Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-09-29
Speech OF Hon. 5. S, MARSHALL al
Springfield, H

Democratic State 0o1venfion cof Hlinfis,
at Springfield, Seutember41 Id on the
political questions Sfthe DAY. +Aftef some
preliminary rema1k8h SID.
The people, turn1ae asidefre TIE ras-
sions and prejudices of tho past, are be-
ginning to inquire how .their estate is
being managed by their public servants /;
why such enormodsshm dP Erungt rpm
them from year 80ayeaf and what
comes of this moneFS what dlsposIbOn Is
being made of then public Rnds acquired
for homesteads for our pea1tsHand no
it is that has faste9eA upoAf them aetffi1
stance, impoverishl1g their Children for
the benefit Of MeAl alre6ay5o10 in
wealth. ~
In short, queAurb dfAarff, ta5EsBOn,
finance, public eRenditue9 and b dis
position of the pbtf6 lahasAre thegqpes-
lions Of the hour, nd it WI be hz1 Ain
that the designinGE6s the guilty wiz at
tempt to turn thepzgple aside from 2 con
Ever since, in A1ary last the country
was startled with the bold declaSetion
made on the floor of the House ofkepre-
sentatives, by Mr.. Dawes, phairman-otthe
Committee on Appropriations, and foad-
ing member of the Radical partylIhat,
Notwithstanding the extrsTRGRp@pn-
organizations made for the fseA ye3t end.
ing June 80, 1870, the estimates 0f the de-
partments for b following HoT currently
year were $42, 1000 D09iulexeeys of thos1
appropriations; that The 1end8hcy every
where in making expenditures was upE
ward, not downS3utS yHAtf HpcNithSthuds
ing all the professions by the Administrar
ton Of economy, the tendencEeyerywhefe
was alarmingly IN the other drecton end
that after goinget6i and labefing wftlpan
the departmentsrand ffnallytheP President
himself, he couldbget nOhofe Office opera
tion in the reductions sof oexpeniitupes.
Ever since these charges were thus made,
and proven beydndGsl conference.-the
Radical leaders, alarmed for the effect this
exposure may have upon the .RxRTfrS
have been laborihB, and pubAsAtngA nom
time to time juggling columns Of figures,
to prove that Granka Administration ISIS
model of economy and fd6lIty. AhdeteTy
day or two the telegfaphih fo1h1s ms sfkaf
Mr.. Colfax or sGmenother lbadGf hasiaps
pealed to Mr.. B0atWeGlts set his clefksfo
work 70 get up snpe1 pswEivg8lezsnx tie
subject raw A dHtziIa8 sssat
1t is sometimes saidthst Figures won't
lie" This is very and the same
may be said of TQEdsr They aIe both, IN
struments, and certainlywihndt Id. Bu4
unfortunately, the men who use them do,
sometimes lie mAsthY1lainouslyk and use
these innocent Instruments for purposes
Of deception and fraud bIvsw .ss.sTnH
hold now in ny hspds 9 pppnSaii0H
Republican Congressional Committee"
which they faceftou9lyfe8l Ap9iSGfY9hi
prehensive, and perfectly reliablereyiew,
of the financial measures and policy of the
Republican Congressand Administrator,
since these two branches Of the GoVern-
ment have been brqgghtJia harm9pious
relations" This perfectly reliapie"
production, and furnishes b reWarkhble
instance of the audacity With which some
men can presume upon the igporance
and gullibility Of the -peoplefN4t cut
Munchausens BarUno M-unchausenasO TAR
that that Observation-Disclosures of .h5Sl
ing, would not dare eto hold up his head
again could he once see this -pyQdpctioq.,
Its misstatements are too glaring 70, mis-
lead any but the most ignorant I can
here only notice u OF two that are
amusingIy absurd. 1 ned not pahse to
remark upon TIN absurd attempt t0-cQmS
pare the expenditures of Grants Admins
istration with the Democratic Admins
tration of Andrew Jphnson," MHEJohn-
son was certainly not IN hAtmpHT with
his party On b question: fsfeconstruc,
ton, and on that question they managed
to get up a veT5noisy quarrel. But to at
tempt to hold the Democratic party re-
sponsible for the expenditures of his, Adj
ministratiOn is toe preposterous to impose
on the most ignorauh ~credulity. The Re-
publican partyS6lected him, 1nspite ofthe
opposition of the Democratic party. He
inherited his Republican Cseinet tENn
him hand and foot, so that he could not
remove from Office q member of his Cab
met, q head of Bureau, q clerk In the
departments, an assessor, collector, or any
other officer in the government, or ap-
point one of those ohcerss without the CO.
operation Of aRadical Senate. "a Radif
cal Congress voted every donad0oeth
public expenditures, and Johnson dared
not, at peril Of Impeachment, touch one
dollar that was not first appropriated by
Law. A Radical Congress Is Responsible
for every dollar of these expenditures,
whether creator small They have had
absolute control of appropriations and.
expenditures since the 9Th of March, 1851,
n they cannot ehirk the responsibility
therefore, either by misrepresentaion or
Here is a choice mSrsa from this sper-
fectly reliable review:
'By means ofthe redcmpton andipaymentofthe
one hundred and thirty-nine millions OF coln-inter-
nom an snnusi tsS6 the amounted EIGHT millions
and one-third ofa million Of dollars C$S;3s4,145s
pPy the per cent. gold interest annually due on
the one hundred ndthsrtynin millions OF dollars.
9.A 1ANL &@&& F@@E -
would, without compromising or discount, have
sweled to an aggregate Of eighty-three millions in
ten years, to one undred and sixty-seyen millions
ntwenty years, and two hundred and hfty millions
OF taxation in thirty years.pS
This is perfectly splendid. , It almost
makes ones head SWIM to see how rapid
Iy this sum ruhAunasB But the. writer. is
entirely too modest. Why did he stop at
40 years? He could have gone on for q
thousand just as easily, and thus liz, the
same way have shown that Grants adj
ministration has already saved to the
American people eight thousand million
dollars, more monty, IN Act than thereis
on the entire globe. -s?. szo9 ~
am temptedr9o give one other Apsci-
men before passing fromthis amusingdoe!
ument. Here it is rs dEl.id !
pear the following: - o.
REDUCTION OF ANNUAL INTEREST ~
Annual saving ofinterest upon principal
OF public debt paid, abontS.. - -. $500, 0OO
Reminding at lower rats, consequent up
on improved cnedit.-..-.. .-......N 2~6,oOO.OOC
Interest on per eegt3fsfft1cfyefPsbe 30
paid under currently act. !"....... 1,962,60C
Total annual .sysSAA otAAkassrosks s5Sss 90
when the new seTi6 d bonds shalfbe negotiated.
Now that is absolutely. sublime. The
sum of it is that mot one dollar of these
bonds has been. refunded, Dr. is IkeIyS' to
be, nor has one dollaf-6fthes93 percents,