New-York tribune., 1876-10-04

fcred nothing 10 revive business nothing TO arrest INC
T S III snrIe tax In short they have built nothing.
they hayO only tried to tear down. I1ey Iaao
1hey Eaye cen wrong and are beaten on all lno
great issues of the century.
THE REFORM ISSUE.
Dcmocratic triumph now means that a majority OF
those to hold the seats power shall be men VINO Lot
merely opposcd the Government in the war, hut men
who actually aud openly fought for the Rebellion vi
course tho majoIities must chiefly from the SOUTH
and thus the House OF Representatives ana the PocS "
the country are he given up TO those who so recently
stood on the battlefield arrayed against us why snouu
this bel What il the precxt Why' that tho Pup'o
service Is fostering with wrong and corruption 'n'
the nation needs Savior the thieves rom ho
tmuia No doubt Ycnality has eXlsled durlEE Heu'
Grants Presdency-it has existed under every i%ItS %
its great expenditures and the imitation OF currency
and prices melted speculative passion ann m i
tcinpiati0ns and opportunities to make iuiDuI r
Fxtiyacmce and prOfuseuesJ became more OF ts' uIo
fpson ana haD.t among all classes Oiher casvs W. w.
at work tending 10 laXity Of morals ana you III
recorded by every historian who yer wroie lnelilgeD
OF the efec OF and inflated currency n any cH'M ci M
or age such condon OF Things niiuI.lo ao w. ~
houghtful persons TO ect an LLnsla prcVhrnccu vi
unfathulness 20 trust, public ana priEa'e me &
ton has been 40 more than Iuni ~ ~ - ~ ,ri;d al
that our couuiry and our times nave noi pU,Vu ~
together exceptions 10 t s 'Irdcr Ike conditions
Trustees, Ongtnstcd lawyers, even eNeeu,CiS ,,acl %
orphans have been found dcIeiicl III repeater %
Thr churches and the reverend clcr&y have nol pcu
wholly exempt from malariouS VlSi'alloh ~ it
~,
have fillcn under heavy rcproaiion. 90 hol uIits ts
that the body Of national officials ana pnDno .t i 10 10
furnished lis ouota of iniquy; do not deny tbat J
hrs bc-takcTs. dc'aultcrs. aud hypoCfes nav nav ~ %
cases brought disgrace on me hpupl'c'n ,,nn r and
do deny tine wholesale charges oi colrupiVn a,ii a,ii
profligacy poured out on the present avn Is
It's supporters. They are g.OsS eN'i
nn ouf Toupryand uur country men lcltl
these charges understood abroad read rom lH' ,
dOn standard, champion @I ,,,lIir5neyprr
men. @ ~ tin @ ~ Uubc sprit the oppression Of the mi
tf
tb fraHscr of government into the hands OF corrupt
,,5,,rr vao ~ ,' ,iIot,s and Ignorant men"
r. ic "f The oct OF those who have filled both hem-
isubcps with these nOXiuuS IundIS' iti Us ,"oN a.
I1raS.ry books ana see whether officials have iassg @
h" .,,e or less honest than formerly. The Posi- OIce
DraImcn Is separately stated, and take INST All lHo
Fron, Jan isi to 1885 Jackson being President
Tho loss on each ~ 600 was SO %. - H. ,,f
dc,, i'TI The 'i,, iass ON each - 900 was S21 10
From Jan. l. lsi2, TO July - aSrrisoh @ % aBG
From july /. 1913. To July, 1919, Polk D'nH fi'Sr
dent The loss each q 900 W.. y ; 81 and Fillmore
beng President the loss on each - 600 was ~ ol' l'p
From July /, 1883, 70 Jaly. ls'5 Pierce beng rI's
From July /, 1857 20 July, lsGl' y buchanan 1 being
President the loss each $1,000 was 50 95. . ,,t
don't lie los, on each 81 900 was II fl. .
p.s.ui' lp T I6c loss ON each u 900 was Is cents
From July /, 1869, to jay, l913; GiaH' peins
President the loss each $1,000 was 40 cents, ,.,,
From July l. 1873 10 july. 1879, Grant Deihs
President the loss each $1,000 was 20 ccnt,. a.,
Pierce Was 20 g2 I'm thousand; under MI Bnchanah
was - O2 IN thousand; under Mr. johnson u was
- OG IN the thousand. Under Gen. Grant, duTug tho
st terra II was only - 13, and during his SECOND lem
u 70 the end of the fiscal wear 80 II was bu % cents
Tc unyfaI order system has been only rccchtF m
I.,lc's; Zoo ,G a5o m 600 have been handled sent aud
rasli ~ n'SI ORDER With los. Of only 40
each 600 Docs all this look hac decay ol oH'la
ntrsiyl Comuare The Expenditures u the Government
IN 1S75 with those oi 1860 In 500 they were go Tor
cacn p.rsDn in the United states m le'5' rsu"uhS
only 900 900 people, they were II 20 Tor eich per
so. estimating l3 1000, II GOeach This show'a de-
crease OF EACH or 80 cents, aH lht case l ~.
nt il will Ir said these Ouly current EXPENSE lhcy
a. , conn, m tbr millions OF interest the dcb and
the pen SONS and expenses. So tlty 40 not i
b ii1n made the dcbi the cpplc., thr morrncis ana
i.,sourf-: and who made the rebellion DID YOU ever
hear OF q I.epublcaI rebel "as y h,It'L''.!l ~
ulin,tr,ti0n hic allowed sir and arms and States 10
br ,eizcd when an o. hruncss would nave tIanEd
rebellion iu lis craGiel The Democratic lo,y N"i
and SOath brought on the rebellion, and over! ui"to
blood and every tIIthng n cost, is 10 o. chiltr" 'o
Democratic account. Men may forget tm,, men may
deny this. bat /, certain as - thht intelligence
which weighs worlds and atoms tn "a Just balance
GEN. CRAMPS ApMINIsIEVIoS.
The air has murky FOR years with vhIornss about
the shocking diuoralzition of the Administration ana
Congress and the extravaganza of appropriations "drA
pndrc. At last we have test and lesson ln tAs ic
gard which beg you to lay to heart. The present Dem
Uou.r Of Rcircsentstiycs cut down the sppropH
oon, nt the late session. aud hundreds of the very
mcn some with newspaper and some without, who
have led the choru. Of accusation heretofore have dis
covered and assert with equal confidence and ce the
facts to prove that the appropriation, where The Demo.
Gratis found them at tic lowest n"tch Iltl hu"
necessary ana that the reductions were nn"i'" IN
patriotic. and Auriu o. the VubHc interest u hAs O'n
said there are sermons IN NJ tnttt ai' ~
toe stones which have been hurled at GI"ut ana Us hd
minstrAuon; and when the passionate Hi,,'fd- 'uH
selfish hates and nNGlrcs, ana houo" pItl'o"a OF U
day dead, t-'.o stones WI D, Ea'ne''i
to raise a monument to one OF The ifn's'' mo,t
feor,c.s patrIots VINO served his country
Ixtcnuating Of fraud o. crime ana KNOW ing
with shame and sOu0w that individuals holding oihciil
trusts have been guilty OF dccstabIc Jobbcry, - ask
whether the nation h. likely 10 Vfuht pf bcg gwen hto
the keeping OF those who IN rd ana forum have been on
he bad Ae in vital trials OF ID" lat twenty years
Is there uOthiug more deserving ~ cons sa'rHtoh l"n
we look ut the docket Of the police court to learn The
NOV mcnts OF state or ot nal"n 5hG!l We lnitt
community by the piCkpOckct- VINO luics III Look out
and see what has been done now grcridy' Inc puhlc
credit has been raised M We have negotiated bond.
bfau- only ~ per cent interest To take the place "i
those which hay. cxactcd per cent Here Is saving
OF interest and taxes worth celebrating Niil the party
which has preached Reputation ANA luhauon De- hAsy
10 Improve on inst Legislative and administrative
action hns boon taken TO make every dollar OF paper In
fine pockets OF the people good gold within the next
three years The Democrats voted against The aci, DC
nncrd IL and In Tie branch of Congress- in which They
mad the power passed aci of repeal aud both their
candidates and their platform indorsc this action
viii Democratic asccudc cy hasten SPECIE payments,
and be restoration OF business on solid, lasting pasIst
Southern claims, estimated at upward OF two thousand
millions are coming from every region which the
Union army camped, or marched, fought | cannot
remember in which The Nui0 ot "a Democrat IN
Congress has been against bill To pay Southern
war clam-ns a rule such bills have always received the
solid Democratic Many such claims. being within
the law got through both houses; some got through
which should not and when the President discovers such
"A one lac yeocs IT. Is Democratic President likely 10
veto such bis The South demands that SOS, 100000
collected as "a tax cotton shall be paid back. They ark
It in thirty bonds 10 bear cr cent interest n gold
the principal and interest or which at the end of the
time would amount 10 Fl7O,OOOOOO They cotton ~
product Of the earth and gnOuld never have been taxed
Petroleum i product Of the earth OOOi the Northern
earth-tha was taxed IN all its forms ana stages and
nobody proposes TO refund the millions 1t paid Yet bills
are pending take the cotton tax out uf the Treasury
and return 10 the Cotton States Would you select
Democratic President to veto such bills House bill
proposes 10 refund the Southern portion OF the direct tax
levied all the states IN 1851 The Southern share was
two millions and half the NOrthorn paid seventeen