state assume new social functions. 4. Radical taxation in PerspectiveIt’s true in Miss that taxes increased 1400%. Illinois had a tax rate of 45mills, only 15mills for the 11 states. In these 11 states, collected on 32million dollars total in state county municipal taxes whereas NY collected 48million dollars. If the south was corrupt in the postwar reconstrution, the same can be said of the north. The scandals of the Grant administration in Washington and the Tweed ring in NYC also occurred during this period. When Grant ran for president in 1868, this warrior turned politican said “Let us have peace.” He was presented as a national candidate rather than a candidate of any state or region. When asked from when he came, he said from…. 5. Scandals during the Grant administration (1869-1877) (Credit Moblier, “Salary grabs,” Whiskey ring, Scandal in the war department, “Let us Prey,” The Tweed ring in NYC.)Grant’s administration was marked by scandals such as the credit moblier, involving the company which was organized to construct the continental rr, the Union Pacific line. The salary grab in which congress in 1873 doubled the president’s salary to $50,000/year and increased other government salaries (public indignation forced to repeal the law). The Whiskey ring of 1875, a conspiracy of revenue officials to defraud the government of the internal revenue taxes and spread rapidly to other cities. An investigation led to the indictment of 238 people as well as Grant’s personal secretary who was saved from conviction only through the president’s intervention. All these examples of corrption and extravagance, including those of the radical legislation, maybe construed as part of a national era of expansion, the so called gilded age, which promised land..unwise use of public funds. 6. Positive Benfits of radical reconstructionRadical reconstruction was not without its pos...
