The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-07-07
Radical Management Of the Cow
ernment.
The People Robbed and Beggaret


power is outrageous, and deserves the
closest scrutiny by every laboring tax
payer. We will take. for example the
management OF the War Department.
From the 9th day of April to the 1st
day of July, 1865, the War Department
paid sl65, 100000; which is s75, 100000
more than was spent by the same. Depart.
entin the four years of President Folks
administration, and which included the
entire cost of the Mexican war.
Z From July /, 1866, to July 1, 1868.
the cost of the Government by official re-
ports and estimates was $500, 39G,2Os; and
to July l, 1869, four years, by the esti-
mate of the Chairman Of the Committee
of Ways and Means, it will be s197, ,973,-
1866, making the cost Of the Government
in that time, sl,o1s,363,574.
There is not one cent of the principal
or gold interest of the debt included in
the above.
During the four years before the war,
leaving out interest on debt, the total
cost of the Government was s256, ,296, Ala.
This exhibits that the Radicals have spent
in time of peace four dollars where the
Democrats spent onel But allowing them
to spend two dollars where the Democrats
spent one, makes $512. 2.452,s 1928; but that
was not sufficient; they spent s5O5, ,91O,-
GAG more than double the FOUR years of
Democratic expenditure. What did they
do with the money!
The cost of the War Department Gu
ring the four years of President Polk's
administration, Mexican war included,
was only s9O,54O,7sS 81.
The cost Of the War Department from
July 1, 1865, to July l, 1869, four years
of peace, according to their own esti-
mates and reports, will be -S541, ,613, ,619.
And to this is added an expenditure Of
more than $4,000, 100000 during the war.
The cost of the Navy Department in
the four years ending July /, 1869, will
be, by Radical statements and estimates,
Sill, All ,802; and this follows an expen-
diture of 1914, 1856, ,742 during the war
In the four years before the war the navy
cost only s62,91O,534. We then stood in
the front rank of commercial powers
Our ships were on every sea and were to
be found in every port. American ship
ping is now by our tariff policy swept
from the ocean, but the cost of the navy
is nearly doubled. The year ending ID
ly l, 1868, was the third year of peace
But the War Department cost $12S, ,858,-
494, which was more than its cost during
the four years Of Mr.. Folks term, which
covered the expenses Of the Mexican war.
Not only, does one year of peace cost
more than four years of the war then did,
but the third year Of peace costs more
than the second, for in the year ending
July l, 1867, the War Department spent
only S95, 24,415. In these statements
we have given the Radicals the full bene-
fit of their promises for the fiscal year
ending July |, 1869, but we should like
to ask few questions. If s3S,0S1,013
is enough for the War Department in that
year, why and how did you spend s123,-
S58. 400 this year? IF $17 ,5OO,0 900 is
enough for the navy in 1869, why did
you spend upon it s43,324,1l1 iii 1866,
and s31, O34, OF | in 1867? You have not
cut down the numbers of the army. Did
you waste money this year, or are your
statements for next year untrue? We ask
Republicans to read the estimates for the
future, for they show the profigacy Of
the past.
We could FIJI our columns every week
with Che reckless thieying Of the party in
power, which puts money into the pock-
cts Of Radical contractors and Bondhold-.
ers at the expense Of the laboring mans
family. Taxpayers your wives and chill
dren may suffer for a place to shelter them
from the pitiless storm, clothing to keep
them warm, and food to nourish and
make them strong, but, though all this
should come, you must not refuse to pay
your portion to support Radicalism, Mig
gerism and Bondism..
The only remedy, the only hope Of re-
lease from this CALLING bondage, which is
slowly but surely drawing the life-blood
from the heart of every farmer and me-
chanic, is the ballot-box. The election of
q Democratic President will reverse the
whole order Of Radical mismanagement,
and again cause peace, prosperity and
happiness to bless our unhappy country.
s@- On the 1st INST, the Government
paid out over s35OOO,OOo in gold, prin-
cipal and interest.
Out of whose pockets did that gold
come from?
Out ofsthe pockets of the lab0ring,op-
pressed taxpayers.
Into whose pockets did that gold go?
Into the pockets Of the Bond aristoc-
racy.