Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-07-16

reasonable cause for complaint on thu
part of the opposition against republi
can rule, has led to holding up before
the public continuously the wrongs
occurring In South Carolina and
Louisiana. The prime cause Of al
wrongs now committed in the South
Of course everybody knows, was caus.
cd In the hrst instance BY the rebellion
Of the oppositioa but tho devil 10 de.
void Of shamefacedness, and Is nc
sooner detected and defeated III hia
wicked acts than he plies his arts in
finding fault with the situation. No
reasonable man expects that good
government free from errors can q
once, or perhaps for years be maintain.
ed in all Southern States. Tho trouble
IL there are too many late democratic
rebels therc to expect good works
very soon In that country. While,
however, the opposition ass howling
90 about misrule Ia some Of the states
which have cast republican majorities,
1t is quite well that We should refer
to the sftnation IN democratic States.
The Alabama State Jtnymal has gath
cred statistics upon. this subject, and
makes up the following showing.
It is favorite mode Of argument
with Democratic journals to refer to
South Carolina and Louisiana a. hor-
rible examples Of Republican rule, and
ct the same time, to point to Virginia,
Tennessee, and Georgia ~ specimen
bricks Of Democracy. But what IL the
financial history Of these States, as de-
veloped In the increase Of their public
debts from 1850 to 1902 The debt Of
South Carolina was s6, l92.743 In 1860,
and It was Increased to S7,665YO0 In
1870. The debt ofVirginia In 1850 was
eSS O06, ,l59 In 1870 Il had been In.
creased to s45,6l2, 600. The increase
In South Carolina was only q, ,473, ,l65 !;
In Virginia, &l2, ,6o8.s4lt Or . rate OF
Increase In democratic Virginia Of
about ttoelve dollsrs to one dollar in
Republican South Carolinai Tennes-
zee increased its debt from GIG, ,643, ,607
IN 1860, to e32 $4,000 In 1874 and
that, too after having sold out oil its
railroads and reduced ito indebtedness
By the amount realised from their
sale! In 1850 the debt Of Louisiana
was $40, ,70l, ,642; in 1870 IL was $25,-
OBJ, COO, An increase of $l4,3l9.35S in
Louisiana; while the increase In Ten
nessee, after dedncting the amount
claimed from railroad GALES, was $l5,-
Die, 1873, or an increase in Democratic
Tennessee Of tsOo dollars to one in Rc-
publican louisiana But Georgia is
the great exemplar Of Democracy in
Democratic eyes! Let us see what tale
her debt tells: In 1850 the debt Of
Georgia was $3,S54, $50, in 1870 it had
been increased to COLA. 900, an increase
In ten years Of 81, ,659, $50. The debt Of
Alabama in 1860 was $5,O9S, 600, In
l870it had been increased to $685.
uu0, an incrcass IN klxb9mx 1n zJcn
years of only $284, COO. Here, then, Is
rate of increase in the debt of DEM
ocratic Georgia OF about ten dollars
10 one dollar in Republican Al
ALBANIA! Or . rate of increase
IN Alabama less than any
other Southern State! virginia, q
white mans government. has piled up
debt faster than any other Southern
State! Both Tennessee and Virginia,
Democratic State govern
ments, have virtually repudiated their
bonded indebtednessl And Georgia,
another Democratic State government
has deliberately repudiated over eight
millions Of its bonded indebtedness! !
Democracy, under Lindsay, in two.
short years, not only empied our
treasury and squandered our resourc-
%, but inflicted upon the credit OF AL
lbama the only hishonor It had ever
known. It did more. That ruinous
Democrats rule cost the people OF this
State at the rate Of @5l7 for every min.
nte Of its miserable existencel And
ret, with the facts easily within reach,
Democratic leaders In Madlson and
Jackson counties have the hardihood
% pirate Of the iucrease In the debt OF
Alabama - Absolutely rninous, and
III results OF Republican rulel Evi.
lently they do imagine that NO impos.
ure is too monstrous for the popular
.redulityl