Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-08-18
Issues ofthe Coming Campaign.

of the Radicals to divert the at
tention of the people from the
real issues of the campaign. Al,
ready Senator Morton, of Indi-
ana, has sounded the keynote OF
the campaign this fall. The Sen
ator Senator is a kind o. finger
board on he political highway
for the Radical party to follow
He points out the way, and they
follow. Moaton is a shrewd pol.
Iiticiau, and is looked up to in the
capacity of guide, and followed
wi h mitch exactness by the less
er lights of the party,
Having a person then that lays
down the law and gospel or
them, to such we may look to find
out what that gospel is. Morton
in his late speech at Indian
opohs, gives us the issues that
will be clung to by the Radical
press and stump orators, during
the fall campaign. Let us look
for a moment at the two main isl
sues proposed by the Senator:
First, the decrease OF the Nat
ional debt, as they call it, will be
the chief point to be dwelt upon
during the canvass. This will
be figured up in the most favora-
BILE light, to deceive those who
know but little of finance, and,
by this means, also, Grants Ad-
ministration will be represented
as q success. This hobby has
been used so often, and so ably
exploded by Senator Dawes, of
Massachusetts,, and others, who
have examined t b e financial
standing of the country, that it
will have but little force among
the reading and thinking classes
of the country. The debt, if fig
ured rightly, has been decreased
very little, if any, andthe expens-
es of the present year forum
ming the government, are double
what they were last year, so the
decrease this year will be less
than the last, if there was actual
a decrease dur, ng last year. The
decrease Of the debt is, in our
opinion, one of the poorest issues
that could be depended upon; but
much stress will be placed upon
it, and figures will DO used to re-
port it in a favorable light. Fig
ures won't lie, however, and the
argument can be refuted.
Another issue will be the re-
construction of t Southern
States, which, to any sound mind
is visible as a complete failure
Military despotism still reigns in
man. of the States without cause,
and the elections are carried as
directly after as during the war,
by the force of the bayoret. Re-
construction, then, is a failure, as
it will always prove, if attempted
by armed force.
The tariff question, will also be
brought into the canvass. This
question will be forced upon
them. 1t is not a sought issue;
but it will be brought into the
canvass by the Democracy and
Conservatives, and will have to
be met. They would remain ST.
lent on this subject, if they could;
but, as it will have to be met,
they will represent the Democra-
cy as opposed to free trade, or
low tariffs, by showing the vote
on the late bill, remodeling, to
some extent, the tariff of the
country. This was a sham got
ten up expressly for tie occasion,
and, is in fact, a worse state of
tariff than was i'll existence be-
fore the bill was formed. 1t low
ers the tariff upon some things
that should have a high tariff,
and raises or lets it remain high
on some things that are neces-
s%aries, and should be free from
tariff. These are the main is-
sues that will be brought before
the people by the Radical press
and stump orators this campaign
and can be met and refuted by
the Democracy. Let them be
presented fairly a nd squarely to