Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

purposes by force? If the warning be
noi-glyen by the~ people, or fail of its
pr oper effect, can We hope for peaceQ It
seems to US an error to suppose the AZ
mericHns people tame enough slof be
kicked under the yoke of a despotfsm, or,
ignorant enough to be juggled out of the
great inheritance of Tree government
which the f. thea s left them. Rottenness
OF the Administration.-We complain
of our present rulers for lawless ussrpa-
ton of power. Power not delegated ia
always abused. In this, I'd in other eases
usurpation has been panied and
followed by corruption. Frauds without
number, and almost withou, limit, have
been committed on the public. Men of
the worst character for CONN on honesty
are permitted to occupy the highest
places. u the pouey collected from
the people, and not stolen before it,
reaches the Treasury, a larg ,portion is
squaadered by Congress, on party 7fa-
yorites or corrupt rings, and on base
combinations OF public plunderers. The
enormous extent to which b. this financial
corruption has been carried will become
manifest to airy one who compares the
expenditures of the Government during
the six years which pt eceded and follow
ed the war. Both we're periods Of peace
and there can be no excuse for more
than q small increase corresponding. to
the ra:io in which the population adj
RANGED. But where the ordinary expen.
ditures for the focal year, ending June l
1871, exclusive of Indian annuities, pen
sions, and interest," on the public debt,
were $l4S, SIS, 9s2 43; for the year en-
ding June l, 1860, the expenditures for
the same purpose were but $65, 9IS ,1SS =
~. Here is shown the difference on our
cost to carry on the Government when
its agents al honest, and the cost of the
same thing when its officers are 50 desti-
tute of moral principles as to disregard
all legal limitations upon their W an-
thority. A free, unperverted represen-
cry, easily maintained, and 'jispenses
its blessings like the dews of Heaven,
unseen and inf, u saw in the beauty and
freshness they contribute to produce;;"
che secure tranquility Of regal establish
ment may sometimes be q compensation
for the burdens IL imposss, bet O rotten
Republic is at once the most costly, the
most oppressive, and the most unsteady
Of oil POLITICAL structures = = y
Issues.-It will surely be admitted
hat all American Citizens who believe
facts to be true are bound by the
sscred obligation of patriotism, honor
and conscience to oppose this State of
Kings, and by opposing end it. The per-
IONS interested in preventing a change
will ask how, to what extent, and BY +
means we propose TO MAKE reforms
The question is fair Ole. and we will
Inswer it briefly. I; will be the dnty of
Democratic party, and. to the extent +.
# our authority, original or delegated, we
lereby pledge ourselves and our asso-
SO for rs in US lies {
l. 70 put the ship of State q
nee again OH her constitutional I
ask aud hold her head firmly and J
teadily to that course. J.
2. To protect the individual
itizen OF all parties, classes, and :
reeds in the enjoyment OF lite,
reputation, and the pur-
uit of their. lawful business, by 9
a imperative administration OF
ustice in the ordained and estaD-
ished courts. a-'
8. To preserve the powers OF
be general Government in their
constitutional vigor as our
ufe defense against foreign ag-
ression, the safest bond OF union :
etweeu different sections of the
ountry and the only sure prom
q of general prosperity. :,
4. To maintain, unimpared. the
SERVED rights OF the States, not I,
nIy because theyCare guaranteed #
y the Federal Constitution, butt
ecause the Suites alone can safe
: be trusted with the manage I
lent o ftheir own localeonceru :. q
5. To reduce the expenditures
the Government by defning
3 appropriations to legitimat1
by q rigid system of.ar-- ).
Duntability and economy and BY
much OF the uuneces- L,
Try and pernicious machinery
it'll which it is now cucumber
d. .aeg+ .aaat"fss oi'' t'.a ..
6. To moderate the burdens of
ne people, not only by economi-
II administration, but by a sys
of taxation aaon foreign i'm
orts as well as domestic pioduc-
ons which shall be just and e
nal in its operation upon the
roperty and business of the coun !,
y, not enrichlng some'while il =
npoverlshes others, and not O. g
ened to the frauds now habitu- !
Iiy practiced t.. .a't.<r IL
z. To preserve the public cred e
by the prompt payment OF the
lbtic obligations. idh ~ l.
8. To consecrate the public
nd to the use of the landless =
who need it, by a system 4
hich will secure a su1iciency p
all, aud stop at once the long Y
'ries of swindles by which so
any millions Of acres have heen d
ven away 10 those who already :
i've. more than enough. -# bJaA
These are some of the duties -.
hlch lie before the people If 4
desire to see their govern
ent administered with a decent N
spect for the Constitution of u
tir fathers or with uorerable -
,nesty in financial matters "a y
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