The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-24
H,rh raxss. 10 Whom pu..

the cry of aHigh Taxes the Result of
Democratic Misrule." The charge was
false, but it was made to gloss over the
defects of the Wyandott Constitution.
We find a reply to this charge in the
Lecompton Democrat, which we condense
for our columns. After showing that the
last Territorial Legislature adjourned from
Lecompton to Lawrence without valid
reason, at cost of $40 for hall rent.
$500 extra was voted Messrs. Babcock IL
Lykins for the use of their hall the pre-
vious year, in addition TO the amount paid |
them by the United States. Says the
Democrat
None of the present taxes are caused |
by appropriations made by a Democratic |
Legislature. Chapter 81, page 344, con-
tains the revenue law for the year 1858,
the second section of which provides
"That the revenue thus raised shall be
used exclusively for the payment of ap-
propriations made subsequent to the sew
enth day of December, 1857, and no part
thereof shall be used to pay any appropri-
ations previously made, or to redeem any
,0arrants issued prior to the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and .ttty-eight,
or for the liquidation of any Indebtedness,
either in sOlsOle or in part, incurred By Virtue
of any ldv passed during the first or sec
ond sessions of the Legislative Assembly"
The acs approved February IL, 1853,
entitled "An act to provide for funding
the Indebtedness of the Territory" on
page 379 Of the laws of 1853, section IL,
provides that, "the Territorial debts au-
thorized to be funded by this act are
debts due and to become due from the
Territory of Kansas, under the provisions
of any law passed subsequent to November
first, a. d. 1857"
At each session. 1858 and 1859, the
Republicans had the entire control of the
Legislature, and they deliberately and
premeditatedly REPUDIATED THE DEBT
FOR ORDINARY TERRITORIAL EXPENSES,
amounting to only about nineteen thou
sand dollars.
In the Democrat for Sept. Is, we find a
detailed statement of the expenses of the
!. Territorial Government for the several
: years. Douglas county has never paid
: into the Territorial treasury but two or
: three hundred dollars, which was paid in
q the fall of 1856, and Shawnee county less
9 than fifty dollars previous to this date.
g The heavy taxes in this county have been
I" for other than Territorial purposes, tc
support other than Democratic officials.
3, The total Territorial expenditure fol
1855 and 1856, over and above the ex.
penses borne by the United States, wer,
% 5000 27.
The total appropriations for 1857 wer'
. - $4,000, of which S., 500 remain unused
" " making the total expenses of 1857
% $14,5O0 Adding the expenses of 1856
y and 1856, makes $19,53027. This nine
> teen thousand and thirty dollars was tn
whole amount of the Territorial indebt
- edness when the Legislature passed int
the hands of the men who now compos
~ the Republican party, and has since bee
- repudiated by them in the revenue act {
~ 1858, and in the act of 1859, providin
" for funding the Indebtedness of the Tel
ritory-hence not one mill of the preser
taxes or bonds issued for the indebted
ness of the Territory is chargeable I
> Democratic misrule.
The appropriations by the Legislator
n of 1858 were (Laws of 1858, page q
Mt. chapter 2, section ~:
ire For the Auditor and Treasurer, eacl
m $500; Office rent, 5000; Librarian an
" rent of Library, $500; compensation
ef assessors and collectors of public revenu
es, 5000; for expenses of Leavenwori
er- Convention, $4,000; for compensate
len of Adjutant General, 5000; for compel
'm sation of Inspector General, $500; f
'ed expenses of calling out the militia
1ai Bourbon county, and executing certa
ess work >in johnson county, $1,000;
ion census of Oxford, in johnson county, 81
The $500; for expenses Of Investigation Con
Gu mittee on election frauds, $4,000; for i
on, cidental expenses and Probate Cou
'ss- $500; for contingent expenses, for whit
aw appropriations had otherwise been mad
les. $1,000; for Superintendent of publ
W. printing, 81 500; for Sup't. of Comm'
mt, Schools, $1,000; for translation of Law
ain &C., into German, $3.50; for publishil
ng, and printing laws and journals of that Sc
as sion, 5000; for compensation of Sup
ov- of public printing, second session, 1,50
ao- for pay of enrolling and engrossing clerl
age and for the extra session of 1857, and re
be ular session of 1858, $4,000. On page
the of same volume there is appropriated
the per diem and mileage of members, OF
no. GERS and witnesses of the Board of Coz
or missioners for investigating election frauc
nal 5000; on page 81, appropriated
Ids contingent expenses for the extra sessi
OF of 1857 and session of 1853, $10OC
Ind Making total of $63,2
0n Deducting $3.50, relating to the prir
:. ing of the laws, saved by Gov. Denv
'i' and Sec. Walsh experimenting the prir
4" ing of the laws themselves, it leaves SIS!
VI 600 as the net appropriation by the LIE
islature of 1858, for Territorial purpose:
The appropriations for 1859 were So
'pt. $50, the prominent items of which ar
the for the payment of scrip issued by t
hat Leavenworth Convention, and scrip
md clerk hire, and contingent expenses
ich 1858, $4,000; for locating Territori
on roads, $4,000; for pay of engrossing al
to enrolling clerks, &c, and contingent e,
eg- penses, for session of 1859, 5000;
on, eodifying commission, 81 ,250; for Graz