The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03

in the history OF our govern
ment SINCE 1t became The known right
10 project IL citizens as it Is held to-
day under the Republican atiiniuis-
tra,ioA. And why, gentlemen? M.
Monroe, sixty years ago formula cal
the dOctriue that there should be no
colonization upon this continent by
the governments of the older world,
ami that there should he no attempt
without the Intervention of the United
Slate5 OF these governments TO subject
their rebeliioua provinces who had
conquered their Independence. 1t was
declared by Monroe, il was declared
again and again by Thomas Jefleisnn.
IL was proclaimed by the clarion voice
of Henry Clay, and ii / could wish
one thing to coademn the administra
tion of the Republican party in its for
eign policy To-Day. it would be that we
might have one hour of Andrew jack
sou, who refused to permit the natiouai
honor to be tampered with. This is
the foreign policy, of this administra-
ton what is its domestic policy? /
told you / would speak but few min
utes. Cries of go on.) What has the
domestic policy of Congress been in
the session of seven months and more.
What has it done? 1t has passed
river and harbnr bill of twenty millions
OF dollars, more than twice rs much AZ
has been passed before. 1t has author
lied the hniiding of more Federal of
fees, posiot1ices, custom houses and
court houses all over the country,
where there ia not dollar collected by
the custom house, where there il not "A
dollar collected by the poStoffices. 1t
has, never been done before. it has
put more men into office, established
more offices, given higher pay, than
has been done in twenty years before,
and with all this famous expenditure,
with this agantewii,ch surpasses
anything that has been known III the
history OF the Government before With
$400. .000,0 0j0 collected. Think of IT.!
$400, 900, 900 Collected from tiie people
OF the United States, and $l50,000, 900
surplus revenue beyond the possible
expenditure % The Government for auy
honest snd Legitimate purposes. They
| utterly refused, in seven months
session, To make single effort to re-
| dIce the taxation Of the people. On
the very day that the House of Rep
| resentatiYt5 seaU 10 the Senate resO-
luton from its chairman atfd it came
| to She Senate, and that very day the
! s3ensaie Committee Introduced The bill
| " nicn they (the House of Representa-
| tiyeaD sent to us for the reduction OF
| taxes. What was it?. What was it..
| First, relief OF taxation of bank eapital
second, taking Oft the stamps of bank
| checks :, third, taxing off the stamps
! from proprietary medicines; fourth,
| talk ing Off the stamp duties on matches.
And this is ali, This lis what they pro-
pose. This is what they propose ior
! the relief of the people relief OF bank
| capital, relief from the taxation on
checks, relief from the taxation on
matches, relief from taxation in pro-
/ prietary medicines. Gentlemen,
don't know how much good you get
from the proprietary medicines, don
| know whether you get any, but would
| you get any more good from gooG
| deal more of them. Aud when they
/ brought that in and the Democrats
said to them, if you gentlemen propos.
to go into this subject of the reduction
of taxation we will reduce taxation
upon the commercial, agricultural, anC
the various interests of the country
We will reduce taxes as they are inn
/ pesed upon cloth that our people wear
upon the iron that our people manu-
facture, upon the whisky, / mean th'
corn from which the whisky is made
upon the tobacco and these numerous
taxes. They said we will do a ittl
for you, and what did they do? why
they introduced an amendment t,
their own bill, which was to take off
little OF the duty on sugar, and thel
they undertook to take off So tOi
upon Bessemer steel which goes int
the construction of your railroads. bu
. true to their instinct, true to their Ma
: ture, having agreed to take off a it'll
of the taxation on Bessamer stee
they had to make steal sOmewher
{ else Qaughter), aud that steal was upo
f cotton ties these iron bands that max
: the cotton compress. a thing to press
into shape. They undertook to il
crease the duties on that three fold an
!, what Ia the next result of s9Ve
|, months Republican rule in Congress
a Why, it is that they passed the law ft
4 the extension of the bank charter
: 1t is that during the early part of til
J session the House employed itself j
) the noble duty of turning out Dem'
!. Gratis who had been elected to the
} places. And further. the House bein
n engaged in this noble business, I'll
a grave and reverend seniors undertoo
= to place and impose a duty and asses
5 ment upon the pages that work in tt
t Capitol aud attend to the members
d the House and the SeHate, and IL
t women who scrub the fioors in the d.
d portments. What they hay . done hi
Z heen badly done. What they have +
. Trained from doing has been refraine
|. from upon the worst possible motive
# and here they are again coming befo
# the people OF the country and askii
g their confidence. We'll, gentlemen
. you will think twice before the secoL
It Tuesday of October next, before yt
s will agree to give it. Now, gentle4ns
1t l said | was not going to detain yot
II l have said these few words more
e way of directing your thoughts to II
n great, monstrods pretentions, and g.
= orbltant demands upon your creduli
:. by the Republican party, and / lea'
l. the lesson To drop into your ears,
l. drop into your hearts, and 10 rerna
II with you until the second Tuesday
g. October comes, and produces its fra
l. will yield to- others who will folio'