The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-05

i OAON hlOh NOtO 1OT u pOlfCN winch 1u-
sqres andperpetuates.the degradation
. of1their Face; in voting for Horace
/ Greeley, sfhey vote for equality, gen.
erah amnesty ard general prosperity
I Ap5lAnses9 % sS3a1o 9gsiS SIT d1b
Il siiwi4i now direct your attention to
sthe general policy of the adininistra-
1 ton in respect to our nationap affairs.
!, Liberal Republicans are affirmed by
! oulsaopponentstD ebeIa mass iof Sore
Il heads asKery Illarge nand increasing
llIEtssy we certainly are; lnassi that Is
urising up like lllions on Parnassus
|. .MenptauI.s;Qf this multitude 1, for
one, have q sore head, and heart, too
raitd almost fnclined to question the
sin8ellige gehcei 0fti9e Republican that is
III oti afflicted dbiwitha tho same omalady
. .tlEtzYe ,aref % ifhe. .spiFitloft this admin
Aistrationy and the. policy toward, the
I subjected States on the one hand, and
bour general National affairs on the
bothe1I have Caused our ohearts' and
heads TO ache until both have become
% intoleraPRly 1l nsPl1s, s9Plr1fs, Applause and
/ Having discovered the cause Of our
aills, and wing found the cause to be
|, the Cpn changing result of its action,
and absolutely uncomfortable, we have
determined tosend this heart and head
sache by the removal the cause.-the
7 epresentI Administration. sdCheers.l q
; 3eiANf; DIsUNIoN AND DISORDER. 2
The q1estioni which now arises, is
this !; 5 is there,ain the spirit, chal'ac-
ter and policy of this Administration
just cause for the head and heart ache
iof which I have complained. Con-
a most significant fact-the
depression which has
been .intFedaeed. within 7 the circle of
the Republican party itself in, respect
to The Spirit, character,, and policy of
lthds9 administration, by which this
apM1yshasa been violently rentasunder,
and like a ground-swell is. now rock
ing and conYulsing- this Nation. from
Center to circumference ~
= How was this state of things intro
pdueed, and what does the prevailing
.seatiments indicate? iHThat there is
Something, rotten, and deadly SO, in
the White House, or in the Grant Re-
1pubiican party. You cannot account
fpI9i ithissi prevailing sentiment on any
other supposiGlon.5 As an example of
the measures of our Supreme Execu-
tive which have induced this state of
public sentiment, / viii allude to two
we'll known facts. p s.il5 tatioilIt-
p IGEafE1RA1 GEaafE1RA1 CHANT AND GENERAL cox,
General Cox, whose character for
integrity was, and stiil'remains unsul-
lied hiip the Judgment of the Nation,
was aieqdiredlto Hacate his position as
SECRETARY of the Interior not for want
of ability or industry, but for his
Integrity. Just before he received
his walEhg papers General Grant re-
from him this communication:
. Slam fighting ifFaudato the best of,
a. yt93iI a9iIIisty. ~ must have your support
z Thatf was aIrthatwas needed. Gem
eral3aGrantya much as said: q "You
must walk ont Of the office" This
fact induced the; widespread impress
sion that an honest man was not well
'ephies near the White House. =. = 8
. AHother significant faetwas the vi
Oleptj ejeetioh of Charles Sumner from
his, position, as Chairman. of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and putting
Simon cameron in his place. Simon
Cameron, who had rendered his Office
as -Seeretaryaof War such a cess pool
of corruption that Mr. Lincoln was
to remove him, and sub
sfitute in his place Secretary. Stanton,
and the House of Representatives
wassconstrainsd tosdo what they new
er did before in the case of a. Cabinet
officer. On the Both, of April 1862,
the House Of Representative passed
a resolution by aIvote of 70 to 45, re-
Gin subst;mce,5 that Simon
Cameron Secretary OF War;, by in-
trusting Alexander, Cummings with
large sums OF The public money, with
authority foF purchasing military sup
plies without requiring restrictions or
guaEantees from himo for the faithful
performancefof the, duty, especially. in
the purchase of arms, &c, had adopt
ed a policy highly Injurious to the
ppblicl service and deserving of the
censuretef the House. Charles Sum-,
the Republican party
as it was in 1860, Simon Cameron
represents the Grant Republican par
ty as it is to-day. Laughter and
cheersa3I ,ie .2GA II II .o4oagats3
BEIGHEDeIN THE BALANCE AND FOUND
= -s5C mem = WANTING tss .tisf Fea
4 Consider now, the Testimony of
and members of the Lower
House lcohnected with the Govern
ment x individuals in whose wisdom
and Integrity the Republican party
have sfeposed the highest confidence.
According to the testimony of these
individuals, the administration of
Sens Grant is, as. compared with for
me administrations, the weakest, the
mostS eerfapt and most wasteful in
NatiOilaF expenditure and the one
most i9iiafacteFized by the one man
power blN'ow, Il regard the testimony
Of if3en iasnMl! FentoH, Mr.! Sumner,
Mr.. Trumbull, Mr.. Schurz, Governors
Blair, Mr.. Banks, Mr.. Farnesworth.
and Mr.! David Wells, formerly Com
of Internal Revenue. These
men have seen and known the inside,
IS well as the outside of the admins
Iration, are perfectly informed of all
hat pertains to our Government to-
1ayaigH we refnse tiie testimony OF
,Aese men, what shall we do with
heir facts and figures? For their
acts and figures doom this lAdmllnis- P
cation to eternal infalny. s.,sa I'D
Il REVENUE BLUNDERING.
d According to fhe report OF the COM
nittee, Whose iclairnisin IS Mr.. George
w. Curt1S,l ltois ot Harpefs weekly, |
of the revenue of the Uni-
ed States. is annually lost in the coll |
ectfon; $4,000, 900 have been lost
Turing the past year., Now Secretary |
Bpnt well and Senator Conkling tell |
1on that the ordinary expenses of the |
in 1860 were, SCI 200, 600 |
while in 1871 they were SOS, ,O00.o 900.
,eing less ,tor each person in, the latter !
han in the, former. Now I, advance
'uly the figures obtain from Wash
Agton, as given in the reports of the
Of The Treasury. In his re-
Iert- for the fiscal year. of 1871, he
dates that the ordinary expenses OF
he Goyernmentin il, 1860 were 60,OOO,7
'00, and in, 1871, sS157, 100000. The
Me civil list In 1866, under AndreW
I0hnson cost us little less than $2,OOO-
0O; under General Grant last year 1t
.Sas over s6.60O,OO In 1866, S310,-
0O Onn were cnilected as internal rev.