Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-26

| pantaOOn leg III MS DO''t "uu uc o'h1i ""''
and in grotesquely tossing the cores of the
apples, which he maunches along the street,
| under his raised leg, is not II very happy Illus
tration Of refinement, and the stupidity of
raising the question of vulgariy of Others,
with such an object before you, Mr.. Tribune,
is inexcusabe.
A Democratic friend, for whose intelligence
we have much respect, writes to us expressing
surprise at the rather free language applied to
II. B. Paine in reference to his speech before
the Liberal democratic gathering at Smiths
Opera Hall Just heiUye the Late election, aud
Iasking us To. state wherein he was guilty OF
misrepresentation rs charged We do not
publish the article of our friend, or give the
matter anything of formal character, for the
reason, that knowing his propensity for discus
sion-sh and intcrmcnable-we do not care
to enter upon such II one. We, however, see
the piopricty of the request, and feel quite ree
to state some OF the grounds upon which our
charge o lying was based. And 6rst-the de-
claratiun-thet the prcple were bnrdened and
ovcrrun by tax gathers aud federal teaches, in
the form of collectors and assessors, and their
deputies and assistants, was not true for there
has not been for snnle two years, but one de-
putty collector and ASSISTANT assessor to coun-
| ty, and the taxes assessed and collected lly
them were those only upon a very few com
modities, and these mainly, tobacco formentcd
liquors, whiskey, &c, and while he spoke, as
an intelligent lawyer, he could not but have
known, that these had been reduced To only
some two or three articles, which besides are
! smokes, and drinks, extended TO banks and
proprietary medicines. Besides where WAS
the candOr or lrathlulnCss of making Grant
and his administration responsible soY this
law which was passed under the administration
of Lincoln The law, too, ncCersitated us it
was by the war; and preccpita,ed upon the
country by the policy and determination of
the South, I'll democracy to break dowp. the
government, was of very extensive and gen
eral application, but under the present admt-
inistrnlion has becn undergoing repeal until
| we find Ourselves almost entirely relieved OF
its burdens. May not that hc classed as dOwh~
right falsrhoDd Then the assertion that Tie
cost of collecting this revenue was 20 per cent
| of the amount. The declaration took some
color from its use hy Mr.. .Trunabull-knowns
y no doubt in both casrs-bnt which had no
application to- th b administration, and mny hc
fairly clnssett with the thousand and-One false
hoods laid nj its door, of whicA II is, entirely
innocent. This charge was first made in The
rcport of the House Committee of the Thirty
ninth Congress, and was repeated in public
address ny Representative Jenccks, of Rhode
Islands, and always used with reference to Il c
administration of Andrew johnson and Sec
jretary Mccullough. The losses meant were
those by evasion, dcfulcntln, violation of law
and other means by which revcpue was never
collected, and did not reicr To losses from the
Treasury after collections were made. Tbe
total losses by demlcalion in the Internal Re-
venue Bureau since its establishment nrc
$3, 2O0, 900 instead of $20,o0O,000 rs has been
charged, of which $500, 900 occurred under Lin
coins administration, So, 100, 600 under John
son and $500, 600 und'r Grant
These are sufficient to warrant our position
If we admit Mr.. Paine to have been posted IN
the matters about which he attempted to in
struct the people. 1t does not clca: Mr. Paine
that he gave in some cases his authority, and
nttrm ,led dodge of personal responsibility
b, sides these, he inimated other ialschoods
that he seemed mdisposcd to asarm, While
we listened to him, his speech was litsLs less
than tissue ol misrepresentation, either cA'
pressed or implied. We hope this will be salts
factory to our friend, without further allusion
10 this subject.
[ THE CAMPAIGN.-Pcrhnps nothing more
concisrly aud iurcibly expressed, ana with n'l
more lruthiul, has been said or written OF the
character of the present campang than the
following article from that very able and jul
dicious j0urnal-lhe n. Y Evening it&. Tnc
assertion Is by no means un lmmOdcrutc one
that there bus never been 50 dcbaSed AM!
SO drmornlizcd and dcmoralizing period in
the history of parties and politics IN this coun-
tLy. II presents II sorry contrast to the claims
so ludicrously aud hypocriIically set up, OF
"concilia,on," purity" brotherly Nndness
and gentencss
This Presidential cappaign is alto
gether "A spectacle such as never b, fore
was witnessed by men or angels. Were
it not hat popular elections had coue TO
be looked upon rs occasions %hrn any
Fcxtravagauce vas perruis sible, IL might
almost be questioned whether an i'm
mcase number of Americans had not
suddenly become afflicted with sottening
OF the brain in rapid progress, aud had
all gone mad, or else were hopelcssly
corrupted. The Cincinnati Convention,
though il is possible to account for It's
FACTION on known principles of human
motive, was nevertheless an astonishing
proceeding. The conjunction Of circum-
, STANCES wiAs surh that it was possible Tor
, number OF the most unscrupulous poll
, ticians to enter, under the pretence Of a
, wish Tor reform. in the civil service, a
, convention of earnest, honest men, who
were as innocent rs suckngs OF any
knowledge of political manenyres, AID
capture them like beyy of qtlails under
IA net. First, given the temptation, aud
second the opportunity, and the result
, was sure TO follow that did follow.
r 1t is a campaign of pure falschood
e There is no pretence OF any respect io'
the truth. No mans character, howeve'
long established, however pure, however
t unquestionablc, is u defense against The
Z most outrageous slander. the most nn
!. blushing yilihcation. There is no lie
however mons,rous, howevcy improbable
|. lhowever seli.evident, that is not invent
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