The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-20
From the Indianapolis Journal
What We Have Done.

It is the fashion of the Democracy
to denounce the extravaganza and
corruption of the Republicans. aud
they find, as can always be found in
so large a country, with so many
Offices, isolated cases that furnish
them texts. This is their handiest
weapon, and it never rusts for want
of use. But unhappily for its effect,
the cases that furnish texts don't fur
pish proofs, and they slash about
vigorously with their jaek-knife with
out hurting anybody. When we force
them down to the final test of admin
istrative ability and official integrity,
a comparison Of results, through the
same length of time and under the
same circumstances, their Wanted
weapon becomes like Yussef's magic
sabre, a lathe of wood, and the evi.
dence equally of their own falsehood
and the merit it decried.
Let us make this comparison be-
tween Democratic and Republican
honesty and success Grant has been
ia Office a little over sixteen months.
During that sixteen months there has
beer no change, except by one Of two
reductions, either of domestic taxes
or foreign duties, from those main
tanned during the last sixteen months
of Johnson's Democratic Administra-
ton. New regulations have recently
been enacted. but they are not II OPP
GRAFTON yet. The comparison for the
last year and third of the Democratic
Administration can thus be made with
the first year and third Of the Repub-
lican administration. The i~ncreqsesof
internal revenue from March 4. 1869
to July /. 1870, over the sixteen
months from November l 1867, to
March 4, 1869, is $50, DOG, 735 Il.
During the same length of time,
with the same rate of taxation, the
Republicans collected over thirtg tL0o
millions of dollars more income than
the Democrats did! How is that for
evidence of honesty and faithful
work? During the same time the
$19. 1913 GA more than the Demo.
Gratis collected with the same dUtie,
10 the same length of time. Altogeth-
err the Republicans have, by simply
attending to their duties. and paying
over honestly what they collected, in
creased the revenue of the Govern
ment, in sixteen months of Grants ad-
ministration over the last sixteen
months Of the Democratic admins
tration, $51, 400, 900. This is the
saUing-for not a tax has been in
creased, not a duty raised-of honest
management. The Democrats had ex,
actly the same country to work in,
the same business to work on, and the
same taxes, or higher ones. to work
with, and they stole. UdSted, and lost
Jtty n millions of dollars IN sirieeR
months There are the figures, and
he will be a bold Democrat who will
dare to face them. We defy Mr.. Hen
bricks to present this case of re
formation in his next speech, and if
the gay and gallant gamboIier" of
the EentlRet can spare time from
draw poker" we trust he will give a
little OF 1t to Calculating the mystery
OF this Democratic management in
stead of his faYorite sensation of an
ace full" Fifty one millions of dol
lars sdUed from the same taxes. in the
same time, by Republicans. which
Democrats lost and stolel There IS
the record.
There Is another interesting feature
of this same question of honest man.
agement. During the sixteen months
of Grants administration the Repub.
licans have paid off $139, 0O4 $50 27
of the national debt. In Indiana the
Republicans, In less than ten years.
have paid off the whole of the State
debt. The Democrats paid little OF
the national debt in Johnson's last
sixteen months, and in Indiana, dur
ing seventeen years. they ReU.r paid a
dollar, except of interest, and they
pluudered the State of land enough
to have covered half of the debt.
These are the National and State re-
suits of Democratic and Republican
administrations. Look at it closely
Tor 1t is worth attention.
Another striking point In this COM
parls0n OF party results is the fact that
the Republicans. at the session of
congress just closed, have reduced
the duties on foreign products $22,-
UOO,OOO. and have reduced tqacoti1on for
internal revenue 500. 1000, 900. They
have relieved the nation of $1,000
OOO OF taxes a year. This is some
thing worth doing, and Boosting
about. 1t would have been many a
long year before a Democratic admin
istration like Johnson's, wasting fftV-
one million dollars a year, could have
found out that taxes could be re.
duced at all. Democrats opposed
every one of these reductions.
The Republicans have collected
$51,4OO,O00 more revenue, with the
same taxes in the same time, than the
Democrats did under Johnson, The
Republicans have reduced taxes $50
GOO, 600 q year. We want some Dem.