The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-09-18
The Financial Administration Of
Ohio.

their public journals advanced two ideas.
under the cover Of which they hope to
escape the odium cast upon them by their
former conduct. and their desert on OF
Tree principles In the Nebrasks act. The
hrst is, that the State election should
turn on State affairs, aud the other, that
they are As good anli-slayery people a.
Others, only they would leave the natter
to the people Of the Territories. On
both these points Il Is our purpose TO
give them the benefit Of full discussion
We do not belong to a party which seeks
TO dodge the great Questions Of the coun-
try; or, fears TO meet the responsiblity
We declare ourselves opposed 70 the ex
tension Of slavery, by indirect AZ well as
lireet means, and yield Il nothing which
he Constitution does not require. We
dodge nothing The Sham Democracy
takes the lions kin TO hide the asses folly
In the Richmond Enquirer il pronounoes
every principle Of Democracy, in regard
20 slavery tha same At the North as at IN.
South. Ia Ohio, il says, we should lik
TO stop the extension Of slavery.
Our present object, however, Is to fol
low the Sham Democracy good d-a
further than they want to 10 into Stat
aHairs. We shall give searching analy-
sis OF the administration of MedHl, Nor
gan and Breslin, and shall be very happ,
to compare it, item by item, with th,
Republican administration Of the last wv
years. On the threshhold. we are ready
to admit tha the great body Of the ex.
peuses Of State government remain the
same under any administration. They
are Fixed quantities. aud the talk OF poll
tioims about economy and reform gener
ally amounts to nothing moro than the
ub thrown to the whale. Wnen did the
Democratic party Of Ohio ever eoonomise
anything.
The State tax Of Ohio is levied for
these objects; the interest Of the public
debt, the general revenue. and the publr
schools The following are the amounts
Of State Taxes for four fiscal years, end
ing the 18Th Of November.
State TaS Of 1888 returned BY Morgan, ea09d,a22
STATE Tax Of 1854, returned BY Morgan, 3,U77,6ul
State Tax Of lea5, returned BY Morgan, 2,75f,eo7
State rax Of 1855, returned BY Wright, Q,G98,l39
These taxes were levied under .previ.
T ously existing laws, for the payment o.
interest, schools DC We present th,
/, statement merely 10 show that the Repub
! icans have done no act to increase tn,
: taxes Of the State. but, on the contrary
A the actual expenditures have been less
= The valuation Of property. BY assessmen
' in 1855 and 1855, WAS about forty mill
e ions less than Il had been, which WAS
= consequence OF q mlIure Of trOps, and Il
O nauoial difficulties in 1854
a This simple, elementary fact show
n that in 1856 the Republican administra
ton had S4J0 600 less to spend than III
,r Democratic administration Of 1853 =
Now, we should look into the expend
,e ture Of the State Government. We sha
"a do no more here than state general facts
IS The actual expenses Of the State fol on
yer, are rather difficult 10 determine
because the appropriations and expense
y Of one year run into another.
Expenditures Of is5S, returned By MoIgun. S5is,si
!. The appropriations, however, wer
r $500, 900 more than this. which. as W,
r shall see. came out Of subsequent Pears
a Mr.. Morgan managed to coverup this
very nicely; but not beyond discovery
, by little labor. The following is N,
> account Of that matter:
, Reported Disbursement Of ls5 s4igo7
! made and paid ID isSS, '''' ~ sa7sa
c Actual Expenses OF 1885, Sslt7o
D D.sbuuement Of lssg aQss AZ
Direct amount Of debt paid on account Of s5s sYs's9
E Deduct Bank taxes Illegally collected and re-
turned 60lH
+ Actual expense. Of tssg, ssT7,17
issS, ''-' ''p'" i'''' - '''' 'D''' " ssg,se
In addition to this no less than $3.50.
600 were drawn from tie Treasury !,
meet old debts and accounts for the ca
: nails, more. than was paid on the same &C
count the year previous. These simpl
- facts are enough to prove that the R4pub
: ican administration did All ia It's powe
7 to retrieve the confused aud dsorderl
: state of the Treasury. The accounts q
public moneys ara now 1--WE say in jus
ice to Auditor Wright J better kept tha
4 lhey have been in twenty years. II !
very easy to give the people clear &c
count Of their money matters, We see
!, by the case Of Bresin. that il has nc
- been done ill the present adminislratio
J came. During the whole Of Medill'
y go4emorship and Morgan's auditorshiE
! Breslin Was embezzling from one TO seve
- hundred thousand dollars Of the publ
\. money. and this monstrOus fact, unknOw
" and undiscovered
" We shall AXE occasion to examinl n
, reported balances in the Treasury. an
Y the exp .niiiure Of the State Governmer
= for several years, and it viii not be I'm
possible to track the Democratic official
! through some Of their wadings and wiud
J ngs in the public funds they want I
!, look into State affairs. and we mean {
look into them. ill they are tired with III
vision We shall haveno objection 70 lool
D. ing into the County funds. lrom the Cou
q Houseto the deposits in the Central BAN
,e The finances Of Ohio have general
. we say in justice TO ali parties bee
If prudenIly managed. There has been 10.
r useless expenditure than in almost an
o State Two-lhirds Of the taxes Of N
n State are levied for local, and that is er
" hrely within the control Of towns an
10 townships If the tax on these is highe
than il ought 10 be. il is the fault Of III
local communities.