Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 24 September 1868 — Page 4

THE JOURNAL.

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CRAWFOKI^VIliLK, ITX.:

TIIUKSI)AV, SEPTEMBER 34, 1S08

MISKEVKESKSTIXO THE FACTS. The Democracy are hard pushed •'tor argument when they are compelled to resort to misrepresenting-the facts. Nearly if not quite all the questions vrhieh have been brought before the people for their consideration have been grossly misrepresented

Tiy the Democratic press and speakers. Even Vallandigham and Voorhees. pinks of perfection and truthfulness in the Democratic ranks, with all their acknowledged talent arid ability, resort to this anything but honorable way of dealing with publio questions. Pendleton too, is not innocent. When tliese great lights use this means to convert the people it cannot be expected otherwise than all the smaller and less brilliant luminaries which are emitting their sparks at every cross road in the country should be guilty of the same kind of a demagoguery. In looking over our exchanges we find the following as an example, in monstrous type, standing in the Frankfort Crcuc.nt. -Voters of Clinton county, under 1 kL-ic.-il rule, by the official statemc-nls of the Secretary of the Treasury, the public debt is now increasing at the rate of twenty-live millions, three hundred and sixty-eight thousand, four hundred and six dollars and ninety-live ecuts, every three months, and this, too. in a time of peace."

Now, we submit .in all candor would

not the author of the above shown his yow Yorfc

But this is only one of the instances, in which they are given to misrepresentation. It seems natural for them. They take to it as naturally as a duck takes to water. As soon as a Repub lican forsakes his party and joins the Democratic party, this is one of the first lessons. We remember in 1866 when Q. S, Hamilton, of Lebanon, delivered his maiden speech in the Democratic part}', that he carried from his oflice nearly the whole of his library to the Court room to read in proof that citizenship carried with it suffrage, thereby proving that the then proposed fourteenth amendment to the Constitution which regulated citizenship also regulated suffrage. The 14th amendment has been adopted but we do not see universal suffrage as was predicted by Democratic Orators all over the country. Not one of them now holds to that doctrine.

They thought that by misrepresenting (he facts they could delude the people. But the people were not to be betrayed, and they adopted the amendment. Time has proven to the people more conclusively what these Democratic tricksters were after. And so it will be on the questions now at issue. The people understand them too well to be deceived by their misrepresentations.

A WILFU- l'EBVKRSIOK. James C. Allen, in his speech at at this and various other points, said

Now what reason did the Republican party give for exempting these bonds? It was that it would render these, bonds leys valuable to the holder if they were taxed.

This is a willful falsehood as Mr. Allen well knew. The Republican party exempted the bonds from tax because the Supreme Court long ago decided they could not be taxed by State and municipal authority. Does Mr. Allen propose to have the decisions of the Court entirely disregarded The Democratic party has full sway in Kentucky. Why does it not tax the bouds there It has a majority of 40.000 in New York City. Why don't it tax bonds there for municipal purposes If it is constitutional for States and cities to tax the

Id not prevent o. Congress could •'itaie from taxing or State purposes.

bonds. Congress con it them from doing not prevent, the land, horses. &<•..

So. it it lie constitutional to tax bonds for State and municipal purposes, we! a-fain ask why don't the Legislature

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honesty by giving the facts instead tlmt- lliov cl'.) not, prove at ouec

of trying to pervert them and there by mislead the people. Since the close of the rebellion the Republican party has reduced the public debt,reduced the public expenditures, reduced taxation, and. pursued a financial policy which exeni pts from national taxation the great body of American people. Instead of increasing, the debt is decreasing. From August 31, 1805, when the public debt readied its maximum, to November 1, 1867, the debt was reduced $260,185 121 43, or over $10,000,000 per month. The ordinary expenses of the Government last year were $146,231,370. This has been reduced this year to $101,158,447. The civil expenditures have been reduced from $53,000,000 to $36,000,000. The War Department expenses have been redueed from j10 PaPC1'56,000,000, to 36,000,000. What fur tlier Ilow stauds the ease In December, 1867, the Democratic Secretary of the Treasury, Hon. Hugh MeCulloch, a supporter of Seymour and Blair, asked Congress to appropriate for the civil service, pensions and Indians, War Department, Navy Department and interest on public debt $372,000,000. But a Republican Congress reduced the amount to $80,841,552 90. The Democratic Secretary of the Navy, Hon. Gideon Welles, also a supporter oi Seymour and Blair, asked for $47,317,183, 93, but a Republican Congress cut him down to $17,500,000. Now then it remains for these Democratic calculations to tell us how the expenses of the Government or the debt is increasing at such rapid rate, with these facts staring them in the face.

Kentucky, and the City Council of

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their insincerity in urging the taxation of the bonds During the Mexican war, a Democratic Congress issued bonds to the amount of $10,000,000. Not a dollar was ever taxed by any State or city, or by the National government. Why did not the Democratic party tax these bonds It

had full sway in nearly all the States and large cities of the Union at that time. The Republican Legislatures of Ohio and Indiana provided for the taxation of National Bank stock based on bonds, and Mr. Pendleton and the Enquirer Company were the lirst to contest the right of the States to do so.

I'llILOSOI'lUC HtitlRIKii. It is amusing to see the Democratfiguring uj) Republican losses in the elections recently held in Vermont and Maine. In the iirst place they promised '-great Democratic gains in Vermont.'" Then they fell back on Maine. Now being beaten there they first figure up "great Democratic gains," and then declare that "Maine is of very little account anyhow." They say that the great preliminary battle that is to deteriahie the contest, will be fought, in October, in Pennsylvania. Ohio and Indiana. After they are beaten in these States we suppose they will fall back on New York and Illinois as the test States. Their ingenuity in this respect, resembles that of the fellow, who, in the spring hired out for a year with a farmer. The good husbandman wanted to test his "hired man." forthwith, at holding the plow

which he himself had in hand. The future, fellow made a bad out at this work, but declared that he was good on

mowing. Haying time came around, and he was found a bungler at the

scythe, but lie then insisted that! huskiii! was his "best hold." The!

cora husking sc-soii came, :bi4 liej^

made ftnotiior fiasco ,vhcro upon lie

consoled his employer by assuring him that he was thc best chopper in the coimtiy. Winter came and the champion wood chopper opened thc season by chopping oil' one of his precious feet. The Democracy will get its head, or some other necessary member chopped off, just before its final triumph takes place.

DOUBTFUL VOTERS.

Supply doubtful voter with good Republican reading, and they will not be doubtful long. THE JOURNAL is only thirty-five cents during the campaign.

CRAWFORDSVILLE JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 24, 1868.

them our city. it: At the close of the war it was found our (Jovernment was in debt to the enormous sum of $2,3(10,000,000—a sum so vast the human mind is lost in the contemplation of it—so vast that all the. gold that has been exhumed from the mines of this North American continent, since the days of Columbus, would not equal it by far.

This gives the people a very good idea of what it cost the country to suppress a Democratic rebellion and preserve the Union. It will not soon be forgotten that every dollar of this vast debt is the result of a refusal on the part of such Democratic demagogues as Mr. Allen to abide by the

election of Air. Lincoln, in 1860. Had they submitted to the ballot-box and not made a war to reverse that decision, we should have had no debt at all.

TI1E FKKEDMAJTS KURKAl'. The Democratic papers are very fond of exaggerating the facts in re-

eutive Committee, (consisting of

A I)E3I01RATI€

A Democratic song runs thus1,ct Grant and Colfax light bene.-iih The thig ol' sable hue A noble banner we will mise

And nobler deeds we'll do.

gard to the cost of the Freedmen's Bureau. In a Democratic paper we picked up the other day we saw a statement that a '•larye portion of! $1,500,000,000. have gone to support 15,1 democratic Kentucky tnc levy a great negro boarding house, called

the Freedmen's Bureau." Here again

cial figures. The report of Commis-

sioncr David A. Wells -:iys that luil 5,000,000 have been appropriated for the use of the Bureau. The

Official

reports made from time to time 1}' the officers of the Bureau show :i greater number of whites than blacks have been fed from its bounties. But such is the Democratic instinct for falsifying the facts that it would be impossible for them to make a true statement of anything.

gave Tom. Hendricks and Edgerton lie spoke very certain bondholder who rode on a turnpike, he

a prett}- iiard spat, contemptuously of

m)t taxed t0

six months I country. Read the fourth Democrat-' President, John I). Defrees: First Vice I ie resolution-. ,. President. General T. T. (Crittenden Second Vice President, t). II. Putour TAX1X« THE wash TLBCorresponding Secretary, c. T. Murray Voters of Montgomery county, re-1 Recording Secretary, if. Kay. Exe-

one

Thc people arc well acquainted with of November, and again unless otherthc "noble deeds" you did during the wise ordered until thc 1st day in Dewar, such as shooting enrolling of- cember?

fleers from behind fences in dead of Tin*To™'Em night, fleeing Canada under the un- We will send the Joukn al from dcrgromid railroad to avoid the now until thc Presidential election for draft, selling farms to hire substitutes, oenU. Send in thc names, organizing secret societies to release 'jfoere can be no more effective ownrebel prisoners. I-rom these antece- paign document than the newspaper.

denth we have a right to judge you manv --noble deeds" in the

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HEKimiCKS XSIK BOXOSa.OJ.DEBl. James C. Allen, in his speech here

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shoo ho„so he was no{ lax(!cUo'.aa

in building rode in a line carriage with a fine wife, etc:- A great many people in thc audiencc were puzzled to know whether it as Tom. Ilenricks, Edgerton or Pendleton, he was aiming to hold up to their ridicule.

'»AXSNfcj THE VAKMS.

Farmers of Montgomery county, a vote for thc Democratic ticket is a vote to tax your own farms. Read the fourth resolution of the New York Platform.

Celestial sporting—The gambols "of the lightning.

JAMKN C. ALLEN. I "MINERABIJB WRirTCHEK." RALLY ONCE AGAIN, BOYSI dames C. Allen, a Democratic ex- Recently, Ould. the rebel commis-j Congressman from Illinois, has been sioncr tor the exchange of. prisoners speaking his "piece" on Finances, at during the Avar, lias been trying to iix 'j'ju

various points in this State, among the responsibility of tho Confederate Union will hav Here is a specimen of

murderers in Southern prisons upon General Grant! To end the controversy—if indeed there could be any controversy upon the point—-the New York Tribune quoted the tollowing extract from a letter of Quid's written at City Point, while the exchange was going on under the carte. "The arrangement I have made works largely in our favor. We get rid of a set of miserable wretches, and receive some of the best material 1 ever saw."

To break the force of this crushing question the Richmond Dispatch makes the following miserable special plea: "The Tribune totally misapprehends or misrepresents the purport of the language it quotes. The phrase 'miserable wliretches,' as applied to the Yankees, and the phrase 'best material,' as applied to our soldiers, had both of them reference only to the morale of the men, and not to their physical condition."

Was there anything ever so contemptible. so transparent, so disgraceful to journalism The Dispatch is the organ of the chiralr /.

H1»H TAXES.

The Democracy hereabouts howl

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.. -i ... MVrvIaml uiuuuuiouslv )rino-i.Imv. 1 I^v/ HOl] ilscSfi! they are enrolul not to give the

"I5DIAXA STATK AKNOCIATIOX." The Indinnians residing in Washington Cityha\e formed themselves into an organization known as the "Indiana State Association," the ob-1 w«ui,! jectof which is the mutual benefit ofj*

meinbers. reuardless of party or

uuamuuu8v

:i,id its

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appropriations from the,

State Treasury amounted to -^5,000.-1 000. Ponder on this ye howlers ofi

thc rich mcu of lhe

member a vote tor the Democratic

member from eaeli Congressional ticket is a vote to take the burden of taxation iVom the rich man's piano, and put it on the poor woman's wash tub. This is what is meant by "equal taxation on all species of property,

trict- of Indiana.) as follows 1st district. Wm. G. Whittlesey 2d, John I. Crowe: 3d, V. 15. Edwards 4th, J). P. llolloway rth, James E. Darnall Lith Win. P. Benton: 7th, Frank M. Heaton: 8th. Frank E. VVerft 9th, John E. Lotz 10th. Haliet Kilhourn: lltli, Wm. I. Stokes.

A D.I Ol'KSiMKSiT OF C'OXGRESM. J»oth Houses of Congrc -s convcued last Monday, and adjourned to meet again October 1(5, and then un•less otherwise ordered until the 10th

Send the money by mail at our risk.

WSffEST GSSAXT

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i-XKCTKIt.

The Joukxai. will be sent to every

Democrat in Montgomery county, j(if one when of the United States.

FIVE SOJ,IjAKtt.

Twenty copies of the Campaign Jouknai. will be sent in one club for $5 00, only twenty-five cents each., •until thc 12th of November. Send in the clubs.

RKPUBMCASr MEETINGS. Dr. J. A. Berryinan, Oliver B. Wilson, W. T. Brush, It. B. F. Peircc, Hannibal Trout, and other ^Republican Candidates and Speakers, will discuss the Political issues of the day, at the following times and places:

Fredericksburg, Sept. 25, at 2 o'clock. Yalley Citv, Sept. 25, at 7 o'clock. Fountain School House, Sept. 26,2o'cIock. Ladoga, Sept. 26, at 7 o'clock. Lapland School House, Sept. 28,2 o'clock. Parkersburg, Sept. 28, at 7 o'clock. Brown's Valley, Sept. 29th, at 2 o'clock. Alamo, Sept. 29th, at 7. o'clock. "Waynetown, Sept. 30, at 7 o'clock. Pleasant Hill, October 1, at 7 o'clock. New Richmond, Oct. 2, at 7 o'clock. Linden, Oct. 3, at 2 o'clock. Campbell's Chapel, Oct. 3, at 7 o'clock.

TAXI.W TPIIK COWS ATfl) Farmers, a vote for the Democratic ticket i* a vote to lessen the tax on the rich man's wines, silks, broad-j cloths and gold watches, and to make uj) the deficit by taking your horses, your cows, your pigs, poultiy, hoes,! shovels, axes and all the indispensable implements of your business. Sec fourth resolution of Tammany platform.

TAXIXfl TIIK MF,( IIA5H S. Mechanics of Montgomery county,

vote for thc

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democratic ticket, is a

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political principles. The following'n,ul P,,oducts your business that

are the officers elected for the ensuing jis

now ,)0rnc

b-v

(Jkant, Coi.fax and

City of IVawfordsville,

SATURDAY. OCT. I Oils.

Arrangement* are making to render it

Srawtet MlteriM of tie Caipaip

In the Ttli District.

Make your Rijs Wagons!

considerably on high taxes. Gverj Kentucky the lew

iH"'' ''''"l- Idghci than in kepubli-J ___

The. last Legislature of'

v«iir £$ig Bassitvi's!

,V««r Morses Jllertilv!

Hon. R. W. THOMPSON

Are expected with us.

Hon. HENRY S. LANE

Will POSITIVELY speak

BANISTER

tax on the implements win ho presented the Township »endiiw.

lhe lartrcf-t. delegation.

The (niwfordsviHc

year tor two dollars, payable Capt, TiU.oDOjtK \v. Mc(.o^. oi larki*.

(-.en. brrant is elected President!

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fnrnisii

And tiie DRUM CORPS will soul-stirring mnsie!

Al niglit there will be

A TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION

A N A N N E S

.Together, with FIRE-WORKS. &••.

I'MOX KIvI'lRMOAX TH HIIT.

For President.

General I*. S. GUAXT, of the t'niioii Mates. For Viee 'President, Ifon. SOU (J Vl.l'Jl! COLl-WX. of IndixiKi.

For (iovi'rnor.

1. CONUAI) ItAKl'.If, of yaiulei bnru'li. For Lieutenant-!lovernor. Col. WILL CU-MHACK, of Dwatnr. 'For Sei-rotarv of Slate. l)r. MAX F. A. HOFFMAN, of Cass,

For Auditor nf State,

.Major 'I. 1. K\'A.N. of ifiunillon, F(ir 'rroasorer of Slate

For lieporlcr oi the Supreme Court,

Golonei.tamks n. ki.ack, of

Mnrien.!-

For Attorney Ceneral,

DELA.XA E. WILLIAMSON, of Putnam. ForSuperintendent of Public In.-trnotion, 15A11.VABA.SC. MOBHS, of Wayne.

For Congress—7ili District.

OODLOVJS S. ORTII.

For PrrtfePCUtinL' Attorney—Sth Circuit. KOJSERT B. I". J'iDiriCF.

For Commn Pleas Judge—l:uli District. BASKIN RMOADS.

for Prosetnting Attorney—13th District. WILLIAM'I'. BRUSH.

For State Senator,

JAMES A. BERRYMAN. For Representative, OLIVER B. WILSON.

For Treasurer.

ROBERT II. MYRICIv. Eor Recorder, E. W. NICHOLSON,

For Sherift

JOHN W.ROSS.

For Ileal Estate Appraiser, H. C. LARSH. For Surveyor,

A. C. JENMSON.* Por Coroner, W. P, GRIEST. Por Commiefiionejb HANNIBAL TROOT.

For Asseeeor—Union Towsehip, JBPPBRaON 80CWT.