National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-14

Response Of al. p" to Citizen.

Response OF 81. p" to Citizen.
WASHINGTON, d. c., February 10, 1873.
Editor National Republican
1t has been said, upon high authority, you
should answer q fool according to his folly"
and fol that reason respond to the article
In TnE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Of this morn
ing signed Citizen" l did not expect every
one to agree with tho views l offered in my
article, and your courteous dissent In the
same number in which It was published
showed I WIS correct, and that THE REPUB-
LIcAS was edited by gentlemen.
The communication Of "Citizen" indicates
that have touched to the core some one who
is interested in keeping the people in q starry
ing condition, and who Is not q gentleman ;
and that he has employed the pen of an assas-
sin to reply to what said. Men who have
arguments never resort to epithets and "Citi-
zen." in calling me "a fool or villain" has es-
tablished nothing.
l am, however, pleased to be able to say a
few words more on the subject Of my former
communication, and partly in reply to THE
NATIONAL REPUBLICANS objections You
say that much of the existing embarrass-
meDts Is the result Of ono war;" and must
beg leave to differ from you in that and to
state the causes in another way, and that Is
that much Of the existing embarrassment is
the close Of civil war, which left one part Of
the country completely PROSTATE, and the
other with q superabundance Of currency"
The Government, instead Of taking such meas
ures as would $50 far as II oould) disseminate
that superabundance which existed In ono Sec
ton over the other, commenced at once to
contract In every way that was possible.
| Earnest efforts have been mado to pay of o
| debt which no one wants paid and to effect
this taxes have been made so onerous that
capital has been compelled to house itself in
the form of bonds, and labor has been crippled
for the want of the capital thus withdrawn.
And again, "the war" to which you alluds
was not such war as the one / advocate.
That was an eIhausting civil strife that left
the country In condition as PROSTATE ~ was
England at the close Of the War of the Roses
or France at the end Of the revolution of the
last century. 1t Is hardly fair to compare
such war with q war for conquest and an.
nexation. France, PROSTATE because Of her
civil war, became great and rich through the
foreign wars width followed, and to-day her
peasantry or poorer classes are richer than
those of any other nation. England, after the
close of the War of the Roses, commenced her
career of conquest and annexation, which to.
day makes her the richest nation on the
earth.
1t is this course which advocate for the
United States, for like causes produce like ef-
fects, and what made. France and England
rich will do the same for the United States
Right and justice are On our side, the proof OF
which is before the committees Of Congress
and elevated humanity demands that we
should give the world the benefit of the
wealth of the countries Of which l have
spoken.
Now, sir, what I wrote before, and what
have written now, Is inspired by reading the
history of other countries. Any one who will
do as have done must come to the same con
cluson. l am an American, and desire tc
sec my country prosper. 1t can only do SO by
following the rules through which other coun
tries have prospered. If such sentiments con
stitute me "a fool or villain" in the minds O.
any decent man, should feel sorry for 1t
The epithets of an irresponsible scribbler car
never dist urb my equanimity, for l am to-
well known to regard them. Respectfully,
| J. Z.