Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-02
WHY CHANGE?
Remember that Samuel j. Tilden
stands Arraigned as a Fer.
.urer and as a Rebel
Sympathizer.
And you who "Want a Change" give
Attention to- Facts stated
Below, tl,l to us
What Change.

Below, tl3l to us
What Change.
Horace Greeley wanted a Change
but would Not Trust our
Government to the
Solid South.
Voting for IL Change"
It has been frequently urged upon
Republicans that they should vote for
the election of Tilden in order to effect
"a change in tho general administra-
.tlon of the Government, and that such
change will be more effective when
made by the Democratic party than if
made by Gov. Hayes. The necessity
for this change is put upon the direct
ground that there has been so much
robbery, fraud, defalcation, and gen.
eral misconduct during the Republican
administration of the Government,
that a general publication of the Gov.
ernmental service, it is said, is demand.
ed. Have Republicans, who are urged
on tins ground to vote for Tilden in
preference to Hayes, ascertained the
truth on this subject :! Let us see
what the facts are.
III the first place, Gov. Hayes has all
nounced that if elected he will devote
his single term to the elimination from
the public service all incompetency, I'm.
fitness, and dishonesty that can be dis.
covered, and makes integrity and com.
potency the standards of official en-
ployment, making no distinction polit-
ically between those appointed, or re.
tanned, or dismissed. Gov. .Tilden, in his
letter, proposes Il general dismissal of
all those now in public service, assum-
ing them all to be Republicans the
appointment OF new men, all Demo-
Gratis and then the publication of the
new force in the course of time.
These are two plans proposed by the
persons who are candidates for the
Presidency, and we submit that no
man who desires reform for reform
sake and not merely Il bestOwal of
party patronage, can for moment re-
iect that of Gov. Hayes for the wild,
partisan spoils-system proposed by Mr..
Tilden.
But the facts do not warrant the de.
mand for any general change such as
made by the Democratic party. The
Republican party, upon the very in.
stant Of its accession to power, was en-
colntered by civil war of long dura-
ton, involving an expenditure of
money, al increase Of revenue, and al
expansion of debt and the issue Of pa.
per.money to which the nation had
been previously a stranger. The loans,
revenues, and expenditures during
that period frequently exceeded dur.
ing 4 year three thousand millions of
dollars ; that is, that amount of money
or credits was handled by the Govern.
ment in a single year. The War was
succeeded by years of deprecated cur
rency, want of credit, with the specu-
lation, extravaganza, and recklessness
of expenditure in private life, which
have attended every war i'll every ma
ton of the world. Out of this social
decentralization, the natural outgrowth
of suddenly.acquired wealth and reck-
less private expenditure, there came a
looseness of morals, III undermining
of integrity, and a taste for extrava-
gance fully as remarkable in CONNER
cial banks us among officials. Embez-
elements, Interpretations, defalca'
tions, and all the crimes against hon
esty were general, and were found in
private commercial banking circles as
we'll us in official life. The revenues
required by the Government were en.
ormous as compared with those in all
previous portions of the national ex'
istence, and the natural inclination OF
mankind to evade taxation, to swindle
and defraud the Government, had op'
portunities such as never existed be-
fore. Official dishonesty is necessari.
ly confined to two lines of!operation
Plunder of the Government in the col
lection of the revenue and plunder OF
the revenue after its collection. Dur
ing the term of johnson the whisky
tax was so heavy that it inspired fraud
which was heavily practiced.
Frauds thus suggested and success
fully practiced survived the return Of
the Republican party to power, and i
required time and vigor to discover
and break it up and bring the guilty tt
justice. This has3been accomplished
as we'll as the complete breaking VI
Of the wholesale smuggling carried OF
to the loss of the revenue. No one ha
now the hardihoOd to assert that ther'
is any robbery or fraud committed il
the collection of the revenue whicl
any Government could ordinarily pre-
vent.
Now, what are the facts in the cas-
of the robberies, thefts, frauds, defal
cation, and crimes committed on tn
revenue after it has been collected
Such crimes exist under every Gov
ernment in the world, and have exist
ed under the Government of tn
United States from the organization
down to the present day. These ar
all matter of rec ,rd, and in respOns
to Il requirement by the United State
Senate this record has been made out
brought down to July l, 1875, and ha
been officially published. The losse
sustained by the Government throug
it's officers, in all manner of thefts
defalcations, etc, under each Admin
istration, is given, the percentage Q
loss being on each 81 900 collected
The following is the comparison:
Loss on
I Administration. ea:h $lOU
, George Washington ..... ...... .....S 2.s
John Adams 900. .... ......... 80. ...... 2.t
Thomas Jefferson ...... ...... ...." 81
James Madison go. ...... A.
/ James Monroe ...... ...... ...... o.
. John @. Adams go. .........- ...... AZ
Andrew Jackson go. ........ ...... 49,. IL
" Martin Van Buren ...... ..... 90. ...... H.;
) Harrison and Tyler ...... ...... 80. g.
3 ]. K. Polk ...... ...... ...... 80. A.
5 Taylor and Fillmore ...... ;. .. ..".. A.
q Franklin Pierce ....... ....... ...... .... 81
James Buchanan ...... ......... 90. 80. 81
; Abraham Lincoln ..... ........... 80. o.
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