Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-04-11

!; States on account of race, color, preyi
Gus condition of servitude, Bdtirity
property or creed. 1t was worthy of TIN
party that denied the nations right t,
defend its life. 1t was worthy of tn,
party that organized rebellion!
In the struggle of 1868, the people
again decided for the Republican, ant
against the Democraict party and for the
amendment of the Constitution which
prohibits the several States from acts o.
secession, from making or enforcing
any law which shall abridge the privil-
eges or immunities of the citizen, and
from the denial to any person, citizen
or alien, of the equal protection of the
laws, State and National.
One would suppose that this endeayoi
of the people, of which 1 have spoken,
to secure to the States, the citizen and
the alien, their rights, was Democracy,
as defined by Jefferson: equal rights
and exact justice to all men,
Upon this Fourteenth Amendment
Ulysses S. Grant was elected President
of the United States Whatever may be
said OF him by party zeal, he has,under
and in accordance with law, faithfully
and efficiently enforced the guarantees
of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend
ments in the interests of the nation and
the people. The President has recon-
mended such legislation as would pro-
mote the general welfare, reduce taxa
ton and expenditure, protect the rights
of the people, reform the civil service
by the removal Of all incompetent, and
the arrest and punishment of all corrupt
agents of the government; maintain the
the national credit, secure to each citi-
zen the free enjoyment of his rights of
person, and the privilege, subject to the
just restrictions of the State, to vote
just once at each election, and to have
his vote received, counted and returned
as he gave it. In accordance with these
recommendations, laws have been en-
acted by Republican Congress, and
against Democratic opposition. The
President has also by negotiation vindi-
Gated our national honory and obtained
by treaty the pledged faith of Great
Britain to pay to the United States such
damages as may be assessed against her
for the wrong done us in our struggle
with the rebellion. The damages will
be assessed under the treaty, and the
amount assessed will be paid. Thus
will peace be maintained between Amer
lea and England.
The result of the measures recon-
mended by the President, and the laws
passed by Congress under his admins
tration, are known to all, and command
the approval of all men except those
who, of late, seem to deplore and con-
denim whatever contributes to the sta
bility of American institutions, and the
prosperity of the Amrican people
Consider the results of the three years
of administration under Grant.
The principal of the National debt
reduced $3OO,OOO,OOO. The interest
thereon paid in gross $500, 100000.
Pensions paid $30,O0O,0OO per annum--
in gross 500, 100000.
Internal taxes and customs duties re-
duced $4,000, 900 per annum-equal to
$24O, ,OOO, 900.
Expenditures reduced $50, ,000, 900 per-
annum-equal to $50, 100000.
Interest saved to-day ON the public
debt, SIS, 3,915.00 annually.
Show me like reduction of public
debt, and public taxation, and public
expenditure in the history of nations.
The result of this brilliant administra-
ton of your Government is seen in the
appreciation of the National bonds, in
the approach of the United States Treas
ury notes to within ten per cent. of par
value, and in the prosperity of the peO-
pie.
The material interests of the country,
agricultural, manufacturing and COM
mercial, have advanced steadily, and
to-day are as prosperous as in any past
year of our national existence.
The security of person and property,
in every section of the country,is great
er than during any period since the
commencement of the struggle in 1860.
The equal rights of citizens are en-
joyed and protected by law in every
State of the Union as they never were
before since the adoption of the Consti-
tuition.
Notwithstanding all this, we hear
murmurs of discomfort from the Demo-
cratic party.
The Constitution, which they consid-
cred it unlawful and criminal to defend
against treason, is, they assert, violated
by the enactment of laws for its en-
forcement, and for the protection of the
lives, the liberty and the property of
the citizens of the United States. The
laws thus condemned have yet been de-
clared unconstitutional by any court in
the land. 1t might be well for these
gentlemen to await the judgment of the
courts. / cannot doubt that the judg-
ment of the people, in this last year of
the great struggle,will be that the party
which opposes the defence of the Con-
stitution by arms against armed resist
ance, which opposes the amendment of
the Constitution for the better security
of the rights of the citizen and the ma
ton, and opposes the enforcement Of
the same by law, is not to be trusted
with the interests of the Republic.
What is a constitution of government
worth, that is not to be enforced?
Ashamed of their record, the Demo-
Ecratic party seems ready to take shelter,
under any and every organization, that
thereby, the people may be induced to
commit their interests to their keeping.
What is this but confession, that the
party cannot, and ought not, to COM
mand the public confidence?
We have the Labor Reform party and
the Liberal Republican party, to which
the Democracy look for success. OF
the first, am glad to say, that in its
declaration of principles, it recognizes
the duty of the Government, to foster
American industry by tariff. That ii