Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-29
The National Debt the Result o
Political Lies.

The National Debt the Result OF
Political Lies.
We ll.p the following from the Hspa5i.ca.. I'll
i. ,,u.ru,htul, bat not hase as the lies which
drove the people into the war OF the rebellion,
nS1.ysRY-The Gase:.c continues TO defend
snd lament the dead institution vi slavery. lis
pertinacty IL only equailed by lis inenuarlty'-
We are surprised that it cling. 10 lis de!uslons
end cn2eayors to iorcC them ou ia readers as
yeritable realities. 1t may well be chased with
those who have eyes yet see not, and have ears
vet hear not Its friends Icbeed because they
were beaten in the election OF 1850, and sought
TO establish n Government for themselves, ana
this fact no fair minded man Will deny. lhcy
failed, aud the result is before the world On
their heads must rest The responsibility oi tho
heavy taxation Which all deplolc, and under winch
the business interests OF the country suher'
We neither lamcntcd or defended the "dcad in-
stitutou of slavery" We simply stated the fact
that in 1860 it was fast fading away in answer to
tito charge made ty the Rp"5itcdn that it was the
most "degressivo institution in the country"
Had ii NOT been for the lies that We're uttered
and leuttelet, and the threats and taunts which
wee continually made against the South to get
hold OF the government offices, There would have
been no rebellion.
The orgaLzed and chartered societies OF Mas
sschusetts, and the sermons of Brcchcr and oih-
e,s IN New York urging the people to 50 INTO
the Southern territory Tor the purpose ot creating
disturbance, and furnishing shapes rifles, from
the pulpit. rtsu.teL The Invasion ol Virginia ey
old JoLn Brown, which was the first step in the
war. And it was war upon the South--subseq qnent
events proved that the same parties were ready to
follow him their der and they have actually
acknowledged him as the great leader in the war
fxvia i1ah IN
tuition.
Thus this crazy Old loon became the leader OF
the party that destroyed the iTcest and 'lhe best
government the world ever saw The govern
meut was made by slave holders and continued
TO grow and flourish while controlled by slave
holders. Vixen, through the influence OF lies
and ISLANDERS, 1t passed out of th" hands Of the
Democrats, 1t became the duty OF their successors
TO preserve it and conduct it. But they failed
utterly to do this. The government was founded
and built up by compromises, and could only be
continued through compromises; end it was the
duty OF tie anii-slayery fanatics when Ihey Sc
cured the control OF the government 10 save the
people from war and ali its terrible evils Of which
debt aud taxation Is not tte least, by concession
ana compromise. They did moi do this-they
ue.e.ved the people into the most destructive W.!
snd its curae rests upon
That We shall have 10 pay the tax heIs i no
a.abt And i the people could escape with pay
ing only that the complaint would not be &C
great. But unfortunately they IRE sadded viii
soTdes OF ohioial thieves snd the cost Of the gov
,xnnent is n,r 6rti million II ,,il', t,ces7 +
sAa: II sIoalGl.. But unless stealing ID stopped
there inay come day when the people " III refuse
-. a. -
Ruling party is 20 ANXIOUS +, involve the Tu-
ropeans ip cur debt. II our people, flrns are
luortga.ed TO pay this debt the moro European
Qovernnents that can be got to hold bonds the
more certain will be the payment II least Ibis
u ID. argument OF the bondhclleIa
Sew, tie Republican must admit that the poo
PIE who control the government are in-apable Of
aansgine it on sound principle. Thi' ha. been
proved ty sad experience.
again, the Ks=..5iseel Euss admit tha. .he
government never could have been formed at the
time il was, b. the people who now control i.
Such thing was utterly impossible. There were
il that day thirteen states, hut one Ct which
was nor-sla-e holding but even il was so much
Interested ia the s.ave-.rgde through its COM
nerc., ss to be divided c. the question ofalavery.
These arelthings that men CT our day ahoull Ic.
member. We should also remember thai the
purest and best who pledged their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor 30 the cause OF
liberty for the white people,were al. Shareholders,
and continued to be Shareholders SO long as they
lived. Wewere therefore indebted 10 shareholders
for the liberty enjoyed. Aud when the Radi-
Gals came to power. slavery had passed. from
many OF the States aud did not exist amid
more than one-third ot the population OF the
nion. In few generations 1t could have been
got rid OF without war and withou, the cost that
hadlcalism has imposed upon the people.