Year: 1871

about the 'bayonet bill, - and the Ku-
Klux bill" These bills were demanded
by organized resistance to fair elections,
and to punish crimes Of the most revolt
ing character against the commonest Of
the rights of humanity, If they are not
sufficient we will give them others. The
difference is that they would encourage
the crimes we try to prevent and punish.
If they will restrain their fellow demo-
Gratis Of the South from murder and or
ganized frauds, we will repeal these laws !;
if not, we will pass more effective laws.


CAN THE DEMOCRATS BE TRUSTED


Test the democratic party by what it
has done, where it has been in power re-
Gently. What good did its temporary
majority in the Legislature of Ohio do
the people OK Ohio? 1t tpledged reform,
and yet increased the State expenditures
in every branch of the service, and large
ly increased local taxes. What it has
done in New York, and especially in the
city, where, under Tammany influence,
there is established the most scandalons
and corrupt municipal government in the
world? What can it do for the future
of this country? They issue a string of
fifteen resolutions, and there is not sim
gle affirmative proposition in them upon
which the democratic party could stand
united, except the one demanding amnes-
ty for Davis, Toombs and the rebels of
the South. The first seven resolutions
they called the "New Departure" They
remind one of the famous group of bronze
horses at Milan. They appear eager to
depart" in every direction, but go no.
where. They tell us they hold good to
the old democratic doctrine of annexa-
tion of territory, but are opposed to the
acquisition of Santo Domingo. They
pretend to be for "hard money" but pro-
poses to issue an unlimited amount of
greenbacks. They pretend respect for
the laws and the courts, and they propose
to disregard not only the solemn pledges
of our loan laws, but the decisions of the
Supreme Court, in order to cheat the pub
lie creditors. They declare their opposi-
tion to the national banking system, but
propose nothing to take its place. In
their wild and blind opposition, they
would destroy the best system of curren-
cy we ever had, merely because it was es-
tablished by the republican party, though
the first commercial nations of the world
are applauding it, and following our ex-
ample, and though Gov. Chase, now one
of their candidates, favored it and sup
ports it. Though no man has lost dol
lar as the holder of national bank note,
yet they would 'derange all the business
of the country by uprooting the system,
merely because there is supposed to be a
virtue in a party cry against banks.
They talk about a revenue tariff and
wise tax laws, and yet no member of
their party in Congress ever propose d
either, but oppose every measure offered
by US. When we repeal eighty million
of taxes, they vote against it. When
we devise new guards against fraud, they
vote against them. They talk about
economy, and yet they vote for every ex-
travagant expenditure. They would
load us down with rebel losses in the war.
They would seize upon every popular
cry-here one thing and there another.
In Ohio it is greenbacks !" in New
York it is "specie payment; in Penn
sylvania it is Protection here it is a
New Departure in the South it is "a
perpetual war against the amendments
and death to the negro" with the Irish
it is Fenianism in Kentucky it is I" the
resolutions of '9S slightly revised !" with
JEFF Davis and his powerful following,
''it is discord, war and disunion." Let
any impartial man look over the whole
field of national and State politics; let
him look at the dangerous elements COM
prising that party let him consider what
they would probably do if placed in pow
er; let him combine in one caldron all
the ingredients, and say, upon his oath,
is it wise and polite yet to turn over to
the democratic party the administration
of the affairs of great nation like ours


CONCERNING TAXES.


From the close of the war to this
hourwehave been reducing taxes. Each
Congress has relieved the people from
taxes. Most of our internal taxes levied
during the war are now repealed. The
last Congress threw off 56,000,000 of
such taxes. At the next session of Con-
gress the whole system will go by the
board, except the taxes on spirit, beer
and tobacco, and perhaps few stamps.
Those that remain will be simplifed, SO
that the tax gatherer need only look to
the distilIeries and breweries. Taxes on
imported goods must now, as before the
war, be the main reliance of the govern
ment, and even these, l promise you, we