The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-08-27
[Yron tho Iowa Citizen. ]

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@ FRO. the Iowa citixsn.l
From the fabric Of fraud aud fa'sehood
reared BY ,lre locofoco journals Of the
State, is the following from the Dubuque
Erpress: ... ......
"Whcn you challenge them to give an
account Of the extravaganza aud corrup
ton which has increased our State debt
70 the unconstitutional sum Of nearly one
million dollars, they answer, "Lo! tie
poor niger! When you ask how it
comes that it requires State tax over
thirty times larger to support Republican
office holders, than was necessary to sup
port Democratic State officers, they again
reply, "Oh! TIE poor ~iyyer" When
you inquire how they dispose of half a
million dollars Of State tax yearly, from
the pockets of the hard working yeoman.
ry, the only answer is, "Ilas! for tie
miyger J! ....
Just such wholesale charges and fabri.
cations constituted the staple Of the loco
foco market, during the campaign Of
1858. They were started in the platform,
Illuminated from the stump, aud reitera-
ted by the press. Now see how plain a
story shall brand them with falschood, and
nail them as base coin. s....-
f, CORRECTION 0TTALsEIlOOD NO. l.
According to the Auditors Report to
the last General Assembly, the whole in
dcbtednesS Of the State was 1903 ,S43 90
| II knr FL ls.h
Of only sl22, 295.75, borrowed from the
School Fund, belonging to the Stats.-
The State wins using it's orn funds to
that amount, instead of loaning them out
to individuals. 1t could not, therefore,
be regarded, strictly speaking as State
debt Every intelligentvoter understands
that the interest oulyof the School Fund,
is used for the purpose Of education.
As long rs thu State can profi;ably and
eAiscfully use that fund for her own benefit,
it is better to do so, and pay the interest,
inste.d of leaving it to be loaned to ,ndi
viduals. But of the s293, s439 s Of State
| Indebtedness, s155. Ou3 05 was made up
o! outsta, din, warrants. To meet this
indebtedness, (re>ulting mainly from tn f.
f,,lnre OF County Tr, a,nrers,o max til If
scttlcmcntsla loan OF 100000 Was made
This amour. was absorbed in redecmin .
outstanding warrants. The Treasury has
met all it's obligations since the loan -
Thus it is seen, that instead Of adding to
the actual debt of the State, the last Leg
stature made n loan to pay OF! portion
o'ths indebtedness reported by the Aud
i.or
The whole debt of the State. at this
time, (even 1.-THE loan from the Schoo.
Furd be regarded as debt, according to
the intent OF the Constitution is Three
Hundred and Tnsnty Tmo Thousand
Dollars. instead of O"e .Hilioa Doilars,
as stated by the Dubuque Eepress. The
Express hiss in its possession the whole
documentary history of the State, and
its shamefu,ly false and exaggerated state
ments in utter defiance OF the truth, of
which it could no, be ignorant. II the
amount of its c,rn School Fund that it is
using, be deducted from the reported in
debtedncss, the deb. of the State is only
T,co Wuptl,ea Tousaad DoNas
Thus it is seen that the whole amount
of the State Debt, at this time, falls far
short Of the actual amount appropriated
for locating nud building the Benesolep,
Institutions, the Pcaitentiary, &c since
the Republicans came in,o power.
CORRECTION OF FoLsBIIOOD no. =.
1t is charged tina. the State Tax is
",hirty times larger now than it was
under Democratic rule. The highcs,
tax that has been levied by the Repub.
hcans Of Iowa, for State purposes, is taro
mills on the dollar. Under Democratic
rule, the tax for State purposes, was, one
year, q high as three mills on the dollar
The levy for State purposes, last year,
was bat one and a hay mills, and this
year it is the san1o. Perhaps the Er-
press will condescend to demonstrate to
the people how tax Of enc aud half
mills on the dollar i. ..thirty times great
err than three mills on the dollar De
due. the amount expended during the
past four years for Benevolent Insti,u
tons, the Peaitcn.iary, University, EA.
ira Session of Legislature, Constitutional
Convention. &c. and the taxes of the
State would no, only be smaller than they
ever we're under loc,foco rule, but less
than they are in any State in the Union,
Of the same population.
CO ELECTION OF FALsEMOoD NO. ..
II is charged that the Republicans alb
sorb half million of State Tax yearly"
According to the published statement of
the Auditor Of State, the whole IN unit
ef tax for State purposes last year. wa.
e33S, i95. 81. For the present year, the
whole amount assessed is 1896, 1862.
1t is seen. therefore. that the third state.
ment Of the E1pres is just as vide Of the
truth as each vi the others Desperate,
indeed, must be- a cause that requires such
wholesale Justification Of the published
records Of the State.
An ther ssNigger Loose"
From the Taye,te lra.) PAt.iot.l
1t is well known that a few days since
President buchanan was sojourning at !,
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