Indianapolis Daily Herald, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1868 — Page 2

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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

For Governor,

Thomaa A. Hendrlcka, *< Marian* For Uauteriant Govarnor, Alfred P. Edder on. o* Allan* For Secretary of State, REUBEN 0. KISH,of Boone. For Auditor of State, JOSHIMI V. BEMUSDAFFEB, of Franklla. For Treasurer of State, JAMES B. RYAN,of Marlon. For Clerk of Supreme Court, NOAH S. EABodl, of CAM. For Reporter of Supreme Court, M. A. 0.1*ACKARD, of MarshaU. For Sapcrlnton lent of Public Instruction, JUAN K. PHILLIPS, of Daviess. For Attorney General, SOLOMON CLAYPOOL, of Putnam. For Electors at Large, JOHN U. COFFROTH, of Huntington, liAYLE^SW. HANNA, of Vigo.

Contingents,

JASON B. BROWN, rf Jackson, WILLIAM M. FRANKLIN, of Owen.

For District Electors,

Fir«t District—Thomas R. Cobb, of Knox.

••What we •app*'aed.”

UH ler tbte head the Evansville Jonrealjmb* Itabes the Item from the New York Timet In regard to tbe national bank influence being powerfully felt at tbe National Capital In oppoeltlon to tbe Randall anti-national bank bill, in which occurs the following ttatement: •• A prominent banker from Indiana, who

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greet from that State, trow here, says there Is e decided reaction In the West tn the movement# against tbe bank* and that tbe Bindall bill, at tlret looked upon Mvorably, Is found .to be really the fatal step toward financial revulsion. H,e. also say* tbegreenback oandidate for the presidency; Who hall* fr>m the West, will ba ao badly beaten that he won’t

know be waaa candidate.”

The Evanivtlle paper then Inquires “whole this Democratic banker and ex-Congreseman,”

and ventures the following answer:

"Mr. Hendricks Is a prominent banker, and an ex-member of Congress from Indiana, and ba la now now In Washington. We can say, also, ha deelres to have Mr. Pendleton badly beaten that bo won’t knew be was a candidate. At least Mr. Hendricks’ personal and political friend* In this part of the State are bitterly opposed to Mr. Pendleton’s nomination. But can It be possible that Mr. Hendricks, the Demo, erotic candidate for Governor, standing on a platform which resolves that the national bank system, organized In the Interest of tbe

nit,rht to be abolished,” has

ence to defeat an anti

First District—Thomas It. txmo. or nnox. Contingent—R S.Sproule, of Vanderburg. Second District—C. 8. Dobbins, of Martin. Contingcntr—Jonas O. Howard, of Clarke. Third District—James Gavin, of Decatur. Contingent—Elhauau C. Devors, of Jennings. Fourth District—John 8. Reid, of Fayette. Contingent—Uenjamin I*. Smith, of Kush. Fifth District—John M Lord, ef Merlon. Contingent—Cass By field, ef Johnson.

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Sixth Dlstrlct-A. B. Carloton of Lawrcn contingent—Samuel It. Hamtil, of Bulllvi

Seventh District—T. F Davidson, of Fountain.

Contingent—B. B. Dally, of Carroll.

F.iztith District—.James F. McDowell, of Grant.

Contingent—N. R. Liusday, of Howard.; Ninth District—John Colcrlck, of Allen. Contingent—Samuel A. Hhoaff, of Jay. Tenth District—O. H. Main, of Elkhart. Contingent—E. Van Long, of Noble. Eleventh District—Not appointed.

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• ■Huiunnltr imd Knffrr ge”-Covr« urdlceund Uialiooeaty. We took occasion, a few days ago, to refer to the inconsistency, dishonesty and cowardice of the Vigo county Republican Convention, In Us apology for forcing negro suffrage upon ten States of tbs Union and witholdtng the same privilege, or inalienable right, as some radicals contend, from the negroes of Indiana. The Terre Iliute Express attempts to explain the action of its political friends by charging that we “can not distinguish between a queatloiP of humanity and suffrage." Perhaps we may not be able to fathom the nice distinctions of the learned and eloquent Dick Thompson and hie radical confreres whom he once denounced as the enemies of the Government, but tbe common sense of tbe people can readily discern tbe dishonesty which the radical convention exhibited in its weak excuse for Investing the negroes with political equality In the Southern States on account of party necessities. The resolutions themselves best explain the dishonesty of the Vigo county radicals. The lirslresolution apologizes for negro suffrage in upordon of the Union as follows: 3. Tbe extension of suffrage to the negroes of the South was necessary to counteract the influeuc of tho rebellion; It was better that they should be made voters to save tbe life of tbe nathoi, thau ID it the rebels should have been permuted to destroy It. Tbis Is followed by auother resolution explaining the evident inconsistency In placing the b illot In the hands of tbe negroes In ten Slat, s "f the Union through congressional dictation, and denying tbu ballot to the negroe* of 1 mjlana. wliteh reads tbu-ly: 4. In the Northern States there Is no neces »Hy P r extending suffrage to the negroes— these 8.ales daviug Inti right to reetde that question lor themselves, Independently of Congress, it is, in no sense, a-national question. as its agitation In this State, at this lime, is unwise and impolitic—tho subject o( changing our Stato cousiltuilon not being before the people, and there b-'lng no disposition On the part oi tbe Union Republican party of the

Slate, to make It so.

The R-jpubllcnn pipers and orators are In tho habit of charging that the Democracy of the North aro in sympathy with the rebellion, and Governor Morton, In his Senatorial reconstruction speech, Intimates that the Issue involved in the political canvass of this year Is whether tho ten unrestored States shall be subjugated to radiealxule, without which result he shall regard the wm^ as a failure. Now then, according to Dick THompION, If “humanity” demands “tbe extension of suffrage to tho negjoes of the South to counteract the influence of the rebellion,” docs not tho same necessity require the exlenelon ef suffrage to the negroes in those Statcl in the North which gave Democratic msjinitios In the elections last fall, and which will ‘ probably give larger majorities In tho elections of this year? If “ humanity ” and radicalism are Identical, as Dick THOMPSON and bis radical associates declare them to bo, tbe slight Impediment of State rights which tho resolution concedes to tho Northern States should be brushed away llko cobwebs upon the same ground Uvrt It justifies the extension of suffrage to the negroes of the South, viz., “ to counteraet the Influence of the rebellion" in those States in w hich the majority oi the people can not appreciate the lovelineis of radical humanity and rule. According to radical logic, is not negro suffrage just as much'a “national question” In Ohio, in PenusylVAnU and lu New York, States which give Democratic mr.jorltlcs Ust fall, as iu the South? If It is the purpose a mijority of the people la the North to destroy the Government, to throttle tbe life of tbe nation, as the radicals charge it to be, should not radical humanity step In, and extend suffrage to the negroes of thoee States to lirevent so great a calamity? If necessity will exunse or Juetlfy the extension of suffrage to the negroes of the South, the same reason will Justify astmllar measure through tho agency of Congress in thdse States which will give anti-radical majorities. Under the plea of to “save the life of the nation” tho party In power bus committed tbe most Infamous wrongs and brought the country to the v* r 8° bankruptcy and ruin. The extravagance, the corruption, the robberies and the moan despotism which have characterized radical rule are Justified by that lying apology which has been as poisonous to the body polttte a* tbe fangs of the venomous serpont to humanity—“ to save the Hie of the nation.” If It is not political cowardice what means tho expresMon In the resolution that the agitation ol negro suffrage In Indiana “ at this lime’’ is “ unwlso and impolitic”? And If .nrgro suffrage Is k question ol “ humanity,” why should those who Insist upon that view of It, take refuge from tho legitimate result of their own doctrines in the mean subterfuge that the subject of changing the constitution la not before tbe people of the State, and them ls“no disposition on the part ol the Union Republican party to make it sof’ IVo may not bn able, as the Express Intimates, to dialing..1-b bet veen “humanity” and “«uf. frage,” but It requires no keebnest of perception to detect tho lack of manliness, honesty and courage, the treachery to principle, which plainly crop out in Dick Thompson & Co.’e Vigo county Union Republican resolutions.

bondholders, ought to be

Joined the bank influence to defeat an a

bank bill 1 It certainly seems so. Ho is the only gentleman In our State who meets all the specifications embraced In the description of the individual in the Times dispatch, so f«r a» we have any liformatlon. 1’erhaps the Courier, who Is In the Interest of tbe anti-Peudleton Democracy, can give us some light on the subject. We thought we observed, some time since, that Democratic papers and stumpers were “fid Jllng low” on tbe bank question. We attributed tbo fact to Mr. Develin’s trip East to call on the New York bankers, to raise funds to carry on the campaign. We predicted the result of that pilgrimage, but did not suppose it would produce so sudden a re-aetton among the Western

Democracy on the bank question.”

It will be a sufficient answer to the Evansville Journal’s Inucndoes to state that they aro untrue except In a few particulars. The “ prominent banker from Indiana,” referred to by tbe Times Washington correspondent^ is the Hon. William II. English, President of the First National Bank of tbis city; it is not a fact that Mr. Dkvelin has taken n trip Eist Ur any purpose whatever; as far as our observation extends “ Democratic pspors have not been ‘ fiddling low’ upoo tbo bank question;” to our knowledge some of the warmest “personand political friends” of Mr. Hrndricks are most decidedly In favor of Mr. Pendleton’s nomination, and Mr. Hendricks has not “Joined the bank Influenco to dt feat an antibank bill.” With these denials tho truthfulness of the Evansville Jonmal’s suppositions can tie appreciated, but they are upon a par with tbe statements and charges made by the radical papers against thetr political oppot nts and we may expect a flood of them during the political canvass of this year. Our only object in referring to the matter Is to ex-

hibit the desperation of a sinking cause.

State Politics.

Yocno Men’s Democratic State Committee—Jesse Johnson, Esq., district committeeman for Filth District, has appointed Dr. William J. Dickson, committeeman for Putnam county, who report* the following township appointments: Robert Boston, Madison; James EJ wards, Franklin; Jesse Kendell, Jackson; Isaac Nowgent, Clinton; Alexander Wilson, Floyd; D. d. Duckworth, Marion; Thaodorle Allen, Jefferson; Quinton Broad-dreet, Mill Creek; Dr. Pritchard, Cloverdale; James Stoops, Warren; Harrison Elliott* Washington; Alexander Bowers, Russell. ’ E. W. Menaugh, Esq., (JUtrlct committeeman for Second District, ba* appointed J. J. McCHIister E q , committeeman for Cr«wf>rd county, who has made tho following township appilntments: Casper Kerreb, Jennlrg*; Goorge Gibbs, Whisky Hun; George Baihues, Liberty; H ntoo Cummins, Sarilug; Jss-e Enlow, Patokx; John O. Gilmore, Johnson; Georg" SV, Summers, Union; Ellas It imlne, Ohio;

David Ducbars, Uoono.

John B. Mir»hall, E-q., d strict tomiiteeman for the Eleventh District, has appointed 1. H. Kelley, E q., as oommttteeman for Pulaski county, who has reported the following

township a ipolntments:

J. U. Whipple, Jlonroe; J. W.Uult, Beaver; Austin Downing, Tippreaooe; Jacob Megahan, IIarrlson; W. D. Byers, White Post; J. G. Burk, Tan Burcn; Thomas Eat, Indian Creek; John Rees, Salemf , Louis Frader, Csss; Kphriam Stout, Jefferlton; Perry Campbell, Rich Grove; C. H. Nigh, Franklin. Personal.—Nathan Raymond, Enquire, of Cambridge City, and one of tbe Deuiocratio candidates for Congnss In this district, called on us on Monday last. He Is a very Intelligent and courteouagcntleman. and well pealed upon tho political issues of the day. For

THE BEPUBLICAN .PARTY.

Kta Prolllracjr ana Extravagance— What ilecomea at the manor 'Wrung front the People.

SPEECH OF HON. SAMUEL S. MAR* SHALL, OF ILLINOIS.

Delivered In the Sense ef Representatives* Januarr Os 1808.

The House having under consideration Senate amendment to House bill No. 3ti9, to prevent frauds In the collection of tho tax on die* tilled spirit!— Mr. Marshall esld: Mr. Hpeaker—The few remarks which I shall submit upon thU occasion, have been suggested by the debate which has arisen this afternoon on the proposition before the House, and I ahall not detain the House for any great length of time. It was not my purpose, when tbe question was brought before the Uouse.-te say anything whatever upon l». for With the details and particular merits of the proposition ponding I do not pretend to be very familiar. But as the debate has taken a latitude that does not properly belong to the question immediately before us, l wish to avyU my sell of tbe opportunity to suggest some things that ought, as 1 think, to be brought to tbe attention of the country. 1 have no direct or peculiar information In regard to the enormous and outrageous frauds tbat are being perpetrated upon the Government, and upon tbe overtaxed and oppressed people of this country. There can be no doubt that these frauds have, for some yeses, been IncreMfog so rapidly, and have now become so enormous, as to be appalling, and to threaten not only the ruin of the people, but the very existence ol our Govhernment. ' It u an unquestionable fMtntbet thievery and robbery of tbe people by publtaolfieUls all over tbo land have, within the lost few years, become a science. U4*.engaged in extensively In all parts of the country, and It has grown to be such an enormous evil that It now threatens to bring starvation to tbe people and bankruptcy to {he Government. Many of the facts are notorious, but It seems Impossible to bring any of these great thieves and malefactors to Justice. The fact is, the public aease has become demoraUxed. Tho public wink at crimes when they are so enormous that tbe pockets of tbe criminals arc tilled with gold'or greenbacks. Wo can punish little petty thieves In our courts of justice—men who steal a pig or horse, or something of that kind—but tbe thief who robs tbo treasury of thousands or milllone goes at largo with Impunity, and too often becomes an honored member of society. There ought to be— there must be, Mr. Speaker—somewhere a romedy-for this. A large portion of our pub. lie official* seeift to have adopted as an axiom,

that

“ A little thieving Is adangerons art. Hut thierms largely Is a noble part; ’ Its vile to mb a hen roost of a nen. Hut stealing largely maxes us gentlemen.” And it Is the adopting of this maxim which has brought half of this country almost to de.liluiiou, while in the other half the people are ralslog thetr hands in vain to Heaven

Cur bread.

Uotn and devastation have spread all over tbe land. An over burdened people are appealing now to this Gongress for redress. If we enn Id any mannerglte it to them it la our

sacred duty to do so.

But while this t* so It Is unfair end unjust on tho part Of my colleague, [Ur. Login,] or of any other member upoo this floor, to uetl

until the people ere brought to poverty In one section of the country and to MarvAthm In another, irthe party thst brought about this thing bas any remedy to offer, It is time the remedy should be presented. Wben the people are crying for relit f from the enormous burdens which are weigblaff them down it is high time that this party, now upon Its last legs end about to retire from power forever, should inaugurate some system by wbtcb tbe peopl* may be heryafter protected from *u«h roRbery as that by which they have suffered. There are many ways of Introducing reform end protecting the Interests of the people. I ^ — | gnii - -• - | d be

ralllble, and I hope my colleague, or if that hopeless, at least that the honest masses 10 have been deceived by tbe false preten-

know of on* method which 1 think woul

infalilbli

who have been deceived by tbo false pretensions of the party in power, will join me m

bringing about the desired reform.

I do not, I must confess, have very strong hopes that my colleague will unite in tbe proposed effort; but the remedy ts a palpable one, and that la logo bark to the old principles and practice of Democratic administration, bring in a Democratic President, and a Democratic Congress, and Introduce tho principles of economy and justice which were always carried out when tbat party was in power. Then thla robbery of the people will cease. I will guarantee it, sir. The history of our Government, from its foundation to tbe present time, furnishes irrefragtble evidence that ibis is the

remedy, and now tho only remedy.

My colleague proposes one plan by which to increase tbe revenue from the syhlsky tax. 1 propose another plan, and tbat Is to get rid right now of tbis party wblcb has thus wronged and oppressed the people, and brought desolation, ruin, mourning, ana woe, to our fair land. Left the sllrk, unctuous gentlemen aronnd me bow tbemselvea out of these halls, and let tbe oil fasnloncd Democratic administration come into pogrer, and I will guarantee that we will have an administration wblch will relieve the people of the enormous burdens which are now crushing out tbelrvery lives, and that we will drive toe thieves and money-changers in disgrace and Ignominy from this great temple of liberty, which they have been polluting and deseurat-

iMt.

Mr. Maynard—Let me ask the gentleman a question. Mr. Floyd, one ol the old fashioned economists, has unfortunately departed; but can be inform u* whetber Jacob Thompson is accerslblt-, and what means we aball resort to In order to get him back. [Laughter] Mr. Marshall—1 have heard charges against these men, and they may be true, but Mr. Buchanan’s Administration was not u favorite of mine. I have, however, tbe testimony of leading Republicans for saying that the steal-

pensions and bountlea to icldlers and their famine*, sli v>f which the pvople will cheer,

fully pay.

Tbe SeereAary of tbe Treasury asks for appropriation* for this year, as follows: For the War Department,exclusive of bounties and pensions (R5,000,000 For tho Navy Department ... 36,000,000 For elvTT. service 51,000,000 Total $182,000,080 There can ho no doubt that the actual demands nod expenditures of the Government under existing legislation will greatly exceed even this enormous sum. For who ever beard of a Congress In these days without a series of deficiency bills? Tbe expenditure* invariably exceed greatly the estimates. The whole expenditure* of the Government for the same service In I860, tbe last year of Mr. Buchanan's Administration, were: For elvtl lilt $6,077,000 For the War Department 16,663,000 For the Navy Department 11,614,000 Total $34,154,000 Difference between tbe estimates for 1868 and actual expenditures for tbe same Items In 18G0 $147,847,000 Thus It Is demonstrated tbat tbe ordinary expenditures of tbe Government under radical rule is more than dve times as great as it was under the much abused Administration of

Buchanan.

We bave been accustomed to call ours a free and bappy and prosperous people. But, sir. no people can be properly called free and prosperous, whatever may be tbe form of government, whoee dally earnings are wrung from tbem by the tax-gatherer to feed a horde of hungry vultures who are preying upon tbem. U c now pay In taxes nearly twice as much per capita as any other people In the world. It will be seen from tbe foregoing figures thst, even if our national debt were wiped out as with a sponge, we would still, under our present rulers, be tbe worst taxed and worst governed people on earth. The people should in thunder tones demand of ‘

a thunder tones demand of this Congress—“ W by does- tbis oouetry, in time of peace, with no prospect ot war, require five times more expenditures, in proportion to its population, for the army, or tbe navy, or tbe civil Hat, than it ever rtquired at any time before the Republican party came into power?” Your wretched, uncoos'ltuiional, and most wicked policy, your negro bureaus, your large slanillng army, your military despotism, your hordes of hungry vultures sent all over tbe land to devour tha substinco of tbe people.

ug during t

iilntatration amounted to

ollesgue [Mr. of tbe United

cl the day. resident of Wu

lion, uiu ana, ay hook himself In tbe convent! mean splto against an gentleman. He bad be

Anather irapcacliinent Fallnro. The second attempt to impeach tbe President appear* to be unsuccessful. The vote upon the question in lb* Reconstruction Committee of tbe House stood six to thjge; to-wit: opposed,“Bingham, Rkamkn, Payne, Hurlhurt, Brooks and Beck; la favor, htevens, Farnsworth and Boutwell. No set Would go further to destroy tbo corilHenco of our own people In tbe stability of tbe Government, sod do more t/i bring it Into the disrespect of other ostUme, then to I in peach the Pree:d*nt upon charge* arising not ot hi* recent correspondence with fiMAJfr. Thef*418*1 ‘congressman who have kb/oprd to *0 utile s Job, exhibited • partisan mnennree and spiu which aptly Illustrate* the esosn they represent,

found near New Albany the other night. It la supposed that the owner was murdered.

— Wbile Mr. Christopher Denbaueer, a maeblneet, was engaged in work about one of tbe shaft* in the upper story of the Evansville cotton milt, on Tucsdsy, his slothes caught, and with a rapid motion be was whirled around tbe shaft several timci, and when disengaged he was In an insensible condition. No bone* were broken, however, bnt he wta badly bruised, and Many portion* of the limbs

and body had the akin broken.

—Richardson’* paraflne works, at Brook-

—A hone and broken spring wagon were f lyn, exploded on Wednesday night. On* man

pul

many yearsbu Jias been a resident of Wuviucounty, where bebasb en a most successful business msn, and where he Is generally and favorably known as an upright ami booorKcuUcinan. lie made a favorable Impression upon all with whom bo became acquainted, and ehetlU h« be nominated will receive our hearty support.—i/anco*£ County Democrat The Stillettv) in Convention.—Lucian Matthews, of tb? New Albany Ledger, was a candidate before the Eighth of Jiuuary Convention, for the i'll!cu of Superintendent,pf Public Instruction. On tbe first balldtt) seemed to be leading all bis competitors,RM'I we were very sure that bis nomination Was very certain, until the county of Floyd was called. Her large vole was promptly cast lof Mr. Matthews, when some one from the Floyd delegation protested against the vote of Floyd county being cast for her own citizen. This singular and uncommon action on the part of one who appeared to be a representative of Floyd, changed the current, which resulted in Mattbewa’J'lPfeat, Politicians are easily frightened and there was no luuu then

for reflection or explanation.

We subsequently learned that the protesting fellow was not a member of the delegation, but bad, by hook and by crook, wormed

nvention where he vended a

honorable and upright ieen prosecuted and con-

victed for whipping his wife In some one of the Floyd court*, and the Ledger had publlshed tbe rascal to the world. Ileuco his

spite, and hence his prolest.

Lucian Mathew s is a most excellent gcn’leman. and one who would perform Ibediulesof the ofilco be was a candidate for with credit to blmseli and profit to the people. But a personal enemy watched his opportunity and struck such a blow as no honest man would ever have been guilty of. Tho time and the occasion ought fo have warned dcleg dr* ot the sssassiD-liko act, and therefore of Its unreliability. None but a cowardly miscreant would strike such a blow .In such a place.—

Johnson County Press.

OONaniseiOKAi. Committee.—The followlog named gentlemen were appolqkeU, on the evening of tbe 7th of January last, at tbe meeting of the delegates from the Sixth Congressional District to tbe State Convention, a* members ef tbe Sixth Congressional Committee, vjz: Johnson county, T. W. Woolen; Marlon county, Foster Whitford; Putnam county, E. T. Kightley; Hendricks county. Harman Brittain; Morgan county, Eb. Henderson; Brown county, Alfred Williams.

Silate Items.

—A Grant club has been orginlzed ut Bra-

zil.

—Tbe Indictment against Auditor Blsch, of Vaoderburgh county, for extortion, has been quashed by a decision of Judge Gregory. —John M. Jackson, 6r., an old and worthy eitlf-n of Miami county, f, II dead off hi* chair on last Saturday, at his re-ldnnco near Peru. He had been lo usual bealto up to tho tlmu of bis decease. —Nathan Garrett had his leg broken at Wlncfcster on Monday morning, the 10th Instant, bjNhts horse filling down with him. It was biokim Just below tho knee, in the same place Ity/as broken about twenty-six year*

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—A Winchester man cats three quarts of pop-corn In five minutes, without water. He Is In good health, strange to eay. —The Evansville Courier, commenting on a swindling advartlsemont, says: “Wo would say to those who are young and quallabl*^’ Will the Courier tell us who the “quallable” are? We hope there Is no sin In Icing that— whatever It may be. —A large barn belonging to Mr. John McCulloch, of New Albany, situated about two miles from that place, was totally deetroyed by fire. It contained one hundred ancFtw^pty tons cf bay, two valuable mowing machines, one sulky rake, two revolving rake*, an* wagon, several wagon beds, one wheat fan, a torn crusher, and several other farming Implements of considerable value, all ol which were destroyed, beside* three fine hone*. Tbe total lost la.estimated at $7,800, of wbtcb $2,500 was inefarod fn tho Union office of ibis < ity. —The town of Erwin, New York, which gave Fenton, in 1806, a roejorUy of 60, and In 1867, Nelaon, dem&rat, 15 majority, has just carried by the Democrats by 26 majority, a gain of 10 In last year, and ibis In a vote of

Jnly 887.

in wholesale denunciations of any public official without bringing forward facts to show that those charges aro well founded. Chsrget

have bean made here by my L^ganJ against the Pretident

fitates and against tbe Secretary of tbe Treasury which. If true and sustained by evidence, ought to send them down through all time loaded wild shame and damned lu Infamy. Now. a imlfing that many public (111 1*1* all over the land, aschargcd by my colleague, are < n/sged In this wholesale robbery, jet 1 am not willing to coDd"iau any man, high or low, upon broad spectUcatlous of this k'nd. unsustulocd by one single fact or one particle ol evidence. I understand my colleagU" [Mr. Log toj to say that tbe decretory of the Taeaaury has knowingly sppoluted^tbe'e thlsvea and rubbers lo office, aud that tho Pre-tdeut ba* dull" th" Stine, or has winked st enurm ui* rim"* of tWscharacter. 11« al«> charge" that the Secretary of ihe Treasury hs* i-tu d Insliuclion* that prove him to be a tool ora

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Tb< scare grave charges; if true, these m"n should be infamous. UutK they at" not «mlaimd by (acts wblch can be staled here,wbat hi to be said,What must be ssid,ol honor*-

saying that the steal- lurnub the answer. Sir, the Republican p*rtbe first year of Mr. Lincoln’* A1- ■ ty ha* been trusted by the people as no parly amounted to a larger sum than it : was ever trusted before, and their ger.ere^ Mr. Buchanan’s Administration confidence b*» in every respect been moat

shamefully abused. I know it is easy to Indulge in !oo«e and idle declamation and censure; and lest I might be accused of sinning In this direction, 1 will rumish here for the consideration oi ihe House, ami ot tbe country, soma tables compiled Irom the archives ol our Government, upon which I wish to base a few additional remark*,and which will demonutrate beyond all possibility of contradiction, tbe folly, recklessness, and extravagance of tne party that row most unfortunately control* the expenditure* of our Government: Table giving VUe entire expenditures of the Ftdjral Government, exclusive of tbe publie debt, from the foundation oi the Government to tbe close of tbe last British war:

cost to run

for four years, stealing* and all. [Great

laughter ]

This thing of stealing, sir, has become a wholesale busineas, and hoa grown to most sppaling proportions since the advent of the R‘publican party to power, and It will cease, in my Judgment, the very day that It goes out of power, and not one moment sooner The present condition of the country, sir, ought not to be considered cause for surprise or wonder to any one who has brains enough to comprehend tbo natural and Inevitable connection and sequence between cause and effect. Similai 1 cau-es would produce similar results in any ago or In any country. Tho abolition, now called, the Republican or radical party, was founded on the maxim which they spread out en their banners and boldly proc aimed to tbe world, tbat “ Tbe United States Constitution W a coven tot with death and an agreement with hell,” and that there was a

bit “

1701 1792 1703

1791 . 1795 . 179U..

1797

1798 .

1799

1800 . um..

1802

ISOS. 1804. 18:6

Fiom March 4, 1789,

to December 31, qi.91O.609 52 ,w,~ 1,877,003 08 1806 1,710.1)70 26 1807

8,600,646 65 4,360.6.-* 04 1531,931 40 2,833,590 96 4.623,223 64 6.480,166 72

1818. .

1809 1810 1811 1812 1813

7,441.269 97 1814

4,9.81.001) 90 3,737,079 91

4,002 821 24 4.452 858 91 6 357,234 62 6,080,209 86 4.984 572 89 6 604.338 85 7 414 672 14 6,311 082 28 5.692,604 HI 17,729.498 70 28,082,396 92 30,127,606 38

>ughl to be salii.wnat must be tionora>lu iu‘ U upon this floor who m ike ctl irges of this kind against men In high official positions without having ouc particle of proof to sus-

tain them?

Mr. Logan—Will the gentleman yield to me

for one moment right here?

Mr Msrab tll —If my collcsguo will be brief

Igber law than the Constitution, and no man waa bound by its provisions ,pr obligations. And this party, sines Reams Into power, has been true to this theory upon which it was founded. Every feature snd principle of that sacred Instrument, Jfed every safeguard put there for Ike protection of the rights and liberties of the citizen have been openly and de-

fiantly trampled under foot by this party. 1802 ... 3,737,979 91 Total $172,607,779 00 And now Us great leaders and representative* Thus it 1* seen tbat the entire expenditures upon this fl rjt openly proclaim that thev are of our Government, from the foundation thereadministering the Government “ outside of” I of to tbe 1st of January, 1815, including the and In open defiance of tbe Uonstltuilon. No i expenses of the late British war, does not wonder, Mr. Speaker, that all sense of moral equal, by over eleven million dollars, what Is obligation ha* been destroyed among their , now required far the more ordinary expenses followers. No woodtr that the flood gales 1 of the Government for the preoeut year, unhave been broken down and a deluge of crime, der radiral rule. 1 say ordinary, as I do not, debauchery and prostitution, political, moral In tbe estimates given, include the amount ream! social, has saept over tbe land. When qutred for bounties, pensions and Interest on tbu ch >#t n and soloot prophets of the sect : toe public debt. But tbrse expenditures openly and defiantly disregard the sanctions which I have given, are. In fact, most extraarid guarantees of that great charter which ’ ordinary, and enough to cause me very clods they bay* ju*t sworn to support, why should of our mother earth to rise in mutiny against

we wonder'.bat the lesser lights and disciple* I ihe future rule of such a party,

should feel resting llgbtiv upon them tbe obll- j It will be seen by looking at the foregoing gallons ol tho coinaiandmcnt wblch says, i tsble that tbe whole aggregate expenditure* “ thou shait not steal,” or be "Urprised when ; of tbe Government during tbe three years we see. th<m engaged lu wholesale plunder (1812, 1813, and 1814) qf our last great struggle ami dubauriKT) ? | wun Great Umain, in which we met and It waa tho ino»t natural thing In tbe world, ! grappled In the death struggle on land and sea that wlp n the leader* were engagrd In vlo- i wtib the greatest power on earth, amounted I ding their utles to the country and It* Con- j only to $76,1)39,532, which Is $196,960,498 leas "lilution, tbe les-er Mgnts *h >uld practice ' than It now c>,»ta to run tbe Government in a

rule-of venality which has been I time of profound psacc for

radical rule; and that, loo, without u >un(l

mr ! f a jjs say in all kindness to the bond oligarchy, that your only hope of escape from Irretrievable rain depends upon your calling In your mercenary pack of slanderers of tbe only party that la for justice, economy, and a strict and sacred preservation of the public faith. The path In wblch we are now traveling leads to Inevitable rum and bankruptcy, and If p«rsevered infer any considerable time yonr bonds will not be worth the paper on wblch they are written. Aid us In rescuing tbe people from tbe oppression* tbat are grinding them into the dust; ask for no more on your bond* than tb* people bave agreed to pay you; do not seek to escape your share of tbe burdens of government; and the public faith, I will guarantee, will be sacredly preserved, end you may live to a green old age In happiness

and prosperity.

But there Is no hope now save in the speedy ejection of tba radical destructives from power and place. 1 know tbat, frightened at the thunder tone* of an enraged people in the late eleotlona, they came up to this session of Congress bawling hoarsely for retrenchment and reform. But that cry fs already forgotten, and they have turned more madly and fiercely than ever to their schemes cf consolidation, despotiam, andAbeasurr* that must result in the robbery and ruin of the people. It would he as easy for tbe Ethiopian to change his skin or the leopard his spots as for this Congress to return to tb* principle* of economy and justice under the Constitution. But, I do not despair of the RepubTbe people are aroused at last, thank God. Tba bright angel of hop* is spreading her wings ence more over ouribeloved land. Tbe dark etoud that has so long hung like a pall over our country is already encircled with a slim lining. The destructives and mallgnants are dying out In their •tronghold*. They will be driven in disgrace and ignominy from these balls. I see It, air; I see it with the eye of prophecy. The principles of economy and justice will once more take charge of the administration of our Government. Prosperity, liberty, and hope will return to gladden the hearts of our overburdened people. And, then, sir, when that happy day arrives, I would willingly say with good old Simeon. “Lord, now let ThY servant depart In peace, for mine eyes have

seen Thy salvation.”

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AV>. 25 Maiden Trine, ) LTcic York, Dec. 14,1807. j In my Card of Nev. 1, 1867,1 stated that, “for the purpose of more fully (supplying the wants of the pnbllc, and In order to prevent unscrupulous dealers from palming oil' Inferior and worthless goods as'the Morton Gold Pena, I ■hall hereafter aell no good* at wholesale exeept only to duly appointed and anthortxed Agents,” etc. To this plan X have since strictly adhered. Xa accepting Agents, great care ha* been exercised to appoint thoee who, by longoontinued fklr dealing, have acquired a reputation for honesty, responsibility, and probity-men in whoee word the public have learned to place oonffdenoe. These Agents have agreed to keep a full assortment of my pens, and to sell them at my published prices. Thus the public are supplied by them with Just such pens aa they want, either aa to writing or price, and get a full equivalent for the money paid. No agent is appointed to travel from i place to place, pr canvas* tha country, so that all who want a Morton Gold Pen moat get it from the Local Agent or from headquarters. None need apply for the Agency except in conformity to the above, the UberaLdiaeount “ To Clubs ” being sufficient inducement to aU others. A, MORTON. noT* dAwHra

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With

Ucck' t'i *od they have done It

genm-e.

These robbers are now rioting In luxury all over Urn lai d, wbil* tbo honest, Industrious laboring people are borne down with poverty and taxation. The very bread which they make by the sweat of their brow it wrested from them before It reaches the mouths oftbelr : children, and oae-hslf of the revenue rung from them 1* taken to feed and clothe l.zr,

I will do so wu* pina.ure. I vagabond negroes, nr put Into the hand* aud

Mr. Logan—Certainly. My statement,which | pockets of their plunderers.

I will repeat, was thli*: that the priaciplu : ThP«y*t"inmu.tcea*»,an(ithcrelssrrme-

Iraudit wbti-b bad been committed were com-

muted under trea-urj law wa. carried sot

• system must ce«

, rty for It, and the only rem.dy D to go back to

r y regulations; tha: If tbe the original principles of the Government: to at it would *<• u protect ion , rclns'.sto that party in power which Icr sixty

against fraud to a much greater extent th in j y U ir* suf ly and cuonniuically carried on the

Governmeut, aud sue

(act fur one year under ut, too, without c tunilog

the' iraud* and robberies perpetrated undet our revenue system, and which may be calluiatrd at at least fifty million* more, that never reaches the Trciaury, but everjr dollar of wbtcb ii wrung from tho pockets of the

toiling million*.

But it may be urged that these comparisons are not fair, and are calculated to mt-lead, as the population w.» much leoa la tba early days of the republic than now, and tne expenditure* necessarily loti than now. Admit all that can be fairly claimed from this

character of tbo fact* 1 have given, bur*

ng

fact, and yet It docs not weake'o the stariln character of tbo facts 1 bave given. Surely, uo oue will conWud that it ought to cost more, or at le.st much more, per capita to aduiiolst«r our Gut eminent as weluuieasein population than it did during the early and birug-

the Coo-titutlon, anti without sending one single Federal t«x gatherer among the people

to eat out tbelr •ubrtanoe.

And how dare my colleague, or any gentleman, In the pre-ence of public and well known facts, charge say of those frauds upon tho President, or upon any one outside of the party now in power? Hy an act of Congress the t’re-IJentt* stripped of his rightful power for the correction of these evils. He can

\Vyek.]andI probably shall not' have tb* lime to nuke the remarks tbat have suggested ihcmselvts to me a* appropriate on this occa"ion. I do not wish to do my •ollea^un or any one else any liijustire. His statement Is on the record here, and if I do him Injustice

he can correct me hereafter.

■ •Ail/ tawvu soaia ivvais, vvw Ota GUI 12 , IU VVIIUC* fense. Immediately put a atop to immigr dion, and go back as speedily as possible to our original boundaries. But it can not possibly produce this result 11 the Government were now administered on the principles on wblch It was founded. Taking ibis as indisputable, 1 will now furnish another table that will place iu a atili stronger light the enormities of

our present system:

A table ahowlng the expenses of the General Government, exclusive of the public debt, and the population shown by the census during each decennial year, from the foundation of the Government to tho year 1856:

arc Ireasury regulations; that those regal a- j Governmeut, aud succasafuily prosecuted two , ...... „., u ., lul Hons were of such a character that they did ; ^rcat foreign war* without soy oppression of i gling day s of ibe republic. I( it doe* necc! absolutely authorize or protect fraud from rho citlzsns, any violation of the safeguard* of sarily bave this re-ult, we should, in seifd

tho manner in which thay were Issued. - - • -

There were so many of them— Air. Marshall—I can not yield f irth-r.

Mr. I, gin.—1 will moke my siateuicni very

brief.

Mr. Marshall—I cm not yield. Mr. Lojau—Let mo slate about tbo socoad

matter.

Mr. Man-hall—If I bad plenty of time, or tb* House would agree to extend It, I Would

yield to my colleague with great pleasure, i no i moV e a single man from officeBut I sin indebted for ihe short time 1 sin now 1 one 0 f hi" own cabinet mlniater"—or appoint entitled to the floor, entirely to the courtesy » .inglwman to office without tbe emsentof of the genllemau from New York, [Mr. V an ; your I'adlcal Senate. The conacquenee Is.lliat while the offices *r* now filled wttn radicals, | Rate all new appolntm- nt* must be made from tbat | Tear. Expmaea. Populatioa, Inhabitant party. It is sufficient for the Senate to know i ittimshiI $i.!i!9&b*&i s.yro.&tt $0 46 that a man Is a Irlend to tbe President or an 4,U6i,u>9 ») esuo.vss o m oppisrr of tbe radical measuren of Congress to l"l u SJll.ott 28 7,239,e4i 0 73 i«. ure hi* rejection; snd, therefore, rather!. 1 ®*! timiaX Sa i ol

— , , , , than have tbe erfflecs vacant that »re n.ces- mSSSf.u iioeSiS i *i I understood him to«tnte. In regard to tbe‘0 * try to be llilrdfor the public service, he, time . . .^37 1*5 v*o o» 23 191676 160 trnasiiiy regulations, that they were intended tD ,i agiin, send* In men of the radical party, •. —nj’tu. ..J- f rom ..Kin .b«t whiu to aid In the perpretatlon of frauds. If that the very elect of th« party, and tony are the ,,,f rl w , bnlninm ^h- h Ji Isso, Is it not theduty of my . ole .gucto only one* who cm bo confirmed for position" "iT?,'r' c, t. bring Uf -r- tb? House the Instructions to (l f .[ny iniuorinc". H« has not tbe power to Tn \ wblcb he r.-: r*. In order that '.vc m»v judge „ |,, i ra , „ of his own choice. Why, even for , If, whetber or not tbe Secretary of the Fresaury ; lhe very highest r ffl-. s in tho land, although b has been a party to these frauds upon the ! oppo-lng Congress In Us miscalled “rccon- one doll,i r * ni1 forty-one tents

country? 1 structlnn” policy, tbe President take* tbe elect 14 I* a very easy matter to d '.al of the R-publican party. Look at our foreign In gf u'-rul charges of this kind. To 1 mission* wh«)-* vacancies haveoccurrrd. Mr. what 1 xUnt ba* tbe Secretary of tbo 1 Hmcrofl wa* appointed to one, and Mr.RtyTreasury or the President appoint- tnond to another. Then Mr. Groelty. the very ed lbi"VC# and robbers to office? Or when bead and front of tho party whs nominated have they, If "ppniated, been called to Ibe ut- i for ouh of ti e first positions under the Gov-tr-ntiou of lli« President or Secretary, and j eminent. It I* not true that iho President,

they been naked to exert their power lo re- 1 i»*n where be has hud the power of appoint- thou-fnro move? Nam? tbe man, the occasion, Ibe cim i raent ha* confined himself to bis own frlwids 1 n u 1 r 8

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wholesale d-Taraallou of public officer* without bringing forward one particle of proof, or a single fact against any one of them. If my colleague [Mr. Lng*ti] will ri fleet a mnn-nt, he mu-t sec that sib U a course Is unjust-onne which can not he sustained for a moment upon any principle of justica or lair dealing

am mg men.

Mr. !.• gan—Doe* the gcntlernsn desire me

to stato ii case? I can do so.

Mr. Marshall—I would yield to the xemlomuu 1( It did not come out of my time. The Speaker pro femporA[Mr. WTndom]— It must como out of the genTicinan’s time. Mr. Marshall—If my colleague can state a en*", lot him, wood he has tbe floor, (and he ba* much belter opportunities of obtaining it than I have.) bring forward bis charges; b t him prove them; It is bis duty to do so U be ha* fact* upon which to base tbem; and then let the facts go before the country. If there Is no other mode of punishmert, Ini the country at least know tbat these'hlgh official* are counlving at or participating In these enormous frauds. I will be tho last mao in tho House to attempt to shield them, If they are guilty of these enormities. But 1 say here that 1 do not behove such to bo fact. 1 certainly do not believe that tho President or tbe Becrotary of the Treasury ba* knowingly aided in the perpetration of these frauds. Why, sir, what do they kwnw personally of the men appointed to official position throughout Hit* broad land? Neither Hi" President nor the Secretary of the Treasury knows personally one mail In a thou»*nd ol those appointed. Tn" appointes .rer - commended hy members c.f Congres-—by my c»i;cuguc [Mr. Logan] and gentlemen on that -Ida of the House to a much greater exb-nt than by any on thU side. The men lidding ti'.o public olllcea of the country under the Pretidi.ntl d appointment are men appointed either by Mr. Lincoln or Mr. Johnson, with ihe approbation of the Senate of tho United State*. It is a notorious fact, that no member of the Democratic party proper on pas* ihe ordeal of the Senate for any appointment. Tha appointments throughout tho country have beeli made from men within tbe Repub. llcan party. So far a* my colleague’s speech was Intended to have a partisan bearing, let mo say, that be must know (bat tbe Democratic party proper ba* had no part or lot In collection of tbe revenues of tho Government. Secretary McCulloch stated, on oath, before the Judiciary Cuir.ralttte, that nineteen nut of twenty of the officials In his Department were not only not Democrats, but radicals,

wm bun*d to death, and two Mriouslr, If not

fataUf InjorML

supporters of the policy of Congress; and Mr. Rollins, tbu Commissioner of Internal Revenue, admitted to be a strong radical, was preseut when tbe testimony wa* given, and assented to the statement. So it i* all over

the country.

Tbe effort of my colleague to give this matter a partUan turn must be met, and may be rightfully met in thiaVay: In all governments frauds occasionally occur. Now and then, under cverv administration,a scoundrel gets Into office. Even under good old Democratic administration* there occasionally got into office some man who perpetrated frauds upon the Government; but they were promptly turned out wben the fact was discovered. It was not till tbe advent of tbe Republican party to power that robbery of the people became a fine art, Daughter] and was indulged in all over tbe country A distinguished Republican Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Hale) ha* testified In the Senate, and a dis-

tinguished Republican Representative from Maseachusetts (Mr. Dawes) ba* testified In this House, that more of toe money of the peopl* was stolen during the first year of Mr. Lincoln'* administration than the entire expense* of conducting the Gorernment daring tbe four years of Mr. Buchanan’* admlniitratlon. And, sir, that Inundation of thievery which eommwoH then ha* been growing and rolling and swelling from that deg to thlt.

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dominant party or those wltn whom they were sitUfijil.or leave the offi ie* unfilled; and if.in stlectlrg among thi m, be lind* one llitet out of a dozen, 1 do not ihiuk it is at all remarkable, and 1 am only wirpriscd that he ha* not been moro unlucky than ho baaln this particular. We sre alarmed,Mr. Speaker; and honorable gentlemen seemed *urprl*"d at the cry of distress th *t eomca up to us from all part* of Ihe land. A once happy, free, and prosperous peopleflnd themselves upon the very brink of tinancral and commercial ruin, while trembling between the Scylla of annreby and tbe Cnarybdlsof d wpo'tsm that threaten to engulf our brightest prospects and fondest hopes forever. Bpt why should we be surprised at our present condition? The experience of oil ages, tho lessons of all history, would have warned us of the rocks against which <v« were madly d**hlng If we had but liNteiied to tbelr voices. No people on earth could long exist without utter ruin under tbe system of misrule, profligacy, and debauchery tnaugurnted by the men who now unhappily control the destinies of our country. Even If tho system of peculation and rubbery of whichT have boon speaking could be stopped, the expenditure* actually authorized by law would crush any people. The bard earned money of our people la recklessly voted away and squandered a* if our reaaourccs were endless aud the means and patience of tho masses inexhaustible. Nearly three long years have passed since the surrender of the last army of the confederates brought gladness and hope to tbo hearts of our people. If the men who had control of our Government had permitted the Constitution of our Tubers to ex lend ft* protection and banlgn Influence* to every partof tbe land and bud at the samu timo inaugurated a *ysfom of strict economy in the admlnlatratton of tho Gosernment, we would to-dav be tbe happleMt and most prosperous people on earth. But this would not answer the ends or purposes ol tho radical faction. Thefouoduia of their sect had denounced the Constitution as a “covenant with death and an agreement with hell,” and now, drunken and debauched with their ill gotten power, our rulers trampled that sacred Instrument under their feet and inaugurated tbelr most wretched and wicked sy-trm of revolution and subversion. And (hi* wi ked scheme naturally and loevi. tubly led to the adoption of measures that have quadrupled the expenditure of the Government. A bureau, at an enormous expen'e to feed, clothe, and proselyte to radicalism a

ly for each nead of

called tbeorcl ary expenditure! of theGoveroment. Sir, these fact* are in themselves sufficiently alarming, and I do not see that 1 run now add to their force by dwelling further thereon. If they do notarou e the people from Maine to California to demand an immediate change In our ruler* and In our system of administration, then. Indeed, may wu say with a sad heart, farewell forever to all hope of a restoration of our poor bleeding country

to prosperity and happiness.

Mr. Speaker, In the*" remarks I do not totepd to misrepresent, or, if 1 can avoid It, to be misrepresented; and, therefore, 1 must repeat thnt In this indictment against tbe radical party 1 have not included those expenses and expenditures wblch are the necessary result of tbe war through Which we have Justpaased. I have not included the estimates for paying bounties and pensions, or tho sums necessary to pay the interest on our public debt. I have left these out, t bat the people might see whither we aro tending under radical rule, even If these tacred but most burdensome debt* were

cancelled forever.

Now, Mr. Speaker, I should not have made remarks of this character, especially at this time. If it had not been for the extraordinary partisan course which my colleague [Mr. Logan] took In addressing tbe House upon this question, wbich oagbt to b* considered as a mere matter of business. I am aware tbat unusual latitude has been given in th* debate. tVbeiher U Is In the power of Congress, the President, and the Secretary of the Treasury combined to Inaugurate a system by which ibis whisky tax can be collected or not It It Impossible for me to say. My Impression H

O-A-TTTIOKr.

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blighting influence* to every part of tbe land; a horde of federal office holders spread all over tbe land to spy *ut and seize upon the substance of the people; these were appropriate sequences of this wicked purpose to destroy tho Constitution, and establish a rdSlcal

despotism in its stead.

We have had profound peace, Mr. Speaker, for nearly three years. From the surrender of the confederate armies In AprlL 1865, to tbe present time, there ba* wot been an arm rafoed anywhere against the power of the Federal Government. Why, then, these enormoua expenditures, that ar* crushing the very life out of the people? Why should the ordinary expense* of the Government now greatly exceed those of the’years immediately preceding the war. Mr. Buchanan’s admmistaatlon has always been characterized by the party now In power a* most reckless and extravagant. 1 am not here now far the purpose of defending It.' But lot us compare for » moment the last and mo*t extravagant year of Buchanan?* admlnlstratian with the expenditure* now Inaugurated ante, radical rule. Men mnr. mislead the Ignorant by frothy deelamatfon,'But flgur** aFejtubborn sast&sKs-s

that while the tax of two dollars per gallon 1* retained, tbe revenue never will ba fully collected. The temptations to fraud and bribery

are too enormous for this profligate age. 1 csre not bow vigilant tho head of tbe department in iy be, there will necessarily he a great deal ot thievery and fraud. My Impression it that the only remedy 1* to reduce the tax to onc-quarter what it is now, and Inaugurate a bolter system of collection, and the amount of revenue received would probably be as great a* H 1* at this lime. L do not believe that it la In the power of mortal man to Inaugurate a system by which the entire revenue can be collected wbilu tbu tax is retained at the pre-

sent rate.

In tbe remarks which I have made, as a matter ef course—and I presume it was so with my colleague—It was not intended to Insinuate that *11 the oilicors connected wttn tbe revenue service are engaged in peculation and fraud. 1 do not believe anything of the kind. I do not understand my colleague to eharge anything of tbe kind, although his charges have biun very brood. But with the temptations that are held eut some fraud is Inevltahie. It is Impossible for the President, or Secretary of tbe Treasury, or the Commisaioner of Internal Revenue, to know one man tn a thousand of their appointee*. How are they to avoid, when they must take the m«n recommended lo them, getting men often who are at best weak and will yield to the temptations

tbat are held out so bounteously around them? I do not believe that It ie possible to Inaugurate a system under tbe laws as they are now.

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and with the taxation a* It Is now, that wUI result in an bonest collection of tbe revenue tbat ought to be received from this whisky A few words more, Mr. Speaker, and I have done. Our whole revenue system (aems to be devised for the purpose of bolding out temptations to fraud and perjury. There is but on*hope and one remedy. Bring the party as soon a* possible into power that is pledged to economy and Justice, and whoa* whole history proves tbat It will redeem those pledges. Your army must be reduced; your freedmen's bureau abolished; your military despatism uprooted; tbe expenditures of the Government reduced ene-half; the taxes reduced In the same proportion; the horde of tax gatherers must be called tn wherever they can possibly be dispensed with; the most rigid economy must be Introduced-Into every branch of the Government, and ow outstanding bond*, a* speedily as posribt* without i!B2£??<asiVi& smH

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tbe original Inventor- of an Improvement which originate* tbit branch of business, and mane dyeing a domestic art. Tney have had, also, 11 ve years’ experience In this particular basinets, and hare been constantly improving the quality of tbelr Dyes. AU the eolprs, both in Liquid and Powder form, are manufactured by the nnder-

Powder form, are manufactured by the undersigned, end we een supply onr customers with either. The Liquids du not require so much time In dyeing; but the Powder colon will color the moat goods, and costs the same per package. In coloring black, brown, drab* and greens, we would ndvlse the use of the Powder colors in preference to the Liquid, unless for ribbon* or

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