The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-30

! in srasn Of economy they attempted to run the
State govern ment on tax levy scarcely sufficient
stifatioas This saTswa hasnsisrins isit the
fwhish the psopIs are now being eompelied e Pay
face Of this stupid blsnder. n th9 face Of the pal
fhs sss f ees ass Gf ta
ton "densunced" the necessary increase of the
State tax BY the last Republican Lsgisiatare As .
Tbs action Of The Legislature Of ISL was worse
attempt 70 manufaetare political capital. Il is
beyond human credahty TO believe that the
woald net be sufficient TO meet the exiseneies Of
the State government. A sum IN simple multi
would have demonstrated beyond the possibility
of mistake that q much larger levy Soald be re-
ma Ilf iestion and Silence Economy is char
aeteristie OF Republican administration. for it
Counties in The State having Repashean officials
the people bear lighter burdens of debt and taxa
ton than the Democratic ones.
The people, know, are uneasy about our fnan-
eial condition, and am not surprised that they
are SO, sm hoEevsr, Tar rpm ssev, .h that
few years. but recognizing the contrary. am
fully persuaded that the remedy is not TO be found
IN the success of our adversarIes- Never within
my short recollection have we bad better. 3
more economical Congress, one more deserving
and intelligentiy to the work of cutting down the
public expenditures. and the result has been most
gratifying to every one VINO feels an interest a
pride IN our prosperity Ii promptly repeated the
hunted down and mereilessly exposed frsud and
corruption regardless Of the party social posi-
Congress, and while in some re speets it did not
meet the iuI! expectation OF cur Western people.
the future will vindicate the wisdom OF its action.
and the record it has made viii grow brighter the
oftener II is reviewed and criticised 1t has shown
its Willingness TO profit by experience, to reform
its own errors. and to defer to the expressed will
OF its constituency.
A government so conducted viii secure public
eonhde nee-eonhdence in its honesty and its abilf
" to discharge its obligations. A nation thus
admin stored viii always find means to replenish
will be temporary because it res uted from causes
purely superficial. Notwithstanding the present
LABOR is not amerated as / would like 10 see
it, but whatever may be said of it. nowhere in the
world IS L SO amply rewarded as VITA as. LOOK
abroad G4Aty cents a day Is good wages IN al
most any European country. except in Great
den strong men toll through a weary day from
five in the morning until eight O'Clock at night
Ior less than one third that sum, During the late
Franco russian W ar many . poor woman IN Der
lin was hired 10 knit socks for the soldiers and
{oice that we SO blsssedr May we net labor On
But We must not expect to ruin all by legisla-
ton. 1t cannot put u oney in the peoples peck
the least possible weighs on the people. to pro-
vide q good and reliable currency IN amounts
leave the, peoLle free to help themselves. When
this has been zone, the government can do but
little more.
EQUAL LAWS FOR ALL CITIZENS.
But I must pass to the consideration of other
questions. Two years ago it was assumed that the
Demoeratic party had advanced its columns and
planted its standards upon higher political
sassd upon the ' platform fshioned by Repabi
can politicians. hoping that it might be lifted up
gloom that had oyeFshadowed i for years. Ii
Protesssd to have abandoned the conservatism
the most radical gospel for its creed. and selected
the most bitter partisan Republican for its lead
those Aboltionists it had so often IN
to s e nf a0y GENIUS sh e1s M
saying that in this movement the Democratic
as aatr
this expression and is entitled to proee ton from
ed the WORK PREPARED for It BY Repnbiieans.
, 1t then sasd "au men were equal before the
s the on ee in i sS T
tice to all; Every true friend OF the eolored
Democracy was the initiative o. political millen
ium.
The change of 'front.' however was so sudden
and the circumstances so suspicious that the peo-
pie were unwilling to pass the responsibility of
the government to this new movement. - And in
fore had such political transformation been wit
nesseds The extremes met on the platform of
Damascus there never was conversion so mirac-
Seusf Whsn we s 9Es tGo years ago snd saw
aid and George ". Julian meet, shake hands,
across the bloody chasm and EN- brace each other.
stood transtixed, amazed. L do not eSa ggerate
the attitude of the Democratic party of 1872. On
The Eth evening OF 1 tb 9f that year
the Academy gf Musis, a. Indiianapo H
situation. He said: But, my friends. let me
say . word about Democrats. The Democrats of
to day with singular unanin,ity, find rallyins
naffst. bitter Republican partisan and an honest
man Wit, eaaa unani Mn find them stand
them 3 fnnlity, an irreyocabic fnslty. to til |
Which abolshes slavery in the repubIic forever:
which onmits them to the Fourteenth Amend
Ts With a es se nssr9 oita a whch
guarantees the validity of the public debt and
denies to the United states or any State the right
in aid of the insurrection or rebellion
finality to the Fifteenth amendment. which arms
the negro with the ballot and completes the great
States. That is Democrats gospel to-day, North
and South AMI when find Democrats of the |
ING Us to join hands wit ts in i oa Of
the graveyard of dead issues am inclined TO join
them On the same day Dir u, Hendrieks spoke tol
Dab St'fiaei Of July L. is72. the report Of this
said, We stand on the platform enunciated At |
Cineinnati- The question noS IS, can We accept (
ton4 Mr. Henarefs then entered upo cr:ti
cal analysis of the platform. and showed how ev-
day tailed With the life long sentiments Of the
Dem eSaatS paIdy ob lat r e osEat he aIke
fuse to march under bonner upon which such |!
sentiments are inscribed"
l repeat Mr.. Hendricks question to the Indi-
ana Democracy to-day: .' Are you ashamed Of the !
Gin sinnati platform? Will you refuse to march /
under 4 banner upon which such sentiments are /
inseribei2 Arc you still nfitted 70 the rrevo-
Gable inaIity of the srea. work of Republican re-
constrl etion. and do you believe now. as then. /
that all uien are equal before the Iag3 These are
pertinent Inquiries in the present status Of politi
cal affairs. call yeur attention to the action OF
the Democrats psrty two years ago. to contrast /
II with i: with its attitude to-day It is said
" til EN- phasis that the civil rights bill is at
apt to establish social equality between the /
races II IS the old and familiar war cry of the I
1t has been heard so often il has lost /
its terroTs- But why do these gentlemen view the !
measure with snch abhorrence? Did they not sup
port Mr. Greeley? Did they tknow that h next /