged to main
tain inviolate the public faith, reduce the
national debt, diminish taxation, appreci-
ate the currency, reform abuses in the
! civil and military service, and maintain
order in the States lately in rebellion. BY
the combined action of the President, the
heads of departments, Congress and the
General of the army, many abuses have
been corrected and many reforms inau.
| gUrated. J President Grants Indian policy
is bringing forth evidences Of its justice,
its humanity and its wisdom. The firm,
just and generous policy of the Admins.
tration toward the States lately in rebel
lion has brought much of order and Sc.
curity, and crimes have largely diminish.
ed. In the interests of economy the ser
vices of thousands of employees, both civil
and military, have been dispensed with
The currency has been apprec ciated in
value by tens and scores of millions OF
dollars, and the national credit has been
largely strengthened. ~ ~ W s-A
THE REVENUES.
Without any increase in the articles
subject to taxation, or in the rate Of taxa
ton, the revenues of the fiscal year end
ing Both Of June, 1870, were nearly $409,.
000, 900 against less than 1911 100000 for
the year ending 30th June, 1869, showing
a gain of nearly $38, 100000. On the other
hand, the expenses of the. fiscal year 1870,
were less than these of 1869 by more than
| $29000000, thus showing an increased
revenue and. saving in expenditure of
more than sixty seven millions of dollars
in the first fiscal year Of General Grants
Administration In the last sixteen months
of Mr.. Johnson's Administration the re-
ceipts from customs and internal revenue
were less than three hundred and seven.
ty-two millions of dollars During the
first sixteen months of General Grants
Administration they were more than foul
hundred and sixty-nine millions, showing
an increase of nearly ninety-seyen mill
ions of dollars. Republicans will remem
ber that during the last two years of Mr.
Johnson's Administration he removed
Republicans appointed, by Mr.. Lincoln
and others who adhered to the principles
of the Republican party, and. appointed
Democrats where he could do 80. The
character. of the appointments, and the
demoralizing influence which his opinions
and conduct had upon them, were seen II
the loss of scores of millions of dollars o
revenue in those years. The large gair
in the collection is mainly due to the de
termined and avowed purpose of Genera
Grant to secure an honest administration
Of the revenue laws, and the appointment
of Republicans to office earnestly devoted
to his economical policy
- REDUCTION OF TAXRs.
During the recent session of Congress
taxes have been reduced more than $75,
100000. The taxes have been removed
from transportation on canals and rail
ways, from sales by dealers and manufac
turers. The income tax has been reduc
ed to two and a half per cent. on al
incomes above $4,000; and it is to expire
at the end of two years. The tax on te;
has been reduced from twenty five to fif
teen cents per pound !; on coffee from fiv,
to three cents, and the tax on sugar anC
molssses has been reduced in the aggre
gate twelve millions of dollars per annum
By this reduction of taxation the indus
tries Of the people and the necessaries o
life have been relieved of burdens amount
ing to millions. The Funding bill is al
important financial measure, which con
templates the aaving of interest upon thu
public debt by nc exchange of outstand
ing six per cent. bonds for those of (
lower rate of interest, TO the amount o
$26, 500, 900 year. While reduction il
taxes transfers the burden of the deb
from one year to another, from one gen
Grafton to another, reduction in the ratC
of interest is an actual saving to the coun
try, not only for the present generation
but for all time. And yet these impor
| tant and beneficial financial measures, in
tended to tighten the public burdens, re
ceived little countenance and supper
from the Democratic party, whose re
sponsibilities for the war, its losses, its ex
penditures, its debts and its taxation, are
so fearfully large ~. ES 81
Not faultless but high, noble and glori
ous is the record of the Republican party
History will note it, and the world will
gratefully remember it, In the light o
this brief review of its achievements fol
patriotism, liberty, justice and humanity
should not Republicans, one and all, cline
to their grand organization, reoify III
mistakes, correct its errors, and keep il
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