The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-09-28
Gaining review Of senator sherman.


scathing Review of Senator Sherman.
The Democracy had grand demon
stration at Fremont on Friday last,
which was addressed by General Geo.
". Morgan and Judge Mckinney. In
the course of his remarks General
Morgan paid his respects TO Senator
Sherman thus:
"Time and time again l have called
on Sherman to tell the people what
had become of the 50, 700, 100000 of
taxes collected by the Administrator
i during ahe six years of peace follow
| ing the war; he failed TO answer.
! Again and again / demanded a reply;
at length the answer came. lie says
| it was expended in paying pensions
and the public debt. Let US see, here
is the report of the Register. of the
Treasury, and he tells US that during
these six years of peace the debt was
reduced S2s4, ,000, 900, and that the pen
sioRs amounted to less than $l23,O0O,-
000, III all S407, 100000. Will the Sem
ator tell the people what became of
the small balance of S2,300, ,00O, 900?
! Will he answer? $50 1f
I
/ pensions, but he Is as silent as the
grave about S3,800000 drawn from the
Treasury by the Secretary OF the Navy
I in violation of law.
| He talks of pensions, bit fails to tell.
the people that the Secretary OF the
! Navy increased the pay of the officers
fof the navy one third, without the au-
thority of Congress.
lie talks of pensions, but fails to
tell you that under Democratic rule
the highest Office in the navy was Post
Captain, whose highest salary was
only $4,000, noWincFeased to $4,000,
with the aristocratic title of Admiral
! to boot. :. ~ - 81. si.t
+ He talks of pensions, but fergets to
bsay that a Republican Congress and
President created thirty Admirals and
seventy-thfee Commodores that un-
/ der Republican rule we have only six
| fleets and -seventy-thIe Commodores,
six fleets and one hundred and three
officers who have the rank of feet
commanders. He talks of pensions,
but fails to say that under Grant'srule-
we have more than two thousand ma
/ val officers and only eight thousand
seainen, one officer to every four men
only thirty eight vessels afloat and
4 two thousand officers in the navy
two thousand officers and only seven,
\ hundred at sea, thirteen hundred do
| ing sea duty on shore. Here, farmers,
lis where a portion of your taxes goes
Senator Sherman talks of pensions,
but is as silent as death upon the $780,
600 of the soldiers relief funds collect
ed from the people for the benefit of
the widows and orphans of our SOL
diers, which was seized upon by. d
Republican Legislature and in viola,
ton OF the Constitution applied. to,
other purposes. -, -.
He talks about pensions, but has not
a word to say about the 1, SOC, 900 acres
of college land scrip to Ohio, and
which a Republican administration
disposed of as a job at 81 cents. an
acre, and for which New Y ork,. under
a Democratic administration, received
$40 an acre. Win the Senator explain
The Senator talks of pensions, but
he fails to tell the people that by con-
tracing the currency trade has been
struck with the paralysis of death--that
our flag has ceased. to float upon the
seas-that the products of agriculture
have been reduced more than one half
in value. .,,
He talks of war and pensions, but
he fails to tell the people that while
things have been doubled in value and
faxes in amount-that as taxes went
up, the value of every thing else went
down. .1ttl od5 f.if 1-fI14 ,i'---s Z
He talks of war expenses, but fails
to tell the farmer that five years ago
four hundred bushels of wheat paid
a thousand dollars bond, while under
Grants rule it requires enc thousand
bushels to do the same. thing; that. by
this process, on every thousand dol
lars bond paid, the bondholder gains
and the farmer. loses six hundred 4
bushels Of wheat. Farmers, the bond
holders all vote together for their in
terests, why should not you all vote
together for yours ?" 5,.-