The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-10-07
Mr.. ElIwood,s Elec.ioneerins Lies.


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Mr.. EIIwoOd's Elcctioneering Lies.
Ey- Mr.. j. M. ELLwooD, Democratic
candidate for Attorney General, has been
going about the State for some time, de-
llverlng speech, the whole burthen of
which is Republican extravaganza and
fraud. 1t is made up of the grossest
m'sstatements-in some places suppress
ing facts, and in others adding false items,
in order to establish positions. He was
recently at Dubuque, and his speech
there has been published in the Express
d Herald, and thousands Of copies OF it
have been sent over this section of the
State, for the purpose of deceiying the
people. Doubtless these copies will find
their way among us. and in order to
show our readers how much credence is
to be placed upon the statements con-
tanned therein, We propose to examine a
few of them.. We never, in all of our
experience, saw such mass of lies strung
together as We find here. AS unscrupu-
lous as have been the statements made by
the Democratic leaders and journals, dur
ing tbe-r4~n~.<sanvass, they are thrown
far into the shade by this document.-
Throughout the whole five compact col
umns which the speech occupies, there
is scarcely statement that will, in any
manner, bear comparison with the facts.
False premises, false deductions, false
hgurins-eyerything false about it,. Let
us examine it briefly.
In the first place, lie says that the Re-
publicans gained possession of the State
in 1854. This is not SO, for at that time
the Republican party was not organized,
and as late as the session of 1855, the
Democrats were in the ascendancv in the
Senate; and every expenditure made from
1854 to 1856. of which he complains,
the Democracy were as much response
BILE for as the opposition and thus. when
he says that the cost Of the State govern
ment increased during 1876 to ..the
enormous sum of 1886, 573 91," he cam
not fail to place that increase 10 the ac-
count of the Democracy, for no appro-
priation could be made without the con
sent Of The Democratic Senate.
Next. he states that the report of the
Auditor for 1857 shows that the expen-
ditures fora single year amounted to the
sum of 1917, 907 O3. This he knows
TO be a lie, for the auditor shows the
whole amount of Expenditure to be 1913
1853 So. To this he adds interest on
warrants, S1243 35 and S57, SEQ of State
debt contracted under Democratic Ad
ministration in l849 and paid This year,
and thus gets the sum Of S37l,907 %.
But with what show of fairness can ST.
500 dollars Of State debt contracted in
1919, be considered part of the expen-
diturcs Of this year? Mr.. ELLwooD very
conveniently. forgets the fact, too, tfial
these expenditures, when made, were in
tended for two years. and had not the
constitutional convention required the
Legislature to assemble year previous to
its regular lime, this exhibit would no,
have been made until 1859, and would |
have shown buta little grea.erag gregate
at the end Of that time than at the end of
one year. The appropriations were drawn
the first year. but were intended to pay
the expenses Of both the years for which
The Legislature had voted them. For in
>iance, $4,000. besides the officers sal
aries, were appropriated 10 The Safe Pen
by the Legislature of 1856, and
which, of course. were intended to last
Turing the two succeeding years. This
was taken from the treasury during the
first year, and rs The legislature was re-
Iuired to NEE. again nj The end oil the
irst year, this sum goes upon recnrd AS
part Of the expenses of that single year
i heieas lie Institution Nouli only lave
eceiycd TIA; amount for two years. Aud