Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-04-22
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that we are called upon to try in 1879 ?
First, shall reconstruction be maintained.
IL was stated in The Senate not longer ago
than last Monday that the reconstrueti0ii
laws were of no more authority than if
passed by mob of town meeting. 1t
was said in the Senate on the same day
that these amendments wero fraudulent,
and the Democratic patty has nowhere sc~
cepted them. In no convention, by no
resolution, or by no concentration of senti-
ment in any State Of the Union have they
accepted of these arrangements. But, OH
| the contrary, with the exception here. and
there of newspaper like the New Y0rs:
! World, that is wiser than the most. ita
friends, they are committed 10 implacable
hostility to each and every one Vi these
amendments.
"t TIE NEXT ISSUE. r " -7
Tho next issue is, shall the colered pco-
pie be maintaine d in the enjoyment of equal
political rights? Of that have already
spoken. The Democratic party. North and
South, are Committed uncguivocally and
inexorably against civil rights to the color
ed people, and that il the question perhaps
more than all others that will be at issue
! during the coming campaign.
The next itede ,wiii.fey shah tke! Repuhr.
licsns 0f the South live in peace shaIlths
be protected in life, liberty and property in
the Southern States With the Republi-
cans Of the South that is the great, all-ab-
sorbing question to-day. They are strug-
. Cling for life, struggling for the mere priyi.
lege of living and ynjoying their property.
There will be no other great leading issue
in the next election. The Democratic party
say that they are opposed to national banks,
but they dare not say they are in favor of
! restoring the old State banks. They clamor
in favor of free trade, yet they dare not SAY
they are in favor of raising the money ne,s-
cssary to carry on the Government by di.
rect taxatiot''. Direct taxes haSu to be ap-
! portioned among the several States undJr
| the Constitution according to the popula.
tion, not according to their wealth and
r UNDER DIRECT TAXATION .t
population and little wealth, wotiid pay
large taxes. while those ortGe East, hav-
ing greater wealth and less population
would pay small taxes. The Democratic
party dare not submit TO the country the
question of direct taxation. They clam6f
about free trade and talk about repeating
all taxes land relieving the people of the
burdens of taxation, presuming that the
people have not intelligence enough to, iti-
epire how the money shall Ee ra;sed to car.
ry on the GoYerhihent. 'b' t..1 .T
THE TARIFF.
In regard to the tariff, the Democratic
party has no respectable position whatever
In the State of Maryland they are in favor
OF The highest duty on coal, which is tho
most obnoxious duty on the statute book.
In Western Virginia they occupy the samo
position. In Pennsylvania they are in
favor of the highest duty on iroh in Ken.
tucky OF the highest duty on hemp in
Texas and louisiana of the highest duty
on sugar. In short, the Democratic party
are in favor Of high duties in every Stats
where they have the power, where they
have anything to protect, and in favor Of
free trade In regard to anything else, ,bps
dare not carry it out to its results. Laugh
ter and applause.
Now, my friends, few words in regard
10. ..
THE ADMINISTRATION.
feel highly honored in having the presence
of our distinguished Chief Magistrate hers
to night. Cheers. But shall not be de.
terrec oy his presence from saying what !
would say if he were not here. think !
can say tonight that we have not had 4
better administration in half a century, il
we ever had. We may have had as good
in the early days of the republic, when tho
business ofthc Government was very small,
but we have not had better. / care not
what department of the Government YOU
look at, you find it administered with abilt-
ty, integrity, and with success. In this
administration the work Of funding our
national 'dabt into bonds bearing a lower
rate Of interest has asteen-secccssfilly begun
and we have assurance that it Hiitbe car
ried 10 final triumph. IN tr'eAty-fvo
months Of the administration sasi
run uI,Nnppn AVN rom, xt,Y ,O>-r.
of the debt have been paid of. The annual
interest on this amount would be over S12,-
O0O,OOO An annual expenditure of Sl2,-
0to, 900 has therefore been saved by vse
liquidation of S204 0O0, 900 of that debt
During these twenty-five months Congress
has repealed taxes TO the amount Of SS3,-
eeo,0o. Loud cheers. And by retrcnesss
ment that has been carried into c~ery rc,
paItmcnt OF the Governmcnp bythe econos
my that is being successfully practiced by
this Administration large sums Of morev
have been saved that would have been
squandered and by the successful enforce
meht OF the revenue laws large sums Of
money are collected from smaller taxation
than existed under a previous Adninistra>
tlon. And while We have been aba lhha
TO reduce tho taxes over sS3, ,0O0, 900, thG
work will still 10 on. At the next session
W tohEtNoo, ~ tiio huiulliblIhuou blilttt
continue ~ Il has begun, We shall be abs
" make very large reduction. We shall
be able 70 raodih lln tariff Ia many impor-
tant particulars. ! have steadily voted,
myself, against the reasal OF the iscouie tax
because didn't believe tho time had ar
rived when that tax could be repealed bnt
II the Administration goes on with the sanss.
success In the future as Ia the past, belleso
We shall be able to repeal that tax st the
coming session of Congress.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
works steadily, We cannot do everything
AT once. We cannot repeal all the taxes At
one time, We do not pretend that We eau
over repeal all OF them. Tho government
must be carried on public credit NUT ~
maintained. large sums of moIey are ge-
quired for theae purposes, and must be
0ollvcted from tho people. Our DemocraliG
friends sometimes talk IA II lhey could 20
peal AL the taxes, and carry on the gOyen-
lnent BY means ~ n sound policy"
Laughter liat we cannot do that
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