The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-10-04

not yearly rising revenue; 1t has lmpUv
erished many industries 10 subsidies ;
fe il prohibits imports that might pur
J.. chase t.,e products OF American labor
it has degraded American commerce from
the first tn IN inferior upon the high seas
it has cut WI the sales of America,
manufacture. at ho,re and abroad, and
depleted the returns If American agricul
turp, an interest followed by half on,
penplr; i, costs the people five times NOR,
than ii pro lnces TO tie treasury. Ohstrurr.
the processes of produrtioe and wastes
: the fruits of labor; it pro notes fraud and
&nsters Smuggling, enrichrs dishonest
officials ard hank,upts honest merchants
. We demand that all custom house taxa.
ten shall I've ONLY Tor revenue. Rrtmm is
'"cessary III the scale of public expenses
Felrr ], State and municipal.
FEDERAL TAXATION HAS SWOLLEN
from Sl6 600 900 gold in 1860 to Si50, 900.
$50 CURRENCY in 1870: our aggregate taxa
tnn FROM $1sl, 100000 gold in 1860 t..
S73 o. 200 currency in 1870, or IN one de.
ca.lt, from less thai five dollars per head
tn more an eighteen dollars per head
Since th" ,,eacr the people have paid t.,
, th..ir TAX .a:h"r,1s more than thrice the
SIM of til national debt, and mere than
twice thai sum for the Fed raj Govern.
r,rnt alone. We temanl vigorous flu
aalt imever, department and f,om evrry
offic, of the Government. Reform is me-
cesS;lry t. nut II stop 10 the protlig,tr
vase of public | 'nds and th"ii diversion,
, from actual >ettlr Ivy thu party in power.
wlicl has >quandcre,l two hu drrd mil.
, Inns of acres upon railroads aluur, and
ont of m"re than twice that aggrrg .tr
has disposed Of ISIS than II sixth directly
70 'illrrs of the s,i. Reform is necessary
to correct the
OMISSIONS OF REPUBLICAN, CONGRESS,
and thu error, OF Onr tr, atieS aud orr di
p."macy which have stripped orr fellow.
, ri,izens of foreign brh ard kitlrp, race
rrcrossng tire Atlantic of :hr shirl; o.
American ciiiz. ms ip, .l"d have exposed
our brrtj,rr,, If tie Pacific slope to tLe ill.,
cursions OF /, race rot sprung from the
sam great ,,ar-nt stock in fart now de-
ME! b. law citizenship thr,ug', natural.
zari'n. being neither accust. med to the
tradition If a ,ingre>s,e civilization, OF
exercised IL lirity under equal laws
We deun,arr It's, p licy which ihus dis
cards the i erty l'vlng German, ard t"l
crates the r., wal oi the conli- trade il,
M"ngnliau women imported fo1 Immoral
purpos u. and Mnn9"lian men hired te
, perform Serv,le Labor Contracts. and de-.
mand Snrh modification of the treaty with
the Chinese Empire. or such Legislation,
by Congress within Il constitutions im
ta'ion, ~ shall prevent th,. further impnr
tatui or Immigration IT the Mnngolia,
IA. e. Ref rIn Is necpsstr, - Il en- nevr,
he eft rtei but by making i: tn" control
c ling issue of the elections, and lifting il
ahnve the tw" false issues with which the
= office holding class aud the party il power
| seek 10 smother it. TIE false issues will
which they s0nld -nkirdie s-ctaria1
| strife II respect t" the public schools, OF
4 hich TIL establishment anl support he
Ia " exclusively TO The several Stntrs, AM.
y which tie Dem cratic party has cherished,
fiOm their t II daf"n and resolved t.
: maintain without parti!lity or preference
! for any class. sect or ,reed, and wlthunt
l. c"ntribnt. & from tile treasury to any,
| The false issue Ivy which they seek tc
. ii slrt anew T. tlyin" enhrrs of sectional
y hate betw cen two kinlr, d peoples one,
t unnaturally estrangrd, bnt HOW reunited
! il one in'ivisihle Republic and common
destiny.
+, REFORM IN CIVIL SERVICE.
t Reform is necessary in the civil service
: Experience proves that efficient, economi
+ cal conduct OF the governmental business
= is ~ possible if it's civil service lie ST.
+ jected to change at every election, and b
:. pnrsa offered at the ballot.hox AZ a brie
Q reward of part, zeal. Instead of posts o
3 horo or assigned for proved competency anl
held for fidelity in the public employ =
1 That the dispensing of patronage shout,
= nether be- tax rpnn the time of al, on
?nblc men. nor the instrn nent of thet1
+ amhiti IL. Here again professions, falls
fed in the performance, attest that Il
e party III power eau work out 10 pructic
| or sanitary reform u1
: REFORM IN HIGH PLACES. ,,
t Reform is nee esshry even more in | y
drt. Ficp-Presi,lrnt. Judges. SelatiI :.
Representatives. Cabinet officers ii u
f "a Il all others in authority are the =,
J PILES servants. Their offices are nd =.
private pe'qaisitr; they are p' u
r TT st. When the anna IS IF this Rert "
{ proclaim the disgrace and censure;:
| Vice-rresdenf; late Speaker u
: Hose of Representatives m,rkctinIS If
rnli q HIS a pres ding tficrr; three a ;,
|, tors protitirg secretly their yeas r..
Z w maker; five chairnrn # the leg u
y e. mni,tt",.s OF l. q la,r House of RpIAn. v
tatlvrs exposed in jo,l~ va late sta.
2 rs ot he Treasury fo'c cling balances tn ;,
public acc, unis; "a late Attorney -Gra'
= fn>apl'r"!,ria'ins public fluids; eta
ry Of the N.,"y eu,ici'es or e.ilns az
iri"n,,s by pprc"ntag. levied ntf ih'ht' / |
o. contractors With his departm an q,
/ Ambassador to England cnrcef
| Il ,!lsl:on 'rahlp speculation; the Prem; !"
private Secretary barely "Scapins''vi"'
ITO 3. up" trial, for guilty comply i.
frauds upon the revenue; Src.ry
War imrachetl for high crimes con 4
feSsed mis,lemrannr>: the asm"nsl"n =,
4 mnlete that the first step muse the
pnbic choice of honest men trolh"t''"r
, party lest the disease of one'lltIra' b
orsaniz .tion upset the whole hOi"llt'e,
and t. ertb making no chan.ene' OF n
party, we can get 10 change ofha>nfrs u
and no re orm.
All eSe abuses, wrongs aicr'ines X
the pro,!nrt of sixteen years of .n,lancy
of the Republican party. rreatee:"ss't> r,
fer ,efO,m cnntrSse,i b, t e Fiblicans II
themselves. But tll-if reform are VI.
ted down in convention aWls 'lacr'' F
from the Cahinet The part, mass ct
honest Votes is p"wtrlrss eSisf the
eight, tl,ols;,' d offire-holdefs LADDERS q
all? guides Reform can only had ny
pea aetul civic revolution. Wiemand a ii
change of system, Il change d lnlillstra- +,
tration. a change Of parties, IT We may ;,
have change Of men. ~