The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-04-16
Campaign Figures--$192,O97,- :
622 81,

campaign r1EureS--@ lSS,UVI,-
522 81.
The bloody shirt, which has been to
the Republican party the white plume OF
HENRY of Navarro. has hecome some
what stale, 1t has tipped in the breeze
so long that it has become frayed about
the edges and more or less raveled. As
an "In hoe signo" it has petered out as
it were, and 10 remanded to the garbage
box. OUT ages manufactured to order,
and warranted to neither run down al
the heel, fade in the washing or sour on
the stomach have ceased to fire the Nor
thern heart.
The gentlemen who furnish campaign
ammunition to the "whoopers mp" edi
toriaf and oratorial, OF the party, have
therefore felt called upon to furnish new
supplies. The result Of their latest la
bors in this line is highly creditable to
their ingenuity Knowing that the hard
times have made the people unusually
watchfnl of public expenditures, these
worthless have so marshalled an array Of
figures as to induce the belief among un-
sophisticated Northern voters that South
erners are neither more nor less than
PHARAoHs 8 lean kline, and are in the very
act OF devooring them,
,"The Southern Maw," as the Tribune
delicately styles it, is just now gaping
for no less than si92, ,097,5 ,522 81! Ali
the Republican papers are sounding the
alarm and beating the long roll! The
big papers give lengthy details under
startling head lines, and the little papers
cali into requisition their boldest faced
type and their blacklist ink
This array OF dollars and cents, no less
than eleven figures long, is not designed
las might be hastily inferred from recent
Republican propheeiesl to pay the deb'
of the late Coniederacy, nor is It intend
ed to pension Rebel soldiers, though the
| way some Of the Republican papers pre-
sent it does hot preclude such an infer
ence. 1t is made up Of smaller amounts
asked for, and larger amounts that might
possibly be asked for, to aid in public
improvements. All the bills before Con
gress which specify an appropriation
any part of which is to touch any par
OF the South have been hunted out, and
1.-The sums asked for added together
These make up respectable fraction o
the amount. But there are other like
bills in which the amount is left blank
and here the compiler,s Imagination hat
an unlimited fleld for its exercise Ant
here is the only really weak point in th'
otherwise grand achievement. INSTEAD
OF stopping short Of two hundred mil
lions it could, without doing violence t
these blanks,- have been made two hun
dred Thousand millions. This woult
have been really big thing, and woult
Ihave placed the result fairly alongside o
the "outrage' inventions.
But all other points OF the mechanism
show genins A blunderer, inasmuch al
The was putting figures at random, woult
have omitted the odd dollars and cents
but the compilers OF this we're NOR
shrewd. Those 81 cents give an appear
ance OF punctilious accuracy which en-
Itirely does away with any necessity 70
proving that theS figures are correct
They demonstrate that the extremes
care was taken to avoid the error OF evel
one demonetized cent.
| One item Of the list will serve to illus
|trate the skill with which the whole ha
been prepared:
"No 3.l53-Evins-To authorize tn
Sec. Of War to turn orer for use of tn
Marine Artillery Of Charleston, S. {
four Napoleon guns, S.... ........."..
| This would be wholly useless as cam
paign material II it were said that fou
old guns we're asked for by squad Q
militia. Instead OF this tame way Q
putting It We therefore have the grea
"Southern Nav" yawning for them
! is not few persons here and there VII,
are asking for fayors, On the contrar
It Is the South ss body-as one hug
| fire.eating Monster--that is aboutlto Dc
! vastate the North.
i And then that blank "s.........'i' Ho,
delightful the task Of filing it with imae
mary figures. running it out to cd
cents! As there are score of these on
cannot but bewail the modesty whicl
stopped the aggregate at a paltry 1892
097,522 81 when the same rules OF ca
cnlating would have permitted two NOR
figures at least. M a. 80
But there are other noted feature
about this campaign arsenal. The amour
asked for by the East or the North o
the West is purposely omitted. II is tn
T South only that is singled out for expo
sure and reprobation. Then again +
make the amount formidable it wa
d found necessary to include Maryland
4 West Virgins and Kentucky along wit
! the Confederate States; and rather tina
lose one Item Of important dimensions
became essential to take in the whol
. Mississippi Valley from st. Paul to th
z Gulf. The compiler could not reasons
Y bly, be expected to spoil good cam
: paign document merely because Mimi
j sofa doesn't happen TO be a Souther
I State -, zt..E,a
| Neither was it the duty of the MANI
facturers ofthese military stores to sta,
how many OF these bills we're introduce