Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

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Hayes, the revenues Of the Government have
been honestly and faithfully dlsbufsod. Dur
is ,ls ti,s administration INC losses by dcfaca-
| ton have boon reduced 20 tho smallest por-
centage that has ever been shown In any nd-
mlnistratiOn Of this Government, or OF any
other known 10 US.
During the three years Of this Administra-
tlOn, ending June 10, 1880, there was collected
from all sources f58t, ,370. .35g,9I All this vast
sum has been paid into tho Treasury, except
ing about $1,000, and 1t Is believed that even
this sum will be recovered. The Internal
revenue collected IN overy part OF the United
States has been paid into the Treasury with
out theloss OF dollar. Besides the collection
Of the revenue, the great trans iotlons Of the
PoBtOiiiCO Department, extending all over the
country, and collecting and disbursng during
the last three years an amount Of more than
S25O,OlOOOO, have thus far been made with the
loss OF less than Sl,3O0
The disbursement OF this money by public
officers at home and abroad has been made for
the purposes for which II was appropriated by
/ Congress, absolutely without loss or dofulua-
tlOn so far as known to the Government.
During the Administration Of James Bu-
ohanan, the loss by defaloations Of public ofil-
Gers in the collection and disbursement of the
public moneys was 1881 on every Sl,0O0; dur
ing Pierces Administration II was $3.50; dur
! ing Polks Administration II was SiOS; during
| JaoksQn's Administration II was SI52; during
Van Burens Administration IL was St1.7i.
Mark the contrast with Republican Admins
In Linooln's tlmo, embracing the reckless
ness caused by war, IL was scyenty-siN cents
! fOf SIX years OF Grant 8 Administration IL WIS
thirtytour cents. In Hayes Administration
! thus far-nssuming that all amounts in dispute
! are lOst-the loss on Sl,C0J would be 80 small
that the smallest coin Of the country would
! make II good three times. IL has been but
| Yolved.
This Administration has effected a striking
| reduction Of the expenses of those branches
| OF the public service over which the ENeCu-
| tive has complete control. The expense Of
| collecting over SIS, 10000 customs during the
/ last fiscal OulV A1O NUhfln
| the expense Of collecting $j3,0OO,0OJ I'm 1850
| during President BuOhanan5 time, was 2-l0
| per cent. on the amount oOlleCted-just
| double. There was carried TO the surplus
fund.- on the 30th Of June, 1850 $8, ,43i 4l0, mon
| ey appropriated for the different depart
ments for that year and remaining uneXpend-
administration could have attained these re-
| sults2
And what has been the result Of Republican
| administration under President Hayes upon
| the general business interests Of the country
| We have witnessed, and are now enjoying, the
/ greatest revival Of business of modern times.
| We have leaped forward from period Of ex-
| treme distress to one of great prosperity. Our
/ exports during the last fiscal year reached the
enormous sum Of SS35,O0O0JO, being an in
| crease since 1875 of over S2O,OOOOOO. Our
/ imports during the last fiscal year were
| SGJ5,OOO ,OUO being an increase since 1875 Of
| Sl55,OOO,OOO, and making an aggregate for
| egn commerce of the last year of over
| ,5OU,OOOOJ0. In the great branches of
| industry agriculture, manufactures and min
| leading Nation. With plenty Of money as
| good as gold, with plenty Of work for all who
are willing to work, with cheap capital, we
/ have now superadded the most bOuntoous
| crops that ever blessed any portion OF the
| world. Think of wheat crops of 4500)O,OO0
bushels year, and corn crops Of about ], l,SO0,-
/ OuO,OUO year, and everything else in proper
/ tiOn. For these high prices have been realized.
| Our Government debt, formerly largely held
| abroad, is now almost exclusively held at
| home; the mortgages upon our lands and
| farms have been reduced TO One-third their
| amount in 1915; the balance Of trade is so
| largely in our favor that foreign countries no
| longer able to send back our securities, are
| compelled to ship gold. The building of rail-
! roads keeps pace with our general prosperity.
The number and amount Of business failures
| have been reduced more than One-half. in a
| word, the rough road has been Travelled and
| the smooth one is now before us.
Our National prosperity has excited the at
| tention Of all European Nations, and has set
| in motion again the stream of immigrants,
| whose labor has added so greatly u our
growth and productions. The number who
arrived during the last fiscal year was 455, ,495
| against ,S28 in 1879. During the month Of
| June last, 1851 immigrants reached our shore,
and since March |, to the latest date of which
| we have reports, the number is about 32S, 900,
or more than enough to form State.
We can fairly Claim that the renewal of busi-
| ness Is the natural result of the policy of the
| Republican party. 1t Is true that Providence
gave us bounteous crops, but these came aft
| or resumption was secure, and after we had
| laid the foundation of honest money and di-
NsAN%NANNA
| prove the blessings of Providence. Certain 1t
| is, that we owe no part of our prosperity to
the Democratic party.
In 1876, the last year in which the Republic
cans had a majority in both Houses, the APP
preparations made for the fiscal year 1870 were
Sl4I,7l4,9iO. At the next session the Demo-
Gratis controlled the House, and, by refusing
| to appropriate for some of the most necessary
expenses ofthe Government, reduced the ap-
preparations to Sl24, ,Ol0, and the following
year, In order to ooerce the President by a
failure TO pass the army bill and to provide for
other necessary expenses, they reduced the
appropriations to SSS,3j6,9 ,983; but at the fol-
lowing session, to make good these defiCien-
cies and to repair the faults committed, they
appropriated Sl72,Ol6,SOJ, being S25,OOO,000
more than was appropriated in 1876; and in
1851 they appropriated SIG, 4U4,b41; and for
1881 they have appropriated Sl54, 4,llS,2l2, or
S7,O0O0OO more than the appropriations made
the last year the Republicans controlled the
House. The appropriations made for the cur
rent fiscal year by a Democratic Congress, in a
time when the currency Is upon the specie
standard, are us large as in the year 1873 made
by Republican Congress when our currency
was at a discount of twelve per cent, and
when the Government was paying large war
claims.
The Democrats can point to no law passed
during their time which even purports to bring
relief to the people, to lessen the burdens OF
| taxation, or to advance the public interests.
And now, in 1880, they want change; not a
change in the Democratic House or Senate,
but change in the Executive branch Of the
| Government so that all branches of the Gov
| ernment will be practically under their power
and control II is known very well that with
in period of four years the election of a
| Democratic President would probably convert
the Supreme Court into citadel of the prinoi-
pies and policy of the Democratic party and
change the National tendencies of that great
tribunal into machine to cripple the Govern
ment in its power to protect the rights of the
freedmen by the adoption Of the narrow no.
tiOns of State rights, which governed the Dem
Ocratic party before the war.
And who are they who propose this radical
ahO in ,rU~ nnN mi Ia ha N
Democratic party that in 1850 sought TO over
throw the Government governed by the self
same men or their lineal descendants, and the
the Administration of James Buchanan. Who
control that party nOw2 The basis, the gov
erning power, OF that party is in the solid
South. That segment of the party will furnish
| lOj members of Congress and thirty-two
Senators, and, by their numerical majority
over their Democratic associates, Will dictate
the policy and laws of our Government,
The bone and sneW, the heart and brains, of
the North are now, as then, with the Republi-
can party. That section which furnishes the
capital, the commerce, the trade, the enter
prise, the vital energy to our system, is to be
subOrdinated TO "A section which still clings to
the idea that this Is not IA Nation, but a con-
federacy, that its powers are dependent for
ideas OF insignificant States. This Is the
change they propose. This is the revolution
they would bring about.
What reasons do they give, what motives
do they assign, as the basis of such a reyolu-
Senator Pendleton says they want a chance
to examine the books OF the Treasury Depart
ment. The books of the Treasury are now
aud have been for years, under the surVeil-
lance Of the Democratic majority of the
House. Committees of both houses have eL-
piOred the rCcesses of that department, eN-
alnInea lts DOCKS comPared the hgures, and