Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-25

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TO $97, 200, 900; for the preceding nine
teen years, they amounted to Sill
100000. will cay nothing of our
war and naval expenditures or OF
those for pensions and interest, for
they are not fairly a subject of COM
parison. But why this great differ
ence of expenditures in our Indian
between two equal pc
RODS of time; and why should the
expenses of our civil or peace depart
ment in the last nineteen years have
been more than three times as great
as they were in the preceding 10
years? In view of the additional
and extraordinary demands of the
war, which are vet pressing heavily |
upon US, all otter expenses should
have been carefully kept down and
regulated by severe economy. But
it was not SO; they all increased aud |
kept pace with the more eXcusable |
OF the war. Money
was poured out as if it were but wa
ter, and not llttie of il into the
sands of party iavoritism. l nave not
time to particulariZe. This period is
conspicuous for its rings, jobs, and
other schemes Of waste Hnu exirava-
gance. We have all read about them.
The press has been full of them. But
don't change the administration.th they
say. If you do. the southern claims
will be upon us; and So with the help
of this bugbear, these waLchtul guar
dians of our public lands and treas
ures hope to keep themselves in
l affirm that the republican party
has passed the boundaries of a safe
conservatism. But we are told this
is All age of progress and that our
fathers were Old tog.es. Washington,
and Jetferspn, aid Madison, aud
Franklin and their great contcn-
poraries were good enough for their
day, but we are beyond lncin. They
can not teach Us and we have out
grown the federal and state consttu-
tons. What is progress ? and is
| change always progress Two aud
two are four. Can you change that
and make progress? No republican
arithmetic can make them three, no
democratic arithmetic can make them
five. Depart from this rule, and TIE
longer you cipher the more serious
will be your mistake. So there are
principles III the science of govern
ment as fixed as the stars that shine
upon us from the skies. "Powcr Is
| ever stealing from the many 10
the few" Will it ever be other
wise, and is it not so now !? The
general government stands before us
to-day more imperial than it was
twenty years ago, and the states more
insignificant. Twenty years ago we
did not see SO much Of the federal
government as we do now. 1t was
at Washington attending to our gen
eral concerns only /; now 1T is III
everything, and encroaching and
| strengthening in all directions. Twen-
ty years ago, the states did the bank
ing business Of the country. The
state banks have ali disappeared. The
federal government struck them dead
by oppressive taxation, and We have
now more than z, 800 national banks
say 500 for every ongressman-lo
Gated at all the influential centers
throughout the United States. These
banks have their central organization
and come together yearly in conven
ton. Let US hope that they may il
some way and by common consent, i
not otherwise, be withdrawn from
party pOAltlCs. Oluci w ioO ehSJ WI
become q great political danger
Twenty years ago our railroad III
terests were managed exclusively il
the states. Now, these interests art
lobbying at Washington. The teder
al government has a law now In fore
that it may purchase all the telegraph
lines in the United States, with thei
property and effects, for postal, mill
tary and other purposes. What art
these other purposes Twenty years
ago education was acknowledged t
be home concern, and left exclusive
ly to the states. The theory now as
serted and beginning to prevail, il
tnat the general government mus
see to the education of its children
We have already bureau of educa
ton which publishes annually vol
luminous report. Its work thus IA
has been but preparatory. Where
is to end, we Can only conjecture
The most dangerous encroachment
often have but small beginnings. On.
day, il may claim censorship of GU
state system of education one da,
it may look into our school books
one day, it may prescribe what shal
be taught and what shall not b'
taught-one day, it may close thes'
state schools and set up its own i'm
periai schools. Twenty years ago
and during all our past history, eact
state had exclusive authority to keel
the peace within its own limits, an(
the federal government could not i'll
terfere tor this purpose, until invited
to do so. Now the federal govern
| 10 .irri,f t.,,,
sees fit, to march its armies into any
state to put down any domestic vic
leDce threatening any constitutions
right. 1t may do this, though unin
vlted anu against the protest of th
state. The state may differ with th
federal government; it may deny tha
there is any such domestic violence
and if there be, it may insist, that i
can and will put it down in due tim
and i'll the right way. 1t matters no
what the state may propose or desire
, 1t is no longer to be trusted to kee
. the peace within its own borders. l
is no longer state. 1t is but pro
vince.
About four years ago, the people o
the United States, by a popular ma
, jority of more than 10000 votes, am
by all electoral majority of not les
than twenty-three, expressed thei
will that Samuel j. Tilden should b
their president. aud that this hithert
uninterrupted and unchecked repub
lican reign should close. johnson
, was hiudrance to them, aud the,
sought to turn him out. Tilden wa
n terror to them, and he must neve
get in. The first attempt ever mad
, in our history to drive a presiden
from his Office was made by the re
publican party. The first attempt Il
set aside the will of the people i'll tn
choice Of president, was made b,
J this same republican party. Th
methods by which they accomplished
it you know and have not time t
. present. And now we have befor
/ us as the presidential candidate 0
this same party one of the actors il
, that most desperate drama. Why dit
they not choose some other candidate
How Unfortunate that Gen. Garfield
| went to Louisiana! His mere pres
ence was participation i'll the con
test, and by his mere presence, with
| out referring to what he did, he ell
courased aud helped to arrange
case for his party; and having don
this, he returned TO Washington all,