Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-09-21
THE EXPENSES OF DiE AuTmoRITrEs I.
POWER


patronage and department machinery fiji
the avenues Of public business. The per.
petuation Of power, the extlayapancc Of
officials, the misapplication Of moneys by
unfaithful agents., the gradual growth Of
luxury, the pomp and circumstance Of Off.
cial equipagc, and the plans Of malicious
conspirators, all incite toIunboundcd liccn-
tiousncss and fraud. The secret service
fund and contingent fund and the thousand
and one other specific funds are the prey Of
an abandoned and irresponsible coalition.
All these objects becoming imperative by
the indulgence Of forbidden passions and
unlawful pursuits, develop into reckless ex
travagance Pleasure trips cover the ocean
with gaiety. Guards, and servants and de.
licious yands, celebraNons and festivals
public gifts and bribes, public decorations,
dances, and reioicings, minglc with the hor-
rors Of war. The rewards OF ini1uity palsy
virtue, and the magnificence Of vice robes
its own deformity. Cleopatras and Antho-
nys have flouted their guilty splendorin the
face of the industry Of the land. Bat our
elections recur at short periods. The per
petuation of power becomes a question OF
life and death. A stupendous network of
fraud and treason is to be torn to taiters or
preserved and complicated. The love of
the people for the Union on the one hand
and the love of the cormorants of the pub
lie disorder for plumber on the other, are the
engines Of the power that be. The virtu-
GUS pretence shelters the public vice, and
the ballot box Of the nation is stuffed with
false suffrages. Where this would not avail
force was invoked, and liberty in hand cuff.
trottcd along at the side of Mars till she
tainted and fell The Presidential cam.
paign of 1864, the campaigns in Ohio. New
York, and Pennsylvania, and in Missouri,
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Maryland, are
pregnant examples fboth force and bribery
TO account for the vote of 1861 the Prcs-
dent of the United States was compelled to
take the position that notwithstanding a
half million of men lost by the war that
the population had increased, and with all
! this upon the popular vote the election was
carried by but 100000. In Ohio the whole
votes castwas nearly 500, 900, which was over
| 100, 900 more than was ever cast in time of
peace. The democratic candidate received
a majority of the usual vote. And so these
frauds are developed in New York and Penn
sylvania, and worse in the border states and
Maryland Not less than $4,000 600 was
used to accomplish these results, and
$50, 900, 900, to pay for these extravagances
of the national authorities and their agents.
THE NATIONAL DEBT
The whole amount of the national debt is
now $4,000, 000,0 900 according to the state.
mcnt of the treasury department. Ofthis,
as we have seen, about SO 600, ,O00. 900 has
been made by robbery, and extravaganza
and in the accomplishment of unlawful pur
poses. This debt is increasing at the rat,
of over $50, 600, 600 per month or 50, ,O0O
900 per day--taking the two months end
/ ing July 81, 1868, as a criterion. On til
l LIST of October 1865 this debt will be 4, 900
= 900, 600 dollars. The amount of intcre,
e yearly accruing on the interest bearing POI
l ton of this debt is. $50, 0OO 600 dollars, an
, on the lst day of October 1866 will be neal
| ly $500, 900, 600 And this debt as sha
: hereafter show will increase under the pres
ent policy of the leaders in power in tn
same ratio, principal and interest, and tn
principal will be perpetual.
HOW IT AFFECTS THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
=! The population Of Ohio estimated upon th
home vote of 1868 is about ,, $50, 900, anC
the population of the Northern States i
about $4,000, 000 The population Of Ohio
is over one-tenth of the population of tn,
North. Upon Ohio, then, will fall one
tenth of the present national debt or $500,
900, 900 and one. tenth of the interest, SIS;
100000 If the present policy of the au
thorities is carried out each year will ado
$720, 600, 900 principal to the national deb
= and over $43, 900 600 interest, of whicl
Ohio will pay $72,000,O0 principal an,
over 81, O00, 600 interest On the lst da,
of October, lS66, Oho's proportion of tn
national debt will be: principal 1872, 600,
600, interest 100000, 900. The fact tina
the national revenues are not wholly levic
on the property Of the people, but, princi
pally, on their business and occupations
willnot change the proportion northe amour
of the burden.
TIE STATE DEBT.
But full view of the enormous burthc
on the labor Of the State can not he ha
without consideration of the State debt
d, The State debt for the fiscal year endin
Nov. 10, 1854, is nearly SIS 800, 600, an
the interest yearly $9G9, 800 76. TO thi
add the taxes yearly levied and collected
exclusive of the amount to pay the interest
which is S Is, ,526, 32 so, and we havea ycarl
. tribute to pay to the State Of SIG, ,595, 639 3.
u 1t does not take this amount Of money t
, dcfray the legitimate expenses Of the Stat
), government. The expenses Of our Stat
II government for the year 1868, exclusive Z
!. the sinking fund, school fund, relief {
= families Of volunteers, &c, was $ ,053
e 040 81, and the military expenses addition
=, al to this was S6S3,0l 81, and the milltaI
y expenses proper of the four years last pa
} is not short of 80, 900, 600 To this publ
g debt must be added the expenses Of tn
y y war yet to come in, growing out oithe MOI
y gan raid, and the militia system, and loos
\ and unsettled accounts, and the tail ends {
y wide spread proiligacy, The fraud and e9
e travagance of our State authorities kcl
. step to the corruption of the nation
Is affairs. From the slightest article of mil
lt &C tary convenience to the setting of squa,
u u ron in the field fraud was paramount.
= Tin-cup frauds, blanket frauds, horse ar
- mule frauds, beef frauds, transportatic
y frauds, money expended in political col
!. spiracies, in caucuses, in gubernatOri
- spreos and pic MICS, in coroner's inque
,,e over disaster, in committees on glory,
!, medals and badges and fancy flags, legisl
~ ~ tive euloges and loyal pamphlets resol
e tions and bonfres, and worm wood hara
u u CUES, all uniolded a gorgeous and inspiril
III III scene of public plumber and jockeyisl
W fraud, imbeciity and hypocrisy. And
" this cost the State and people immen
~ sums. The burden of this four years satur
n ALA was fraud and the motive partisan ST
p, cess. The agencies ofall this were buildi
~ their nests with the products of labor a
is cementing them with blood They were t
10 =, home guards of theirown pilferings, and q
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