The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-03-06
Where the aion.y has Gone.

We commcui the following article from II.
Detroit -iirsrtissr, upon this subject, to the At.
ieni;on Of our readers:
Ii l. barely possible that there NAV be nov al
then man in this State So ignorant Of the ch,-
acter Of the pro-Slayery dcmasogucs and ,hr-
organs in this State, as to believe their ehsr,.
of eNtrayasancc and corruption against the Re-
publican party. Partly 'or the ben, lit q. suA
and partly as means of convenience to our Re-
publican friends, We give below a statements
the objects TO which the public money has been
appropriated since the Republican party cane
into power, aside from the ordinary expenses of
government:
Ia 1853, the f>; 81 their t1i -fatou they A.
rroprsicd towards completing u,n. ~bich the l.
c.i'cc bad begun AID then beta ?" ~ ccsy that the,
nigh; u-e he public money speculate upon, sIeO u.
l" hud iht II mise - correction. sboe
1" comp ete state r. ~0n, s6ss
To Normal school. .-. ......... ...... .aa
Il STATE Ayr euit,rsI Observation-Disclosures. 4,e
Total forl.s56 SIS "a
Ia 1857 they made the following appropria.
lions for public works
hest tu' b. mt A., mn. b.. ..... IS 90
lu-a.- A-Nifln,..---. .-- --......... 90 0aa
| !ioa-r 90 C.rr,riicu. .... stoa
: a. 70 .-''u, ....... sauto
~ lcUlua collie s..-....... .....-....... s0Na
81" Ag.lru tu'Il Society ......-...... Ace
>.ruei s,hpnl. 23.;oo
r,., for 1885, s,..... 60. .... ....... ,5l.-;1e
! In Is .:
Rshr' f,r era iot Co... ...... SLASH
sac Agricultural S.cct,......-... ........ s9s
Nhtsrs a. lee state. .............. Gta
House of Correction, ......... $50
Nrm, School .-... ............... 1898
lbs. JOB" A~vluni. .... ... ...
A-ti uturA college ...... - So
Deaf ami pumb Asylum. .-.-.. ..... sees
state "a ~'n, .-..-.-.... s7lW
ssisss
| Making an aggregate for the six years the r..
puhlicans have been in power of s7i5,5oo
In ADDITION to this they have t. 'uo-3 tir STATE
Geht... = tic a.
Paid interest on tn State debt made rs leo
fD-ns, as Ssl ~
Fer printing Cong led Law. ............... soeCo
.5;s5;3s
| Here is the large sum Of more than a millca
aud hall of dollars. which the Republicans have
expended for public works, for reducing the
State debt, and for paying interest upon the prin
| cipal. All these, except lew insinlhcan, items
are extraordinary expenditures which the cce
/ focos Were not called 10 meteor, rather, which
| they neglected to meet, that they might use the
money for their own private purposes-such as
appropriations To unfinished and new public
buildings, towards extinguishng the State debt
and 10 the payment If interest on the debt ere
ated 10y ocofocos, and by them left unadiusiei
until the interest had amounted To almos, one
million of dollars
! To meet this extraordinary expenditure beyond
what the locoiOcos had to meet, and beyond the
ordinary expenses of the Government. they found
in the Treasury less than half million Of dol
lars. The other million Of dollars. aud over has
| been met from the ordinary receipts of the Urea
sury; and these receipts have been greatly re
Il H. L.. ..ss
sales Of the swamp and other lands Of the State
| so far from Increasing the State debt, they have
actually decreased il near "a quarter Of a million
OF dollars less than honest John Swegles stated
to be when the locofocos went out Of power.
| See his last annual rcportl They have near!
completed the prison, which now, for the hrst
time IN lis history. more than supports itself, and
and the ASYLUM for the Deaf and Dumb, whie
ibe Asylum for the Insane has been well 90
vanccd towards completion These were leg,cie.
left them 10y their predecessors. They have,
besides, finished the House Of Correction and
the Agricultural College, and complied with The
requirements of the Constitution by compiling
and printing the laws of the Stat. ~ a large ei-
peuse.
Thus We have shown what the Republfcsn.
have done with the money. II they bad adoppe
the policy pursued by the l0cofocos when u
power, they would have kept this money n0nf
naly in the Treasury aud used it for private spec
ulations, without paying the State any Interest
upon It. The State debt would have remained
unadiusted, the interest permitted TO Accumulate,
the public building for the insane, deaf and dumb,
juvenile offenders, cOnyicts, and for the promo
ton OF agricultural science. would have remained
untouched. But now they are all nearly or quit
completed, and are an honor 10 the State, Shis
tho f,r.fv .Ht 81. G.ra INN
upon the people to meet such extraordinary, bet
necessary expenses, has been a tax Of three
iourths Of a mill on the dollar We believe TIE
people "iil pay j; cheerfuily, and that they ~
treat with contempt the appeals Of the dogghiaee
pluud.rer- 10 condemn the party which has CON
United no other ofiense than Ia the puohe
money for the public good and the honor OF The
State rather than for their Own, a tioir preoe-
ces-0rs did.