The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-08-03

less except for corruption and opening
doors fol increasing frauds. That this
tariff is so adjusted that it brings the
burthens upon consumption, and taxes
q man not in proportion to his ability
10 pay, but in proportion to the
mouths he has to feed and the backs
he has to ciothe; and this, too, under
the name of protection. You can
have no protection to the few at the
fcost of the; many, who have to pay
the additional sum gained. Protcc-
| ton was once q name to charm in the
West; but it has no longer any power
in Ohio, for we know that what is
given to one is taken from another
that there is no protection of one un-
less there is oppression of another:
Neither is il the protection of Ameri-
can labor against foreign labor, for at
Fno moment of difficulty with their
men have the proprietors failed to
bring in foreign labor, when they
could, from Scotland, England and
Wales, for the iron, and the Chinese
for the work of; New England: ...,7,,.
= need give no details as to the tariff
for they are becoming familiar to the
consumers and some of the manufae-
tIners,. and the great body of labor
reformers are fully awake to the sub
ject-men too acute to be deceived
and too numerous to be, disregarded' d.
& = Nor, need I more than refer to the
Ku-Klux bill, SO called, which sur
renders to the, President the right to
Judge when the h8beas corpus should
be suspended, and, giving the power
10 use the army to an extentIwhich the
trainers of the government would not
grant to. the Father of his, Country,
and which nobody, ifa freeman, should
entrust, to any mortal man, much less
to q man whose whole education and
life, associations and tendencies, have
been, with, soldiers and not with sciti-
constellation for which they, re-
fused, inq uiry at the commencement. OF
the session, took no steps during the
session, nor until the extra session be-
gan, when they; felt. that from their
conduct on the Santo Domingo ques-
ton, they were losing the confidence
continue in session until the Ku-Klux
bill was passed, and SO. endeavor to
raise some question Wich would over
turn the reason Of the people by ex-
citing over again, those passions born
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b A few words will dispose OF, what
i have to- say as to the public debt and
the currency. we are paying OIL the
public debt This is the only answer
10 any argument against this adminis-
trati0n which you hear from an intel
|Iigent man. d believewe are reducing
1t but. to what amount, and from
what SOURCES who has been abIea to
say Sg We ARE reducing dts too,odby
|.spasmO Odic efforts which every man
in business feels,J and if it were res
Edueed by the amount of annual esteal-
ings alone, which, now exceed the
whole annual expenses of the admin
istrationsi OF the younger Adams, we
woa1d be reducing it rapidly enough
for the good of the country-at. least
until there should be men in WASH
ington whose interest, as well fas duty
to punishment the robbers of the
|itreasury.
+: It will be remembered that in the
year. preceding the Presidential elec-
ton, the Republican State Convention
passed, resolutions almost :, identical
with our own. I have heard recently
that they sspaltered with us in a double
sense and that q, gentleman; who, in
intellect and character, and other
things, to give him honor had strug-
rgled, for hours to make their costrnc-
fion doubtful to the people. They, had
all the advantages, in the argument,
before the people, that they stood upon
the same ground we did. And not
more than three, Republican members
of Congress could have been elected
that year if they had ( not, upon the
! financial question stood :. upon, the
same ground as was occupied By, the
Democrats, and two of those three
would have come from the / Reserve; !;
although I believe you are too shrewd
TO payfmore than, YOU owe, or, to pay
cold where YOU are only bound, to. pay
tgreenbacks. / cannot give the resolI-
tions,,hut l. remember the effect of
them .ahd felt it when j addressed the
tSeopie.. -: -
Z Now. it is not necessary for. me me to
argne that by the law Of their, issue
and the face of the 500 bonds, their
interest was payablelin gold, and the
principal in, greenbacks. The bonds
of 1881, and the 1910 bonds were, each,
but. on different points in law, payable
both principal and interest, in gold. "A
a, It was said to be, the desire of the
party in power to change this loan of
5-20s into. bonds, maturing, at differ
ent times and at rates Of, interest not
exceeding AZ. per, cent. Now it was
clear that the, bondholders, held, q Sc /,
curity.which was payable, in green
backs if they were the. currency at the
time of, maturity, and in. gold, = if at
that time we had returned to the old
currency of the constitution. What
means did the Secretary and Congress
resort tr, for fhe nurnose of accom-.
rs ,J.'i. eo,JtS. ~ pe.PSSS
pl1shlng o result SO much desired.
Did thew tell them If was doubtful
~ 80! ,rSse . -. - ~ 49, -
Wnetnere Inc country cOulQ nave re-
turned, TO snecie Dayment when the
AAsS- - SfHSfs.t Es.y ..c'I Z = H. - s-S
DOnQs came que WalKlng all afSu-.
mept ON the right to call them, in and
nav at once IN -preenhacks15 and that
It would be the part of wisdom to fix
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