Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-01

tial yearw tAppiausol Mr.. Tucker, of VIZ.
ginin, moved ~ the House the repeal oi this
safeguard 20 the army na rider 70 an appro.
ptntiOn bill but 10 was huddled out Of sight
on point Of ORDER iudicioue point IN
"Prealdcntinl year" lAppinusel The Dem.
ocratic majority put in tie Army bin provis.
ion that officers now IN the army mightrcceivc
advanced pay aud rank q they would retire
q benevolent, Thoughtful position certainly
,npBlh9,sse ,s, Bnt u 9sody 9i army of,ieers
ice, there would be 70 many vancnn.
cics 20 De nlled, and nlied by the President
by and with the advice and consent Of
"a Democratic senntei when this free. will
offering wa5 presented a cry arose about
" GIT bearing Greeks" and other unpacious
symptoms were manifested ON the Republican
side, and 80 brevet rank and brcvet pay stand
over nc least TIL the season OF Santa Claus.
lApplnuse.l Meanwhile the army has been
reduced 20 a skeleton, and whenever scare,
a prciense, n spcck Of war on the Mexican
border or elsewhere can be discovered or In.
vented, the army must be Increased and filled
up. "filled up" by whom7 That depends on
the approaching election. II Garfield and
Arthur are chosen, by Union lnen-men al
ways for the Union 10 the core. II Hancock
and English and the Democratic party get I'm,
by men who went with their states" Con.
fedornte soldiers would flock 70 the standard
of military a. well as Of Civil Service reform,
and flock IN a fervOr Of magnanimity and de.
vOtiOn, rendy TO let bygOnes be byROnes, and
| TO forgive the "usurpations of Lincoln" and
States lApplause.l Why should they? Who
would be warranted to assert that "A COnted-
crate soldier was false or immodest in pro
Teasing patriotic intentions while seeking
rank In the army Of the RepubhCY No man
ought TO assert II, and yet all fair men would
agree that, other things being equal, prefer
ments in the army should be given 20 those
who fought in that army rather than those
who assailed It I'm the dread extremity of the
Nations life.
These amendments are constantly and fia-
| grantly detied I'm more than half the Demo-
| cratic States, and have been for years.
OPPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Hon
| and the laws made I'm pursuance of them are
! objects Of undated Democratic wrath-a
| wrath going to such excess as 70 compel the
/ belief that free fraud I'm elections Is deemed
the only adequate means to party success.
! These amendments Of freedom, especially the
! Thirteenth and Fourteenth were established
| in the Constitution against the most desperate
! opposition the Democracy could make. As
/ they gained power I'm states which had al
| ready ratified them, I'm impOtent passion the
farce was enacted Of formally resembling and
| Withdrawing the irrevOcable assent which had
been finally given. This was done In Indiana
and New Jersey, and Mr.. Tweed did It IN New
From first TO last the organs of Democratic
| doctrine have declared these amendments IL.
| legally carried-illegal, because Democratic
states that were out fighting were not In to
| vote. They never yet have said or admitted
that the amendments we're legally adopted
They did say, in National Convention, in 1872
that they opposed reOpening the questions
/ settled by the amendments, and they did
! say, in 1876, that they would accept them; but
AAAtAk NAANg WNAN ANbAAAg NNAAN NANg AA''N AANhNA
| said.
WAR CLAIMS.
| Mr.. Conkling then touched upon the subject
of rebel war claims, and denied Mr. Randall;
| assertion that they are barred by the Four
teenth Amendment to the Constitution. He
| continued:
The error of the distinguished Speaker Is
the more puzzling because, as reported, he
said in another part of his address recently
that the Republican majority in Congress had
paid 800, 900 600 of such claims. This, l pre-
sumo, is true, il he means that Republicans
have voted TO pay Union men whose property
was taken for public use, the value of the
property so taken. But whether correct in the
amount or not, he Is certainly correct in say
ing that vast sum has been so paid. Doe,
not this fact clearly show that such claims arr
not eNtinguished by the Constitution
If they were so eNtinguished, surely the
law-making power would have not been sC
stupid or wicked as to pay them year aitei
year, and this without any member of eithel
house ever suggesting that the Constitution
stood I'm the way.
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.
1t is said that the Democracy have reduced
appropriations. l do not understand it. The
claim of economy Is no better than iuggle
Here are the eXact figures year by year, Re
publican and Democratic, of sums annually
appropriated for current expenses, stated II
currency and gold: