Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-22

it is composed.
Mr.. Dawes then called attention e
the tact that the southern elomcnt q
that party had determined its pres
cnt course. Resistance had com,
from the North AMI from its strong
est men here, but it had been iii vain
lie then asked what was 10 be cx
pccted from party whose controll
ing men are not only fresh in pro
LESSONS not six weeks old, but VIII,
come up to their support out of {
life OF hostility, not only to the prin
ciples they now avow, but 10 The
very life Of the republic itself. It j:
madness to entrust the destinics q
the nation to such hands. He be
Iicved in the honesty of his old 20
litical associates, now deserving to
these new leaders; but he had righ,
to demand of them, before desertine
with them, the grounds of their new
placed confidence. What right hav,
they to look for truth in men who hat
been falso all their lives ? Mr.. Gree
ley had yielded to their ostentatiouf
offer to 'clasp Lands over the bloody
chasm'' of the past, without stopping
to inquire who made that chasm P
What security has he taken from
these men that they will not be
trucr TO their instincts than TO their
professions; that they will not con.
tinue in the beaten paths OF the past,
rather than seek new ones Docs
he propose TO stake all upon the
naked word Of these men? They
talk Of their sufferings, but who is
the author OF these sufferings p
Their plea is that Of the brazen
youth in court, who had murdered
his parents, and when inquired of by
the judge what he had to say IN ex.
tcnuation Of sentence, begged that
the court would not be too hard up
on him, poor orphan boy. These
men beg fer peace. They them.
selves have but to keep the peace,
and no one will molcst them. Did
not Mr.. Greeley notice that those
who held out their hands TO him
across the "bloody chasm" were the
late rebels alone? That the poor
Unnion men of the south were not
among them? That the tour millions
OF freed slaves were not there? That
the northerner, who had gone down
TO make his homo there the consti,u.
lion, was not OF the number? There
Is something calculated to beget dis.
trust rather than confidence in the
very cxclusivcness with which this
party rrotfer their bloody hands.
Mr.. Dawes said that he maryclcd
that any true northern man could
put confidence in these empty pro.
LESSONS, backed up by no act, and ill
conflict with all the past rctorl OF
The men who make them.
On the other hand the organ,za
lion whose representative was Gen.
Grant appeals TO its past, rich IN
proof OF devotion 10 all that is dear
and true and noble In American In.
sti,utions. In making professions
for the future it turns with pride and
confidence to it's history tor assur.
ancc that they will he fulfilled. It
conducted the nation through the
perils OF civil war-it met its bur-
dens, it solved it's complications, i,
wrought ont its triumphs. Taking
up the difficult questions inherited
trom the war itself, and after the four
years Of failure under Johnson. it has
proved itself competent for their SO.
luton. The financial record of this
administration surpassed in brllliar c.
that Of any other administration
since the foundation Of the govern
nent. It llas paid 1884, 100000 OF
The public debt and saved thereby
3D., 100000 interest annually. It has
Fundod s200,0u,000 more Of that debt
1t q reduction Of interest which has
saved to the treasury s2S,0OO.O0O
more, and has brought the currency
of the country from 80 per cent. be-
ow par up to II per cent. It has
the public credit, till the
bonds rf tho nation are sought with
in every market OF the
world. All this time has this ad,
been reducing tho taxes
of the nation. Within the last three
gears. internal taxes and taiiE 1utics
Yielded sl45,000,0O0 ANNUALLY have
oecn repealed, but SO wise has been
his redu .tion and so faithful has
,een the collection of the revenues
hat the receipts with all this repeal
ave been grcster than ever.
Mr.. Dawes then called attention
o actual figures showing the econo.
ny OF this administration in the
,ublic expenditures. THIS figures,
aken by him from the books OF the
reasury department, show that the
OF this administration
we're less for every man, woman and
,Mld in the nation than were those
II 1860, those of 1860 being s2.O3
Der capita, whilo those OF 1870 were
,nly sl.6l and those Of 1871 only
sl.Sl tor each man. woman and child.
LIo compared the expenses once in
10 years since 1900. Dawes alluded
10 the aeialcations among public OF
icors, aud stated that against this
vague charge, sustained by no sprcl.
Fications or proof, hc brought the
figures as they stood to day upon the
books OF the treasury department,-
The cash balances standing against
al the collectors Of internal revenue,
good ant bad, all tolH for taxes
since 1860, were less than ono,sentt
Of one per cent, of the money they
had actually paid into the treasury,
and when that which was collectahl"
was paid in, there would remain less
than ono.tiitieth Of ono per con. of
the whole. OF tho customs there
hal been paid, out OF $50 i.Ooo,ooo
all but $4,000, or one titty.tiith part
N ~ aNknht L.