Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-08-26

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terests and real differences of opin
ion. The solutions of some ofthem
are embarrassed by grave difficulties.
They require time as well as financial
skill snd practical craftsmanship for
their adjustment Differences of
opinion on matters so recondite and
complex, in an organization embrac-
ing so many men of large iutelli
gence, trained to habits of indepen-
dent thought, expression and modes
of action, are inevitable. They are,
indeed, to be expected and desired,
for from such freedom OF discussion
truth is elected and proper modes of
action are deducted. The men.
therefore, who stood so firmly in a
minority. amid the denunciatIon, ar
rogance and scorne of power; the
men who met the stern eXigencies
ofcivil war with such heroic courage,
who assailed the slave power and
extirpated the slave system; the
men who grappled so successfully
with the perplexing pregnant issues
of reconstruction, lifted helpless
freedmen up to citizenship, exalted
them to the heights of civil and po-
litical rights and privileges. and
made the nation free in fact as well
as in name, should not shrink from
the less momentus and less embar-
RAISING question now before them.
| WORK To RE ACCONPIISHFD
Patriotism. principle, the continued
existence, reputation and renown OF
the Republican party, and a due
sense of self respect and pride of
character demand that Republicans
/. now, as in the past, should have faith
in their capacity to carry forward to
completion reforms so auspiciously
begun. 1t came into being as an
organization of reform and progress,
and should be ever ready to accept
the living issues of the hour and
march abrest with the spirit of the
age. Unaided it has fought the
battles of reform with constancy and
courage. Nor in the work still be
fore it can it hope for aid from those
who still cling to the traditions OF
the past, pride themselves on their
conservatism, and who, during the
conflicts of the past twenty years,
have resisted all reform, and mourn
ed over effete and hateful abuse as
it fell. If there are Republicans who
are weary of the ascendency of the
party wnich has achieved such
crowning victories, who are tired of
the responsibilities of power, and
would relinquished it to other hands,
they should remember that there
are none worthy to accept it. For
surely they cannot fail to see that
the Democratic party, by its policy
during the closing year of its power
and by its blind and unrelenting
opposition to reformatory measures
while out of power, even now, as il
smitten by judicial blindness, refusing
to accept the Constitutional Amend,
ments as fixed aud final, has demon
strated its utter incapacity for such
a trust.
PRESIDENTS GRANTS ADMINIsTRA-
TIoN.
Accustomed to success even
against fearful odds, and under
standing perhaps the intrinsic diff
culties of the pending issues, many
Republicans looked to Grants ad
ministration with high raised expec-
tatioDs. OF course they have been
impatient, and not always satisfied
with results. But while these eX-
pectations have not been fully real
lied 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.
Gen. Grant came into office pledged
to maintain inviolate the public
faith, reduce the, national debt, di-
minish taxation, appreciate the cur
rency, reform abuses in the civil aud
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
reforms inaugurated. President
Grants Indian policy is bringing
forth evidence Of its justice, its hu
manity and its wisdom. The firm,
just and generous policy of the
administration toward the States
lately in rebellion has brought much
of order and security, and crimes
have largely diminished. In the in
terests of economy the services of
thousands of employees, both civil
and military, have been dispensed
with. The currency has been npre-
ciated in value by tens and scores
of millions of dollars, and the ma
tional credit has been largely
trengthened.
THE REVENUES.
Without any increase in the artic-
les subject to taxation or in the rate
of taxation, the revenues of the fiscal
year ending 30th of June 1870, were
nearly S469, 100000, against less
than S371, 100000 for the year end
ing 30th of June, 1869, showing a
gain of nearly 33S,000,000. On the
other hand, the expenses of the fiscal
year, 1870, were less than those of
1869 by more tSan $4,000, ,OOO,thus
showing an increased revenue and
saving in expenditures of more than
sixty-seven millions of dollars in
the fiscal year of General Grants