The daily gazette., 1880-08-19


again uppermost with the Radical
press. They are always trying to de-
lude the people. A tariff for revenue
is anything but "free trade" The
Radical press told the people last win
ter that a reduction of tax upon tobac-
co and cigars would reduce the reve-
| nue.. But the trial and the results
prove that the Democrats were right,
and the intervening months show that
the revenue is increased by Che reduc-
tion of the tax. They said the same
about whisky; but when the Democrats
reduced the tax on whisky, the reve-
nue. was largely increased and many
of the 'moonshiners" and unlicensed
stills and whisky rings found it impos-
sible to bribe their way along, and
hence the revenue officers found that
it was much easier TO collect large
amount of revenue than 1t had been to
collect the small amount proportion
ately that they had been getting.
In 1S46 when the Democrats reduc-
ed the then heavy tariff to a revenue
standard, the Wings said the country
would not receive enough money from
the customs to pay expenses. But the
facts proved just the contrary, for the
first time in many years, when Con-
gress met, Gen. Dix who was then in
charge Of the Sub Treasury in New
York, sent word to the Speaker of the
House through Mr.. Walker, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, that he had on
hand a surplus of six millions in gold
and silver. The message was read in
the House and Senate greatly to the
disgust Of the Wings. That tariff saw
ed the country from bankruptcy, into
which the high tariff of 1842 was run
ming it; and it gave the Democrats the
money to carry on successfully the
war with Mexico to the conquest of
the "City Of the Montezumas'' and
the whole Mexican territory, to buy
and pay for New Mexico, Arizona
and California, adding to the country
all of that splendid region, an Empire
in itself, to say nothing of Texas and
the natural borders which the Rio
Grande gave us on the south. Such
were the results of Democratic legisla-
ton then, and we infer that the same
liberal and enlightened craftsmanship
will lead to results in the near future
quite as import mt to our country. All
the territory which were annexed az
stated above was acquired by the Dem
ocratic party against the votes of its
opponents, and all the legislation lead
ing to the great results that followed
was effected in opposition to the votes
OF the opponents of that party -
Suppose the Democratic party had
been defeated by the efforts of Clay.
Webster, Clayton, and other great
men of that day and England, France
and Spain, had secured a foot hold on
the Pacific coast what would have
been our condition to-day in compari.
son with what it isp And yet these
are facts. We we'll remember how
the North american and the United
States Gazette. two separate papers at
that day, denounced the war with
Mexico, and at its conclusion, the ac-
QUESTION of California and New Mexi.
CO. Describing those great States az
worthless for all purposes; their rich
, lands as barren wastes; and their &C
, QUESTION as calculated to do the coun
} try vast injury rather than to benefit
it. The people must have faith in the
Democratic party if they would ric
themselves of the heavy burden of ta1
that always cripples industry.