M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-09-08
From the Ohio Statesman.
Another Attempt at Deception by
Mr. DenniSOn.

10 deceive the ignorant and to entrap the nm
wary. lnstead OF masking stOlesmanlike ap-
peals to his hearers, and adducing arguments
10 show, that it will be for their interest and
honor 10 elect him to the high Office 10 which
he nspires, Mr.. Dennison resorts to the mis-
representations and pettifuggiug tricks oi
suppression only worthy Of low Cemagogue.
II he has no respect for his audi5ncss, he
ought 10 nave tiltle Tor himself and for.
bear from advsncing those shallow lalscies
which when exposed incur public contempt
and ridicue, and recoil upon their inventor.
in his speech at lronlon, as reported in the
Cincinnati 6aFslls, we find the following
passage:
"By examining the records, you will find
that the entire expense Of the State Govern
ment Of Ohio for all general revenue purpo,
Ses, and they embrace everything excepting
the payment Of the principal and interest UI
the public dept, during the year lS4S. was
S23S 900 in round numbers; in ls4S S307,.
600: in 1850 S39l 900; in 1851, S455 900;
making an aggregate for thos four years If
el,392 900, or an average annual expense
these four years Of S34S,00O in round num-
beB, Now. sirs, il you will come to the
days Of this Democratic Administration, COM
mencing with 1859. you will find that the
annual expense was, in 1852 S537 600; ia
1858, $3.50 COO; in 1854, 1862 900, aud in
1855, s440 coo, to which should be added
S430o00, tor contracts made during the foul
years have referred 10, but which was not
paid for want Of an appropriation, and which
had to be paid by the Republican admins
tfation which came into power after 1856
making an entire sum of 50 Gil ,O00-an
average annual expense from 1862 To 1855
Of S6d2, 900 a year against S4S,O00 as the
average annual expenses oft the four proceed
ing years. So that YOU find this Democratic
party, when in power, imposed tax upon
sou, in more than double the amount for the
support Of your State government, above
that charged upon you By the Wing admin.
istralion from lS47 to 1851"
We admit that the expenses of the Gov.
eminent have increased since ls4s, and as
we shall show before we have done with Mr.,
Dennison, they are increasing still. A furth.
er reference back would show larger di.
nlnution, and at the halcyOn pc iod
nEre the base reign Of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage RAM
Mr.. Dennison might have stated, that the
expenses Of the government in Ohio were
just nothing at all. He is quite right in
ststing that the expenses ofgovemment have
increased; quite wrong and dishonest in at
tempting 10 lead the people 10 infer tha the
increase was the result Of pronigate expendi-
tuTe by the Democratic party. Tie first
Thing that must have stared him in the face
is The fact, that the expense OF the State
Government in 1851 was Just about double
what It was in ls4s, the Wings being in
power nearly all the time. 1t would have
exposed the lallacy he was trying to pass of
upon the people, had he given them the rea
sons for the doubling OF the expenses in four
years; he therefore resorted to the method OF
the renowned Mr. Filler and struck an aver
sge. He gets his average Of S348. 600 year
Tor the four years, and he thinks he has found
out financial quadrilaleral. To make the
Democratic foul years average $4,000 q
year he adds AGO coo for contracts" II
this money was spent, il appears in the dis
bursements; If it was not, those years are
not TO be charged with il. We might as
we'll demand that the contract entered into
TOR the Stale Arsenal should figure as a dis
bursement in the Auditors report next No
vember, before shovel full of earth will
have been removed to dig the foundation.-
This average Then, is above lO0,c 900 a year
too high. "Even admitting that" Mr.. Den.
nison will excaim, she Democratic expen-
ses were largely over those OF the Wings.
lo4S was 23S,0O0; 1855 was 100000" Yes,
and fMr Dennison will make a compar.
son, he will discover that his expenses have
largely increased, now that he is a randi.
date lor Governor, going about gabbing trite
platitudes and foolish nonsense from the
stump. over what they were when he was an
uncomfortable little boy having the rudi-
menls of arithmetic and the elements of rea-
soning thrashed into him, posteriori, at
school. If the operation had been thorough
ly performed we should be spared the trOu-
BILE ol exposing so many Of his ridiculous lal-
lacies.
In order 10 show why the expenses in.
creased we shall state scme items. In ls4S
the expense OF the Legislature was SS5 0O0
In 1851 il was $4,000. In 1852, when i'm .
Inense legislation was necessary in pursu-
ance OF the New Constitution, it was $780,
600; and in 1854 $7S,l3 5S. In lS48 the
Benevolent Institutions cost S52 40 0O-
In 1851 S22047. In 1854, the highest year
of Democratic rule, 1925. .497 II were ex.
pended upon them. Two new Lunatic Asy.
lums were built and fitted up, great part CT
the expense ofwhch fell upon that year.
Besides this, $4,000 was spent upon re.
pairs and improvements upon tie Asylum at
Columbus, which was exposed to danger,
from fire breaking out at any moment, in the
midst Of about 500 lunatics. In the year
le48 the cost Of conviction and transpcria.
ton of prisoners, and of the Penitentiaw,
was $4,000. In 1851 il had risen to about
$4,000. In 1854 it reached $40 900; and
is getting no smaller very fast. Is Mr.. Den.
nison going to recommend that fewer pris.
oners shall be eoaVictel, .end 10 turn those
IN durance vile loose, should he be elected
Governor? IN ls4S $40 900 was expended
upon the Sta'e-house. In 1852 SIO5 900
and 1854 above Sl03 900 were so expended.
AS compared with 1918 and 1876 the expen.
ses OF the judiciary have nearly doubled in
1902 and 1854. Nobody has bawled londer
for more courts and larger salaries than the
Republicans. The cost Of stationery was
10 600 in lS49. In lS5: it had reached 90
700, and il has not diminished since. In
le54 the expenses of the Board Of Equaliza-
ton, between seven and eight thousand dol.
lars, swelled the expenditures Of that year.
II appears that in 1852, the last wear OF