New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-07
OARPET-BAG MISRULE.
SPEECH OF GOV. b. GRAFT BROWN AT
SPRINGFIELD.

SPEECH OF GOV. Ii. GRAFT DhO"" al
SPRINGFIELD.
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE MILES OF
TERRITORY GIVEN UP TO PILLAGE-EATOR-
TONS UNPRECEDENTED IN THE WORLD ,
uISTORY-TIIR DREADED WAR OF RACES
The following startling exhibit OF the results
OF carpotbag domination the South from Tue sPeec
OF GOV. b. Gratz Brown, at Springfield Hi'' Oh mus
day. After conforming the diyesing oil the oo",n'in
people OF civil rights by the military power he SNo "
follows:
How has it boon at the South where reconciliation was
10 be conpassedi How have life and the fanny Deen
enyironed with an atmosphere OF securityf 10" mas
trade been encouraged taxation hghtened. prosperity
proected9 In other words has the administration inolo
been a synonym in such sense OF good goyernenCo t
Scarcely will any contend so; on INC eontLaiy voteT,
no. ots to affirm that il has been an organized sy
of depreciation and bluuder whereby most uephSeu
of raickers in Northern honor have Deeh iO'sh tpce
southpru communities strip them or thelr SuDs H.
nm the name loyalty. The extent TO whlch tnis
gone is almost incredible. SO enormous uoes
puatiOn aggregate that II might wen pe ui9
were il moi borne out by the official report 0l Cosl
Commission IL is from the information therein no ITO 70
tained that the figures are drawn when u.ss NV W.
submit 10 your thoughtful consideration Iney Nin W.
repay study even when you return 10 STI zoo 900
for they tell the strange SAD st9ry o1 5,2ydeT the
square miles OF territory given up TO pllaSo unue ~"
Ostensble forms Of Republican GoNerhmen''
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY MILLIONS STOLEN
The difference between the debts OF the several states
subected 20 this domination OF the National Admins
before that went into effect and at the present
Time will measure approximately the injury thaI mas
been done The increased rate Of taxation ana cost Vi
government will show the hardship that must hereacr
he borne by the people 1t has undertaken 70 care Ia
me fyn t0eether viii throw additional light on te
question why the conquered sections nave ny t ts
IecOnciled 10 sueh rulo as mas Deoh Pi'''i'0'
Ubon the termination OF hosttes n military 0ceu
nancy was had States that had been In teDclo
and by act OF Congress OF March 1907 tbey WEI &
sucd separate military departments; eall,Icm s.'
there was every disposition manifested theie tVirlui G
IN Inc result OF the war. anu confirmed Sul Inrtner III
thai belief by the report OF the General OF to Ala
who made an extended tour OF Inspection WIN tat wv
by acts passed in June 1858, began tbe NOA
of reconstruction. Prior 10 that tme inc Oohieu 49,
debts local general, had been repudateu 50 tna
the vast incrca, which has since resule az cs
able directly 70 the reconstruction policy 81 to rIos ~
dent IL has done entirely under the auspices "
Republican rule IL has been sustained anu oi t
Throughout by the Administration at washington, mi
The measure ~ that spOlaOn has actually Dteh nay o
best realized from the taDulatcd statement ho"
submit; Stat. Deb. state Deb, State Deb. State Deb,
+5SS3 sl31sI e y, es ,-715; 9 h5
as sS b i3 5 : . en'oa, 'S 81 o5 ii2s
G IoSis.as. 1915 tS5i Gi4iS = s,7i57
Starting however as this exhibit lsly seem, showing
these nnpOy crushed communities to nave Deeh pun
drrcd Of SCsO57 O In three short years OF attempted
rcsorafion only represents very small part OF tine
injury inflicted The enhanced cost OF c0huuc'lnE olo
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. las fully kept pace with the unprece
drnted imitation Of Debt, while taxation has gone IN
many instances 10 the extent OF stripping me peooo
ali means OF living. Thus in Arkansas tue annual cost
Of conductins the Government was. in 1860, S2OiOJ9
while m 1870 il Is shown 10 have been S2liOd2 Inc
tax rate before the was 81 mills; no" tACcous ~
mills Florida shows Ike Increase OF IDe BcneIil t1
rate from 70 cents the 500 to 81 90, producing sO
OF tlxts then as against S4l,6ll OF eNiOiuOh nov" III
Georgia, the expense OF administrator wa ~ Iooo
S56OO; in 1871 S92il3. with tax rates lncfeiSeu IO
~ 49, nix 10 b 40 on tue 500. The rate in Louisiana
1as gone M from five mills TO l4t mills, Wlile III BIS
sssIpp the OF affairs, winch cost annually ABOUT
$500 - reported at Sl5OlOOO IN loiO ahoNnS
am increase 81 500 per cent. Alabama likewise mas Deen
yicmZrd frightfuly. The return there, III ooO was
S3jl in 1870 Sl9529j9 with an increase III tIe IAteo
from 20 cents a. the hundred North CalOiLa, III
like manner, has necessltatcd 10 multiply lOuf OF
fye times taxation 10 meet expenses passing rom
40 cents TO 81 tie hundred. south CdrOna mas Deen
for carpctDacsers ned OF cl"lh OF g9Iu taAgs
levied Tor state purposes being in 1861 only S0J0 We
last wear It is reported by Congress Committee as
over 81 Texas, the last OF these nine STATES mas
now TAX rate state and County purposes OF " IL,
while "a Committee appointed 10 investigate INC alarm,
ing increase taxation reports thaL there was cOeccu
from the people last year, general taxes the eof-
mons sum O 36 OOO-an cXtOrtOn from IN unreslstng
community Unprecedented in the history Of the world
PROPERTY VALUES VIRTUALLY DESTROYED
Bear in mind too that for this vast nhicuon OF debt,
and this annual drain, the former mOrgagng
the life work Of than one generation OF men, and
the latter making the rich than the poor there is
absolutely nothing in the shape OF return to show It
has beer steaiug-literay stealing and President
boasiug Of policy, an AdIulnlslfdon gaining ltseI
Republican, party claiming 10 be upright aud honest,
knowing fully all the facts has sustained by force Of
arms and threats or military Teocuulcy, such rule.
But consider still further the additional exhibits wish
the source, SHOWING now local pll-
lace has equally kept pace with the elaborate sys
TEN OF general plumber, aud how II has had the effect
virtually 20 destroy all values property. 1t Is sad Of
some parts OF South America WheIe justice does not
| lowed or rdden-a diamond or a mule-wll command a
mice ana truly IL would seem II the about tO
become true IN many OF our Southern States