Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-08-19
The National Government Ex-
penSeS.

imaginary extravaganza of our National
Government. 1t is his sharp of a thou
sand strings upon which he continual
ly plays, and pretends to mourn over it
as the "wang doodle for the loss of its
first born" Two weeks ago, he charged
that even the Administration organ had
not dared to contradict the statement,
and when we pinned him to the floor,
and drove the falsehood back into his
very teeth, by giving the day and date
of the paper where the stuff he publish
ed was proven false, his answer was a
volley oflow-hung, personal abuse, char
acteristic of the ssn.ut machine" and its
hangers-on. 1t has never yet had the
manliness to make the dntcHde hOnOrG-
Die for a false publication. Oh no, this
would be a non-fulfllment of its mission,
and a failure to be the reflector Of those
who manage and control its columns
Of course we do not charge the paterni-
ty of these statements to the "Snut ma
chine" tool, because he has not common
sense enough to indite an article of half
a column in length, except in personal
abuse and detraction of his betters.-
They are selected and generally in
dorsed by two or three lines of exclama-
tons, or as many of fsh-woman slang
against the democratic party and its ad-
ministration, They are gotten up by
the knave and published by the fool
No knave can be successful without the
aid of his fool, consequently in order
that these articles are successfully man
ufactured, such things as the ''smut
machine" over the way and its fool, must
exist.
Now let us examine a little into these
"facts for the people, as they are styled
by these fools of the opposition prints.
They are based upon the celebrated
"Sherman speech" which swells up the
expenses of our administration to an al
most fabulous sum. As if not satisfied
with what he has stated, the "Honora-
BILE" gentleman more than intimates
that he has left out sundry important
items. Why did he not go on? Did
any conscientious scruples seize him?-
He might have piled the pyramid OF
Misrepresentation and calumny higher.
Let us examine a little into the mystic
ries of that wonderful calculation which
is vouched for by the fool Of the Eaton
weakly "smut machine" The chief
errors in Sherman's computation are
that he adds credits on the debter side
of the accounts that he puts in the 800
600, 600, or (which now $1O,OOO,0 600 is un.
expended, adds in Payments made on
account of the last administratton,-an
also further back, provision for the com.
ing year, swell his column. For illus
~tration the Secretary of Treasury in
forms US that on the first of July last
the public debt of the United State.
amounted to S29,O6O,3S6, 90, that since
that time, So, 99S,232,39 of the debt hai
been redeemed. Mr.. Sherman fails to
l make this deduction, an error of almos'
c four millions. His deficiency bill.
I amount to S11,O41, 600, these he charge
the present administration with. TIL
first item in these deficiency bills i
S333,O11. This treaty was negotiate,
o by the last administration. The mex
e item is the printing deficiency of S341,
e 1873, the legislation of the last Congress
in which N. p. Banks was speaker
G and the majority Black Republicans
I We are paying their debts. The mex
item in the "Honorable" gentleman
e bill is an estimated printing deficienc
} of 100000. There was really appropri
ated $685. 600, another error of 1891
900. Now the summary of the abov
mentioned errors mount to the sum {
S1O,454,1 1901. His estimates for til
e year ending June 80, 1859, are equal
statesmunlike He gravely informs U
: that the Secretary of the Treasury est
d mates the expenditures for the abov
n named year at S74,O64, 755. He CSheI
MANI adds the following:
{ Three new Regiments s4,2S9,54
Post Office deficiencies $500, 90
Public Buildings 1905 0
Private Bills 1,OOO,O C
Printing Deficiency G00,00
Army Deficiency 5000
n This is the result Of his splendi
c guess work. Not a cent has been al
propriated for the new regiments, the
q not being needed. There is alread
lie appropriated for the Post Office depar
ment the sum of $500, 600, which e,
le ceeds the appropriation for the presel
year by more than $1,000, 00O. If TIL
department should require that amour
4 he has made an error of more than s.
600, 900. lie has once before charge
f the administration with a printing DEF
C cheney of $500, 900. Sherman himse
|, says he may nave ''orer estimated" y
l. on such authority the fool ofthe "smu
lie machine" jubilates and eKults and pi