The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-21

ministration of the government. For, In
either event, it will show that it is either
too dishonest or too ignorant to rule. But
it 10 not by this charge alone, that 1t proves
its dishonesty or incompetency. The
whole platform. all the way through, is
false in theory, false in inference, false in
fact, its professions are belied by its own
acts or the characters of its candidates, its
charges and promises are made either with
reckless disregard OF facts, or in gross
ignorance thereof.
Reform is necessary" says the plat
form, in the scale of public expenses'-
and then it goes on to make a specification
as follows: "Our federal taxation has
swollen from sixty millions of dollars in
" gold in 1860, to four hundred and fifty mil
" lions of dollars in currency in 1870 or,
" in decade, from less than five dollars
per head to more than eighteen dollars
- per head" If this means what 1t says,
if it was true, the inference would be false
What caused this largely increased "fed-
tlul tuC lHSiy luClCdotu
expenditure made necessary by the war for
the preservation of the Union, forced upon
the country by the southern wing of the
democratic party and connivod at by much
the larger portion of the northern democ-
racy. Four hundred and fifty millions of
dollars may seem large sum. 1t is a
very large sum. But with the exception
| of a single year since 1863, that amount, or
very nearly that amount, has been paid on
account of the principal and interest of
the public debt, 81 that, if the statement
was true, the Inference, that this federal
taxation was due to republican extrava-
gance, would be false.
| But the statement is as false in fact as 1t
is false in inference. The federal taxa
- ton" has never amounted to four hun
bred and fifty millions of dollars except in
a single year, either before or since 1870.
The largest aggregate amount of ''federal
taxation" was in 1866, when it amounted
to four hundred and eighty-nine millions
| OF dollars; but 1t decreased to four hun
drcd and forty-six millions in 1867, three
hundred aud thrty-nine millions in 1869
| three hundred and two millions in 1878
and two hundred and sixty-fve millions il
1874 OF this amount received from "fed
{" eral taxation" in 1873, one hundred ant
ffiy-three millions of dollars were expend
ed for interest on the public debt, pensions
to soldiers and under the Geneva award
and the same proportionate expenditur,
for interest and pensions was made in tn,
other years
Again this st. Louis platform says
We denouuce the improvidence which il
eleven years OF peace has taken from tn
"peOpe in federal taxes thirteen times tn
whole amount OF the legal tender notes.
That is to say, the whole amount of lega
tender notes being four hundred and fift,
from the people in "federal taxes" sine
1865, five thousand eight hundred and fft,
millions of dollars. The fact is, as appear
from the official reports, that the entire re
| celptS lTOiu ''ltueTdl LAKES -tNal Is, IN
amount "taken from the people in fedora
taxeo"-since June 30, 1861 Including tn
four years of war and the eleven years o
peace-is less than four thousand million
Of dollars; or less than nine times til
amount Of legal tenders, and that NOR
-'-.-~.' '."'ii onU iieupie III FEDERAL taxes
during the war-and more than one-half o
the amount taken during the eleven year
Of peace was paid for pensions and nteres
on the public debt.
So we might go through the platform
comparing its statements with the facts
and we should find in nearly every instanc
that the statements thereof were either falls
10 fact, or false in inference. Not to sa,
any thing, this morning, relative to tn
promises of the platform as interpreted b.
the acts of the party and the records of tn
candidates, we ask whether a party who's
claim to support is thus based on falsehoo,
or ignorance, can be trusted with the ad
ministration of the government. If thes
charges are made in ignorance of the facts
they are, certainly, incompetent to properl
administer Its affairs. If the charges ar
made, knowing them to be false, then the,
are too dishonest TO be trusted