Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-06

It's Ohu E4DCuSCss LnAo - AoAAoCiOg 1AN
should be seconded by the people of the
county, and every effort put fourth to
make it, as it should be, a self-sustaining
institution.
The report of the Comptroller of the
United States Treasury for 1877, page 80,
shows, in tabuIated form, that in eleven
years, from 1866 to 1876, both inclusive,
the national banks paid in taxes $1SS, 469,-
1876 About one-half of this, $9S, 22S,-
7SS, was paid in taxes demanded by the
States in which the banks are respectively
located; the other half or portion was paid
in taxes imposed by the Federal Govern
ment. Greenbacks have never paid sin
gle cent in taxes either to the Government
or the States.
1t would be difficult TO prove anything
more clearly than the Potter committee
has proved that it was the determination
of the Democratic leaders at the time cf
the electoral count to inaugurate another
general Southern rebellion. Bear Colonel
Burke before that committee: Therefore.
with us an attempt to inaugurate the
Packard government was bound to plunge
Louisiana into anarchy and strife; and if
anarchy and strife should come, we pre-
ferred to make a national issue, in which
our national friends would be involved as
we'll as ourselves.
The most glorious chapter of American
history is that which covers the record of
the nation under Republican management.
Hard times, business prostrstion, and ali
the evils growing therefrom date from the
unfortunate hour when Democracy gained
control of the House of Representatives
Is there any better way to restore conf
dence than to restore the control of the
party which maintained it through the
long trying years of the nations struggle?
II Democracy continues its hold we shall
go from bad to worse until national bank
ruptcy squares accounts all around. The
hope of the nation rests upon Republican
ascendency, and to bring about this next
fall Is the duty Of every true citizens.
Senator Thurman has not only abandon
ed his old Jacksonian hard money position,
and come out for an increase of millions
of greenbaeks, which is a practical in
crease of the National debt, but joins in
the hue and cry against National bank cur
reney, the safest and best bank issues the
country ever had. The Cincinnati Gazette
says, that behind the agitatOrs for the abol
ition of the national banking system are
the owners of old State bank charters, who
are pining for the privilege of flooding the
country once more with shinplaster cur
rency. This is what the movement means.
That would be one way to secure a supply
of paper money equal to the wants of
trade, as it would also be one way to cheat
laborers out of their honest earnings.
Commissioner Raum is not inclined to
show very much lenieney to the Illicit dis
tillers Of Tennessee, or, as they are known
in the slang of the State, ''moonshiners."
he has given orders to the collectors of the
State to continue to 'push things" and
he expects to have crushed out the estab-
ishments now violating the law, or to
bring them into subsection within thirty
days. When it is remembered how great
were the obstacles which had to be over
come by the Government officials, it is very
encouraging to know that many of the ir-
regular distillers are already pleading for
mercy, and declaring their readiness to sub
NIT to the penalties of the law, and to obey
it hereafter. This is in very different
spirit from the defiant one which was
shown only few weeks since. The Com
missioner has also recognized very Justly
the services rendered by District Attorney
Northrup, of South Carolina, in his relent-
less warfare on the violators of the law.
In the last Congress the Democrats had
a majority of 90 in the House. To reverse
this and get Republican majority it will
be necessary for them to carry eleven dis
tricts now represented by Democrats. The
Philadelphia Press has been figuring on
the probabilities Of the Congressional cleo
tions and thinks the Republicans can gain
sufficient number of districts, now rep
resented by Democrats as follows: Colo
rado; the Sd and 4th districts of Massachu-
setts; the 11th, 18th, Both and 31st of New
York; the 9th of New Jersey; the 18th and
18th Of Pennsylvania; the 9th of Mary
land; the I'd and Sd of Ohio; the 1st of
Kentucky, or nineteen in all, which would
give the Republicans majority of eight
in the House. 1t was in apprehension Of
losing their majority in the House, and
that the question of the Presidency in 1880
might have to be settled by the House, that
the Democratic legislature Of Ohio, last
winter, made such a one-sided, partisan
gerrymandering of the Congressional dis
tricts OF the State.
In re port OF Gene raj Garfeld's speec
the nomination for Congress the
following passage occurs:
Speaking very briefly on the subject of
the currency, General Garfield said the
Republican party had been accused Of being
the enemy OF the greenhacks. Who, he
asked, made the greenback currency and
who denounced it when it was first issued?
Our antagonists called the greenback un
constitutional, and said it was NOT worth
the paper it was printed on. To-day tbev
profess to be the discoverers and creators
OF the greenback, and charge that we are
Its enemies. II we are its enemies it is he
cause we propose to make it better and
better until it is as good as the best money
IN tnls world, representing full dollar
everywhere. We demand no contraction
and no destruction OF our currency, but we
demand that it shall be equal to the besr.
That is all that we propose concerning It,
Over against all appeals Of denagogues to
prejudice and ignorance, We ask the good
people Of this district and State to stand
up for the true idea Of courageous states
manship aud meet all opposers with the
weapons Of truth"