The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-12

Following is an extract from speech
recently delivered by eN-Goy. Seymour
OF New York:
II i generally supposed that the
heavy taxation Of the General Govern
ment j. due a. the war debt. This j.
not true, although that debt was a
heavier charge than il would have been
If the taxes paid by thepeople had been
used for its payment. The Government
paid out in the fiscal year ending March,
1874,
Of This sum there was paid for inter-
Get on war debt and pensions $50. ~ 900 900
Fof other expenses, more tnan.-...- 1900 ,DbJ
II should have been reduced at least
500, 600, 600; or, we should have paid
OF about one-Quarter Of our national
debt. That would have cut down the
interest against Us about $50, 100000
annually, "A sum equal 10 the whole cost
Of Government before 1910. But that
by no means showed the full gain we
should have made This reduction Of
I debt would have given US such credit
/ in the markets of the world that we
could have reduced the interest upon
the balance of our Indebtedness.
The average receipts OF the Govern
ment for six years, ending June
-. lr4, were. ......-........--.-. 30 ttNsNV
Deduct interest on war debt and
/ pensions .--...-.--.+..+.-..-.-... losNhf"sD
Remainder. sIa0. 900 900
on Gs 900, go
Leaving for support Of Government
each year ......................... 900. 900
which is more than was spent by any
Administration before the late war, or
more than the cost Of Government dur
Ing the Mexican war, when we con-
quered that country.
| will do no injustice 10 the party
which governs the country, but admit
that the same spirit of extravaganza
which marks It's expenditures has been
I shown by every State and municipal gov
eminent without regard 10 the party
which controlled them. Since the close
of the war the American people have
lost much Of their former habits Of in
dustry, economy, and public virtue
Our troubles spring in great degree
from public rather than from political
I decentralization. Ii j. sad truth that
we must confess that all branches of
government represent the spirit of spec
| ulation, and the efforts 10 gain wealth
by other means than by industry and
economy. We cannot correct these
evils, we cannot get back our people
upon higher plane of morals and hab-
4 its by partisan abuse. Reform must
begin with each man in his habits and
those of his family. Political parties
must show their merits by ferreting out
wrongs in their own ranks and they
must prove their claims to public sup
port, not by concealing but by exposing
the guilt Of their partisans. The high
est tribute paid to the labors of Gov.
/ Tilden, and To those who are upholding
him. is the fact that Republican jour
nails and speakers claim that their eN-
posures reflect most strongly upon the
party to which they are attached. The
| darkest shadow which rests upon their
party is made by the fact that they as
sail these efforts at reform, and are more
anxious to condemn the conduct or the
mistakes Of the men who are laying bare
hidden crimes than they are to punish
! the criminals. An occasional compli-
ment to the Governor, or vehement
claim that they mean TO uphold him in
his work, do not offset the constant
stream Of censure, or their labors 10
break down his supporters.
Another evil is that the debt and tax
alton fall unequally upon the people,
and the people IF the West are COM
PEELED to pay more than their share OF
the taxes. Thus government debts and
taxation divide our Union into debtor
and creditor States. This Is danger
Gus relationship Already the passions
which it engenders are appealed to by
those who seek to excite sectional pas
sions. 1t has given birth to the theory
Of imitation. Denunciations of the older
States Of the East. and desire To injure
their citizens are as strong IN the late
election Of Ohio a. the wish TO help the
West. A baleful effect of this taxation
i shown in the destruction of commerce
and business.
Mr.. Seymour charged the Republican
party with lodging the real issues Of
the day, and their leaders with desiring
TO talk about any thing but the true con-
dition of the country and the causes 81
its distress. In conclusion Mr.. Seymour
said:
We must reirace our steps. We must
have reform. We must be governed by
the Hottest. the purest, the safest states
manship. Ii is within the reach Of all
In clear terms, it j. set forth in thes,
simple words-honesty, industry, anc
economy.