The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-13
COIfFAX ON CRANE
rom Tic Independently

..alnr on the threshold Of the
YEAR with ten months of the adj
~traticn Of President Grant be-
.-c -h. country and the world, it is
tIme 10 consider the present
miit'on of affairs, and to contrast
with March last, when he took the
oath that invested him with
rover conferred on him by the
rpu.aE vote.
Eeoa9my.-In every branch Of the
.5lio service his orders initiated
frenchments, which have been and
e being carried cut with zeal and
a. Useless Offices have been
5etinued; the clerical force In
1suartments has been largely de-
the army was promptly reduc-
very many Of the surplus military
cess, resulting from the %reOrgan:-
ION of the regiments, have been
Tered into service as Indian agents,
as saving the salaries Of an equal
-mber of civilians; and unnecessary
ar0uriatiOns have not been used.
fi4H SO C0HectiOns.-With taxation
minishod from last year, the reye-
has steadily increased, abating
~llscontent which always exists
ea The honest tax payer is CON-
led 10 bear his own burden, and
burden that shoald fall on the
ID honest taxpayer besides.
with this increased ethcIen-
vigilance on the part of the
e-ce officers, the whiskey ring,
50 widespreading and powerful,
longer exists IN an organized ca
a4yWhere in our cities, or
ri lghout the land. And the gold
which caused such wild excite
4,a lew months ago, felt the power
the President and his Financial
at a timely moment, so that
-as nlt ince shown signs of life or
JejG-Month by month the
pIa AVE witnessed with intense
Ion the steady reduction Of
nal Debt. The monthly
III the Treasury Department
eu a~uccessive campaign docu-
II. favor Of the Administration,
au The year expires yer one
of the bonded debt will
a hacn paid.
t1 -oadily, with the single
ll already alluded to, the
ulF ga gold has declined, not by
az ordinary attempt of the
tatiOn TO force or to hasten
option Of specie payments,
br tle improved credit of the
ao.iog upon it. Already tb~
.l-9w margin between the
I. gold and the selling priUe1)f
.0 points Enthusiastically to the
1i the time when the debt
. .lnded at a much lower rate
Interest,"; enabling the country, in
ue..oc with other savings, to
With scores of millions Of
laws .. taxatiou.
Instead of the daily
-.- D. convicted offenders again. t
the exercise Of Executive
lseog has been confined within
ana healthy restrictions, alike
criminal aud the country
ar0nged,
Ulcers. Whatever discon-
-Ae may have been as to this
lppointment, no fair man can
5 whole, the nation has
ad my better array Of officers
resident could possibly have
.lIded by unerring inspiration.
rId not have been satisfied with
alCe; for, even If a dozen ap
r.s we're thoroughly qualified,
ue could be selected, and eleven
an their friends dissatisfied
as there is no Congressman who
deny that he has sometimes made
axes in selections in his owI
ie.. where he knows personally
uluy of his constituents, how
any President be infallibl,
r. DO must depend for knowledge
% very large proportion of appli.
.s on the recommendations oil
s.
sc0ns1 uctioa.-By the prompt
fudieiOus action Of the President
r the large authority given t.
last April, In the closing hour
he first session of the Kills
gress, the work Of reconstruction
ws rapidly to its close, and, belor
resurrection of Spring gladden.
hearts, we may hope to see ever
.e ia the Union fully Representa-
he National Councils.
he hdians-Under the Presi
rs firm and humane policy, ther
been fewer Indian Outrages au
eaks between the Mississippi an
@ierras than during any year sine
Peace to the frontier settle
lls IS q boon whose blessings an
few here can adequately realize.
isie.-In nothing has the Admin
ion been more positive and Ou
Ken than in the advocacy of I'll
Amendment, from the day tn;
SASS recommended in the Inaugura
re present hour, when its in;
cation seems so near at han
before It's formal adoption, Il
dent has illustrated his belief
-ustiee by appointing to. office,
higher or lower degree, mai
race aud color, irrespective
iotellectual qualifications, hi
~..ously placed them under the b
,rial ostracism. The f0ll0wlI
aud emphatic remark of q
dent to Attorney General Hoa
u,ofed by the latter at the rece
Encland dinner in New York,
to be printed in letters
zone to see the time when eve
this country may have pow
.-nrcss his own opinion, to II
nom be pleases, to vote as
ndto have his vote count
! m~olestation or hinderance
If we can only unite
ming public faith and cree
litical differences will not be
count"
lia5aDlo Clain1s.-The br
sointed illusions in the Pre-
message to 1.-THE only or;
which the United Sta
With any foreign nation ml
in the memory of all. A
... emphatic sentence: