The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-08-21

The Cincinnati Gazette quotes por-
tioDs of Mr.. Aliens first political
speech in the campaign and COM
ments satirically thereon. We quote
from that paper:
Mr.. Aliens consciousness since the
downfall of the Democratic rebellion
is equally wonderful. His utteEances
are as if he had been in q trance fol-
nine years, and were nalTating cur
rent events from his visions. How
must the ears of his sersnadels been
astonished st hearing him 60 on al
this rate:
fThe mistake was not so much In
the war as In the conduct pursued
when peace was declared. Then the
taxes should have been reduced, and
everything put upon peace footing
but the Republican party did not try
to cOnciliate or soothe the people OF
the South, neither did they try to re.
duce the expenses or put stop to the
rapid and unnecessary accumulation
of the public debt. Flushed with vie
tory, a victory they were aided in &C.
quiring by the Democratic organiza.
ton, they carried the power they had
acquired during the war into theil
go7ernmento of the Southern people n
time of peace. But it Is not my pur
pose now to go into general discus
sion of these matters"
A speacefooting ?" At Lees sur.
render, an army of . million melteC
away like Roderiek Dhu's men at hi
signal. Reducing expenses2 In thret
months the great military establish
ment of four years had disappeared
and its material was being sold out al
vendCe. sfFlqshed with victory %
'sUnbridred fury 3" The whole rebel
army was dismissed to its homes,
Not drop of blood was shed for the
crime Of rebellion after the surrender
The complete subjugation of the To-
bellion, after four years Of the suffer
ings, passions and bloodshed Of civil
war. was followed by not a single act
Of vengeance or single personal pen
atty.
It was q magnanimity in victory
wholly without precedent. But Mr.
Allen, who was in q state of suspend,
ed animation during all this time
now reveals that the Union party was
q party of unbridled fury In the war
and would have devastated the whole
South in the flush of victory, but fol
the resistance of the Democracy.
His revelation that they did not try
to reduce expenses nor stop the rapid
increase of public debt, nor reduce
taxes, is further illustration of hi
long trance. OF course we do not pre-.
sumo TO set up the facts Of living con.
sciousness against trance utterances
But some thought that the immedi
ate dissolution OF q military and navaI
establishment of million of men anC
some 500 vessels was something to
ward reducing expenses. And soms
thought that Instead Of q continual In
crease of the public debt, q reduction
Immediately began.
A Democratic organ, the New Yorl
World, in reviewing the Ohio Demo
cratic platform, and remarking its bar
renness Of living issues, offers this ex
cuse: -
'The facts that stand utprominent
iy to impress the people are thst thu
debt has been reduced during the tint
Gen. Grant has held Office nearly foul
hundred millions, and that the coun-
try is at peace and prosperous"
Here is reduction Of 400 millions
by Democratic confession. In point
Of fact, counting the floating debt and
outstanding accounts, the actual re
duction of the public debt since ths
war is more than twice 400 millions
And as to taxes. The great tariff Of
internal taxes has been reduced tC
half dozen items. The great reye.
nue. taxes on tea and coffee have beer
thrown of. The great revenue f-ou
the sugar duty has been reduced, and
ten per cent, has been taken OF from
large list Of imported articles.
Yet, Mr.. Allen says, they let the
war expenses and the taxes and dept
60 on. We can not dispute Mr.. Allen
for he spesks supernaturally. We
would as soon deny any Of Mrs. Hol-
lis phantasmagorial manifestations;