Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-02
RETROSPECTIVE.

REIkOSPECI1NE Z.
The Republican party is charged BY its on,o.
nents with many sins of omission AMI eou7l,-
sion- 1t is easy to make charges far ,s.-
ent matter to demonstrate them to Be I'm.
| When these charges are confronted with f,r..
and figures, il il seen that they have no, tb.
least basis of truth TO sustain them. We bag.
time and again refuted specific charges again,
the honesty. economy, and generally beneficial
policy of the party, and in pursuit o, M.
facts aad figures with which 10 dispose ,bs.a
malicious char -es, have been surprised az ia
completeness of the record vi hich The ResuJi.
I can party. in an unhroken aGministra-ion n
l eighteen years, Is enabled 70 present as urir-.
/ peachable proof of the fai,hfuluess with wbi-s
| il has discharged the trust committed 20 il by
the people, in a manner to best serve the inter.
ests Of those people BY restoring the dislneu.
bered fragments Of a great Nation 10 the hs-.
mony which was broken by its predecessors in
the Government, bringing order out OF eaa9,
and comparative prosperity where universal
/ financial ruin was impending.
To properly present this splendid record O.
/ the Republican party il is Necessary 70 begin
! with the period of its coming into power When
| Abraham Lincoln, the drst Republican Presi-
dent, reached Washington through many VI
| cissitudes, the South had already progressed
many fb3Gce IN bAic al Vi NAc IcUci4loN. WHICH
1 the Southern Democrats, with the cO-opera;ioa
/ of their Northern brethren, had been maturing
| for a period of thirty years He folId ,ha
| arms and ammunition removed TO Southern
| arsenaIs and forts, the little army scattered
along the distant frontier, and the ships o. ;le
/ navy stationed in foreign ports. The United
/ States Treasury was exhausted, the Goyermeu.
in debt aud paying and interest Of over > 0lj.-
| 900 per annum, with the National credit 50 iow
that the Buchanan Administration was pawn.
| at the rate OF i per cent. interest on snail
! loan necessary TO meet the ordinary expenses
| of the Government. Under this condition q
| affairs the Republican party came into power,
To fnd an organized rebellion Of grea; wagui-
| tude 10 be met aud suppressed. An army wss
! called iutO being, money raised, the enemy met
and conquered, four million slaves made free,
the seeded States reEabilitated, peace restored,
the public credit strengthened. and The in'e--
rity aud authority OF the Government assured
before the world. This was the work Of the
| Republican party during the earlier and most
trying years OF It's adniniSt ration.
To meet the cost of the war taxes were in
creased until the internal revenue and personal
income tax receipts 10 a single year (iS5jJ
reached the vast sum of S3ll, ,IT4567.j4.
Nearly everything manufactured or used was
taxed. Now the internal revenue tax is con-
fued TO spirits, fermcnted liquors, tobacco,
banks and bankers and adhesive stamp, for
patent medicines. etc, and the total tax i
duced from S3ll IA, 67.5i in 1866 to Sll05Sl,-
62i.74 in ISIS. Reductions have also been
made in the customs tariff, the receipts from
which in 1872 amounted to 1916; $40 2s6 -, aHI
in ISIS TO $50, III, $50 2O-Jhus showing IN The
two sources of revenue g total average redue-
tion in the year of S2SG, ,792, ,549.37.
FROM these grand results II viii be seen tha.
the Republican party was not only patriotic.
as shown in its prompt response to the call Tor
men lad means to save the Union, but that al
pec9riary obligations were met promptly, The
National integrity sustained aud strengthened,
aud the credit of the country, at home aul
abroad, restored. 50 that instead Of borrowing
money, as iu the last Democratic Admiu.strl-
ton, at II per cent. To carry on the ordinary
affairs OF the Government, it is now funding Is
SIX per cent. bonds into four per cents. b. tl4
ready sale of the latter at home and abroad,
Another feature in the administration OF the
Republican party j. lis integrity. The net reye-
uues OF the Government since the party came
into power amount 20 the enormous sum OF
s, ,523, ,9S4 ,3O2. Is, while the net ordinary ey-
p.nditures have gone up TO the even larger
sum of 81 .4fs3, ,O50 26j. i3. Yet this money has
all Oeeu collected, handled and disburset wiiA
scarcely the loss OF a single dollar. SONS lev
small losses have occurred before the funds
reached the Treasury, ard while in the hands
of collectors or banks of deposit: but these
nave very EcdIGl All bcGn NlliudLt4F ltNtihNtHs-s
\ call OF the United States Senate, in II rresou-
tiOn offered BY Senator Davis, Of West Nir-in-
ia, was made upon the Secretary OF the Treas
ury, April 10, 1878, for a statement OF losses III
the collection OF internal revenue Tue stale
ment was made, and it shows that from lSi@,
the year in which the Internal revenue sy,i--I
was established, To lS7U, the collections
amounted TO 81, ,4S2, ,56l, ,sO5.9S, and the amount
remaining due is only fraction over one AiiI
Of. of hat Erfra
1878 there was collected sG03, ,Gi7, 1895. zui
from the officers whOcoilected this vast amount
of money there is to-day due only c6-'i. lbJl,
about one tenth of one per cent. Of the eoi'et-
iions. Aud let it be remembered that even tlis
amount is not Vet absolute loss TO the Gov
ernmeut, for the accounts are still open, many
of them being in litigation aud Others IN process
of settlement by other methods. 50 that tArrra4
outstanding Indebtedness will in time &c largely
reduced from the figures shown in this report
On the 3lst OF Nav Of this year, the time 70
which the Treasury report is brought up, tuef5
were but seventy-fve OF those ex-o.hrers ''h!
having charges against them, two hundred ara
twenty-fOur having settled their accounts ia
full. The amount still due is placed II -
lI6, ,5SS 43, being only fifteen per cent. oi tns
amount due in 1870. When it is thus shown
that the collections up TO June 30, l''''
amounted to S2.S2I ,S4l ,451 30, and tl-- ~
collecting that vast amount a loss oi oN..
about three millions OF dollars occurs, II "o1''
seem to be hard 10 point out a perioi 10 ''1
history of this, or, We might say. auy o,As'
country where such faithful stewardship HA'
been displayed
These are but few Of the many achieve
ments OF the party which has controlled p-'-
lie affairs for the past eighteen years. l. IS .
work OF which DO party need be ashain7I-
in its substantial results, in the good accom-
p!ished aud blessings conferred upOa our -
pie At home, and in IT'S moral, eiyiiizing, 4l-
progressive effects on the nations abrO1d' 'AS
will ever be remembered as one OF the most p q.
marksble periods In our history.-Pottsv.s
Mi,,srs' J0Uyaal
TIE Internal Revenue Department presents :
good showing waen in TWO 'enrs y la' eO-
lecied S:22s ,7I2. .622, and only Sll ,6J59o la4'
counted for. Not dollar of loss VIII tHo
United States experience, as the suretles u ~.
x-fr4 I h.