Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-02

lie treasure through Government agents, to
brihe, corrupt, or coerce voters.
r. has concentrated unneca ssary power 10 the
Federal Government, aud deued to the people
the proper exercise Of home rule and local self
government. :,
II has forgotten that governments are created
for the good Of the governed, and that othces
do not belont to the of6ceholders, but are held
in trus, for the people; aud it has ad nlnlstered
the Government 10 the interest Of persons, Of
families, and corrupt combinations called
rings" :.
Intoxicated by the acquisition of power, it
has become debauoIed by its enjoy ment, and
abandoned itself to excuses OF governmental
extravaganza aud proalgacy.
La every department Of the Government the
expenditures are as appalling as they are uone,
cessary; the civil lists have been extended and
armies of oficahold2rs created, TO De sustained
aod supported by an unparalleled taxation.
The depIorlbIe condition OF the country
to day is but the outgrowth OF the ex'raVa
canoe and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the party
now in power Commerce does not ooly
lapyuish, but is almost annlhlated, ana lot
e:gn bott0us transport the products OF tne
United States abroad; agricultural communl'
ties are depressed ana Struggling to exist UNDER
the low prices which mock their toll; factories
and mills are comparatively idle, and their ar
tlsans are clanoring for employment aod for
| bread, while the unprecedented aud numoerless
failures all over the couutry Indicate that the
| mercantile classes are threatened With ruin.
| Can i! be questioned that this condition OF
things is the natural and inevitable result OF the
inability of The people to bear the burtheos Of
hom tp
| to the Government so large proportion OF the
fair yalns of I'll cir capital aud labor, and FROM a
want of confidence in the financial condition Of
the country aud he vaclatiug, uncertain, and
urWse policy which has controlled lis hnancla
affairs?
No PROFITS needed to establish the corruption
whlob has "toucycomb.d the Offices OF The
| Goyernmens with incapacity waste, and fraud.
| 1t is admitted by the confessions OF the party
and its nominee, 10 the platform of the one,
and 10 the letter of acceptance OF the other
| But if proofs were needed oil the bitter bumlll
alton to which the people OF the United State;
nave been subjected by the party 10 power the
uphsppy records of the country would abun
dainty supply them A Cabinet eficer mpeachec
| Tor petty pecuialon 10 Office, and only saVeo
| from punishment by plea which did not deny
| his guilt A fore gn minister escaping arres
| Tor UItaiuiug money under false pretences BY
hiding behind the shield of diplomatic position
| A Vice President mpllcaed 10 the swiDdll oe
| operation of railway gamblers aud spectators
and an inmate of the Executive MANSION 10
dicted for conspiring to ietraud the Treasury
| and Only snatched from the disgrace OF conVic
too by the refusal Of the Executive to pcrml
the evidence OF his guilt to be used.
The expenditures OF the Government shock
all Ideas OF republican simplicity aud economy
and comparison Of the relative expenditure
under wllg aud democratic Administrations
with those under republican Administrations
makirg lull allowance for the increased popu
| laiion vl the country, exposes degree VI eX
| traraganca cow, % com pared With the earlier
aud more vlriuvus day Of the republic, which
mus; startc and aaru the people. 10 gt
back 40 further than 1852, the ordinary OK
pens,s OF the Government exclusive OF pep
sous aud the Interest % the public debt, from
| 1882 10 1860 hoth Inclusive, amounted t
$5l 800, SO4 II; the same expenses from 1861
to 1878 both lIciuslve, r. achcd :he enormou:
sun OF 81 ,37o SOC 72O 20; difference 1866 5l5
9l573 inc cxpend lures for The year 1861
were sos 955 952. SO, aud lor the 1875 Sl42.
U73, 632 U5-makng difference OF SS3, III,
| 679 &C; while the expenditures of the single
|
7Ol3 SO.
An inspection of the blue books exhibits the
| fact that the uumter Of employers OF the Gov
erDn,enl borne upUu the civil lists OF the ultco
States, has more thar doubled 10 the same
period, haiog Increased from 1904 10 the yeal
| 1861 10 "a ll9 III the year 1873, forming a
grand army vi non.pruducers exceeding more
! than three fold the regular army OF the United
States 10 be supported, IN ease by an iuor IL
nate taxation levied upon the abOriug masses.
The extent o the w lie OF taxation imposed
| by the Federal Government upon ihe people oil
this country, aud lis trlghtful increase durlpe
republican administrations, al Increase largely
| independent OF the sum necessary to prosecut,
the late war, but flowing FROM extravaganza aod
waste, would almost exceed belief If not su,
tanned by actual statistics.
The taxation o.! 1850 under whig admins
tra'iou, was 10 gold $40 900 900; that OF 1860
urdara democratic administration, sou, 0OO uOt
10 gold, in round NUMBERS; while thai u 1870,
undcr republican administration, reached tht
SUN Of $3.50, 0OU 900. bei; 6 more than clever
times greater than the taxatlon OF 1891, anC
nearly eight times as great as the taxation OF
1860.
The population o! the United States in 1851
was little over twenty three millions; 10 1860
thirty one aud hall millions 10 round mum
bers; aud 10 1870, thirty-oight and hall mil
lions 10 round numbers. The Federal tax Of
1850 reached The SUN Of $l.72 for each inhab
liant Of the country; the tx OF 1860 tho
sam of $l.9l, aud the tax of 1870 the sum OF
Sill e. iur each man, woman and child 10 The
land. Ieiug nearly seven times greater than the
tax Of $50, aud more tn an times greater than
the lax vt 1860 per capita, and his independent
OF State aud municipal taxation. These vas
SUNS annually distracted from the pockets Of
the people, and the productive values OF the
country, to be expended by The corrupt horde
of fice holders to perpetuate their hold or
power, democratic House of Representatives
animated by that republican spirit which 10.
spied the fathers of the Republic, 10 the 10
teiest of economy, simplicity, and honesty,
have eudeavorcd to reduce to the actual re-
| qurcmeuts OF The Government, and although
| couuterac!cd in their patriotic efforts by the
| other brauch of the uatioual legislature and by
| the Executive still repOr ed an annual budget