The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-14

large reduction in Federal and State ex-
penditures. and is also opposed to the
thieves. This last is rather hard on their
friends in New York and those they ioisted
into Office under johnson. r ...e. u.
Everybody knows what a strictly honest
and economical government prevails In
New York city where the Democracy have
full sway, and where they have enforced
the "oiher Just aud wise tax laws TO which
they propose to conform the tariff. Some
few may also remember the great howl of
the Democracy when President Grant
commenced pitching the johnson Demo-
cratic thieves ont Of office.
Resolve No. IL. This is, absolutely, a
miracle of modern craftsmanship, finance
and folly, II proposes to pay without
taxing and tax without paying 1t en-
braces a complete system Of morals, politi-
cal economy, currency, customs, taxes,
credits, greenbacks aud gold. We must
examine this little Joker more at length.
This resolve, ''rejects" repudiation--"re-
iect," that's the word, and it seems to be
favorite with these financiers; for they
also reject the proposition which has not
been made to pay the bondholders more
than their contract demands. They are
bent on Justice, and enter upon duty with
this double rejection, that they may be able
to deal justly with bondholders aud tax
payers. After getting through with these
reflections" they moralze, extensively,
about currency, loans, creditors, contracts,
government, greenbacks and gold; and
then proceed to say what ought to be done,
| L III. 81 inn
verbiage, may be stated as follows:
| LIST, Greenbacks shall be redeemable in
bonds.
| 2nd, Bonds shall be redeemable in green
backs
| ard, Customs dues shall be collected in
legal-tenders.
This is the plan, and it may be called
swinging around the circle of financial
difficulties 1t means that only paper shall
| be collected hereafter, and that, conse-
quently, the Government will have nothing
but paper to pay with. ~
| Will some skilled mathematician de-
monstrate the length of time it will take to
pay off the debt by swapping paper for pa
per-
| This, tits claimed. would secure uni
form currency, and stop gambling in gold.
| Undoubtedly, the currency would be uni
formly worthless, aud gold would wholly
disappear consequently it could not be
gambled for.
| 1t is plan to enrich The government,
the creditor and the people by swapping
waistcoats, and the game could be contin.
ued indefinitely by new issues OF paper a:
fast as the old should wear out. Why
would it not be better to call halt al
once, and thus save the trouble and ex-
pense of the exhcange and re-exchange Of
paper. Reject reputation indeed. Il
this is not Reputation, pray what is 1t?
! Resolve No. IS. Announces the battle
cry Of reform" which means, as hereto
fore specified, and further, declares that
the people are honest, brave and patriotic
which is the first and only unmixed truth
we have found in this dough-faccd plat
form. Yes, honest, brave and patriotic
that is the whole case, and that, Messrs
, Democrats, is the reason they have voteC
you down heretofore, and why they vii
, not trust you now.
The fact is the Democracy has under.
, taken to steal into the Republican family
, in disguise, having captured what wa
J supposed to be Republican uniform
But the garment is not genuine; it is TIN
, cast off raiment of some pretended revenu
! reformer, and is little too short at botf
ends, and ot large enough in the middle
' the Ku-Klux feet hang away down below
) the trowsers, and tho lost cause head
babbeiug out down in Georgia, in ute
i. ignorance of the progress which the bod
t Of the old sinner has made up in Ohio
!. and Reputation, State rights, general am
q nesty and official spoils are bursting gu
{. fore and aft, and on both sides. AS sur
| render to inevitable fate, the platform may
: by the charitable, be regarded as success
= as bid for Republican recruits and popu
3 lar confidence, it is signal failure.