Saint Mary's beacon., 1876-12-21

to keep it Eifhout regard TO race or au-
merieal sgority." The Okolona States
Miss November 18th, 1878, said /:
"The Radical party Of Mississippi con-
tend that intimidation won the White
Line victory, II is not the first time,
neither viii ii be the last time in which
intimidation has been successfully used.
Letthe white men not be afraid to in
timidatc. 1ntimidafion Is legitimate,
perfectly legifimGte." The Forrest Reg
isfer tAla.) said, 'srn this connection
we will.state, that the white men who
ally themselves with negroes in this
conflict need not expect any. better fate
than they: fact is they will be The fFst
10 suffer II the Caucasian can iind them
5at al when trouble coules. The xkole
rural press of the South teens with
such articles, and the reports or the
Congressional investigating committees
to find that the ruling element Of South
ern Democracy, not only resort to fraud
and intimidation, but to murder, yea,
cowardly, cold-blooded murder. ad-
init that the Constitution does allow men
to keep and bear arms, but it is not in
tended that they should use them to
murder and intimidate their fellow-citi-
zens in order to deprive them of their
rights. The soldiers were not sent South
to intimidate. but were simply sent as
conservators Of the peace, and the fact
that the Democrats polled full vote
proves it. But many ofthe colored men
stayed away from the polls, fearing they
would be punished for exercising their
rights when the troops were removed.
That many frauds and blunders have
been committed during the Republican
Administration / acknowledge, but that
many false charges have been scattered
broadcast over the country with no 9TH
er evidence to support them but the ly-
ing testimonies Of disgraced officials Is
no less true. But l viii say to P, that
II he VIII lump the frauds Committed
during Republican Administrations that
are supported by legal records and re-
liable evidence and place them by the
side Of those of the Democratic Admin
istrations from Jackson's first term to
the close Of Buchanan's, he will find the
Republican frauds but moie-hiH By the
side Of the Democratic mountain. p
says that my statement that Republican
frauds were only 26 cents on the $1,000
while Democratic frauds were 5000 on
the same amount is absurd. Unfortu-
nately for p and the Democratic party
the legal records Of the Government
will bear me out. He also says that it
is not likely that Thos. A. Hendricks
should he found voting against his par
ty for land grants. Now il is a well
known fact, that prominent men of both
parties advocated those grants, deeming
them public necessities. and although P
may disclaim being a Congressional IL
brary, still he should know little about
such matters, particularly when he pro-
fesses to know SO much about VIM. A.
Wheeler's record. If he will examine
the Congressional record for 1864. he
will find that Thos. "A. Hendricks, Uni
ted States Senator at that time, advo-
Gated the land grant zone of the most
enormous ever made, about $1,000, 900
acres,) for the Northern Pacific Rail-
road. Again, in 1868, he supported a
bill granting lands 10 that road. While
IN the House of Representatives he
voted to grant public lands to the Ham
nibal and st Joseph's Railroad, and he
was noted for his liberality in support
ing all such measures. Equally absurd
he says is the statement that the expen-
ses per capita are less now than thev
were in 1860. II ia easy to saw absurd,
but that proves nothing. Iobtained the
figures from the legal records and defy
him to prove them false. He cannot
accept my statement that public Offices
cannot be reduced without detriment TO
the public service. A partisan Con-
gress, intent on making political capi-
tai, may have known how far they could
carry their reductions, but the heads of
the departments are now complaining
that they are behind in their work for
lack of clerical force. Perhaps thev do
not work them enough. actual exam
lnation (befoee that reduction COM
menced) of all the Bureaus of all the
departments, disclosed the fact that
the average cost of settling any given
account is rom 25 to 80 per cent. less
than in 1860.
This shows that the employees Of the
Treasury do at least from 25 to so per
cent. more work now than then, and
that too at an annual expense of Si7S
less for each clerk. These are actual
facts. p. You may pronounce them alb
surd, but it is impossible to prove them
false. + pronounces my comparative
statement OF the expenses in 1859 and
1876 loose. These statements are Off
cial; 1t will take more the bare asser.
ton Of TO prove them false. He
claims that the Republican party has
taken from the people during the last
eleven years by taxation 81, 400, 600. :
600. The official records saw $4,000
10000 and he accounts for only So
400 ,ooO, 600, the rest he saws is iikely
'sone where the woodbine twineth."
suppose his mental reservation was all
they did not use tor ordinary expenses.
but official records again prove that out of
the $4,000, 900. 900. 81. 600, ,o10. 900 vas
used to to pay the pensions. the interest
on the public debt and portion Of the
principle, the balance was used in pay
ing of boun,ies and other claims arising
out OF the war, and for the ordinary ex-
Penses. That some of il was stolen do
not doubt, for noparty can be perfect. and
none but idiots think so. But that those
robberies will equal those of democratic
administrations ! deny, for history will
bear me out. He says that the reform.
inaagurated by a Democratic House oi
Representatives caused the credit ol
th, rosrntrv sc H.. l.,,.r n.