The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-02-18

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1871 Il 1872 of l,457 6ST "
So that the overplus of the revenues
of 1872 was more than the reven ues Of
the whole State in 1868. But this is
not to charge that the President had
increased the taxes. But he diminish
ed them, from 1869 on. So, for instance,
the tax of per cent. on the income of
every clergyman. doctor and druggist
was abolished, the tax to indemnify
the owners of slaves and other men.
Besides these taxes being abolished
1,6l2, 900 pesos "a peso being nearly a
dollar) were paid, and 505, 900 pesos of
another debt of the State, then 327 900
pesos Macintosh debt, and for schools,
highroads, buildings ETC., were EN-
ployed ], pos, 900 pesos. Not only the
interest of the English-American loan
was paid i'm this short time, but the
whole capital back. Only the English
loan is as floating debt yet to amortize,
but this wars in the beginning only a
large swindle. The President pro-
posed to redeem all the stocks as soon
as possible. Since he was President
tho number of scholars augmented 60
per cent, the salaries OF the teachers
were increased and schools were built
in nearly every parish. The large
highrOad to the south had, under his
supervision, augmented to length of
26O miles. This road has 1O1 stone
bridges and 400 aqueducts of stone.
A railroad was begun from Siiamba
to MilagrO, on the right side OF the
Chauchan. In this wild region, to
build a railroad has quite other diff
culties TO surmount than in our
country here. Another railroad, Mi
lagro-GobO was to be in running con-
dition about the lst of January of this
year.
1t would take too long to enumerate
all that the President, Gabriel Garcia
Moreno, has done in the short time
since he became President of Ecuador,
but ! wanted to show you by the
| above, that man who is always try
ing to do his best for his people, and
not to fill his pockets, as his prcde-
cessors, the radicals, have done, who
builds schools and railroads, diminish
cs the take. and increases the salaries
of teachers, must not be such bad
man as he is represented i'll your arti-
Gle. But, because he is a good Presi-
dent,a Democratic one, and Catholic,
therefore he must be calumniated and
represented as brute and tyraut. A
man who is a blood thirsty tyrant, can
not conclude his message as Garcia
Moreno does in 1873, as follows
Qranslated)
"But as we have fhe happiness to be
! Catholic, let us be Catholic entirely
and open; let us be Catholic in our
private life and in politics ; let us show
the truth of our convictions and cor
roborate our words with the open
deeds. Let US not only be satisfied to
do what have proposed to you, but
exterminate the last remains of the
old Spanish rivalism.
"If our acting must be that of a
Catholic people, how much more in
the continual conflict against our re.
ligion. Our attitude must be firm
decided and strong, this is our two.
fold duty, neglecting it would be trea.
son and baseness. Let us act as sin-
cere Catholics. and go ahead and trust
to the blessings of God. Happy will
we be if God continues to shower his
blessings OH ua, and happier sDil I be
. myself, if the hatred, the calumnta.
tion, the insults Of the enemies Of Goa
and Of our holy faith sho,cers upon
me-" .,., 5
This, dear Mr.. Harris, will give you
a short book upon man. who really
does not deserve a calumniation as the
San Francisco Chronicle passes upon
him. but because he is Catholic and
a true Democrat, down with him.
81 l remain, with my best regards,
ia.. Yours, r. L. X.