Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-01-14
CoIfax on Grant.
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Standing on the threshold of the
new year with ten months of the
administration Of President Grant
before the country and the world, it
is a fitting time TO consider the pres
ent condition of affairs, and to con-
trast it with March last, when he
took the solemn oath that invested
him with the power conferred on
him by the popular vote.
Economy-In every branch of the
public service his orders Initiated
retrenchments, which have been and
are being carried out with zeal and
fidelity. Useless Offices have been
discontinued the clerical force in
the departments has been largely
decreased; the army was promptly
reduced; very many of the surplus
military officers, resulting from the
reorganization Of the regiments,
have been ordered into service as
Indian agents. thus saving the sala-
ries of an equal number of ofcivilians
and unnecessary appropriations have
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Honest Collections With taxation
diminished from last year, the rev.
enue has steadily increased, abating
the discomfort which always exists
when the honest taxpayer is com
PEELED to bear his own burden, and
the burden that should fall on the
dishonest taxpayer besides.
Rimgs.-With this increased eff
ficiency and vigilance on the part of
the revenue officers, the whisky ring,
once so widespreading and power
ful, no longer exists in an organi
zed capacity anywhere in our cities,
or throughout the land And the
gold ring, which caused such wild
excitement few months ago, felt
the power Of the President and his
Financial Secretary at a timely mo-
ment, so that it has not since shown
signs of life or action
The De5t.-Month by month the
people have witnessed with intense
satisfaction the steady reduction of
the National debt. The monthly
bulletins Of the Treasury Depart
ment have been successive campaign
documents in favor Of the Admins
tration, and when the year expires
over one twentieth of the bonded
debt will have been paid.
Gold.-Steadily, with the single
exception already alluded to, the
premium on gold has declined, not
by any extraordinary attempt of the
Administrator to force or to hasten
the resumption of specie payments,
but by the improved credit Of the
nation reacting upon 1t. Already
the very margin between the prem
ium on gold and the selling price OF
our bonds points Enthusiastically to
the nearness OF the time when the
debt can be funded at a much lower
rate Of interest; enabling the coun-
try, in connection with other saw
ings, to dispense with scores of mil
lions Of dollars Of taxation.
Pardons. Instead Of the daily
release of convicted offenders against
the laws, the exercise of Executive
clemency has been confined within
proper and healthy restriction, alike
just to the criminal and the country
he has wronged.
Public Observation-Disclosures dis.
contents there may have been as tc
this or that appointment, no fair mar
can deny, as a whole, the nation has
never had any better array Of offjc.
ers. If thePresident could possibly
have been guided by unerring in
spiration, all would not have beer
satisfied with his choice; for, even il
dozen applicants were thoroughly
qualified, but one could be selected
and eleven with all their friends dis.
satisfied. And, as there is no Con