The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-03-26

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Tho account of the taxes of the peo-
pie of the eUnitedStates is astoundingly
greater than any til ing in the history
Of modern nations. Yet the debt grows
no less, but is in fact increasing every
month, the report of tho Secretary of
tho Treasury TO the contrary notwith-
standing.
These duplicate coupons, notes and
currency are redeemed at the Treasury
because the Treasurer can't tell the
difference between the quadruplcates,
triplicatos, duplicates and original
issues of these testimonials Of our de.
graduation, bankruptcy and rum.
The amount of the taxes levied upon
the people to pay the coupons, bonds
and notes issued outside of the Treas
ury are oven greator than those ISSUED
by the order of the department ltselfto
pay the peculations, spoculations, false
and traudlent accounts and official rob-
berries Of lis clerks, walters and chief
of department. ....
Mr.. Dunbar says that "the duplicate
coupons Of the five-twent;es and seven-
thirties, redeemed and sont TO the
Treasury, are known to bo from lhe
original plates In the department.
"Extril coupons of the five-twenty
bonds, third and fourth series, have
been issued separate from the bonds,
and no descriptive record ever made Of
them, thus rendering it easy to issue
millions Of duplicates of tho same and
have them redeemed without detection.
Large amounts ofduplicate seven-thir-
tycOupons have aireadybeen edeemed
by the Treasury, while their cores
ponding originals were never issued.
To amplify upon the frauds, forge
ries and false issues Of the Currency
Bureau, would require q closely prin'
tod volume of small type to serve as an
index of the Individual cases. cite
from Mr.. Dunbar's Globe:
"The Currency Printing Bureau has
not accounted for the excess of sheets
in packages in excess of the number
authorized, an aggregate of $4,000
sheets Of bond Treasury paper
These sheets if manufa ctured into
bonds and notos-as was doubtless th,
case Judging from developments boar
ing on this matter hereinafter made
would, according to the denomination
of the bonds or notes issued throw
upon tho country from sixty to on
thousand five hundred of millions o
dollars, which does not appear IN tht
statementIof tho public debt, but whicl
must ultimately be redeemed by thu
Government"
l. "Thc following arc some ofthe costly
and dangerous experiments made II
the Currency Printing Bureau. The
facts arc contained in tho report mad
to Secretary McCulloch, January
1866:
"a bond plate was sent to New
York, and suffered to remain ther
two weeks in the hands of an exper
for experimental purposes IN electro
| typlng.
There were employed for weeks il
tho Treasury Department, at first sur
reptit;ously, parties To experiment il
lhe making Of olectrotype plates-dup
icates of fractional currency, bonds
notes, &c. The namo of the principo
expert engaged in tins busines
was not to be found on any official pay
roll in the Department. NJ.
There were made in the departmen
variety of electrotyped plates-dup
: lcates of the Government plates {
fractionaly currency, bonds, &c. Ais
the matrix OF mouids of fractional cul
renoy notes, bonds and coupons.
, How was it possible that such thing
were done, and the persons not bea
away with :hem tho moulds in whIc
| they were cast. and be as we'll prcpal
| cd to mako money outside Of the dc
9 Iartment as inside Of it2 What re
I atraint was there upon them Ho
I could they be detected whom the
;, names werc not to be found on an
Q official pay roll in the department.
+ the very time that these frauds wei
I pcrpetrated against tho public treas
J. uIy. ua UH W h 9s vi.
a A Senator, formerly very poor, no
grown rich with the crimes, frauds al
@ taxation Of the people, to prevent 81
= exposure of the wickedness OF u
q Treasury Department, arose in b
placo, OreuIhlhS Colu, uoIlpoiaVo II"
Il jury. He, whose sworn duty it was
= protect the public Treasury, declar
l. that every thing isright when he Kne
y of these very frauds, and arose only
I quiet investigation. Another Senat
makes millions through the lcgerd
70 main of the Treasury Departmel
10 while q member of the Lower Hou
IA of Congress, who swrndlos the who
Is community in which he lives, Is mdi
II ted and pleads privilege of arrest b
oi cause he was n member Of Congre
70 using his position to defraud his co
w stItuents. "al o..
D. Mr.. Dunbar says
We assert that the annexed stat
G. ment of the total amount of tho pub
l. debt is not correct, and that on {
M strength of evidence in the possession
III the Treasury Department officials, th
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