Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-06

nEMWthANhN bhbNs
The Pittsburg Post ls acquiring uhost un-
enviable reputation for falsohood and misfep-
reseutailon, so far AZ the Administration is
concerned. In recent article II sllndes ."
follows TO President Grant:
"He proclaimed far and vide that the mission
Of his Administration was 70 Inspguf ns.S ,,,n
hut how has he done ~ From the HeIy neEln. E!l.
ming Of his Administration he ana ". psIty
leaders have been aggressive, and sGvEht 70 ke,ep
up military gcyysrnmeni,S YvIt ,h,t hs ,n,nis,
tration would he ono Of economy. And yet " has
| been the most needleesly oxtraVaRant one IN tho
annals Of 3Ir national h;,Sy nSsn ,he snapIs TsrS
| groaninR under q heavy burden Of taxation,
there can be no Palliatlon euccesstully ouered
| Wby this eKtra avagance should have been, II
vas 10 have BEEN honest; and ysl the whole
publIc service is overrun with corrupt peoulaiOrs
| and downright thieves. He has not heeltated TO
sSoapt rims and appoint the donors tn oftce, and
a. I9t III Was not enough ne has placed All his
own relations IN once, even 10 the remotest gen
grafton. All these facts are beginning 10 arrest
inch hS Ts.b IN II The & Nmsre"S % character % 70 think
that our people will continue Grant, and along
with him the Radical demsgogucs 10 oitice."
The Post Ia too we'll Informed not know
that President Grant aud his party leaders"
have not sought ITO keep up a military gov
erumont over large portion Of the country.
For instance, four or Ave proclamatlons were
Issued some months ago before the military
were sent down Into South Carolina to aid
In tue enforcement Of the law. Again, the
army has bocn reduced and brought down
to the lowest possible standard, at time,
too, when, owing w tho unsettled condition
Of affairs on our Indian frontiers, there Ia
q pressing need for more troops.
Il Is not true as the Post states, that the
administration has beeu most noedlossly
extrayagant" Economy during the last three
years has been introduced into every depart
ment Of the Government The services Of
thousands Of officers In the Internal Revenue
department alone have been dispensed with;
the departmental force iu the Government
offices in this city have been reduced by up.
wards Of two thousand since March, 1862,
and the work Of reduction still goes on.
Our cotemporary talks wildly about the
burdens Of taxation" when every one In the
land knows that the taxes have been reduced
by hundreds Of millions since President Grant
came into power. There will be still fur
thcr dimiuuIion before the present session Of
Congress comes to close, and, In addition to
all, the work Of decreasing the public deb
continues month after month.
Our contemporary knows all these facts very
well, but Il studlously closes its eyes upor
them, or runs la head In the sand and dello
erately asserts the contrary. We respect
fully submit that II Il not fair. Itmust know
that such deliberate downright-lying canno
help the cause or the men Il champions. Ton
Scott, II he wishes to be President should 50
lect more truthful mouth.pieee than the
journal which at present enjoys the distine
ton Of being his representative.