The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-29

money received from his pre-
decessor, Nov. /, 1864, and
still in the Treasury according
to his books s1o,5,5,7C
amount received from sales of
saline Lands, since Nov. i 1855. 3,456,21
Making total of saline Land
Fund $13,971, 19
which being deducted from
the whole balance above of
1915, 226,S3, leaves as the ex-
act balance of Rerenue in the
Treasury brought forward
from Nov. l, 1885, "a ~ $11, 1854 90
difference of one cent from what it is stated
to be in his Report of Nov. /, 1857. This
charge was made and exploded last year
knowledge.
The balance in the Treasury under both
Democratic and Republican Administrations
has been made up of at least two balances
namely, the balance Of saline Land Fund
which was never paid out for general purpos
es and the balance Of Rerenue, which was
always disbursed for general purposes
When the balance was carried forward, both
balances We're included in it. At the open.
ing balance Of the next Report, they are
separated.
These falsifers take one balance, that o.
Rerenue, only and suppress the other, tina,
Of the Saline Land Fund; and thus attemp,
to deceive the people, and libel the fair fame
of State officers whom the people have seer
fit to promote to Office in lieu of these 'un
easy politicians" ra $50 st ID
STATE INDEBTEDNESS. "a.
FALsIFICATIoN No. 6. "A The TRUTH % ~
ION the LIST Of Nov. 1854, 1. In 1s47, the Demo
the State Indebtedness wascratic alton Dor
S19,l9575 1t may be re-:rowed in Philadelphia tn
marked that this debt was!sum Of $55OO
coeyal With the existancejat 10 per cent inter-
Of our State. When the;es.. @'lN
State Government went in; OF this sum there
to operation, before onyiwas paid into the
| toses had been assessed or;State Treasury
collected, and before any;June LIST, 1S47, &3O, OO
money had f0Wnd ats tcay:and on July 6, 1847 $500
into The State Treasury ID Prior to that first pay
became necessary to prominent the loan, taxes T.
vide by loan for the amount thou
necessary to put our Statesand olars had been pa
government into operation:into the State Treasury
ana me de6t ace hare re from 10 different counties
terred 10 fo0s created Oy;and were continually com
Mdt todn. . ling in from all the countie
| both before and after tina
| E- - time (See Auditors re
ports Of April "a, 1s47, an
March II, 1S4s.) hH
-..----- - q In 1s49, a democrati
| ...-... administration again Dor
| rowed money to keep tn
| @.# governments going, to o. tn !,
L
| q" Hact Of Jan. 18th
/ ...... ........r and 18th, 1s49,)
| and Of 100000
| .r.-..r .-. ...s....t 3. In 1851, we again fin
| ia democratic administra
! ..s ...a.. tion borrowing money T.
| pay expenses, to the am N
| of o. S5s, 20, (act of Feb .
.., 1S51) H.
| .." .4 These several, successiv
d. r... #... .a.a democratic loans W err
| made In the face of a Ia
| .-.. r.e levy as follows:
| I'm 1S47 2 mills on the doa
| ..... In 1S4S IN" II"
.. In 1919 2E
| in 1850 2X"
..a.. ... In 1851 Z"
| every levy but one Chat Q
.". ...s i1s47) being higher than tn
| highest made by any Re
publican administration
..s Chat of 1850 by IS pc
cent, while the highes
-'.-Hs. democratic levy was 50 pc
cent. higher than the high
lest Republican levy. Thei
Honest levy during thei
first Ave years, was tn
same as the highest Repub
:lican levy during their Il