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The Administration Indicted

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Day
24
Month
July
Year
1874
Copyright
Public Domain
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This is the " true bill " presented by the' Indiana Democraey, in State Convention assemblert, igninst the National Adminiatration : It is tho opinión of the Demócrata of the State of Indiana, in conventiou naeembled, that the present Adtmnistration has proven itself unworthy of the collfldence of the people of tho United State, in proof of whioh we Rubmit the following facts : It has overthorwii, by force, tho governmentof the State t' Louisiana, and prevonted the offloers elected by the paople of that Statu froip taking tho positions to wliieh Uu-y wcro clioscn ; and, for party purposes, has sustained the usurping State officiers in their unlawful seizure of the government of tliat State. It ha corrupted the souroes of public, justice, by squandering money through tlie departmeat of justico, to aid its party in North Carolina, Arkansaï, and other Statea. It has appointtd men to office who have been proven corrupt and proflígate, and has removed from office those who assÍ8ted in bringing the defalcutions and corruptions of its appointees to light. It has, by a gross abuse of power, farmed out the collection of revenuo to corrupt and unprineipled men, who have defrauded alike the Government and the people. It has appointed to office, in the District of Coluuibia, a body of men whose corruption far exceeded any of which we have record, and supported thern in their oppressiou and robberies of the people and the Government, causing the loss of millions of doilars to the Government of the United States and the people of the District of Columbia. Through the various dopartments of the Government it has recklessly squandered the money, resources, and public domain of the people, and corrupted the civil service of the country. The Iiepublican party must be held responsible for these acts of the administration it placed in power, and for the Credit Mobilier frauda, the enormous increase of salaries, and the Sanborn contracta, while as the oppressor of the whita people in the South, and as the origin of tho corruption that weighs like an incubus upon this country, it deservesthe severest condemnation. It is a pity that the same Domocracy had not done as well in building its own platform : omitting the shaky finaiicial plank. At the last, af ter certifying to the virtue and purity of his wife time and again, Theodore Tilton has presented a sworn statement to the Plymouth Church investigating Committee, charging Heitky Wakd Beeciier and Mrs. Tilton with repeated acts of criminal intercourse, committed (or beginning) in the fall of 1868 and confessed to him in the spring of 1870: since which, uiitil within a few days, he has continued to live with her, and tho most of the time on intímate or friendly terms with her alleged seducer. The statement is detailed, and though somewhat contradictory and improbable, will make Mr. Beecheb meet it in as detailed a manner. The preliminary general denial, published in yesterday's dailies, must be followed by an explioit one, explaining the letters, etc. etc, embodied by Tiltox in his statement or judgment considered as confessed. It is announced that this is to come ftt an early date, also one from Mrs. , Tilton, now separated from her . band. We cannot give much space to the disgusting scandal. Ih another column will be fouud a discussion of " The Priests and the Women " by a local correspondent, who being a life-long church member ought to write from the book. There is no disguising the fact that a larga elass of thinking citizens - both in and out of the church - recognizing the undue influence that the clergy (of some denonjinations at least) have over the women of their flocks, combined with an itching disposition to lead in politics, in which they are uneducated and not always safe advisers see in their advocacy of woman suffrage a design to use the wouien of the church to subserve political ends. Without discussing the subject at length, we content ourself, at this time, with calling attention to the arficle in question. The Wheat Crop. There can be no doubt but the present season can show the largest yield of wheat ever known in this country. Many persons regard this fact as conclusivo evidence that the price of flour must fall to very low figures. A little reflection, however, will convince them that a large erop of wheat in this country can have but very little effect upon the markets of the world. With our present transportation facilities, a good foreign demand must insure fair pricea here. Formerly, before the days of railroads, prices were more affected by local demand, and consequently were generally very low in agricultural districts. Now, if a demand, exists in any part of the world, the effect is feit upon our home markets. Besides, farmers have reached that point where they will hold their grain rather than sell at low figures. Should prices suffer material decline, a large per cent. of the graiu will be withheld from market. Through these causes, we predict the contiuuance of fair prices for wheat and flour, notwithstanding the unpreoedented erop i which the farmers aro harvesting. Jackson Citizen. '

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