Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-13

The Contrast.
It seems to us that the public
looking back over the record which
the administration has made, has
great cause to be gratified. It has
not been record OF universal wis
dom, or of absolute success. We
have not reached specie payment
We have not seen complete security
for life and property established in
the South. We have not taken
much pride in some Of the selections
of men for prominent offices, at home
and abroad. We have learned that
time il necessary to give US the de-
sire of our hearts in all these respects.
But we have made great steps for.
ward. We have seen the price Of
gold fall to ten per cent. above par,
and remain there without trouble
some fluctuations. The whispers OF
reputation have died away, and the
demagOgues who advocated national
rascality have mounted other and
less pernicious hobbies. We have
seen the public debt paid off at the
rate of hundred millions Of dollars
a year, and at the same time have
seen great part of the burden Of
war taxes lifted from the shoulders
Of the people. We have watched a
gradual though slow growth of i'm
proved feeling and Of material pros
perity at the South. With some
notably bad appointments, for which
our wretched system should bear it's
share of responsibility, we have had
a great majority Of sagacious and
honorable ones. We have had a better
management Of the Indian questions
than the nations have known before
for many years. We have seen the
signal failure Of all wicked attic pts
to push or tempt the county into
war, and have seen the beginning Of
an earnest and promising effort to
remove the only Issue threatening
unpleasant relations with any Of the
powers of the world. The energy OF
the Administration has been exerted
to promote a scheme of annexation,
Of the expediency OF which the ma.
ton IL by no means convinced; but
willingness LAS been shown to, bring
about full and fair exhibitions OF
the facts bearing upon the NATTER
and we have no doubt the President
will cheerfully accept the verdict Of
the people and their representatives
when all the light which can be had
is thrown upon the subject.
To confirm these views Of the es-
sential success Of the. Administra-
ton, we have only to turn to the
criticisms of its enemies. They are
the same which filled the air before
the President was elected: General
Grant smokes, he makes few speech.
es, and has none Of the pomp ol
power about him. He is fond Of a
fine horse; he seeks a cool and COM
Portable spot In the summer, though
he could endure the heat Of VickS.
burg and Petersburg, and probably
survive a Washington August II II
were necessary. These were the
reasons given why we should prefer
HoratiO Seymour in the White House.
The nation weighed them in 1893
and found them trivial and insult
cient. They are not more substantial
now. We enter, therefore. the last
half Of the term with abundant rea.
sons for confidence In the Admins
tration, based not only on whatiit
has done, but on what It has tefrained
from doing. It has Thus far . placid
history, free from vetoes, ffoin SEN
sations, from scandals ofany sort. To
a people hungry to be making histo-
ry it might seem tame; but we have
made history enough in tisoslast
decade. Our duty, a. Mr.. HoAr
happily put It, 10 tosee to IL thst NJ
more history b written. 1InpAe ~
that country whose people and whose
government are III agresinent on
thiaoue point, and caps ~ hsArtll y
together "Let us have peace. ~
Boston Adrrtiser. ssg 4.e.s
= Then comes Beck Posnesnv'a
Democrat. showing Athe lovely condi-