The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-16
= @ .-- MCONNEISvILLE OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1870.

duced more than $50 0OOOO 900 per annunl. BY stead
in few short years. the national tax-gatherer may
/ not diSapfeAr from the door Of the ct'z,n aim st
| entirely. With the revenue stamp dispensed by
| postmasteTs in every community,a tax upon liquors
Of all Sorts and tobacco in all its forms. and by
wise adjustment OF the tariff. which win pa; duty
| only upon those articles which We could disp1Dse
with, known as Injuries, and on those which We
use more of than We produce, revenue enough
may be raised after Q few years Of peace and the
/ consequent reduction Of Indebtedness 70 fulhll
all our obhRations further reduction OF ex-
| penses in addition to . reduction OF interest
count may be relied on to make this prActicAble.
/ Revenue reform, II 1t means this has my hearty
support II Il implies collection OF al the rev.
enues for the support OF the Government for
/ the payment Of principal and interest Of the
public debt, pensions, etc, By directly taxing
the people. then am against revenue refcrm. and
/ confidently believe the people are with me. II 10
means Q failure TO provide the necessary means to
dotrzy all expenses Of the Government and thereby
the Reputation Of the public debt and pensions.
then am still more opposed to sueh kind Of rove
nue. reform Revenue reform has not been denaed
By any of its advocates to my knowledge. but IL
seems to be accepted IS something which is 70 sup
ply every msn's wants without any st or effort
/ his part. true revenue reform cannot be made
in day, but must be the work Of rational legsls-
ton and Of time As soon - the revenue can be
dispensed with, AL duty should be removed from
coffee, tea and other articles OF universal not
4 produced by ourselves. The Necessities OF the
country compel rs 10 collect revenue from our i'm
pleasant sight 10 the citizens. but that tariff
for revenue is necessary. Such tariff. 50 far ~ t
acts In encouragement 10 home products. affords
he psnpsr labor a living wages IN contrast % the
pauper labor Of the old world, and also In the de-
velopment Of home resources.
War DEPARI.<xxr.
Under the act Of Congrsss Of the 18th day Of
| July, lsT0, the army has been gradually red1ced,
that on the 1st Of January, 1871, the number OF
commissioned officers and men VIII not exceed the
| number contemplated BY the laws The Depart
ment building is an old structure. not nre-prof
and entirely inadequate in Dimensions 10 pres
ent vsnts- Many thousands OF dollars arc now
spent annually for the rent Of private buildings
to accommodate the vsrious Bureaus Of the Depart
WSr D.n.rsosna building snitsbIe for he :, osng
wants Of the nation. The report Of the Secretary
/ Of War shows very ssdsfactory reduction In the
/ expenses Of the army for the last fiscal year For
details you are referred to his accompanying re-
por<
/ TIE EAvY.
The expenses Of the navy for the whole OF the
last year e.. from Dec !, 1859, the dates OF the
last part arc less than slO,oooOeo. or about 81
expenses since the commencement Of the nScAl
year. l. E., since July lst. show for the i've months
decrease Of over 81 900 900 from those OF the cor
responding months Of last wear. The estimates for
the current year were S2s206 67s-6i; those for
the fiscal year are i20, Sl7, with se6Ssn0 addi-
tonal for necessary permanent improvemene'
these ss.m A.es are maze closely ,ot .ne
out much In the nature OF permanent improve
ment. The appropriation made for the last and
current year were evidently fntended by Congress
and are suicient only n keep the navy on ifs pres
eut footing BY the repairing and rettine Of our old
shtps. This policy must Of course gradually but
surely destroy the navy, and it is In itself for from
/ Economical a each year that II IL pursued the
neoesstv for mare fepairs In ohfps and nsyy-yurts
becomes more imperative and more costly, and our
current erperses are Annually increased fer the
| nare repair OF ships many Ct them must soon be-
/ como unsafs ana useless. hope during the pres
ant session OF Congress- to be able TO submit TO 1t
| nlan nv which naval yessels can be built and re-
/ nnsIrs nade Wtth a ere.t ssyipq upon he present
1ost M can hardly be wise ssafesmsnshiu in Gov.
ernmant vhibh represents Q country with over Ave
thons.nd mfea Of coast line on both ocesns exclu-
/ siya ~ Iiaska- ana Containing forty millions OF
nrooressive peoule with relations Of every nature
ith Almost eyery foreign pos er 10 rest with snch
/ iradeouate means OF enforctng any foreign policy
aiiher of PROJECTION or redres. Separated BY the
oce.n froIn the nations Of the EUROPEAN Continent
on n,yy = our only means Of direct prutection 10
our citizens abroad or for the enforcement Of any
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CIVIL SERVICE HkSo1A'
Irecommend the authorization By osogress Of
issue all commissions 10 officials appointed through
their respective departments. At present these
commissions, where appointments are prefidential
issued by the State Department. The law In
all the Departments Of the Government excerpt
those Of the postofhce and OF Justice, authorizes
each 70 issue its own commissions Always favor
tentiOn 10 one abuse Of long atznding. which !
voLld Ike 70 see remedted BY this Congress- II Is
9 reform In The civil service OF the country I
would have IL 60 beyond the mere nxing OF the
tenure " once OF clerks and employees, who do not
require the adyice and consent OF tne SENATE 70
make their appointments complete would have
II govern not tne telure put me manner Of mAklng
ali appointments. There IL no duty which 50 much
smbArrasses the Executive and beads OF depart
mena a. that OF sppotnfment-' nor Is there any
such Arduous md thank ess labor imposed on Sem
stors aud REPRESENTATIVES a. tnaf OF nnoing places
for constituents The present system does aot -
cure me pest ana oIsen nc. e1 ior p1onc pl-css
=, ,hs Geo. .s1t xiTi h haiisd gttb snnrov.l ~
-. -.hole vaorie ~ A.. TTnIt.a sta.es
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IHE hplAA roL.cr.
heiorn N me mAnA Aeemen oL AnulAn .ns-Is ~
received the special atennon OF me a1mni,r,A- III
non from rs inAugurAuon 20 tns P[esens e.y. tns
experiment OF mhking missionary Nork Va tIiec
with lew Agencies gwen 70 me DenonlnAnon oi
Friends. and has been found to Eor. most AVA:
tAgeously. Al Agencies sna supennIenoe encles not
50 disposed OF were given 70 osncers oI me afmy.
The ACTOR congress reznlA1ng me army H1oers
army ofncers fnehgioie ior e1xn Posinons. Indhn
agencies being civil otnces determined 70 give
All the agencies 70 sucn rens1ees oenomie Atons -
had heretofore estaousneo misslonAr1es among me
Indians, and perhaps % some otner denoninanons
Who would undertake the Work on me same terms:
e, as missionary WORK me soc,eues selected
are allowed 10 name their own Agents, subject 70
the approval Of the Executive and are expected to
watch over them ano aid tnem - missionanes. 70
ChristfAnize and civiiize the indian, and TO train
him In the acts OF peace Inc 6overnment s@tenes
over the ofcsl acts Of these agents, and requires
Of them As strict an Accountability IS n they were
appointed in any other manner- entertain the
confident hope tnst the policy now pursued Wll, In
few years, bring al Indians upon reservations
where they VIII live In houses, have school houses
and churches, viii be pursuing pesceful and SELL
sustaining avocations- and where hey may be Nis-
tied By the law-sbidiug white man with the same
impunity that he now vtsits The civilized white SET
Elements. call your special attention 10 the re
port Of the Commissioners Of Indian A1Airs for fun
Information on this snbject-
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