The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-18

cratic party comes into power several
things are to be done which affect taxes.
Taxes are to be voted to pay for property
destroyed during the war, and the effort
has been constant that no difference shall
he made between those who lost
their property while unfolding the
government or in helping to destroy it,
and every democrat will vote every time
to help pay for claims of that kind. Then
keep up your accustomed republican ma
jority in this state, for when it is let down
and that other party comes into power,
you will he called upon to pay for articles
taken from those who were laboring to de-
stroy the government. That only source
of government revenue from the south dur
ing the war was the cotton tax, which
they declare unconstitutional, and the
treasury will be called upon to pay back
$S0,000,0000 collected from that source
during the war. Another thing, ut Wash
ington, is an institution established for the
support of widows and orphans of soldiers
and sailors of the late war. and when, n
few days ago, an appropriation of SCI, 900
was asked for to maintain il, southern
democrats speak and vote against IL, and
the majority of the democratic Sen
ators and representatives IN Congress
forget what the crime of rebellion means,
and say that we shall not help support the
widow of the union soldier unless we do
the rebels, and We shall not pay the union
debt unless we do the confederate, The
object that they have in view Is TO break
down The Republican party and to break
down the currency Of the country until it
is no better than the confederate.
| have referred to these things not to stir
MP any bitterness Of feeling, but to point
out what we all see and know in Washing
ton, and we must stand by the honor and
principles of those who defended the union
the republican ?arty-while the policy of
the democratic party Is the reverse. can
say that the expenses of the government in
1874, ,3, ~, and ever since Grant came
into power. have diminished every
day, and the expense Hf the gov
ernmcnt, according to the pOpula-
ton, Notwithstanding the expense of
the war. Irregularities, frauds. corruption
Nc, it now costs less every way to each
person than it did in 1860 or under the adj
ministration of James Buchanan. In 1860
it cost $780, in 1871, SLIT to carry on
the government in spite of the great reduc-
ton in taxation. We therefore have re-
duccd the expenses of the government. re-
duccd taxation, diminished appropriations !;
in spite OF Sanborn, Jayne and Richardson
hOwls. never has there been so economical
an administration, justice was never more
fairly given. and the revenues were never
more faithfully collected. The democrats
put a blanket over their frauds, while if
one occurs in the republican party they are
brought to view, aud the bringing to light
of the Sanborn and Jayne cases, credit
molicr and other cases are one OF the trucst
signs Of the fidelity and honesty Of the adj
ADMINISTRATION. which thereby proves to you
that they are entitled to support. The
balance of trade in the past year has
been in our favor. Notwithstanding the
panic last fall, and that has proved of
vast benefit to us, in teaching Us economy,
and we are now reaping a reward for bur
dcns long borne, in getting along with
nccessaries that we do not need. He spoke
briefly on the subject of the resumption of
specie payments, and that the great object
OF the republican party should be to labor
IN favor of civil and political equality, and
that every man shall have the right to I've n
citizen and protected us such, which is
directly opposite to what the democratic
party mean.
At the close OF Senator Edmunds' al
dress Gen. Grandcy formally called the
convention TO order, when the call was
read by Hon. George Nichols, secretary.
The list oil delegates was then read and
is as follows