The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-16

records OF the last Democratic Adj /
miaistration, (Buehanan's) are full Of
grants for Railroads In Florida, Ala
bama, Louisiana. Mississippi, Wis
consin, Michigan, Iowa and Mime
sofa; while the same record shows
the veto by the same Democratic
President, and the killing, for the
time, of the Homestead bill, when
passed by the votes of Republicans
and Western Democrats, and the
strange denunciation of his Democrat.
10 Secretary Of the Interior against it.
as calculated TO give an undue slim
ulus to emigration. -
Strange as It may seem to those who
hear Democratic speeches Of this year,
/ Land Grants fer Railroads were not
regarded as heterodox by them up to
July 4. 1868. Their very last Demo-
cratic National Platform, then made,
spoke unanimously upon this subject
IS follows: sarsur- ~ae3
When grams Of public lands may
be allowed NECESSARY for the encOur-
o0eDaent Of important public Improve
/ nents, the proceeds of the sale of such
lands. and not the lands themselves,
should be so applied"
This qualification does not affect
the principle of aid By grants in en-
couragement OF building Railroads,
and instead OF any words Of condem-
nation, such encouragement" wss
recognized by the unanimous voice of
the Democracy of the United States,
when last assembled in National Con-
vention, to be NECESSARY" Until
| they amend that platform, submit
that they are bound by It.
For Railroad aud Internal Im.s
provements. before the Republican
/ party obtained power, over fifty mil
lions of acres had been granted under
| Democratic Administration, aCithout
any homestead rights qcltdteuer on the
alternate sections. s0iiich l0ere reseTve d
bu the G0rerRmeRt. Nor was this all.
Vast grants Of lands, assumed to be
swamp lands, though a great proper
ton were not. had been. given under
Democratic Administrations not to &C
| tual settlers of course, but to the States
- millions of acres 20 Louisiana, D
| millions to Arkansas, Al millions to
| Michigan, q millions to Mississippi.
4 ii millions TO Missouri, millions to
| Illinois, II millians to Indiana, mill
| lion each to Florida and Alabama, 1t
millions to WISCONSIN, DC. &c. How
| these Democratic grants we're used.
let their histaty in Indiana aLsWer
With the incoming of a Republican
| Administration, the homestead prin-
eiple at last trinmphed, and was APP
| piled to our entire domain of public
lands; and, although tho Land Grant
| system of the Democracy was c0ntin-
| ued, there wSs incorporated IN it, as
neUer before. the Homestead principle
on the reserved sections, proHeripg to
all settlers, free farms on the public
land, which by the railroads, were
brought near to market, and thus
opened to settlement. 1 need scarce
Is add more on this head, except
to say that public opinion seems
now to unmistakably call for 3 cessa-
ton of these grants. so as to give the
fullest scope to the Republican Home
stead system, and to require railroads
heneefOrth 60 follow, rather than 10
attempt TO lead, our advancing column
of settlements In the West.
| The next great attack is on the
TARIFF. From their constant denun-
citation Of all the details OF the Inter
nal Revenue system, which became
necessary TO maintain our credit, to
keep our flag flying, and to pay and
/ equip our armies, as well as of the
Tariff, it would seem as if they believ-
ed With the famous Barney Biim, that
I'VE should abolish all our tariffs and
taxes, and just pay our expenses out oil
the treasury While eVery Rgpublickn
Congress sincetbe a00r has been steadily
i reducing our Internal tdrdtton--65 mil
lions ia 1S66-40 millions in 1867
60 millions In 1868, and % millions
n Ill q
commenced, also. &C the last session,
the work of reducing the most bur
| densome duties of the Tariff, as i have
shown. / do not regard this canvass
as one turning on Free Trade or Pro-
lection. Our guiding principle Is the
pledge i have quoted from the Repub-
/ Iican National platform of 1868. that
| taxation should be equalized and re-
/ duced as rapidly as the national faith
4 will permit; and / think fair stand
ard in arraneipr the detail Of = Tariff
can be found embodied In the last
Republican platform 81 four Western
Republican States, almost identical
il Language as they are ia spirit TIE
resolution of the last Repu blicalI Con-
vention Of Indiana is as fellows:
"a tariff for revenut, believing that
q proper adjustment Of the duties
must necessarily afford all the Incl
dental protection to which any inter-
est is entitled.
The last Republican, Convention in
Ohio thus spoke: -.
That a tariff of revenue is indis-
4 pensible. and should be so adjusted
as to be the least prejudicial TO the in
dustElal and producing interests of
any CLASH or section. while securing
the home producer fair competition
against the foreign producer.
The last RePablican Convention in
Iowa, in almost the same language,
but more specifically Ia its closing
words. resolved 1900 - l--sg
THAT tariff for revenue is indis
pensible, and should be 80 adjusted as
not to become preiudieial 60 the IN
/ dustriai interests of any class or Sec
ton OF the country, while securing to
our home producers fair competition
with foreign capital and labor"
The last Republican Convention IN
/ Michigan resolved: ta
80 Now, since the war has made
larger revenues necessary, duties
should be so adjusted as to be least
preJudicial to the industrial and pro-
ducing interests OF every class and
section, securing TO the home produc-
or a fair competition against foreign
capital and labor. sbE
+. Why NoT2 1t may be we'll to ana
Iyze our receipts under the Tariff and
see how they are divided. OF the 164
millions received during the year
ending July, 1869, III have no analy-
teal Classification ofthe last year as
yeti Al millions, about one quarter of
the whole, were collected on Injuries.
such as silks, shawls, spirits, wines,
tobacco, furs. fancy articles, jewelry,