The union Democrat., 1868-08-22
RADICAL E..rav.g.nee and FAisehood

kadicalt<m, eXuaSdsiHs ." S'0sy '"'"k
Else, is exceedingly economical OF the truth.
The venai and corrupt journals, IN this State,
& ahe self styled Independents stripe, whirh
are subsidized by the Radicals, must excite
he envy of even the = Dead Buck. ; forney
nigh, learn something new in the ar: OF
lying by serving few years in the Sacra'
nento Union Office. For, ready as he is to
10 dirty work, and deeply rs he hated James
Buchanan, we have not heard of his trying
to PROVE that the. government has been All
ministereG more economically by the Radi
Gals for the last three years than it was dur
ing Mr.. Buchanau'S term of Office. The
Catoa, however, in its issue Of August 18th.
has the unparalleled efrontry to attempt the
task. In reply 10 an article in the Examiner,
on The exiravasance OF Radical expenditures,
The Uaioa says that papers statement lis
eminently aud atrociou>ly If not iguurantlyl
false" In subsequent article our Sacra
mento contemporary speaks of = the letter
recently ELECTED from David "a. Wells, Spe
cial Commissioner of Internal Revenue
which it takes for autheri'y. Now we pro
pose TO put this same Coumissionv Wills or
the sta,d asa witness against the Union.
We will take his obiciai report to Congress,
made last December which, We think, is,
better authority Than an unofficial letter
"elicited' from him during Aeated political
campaign
From this report of Commissioner Wells,
We condense the following:
The average annual expenditures of the
government during the decade Of 1851 to-
1861, were $57 1870, 900. So 0G ter capita
that is TO say. two dollars and six cents for
each inhabitant of the United States.
During the FIVE years, from 1861 u 1866 a
period of war, tho expenditures erclusire of
appropriations for interest on the public debt.
attained the extraordinary average Of SIl2,
72O 900 per apnum, being SCI .07 per capita
in currency. or SID 80 in gold. a rate of
increase Of nine hundred and trenty per cent
AS compared with the previous ten years.
Including the amount paid for interest, the
average annual expenditure for this period
was $773, l30, 900 per aunum.
Passing hy this abnormal period without
further comment, we. find the total ordinary
expenditures for the fiscal year ending Jane
80, 1867, 70 have been one hundred and
ninety one million, FIVE hundred and sky
four thousand, six hundred and sevanty.
seven dollars, exclusive Of 6oasties, or 81
ler capita in currency. an increase of one
hundred and twenty nine millions OF FOG
per cent, and So 50 per capita over the
ordinary expenditures Of the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1851. Our readers must
bear in mind thai, the last year Of Mr.. Bu-
chanan's administration was the most ex'
pensive: in the language of the Examiner.
ait Tapped over into the war;" This is
bad showing for the Union's veracity,
but that for the succeeding year is still
worse.
For the year 1868, the aggregate or
binary expenditures amount to two hundred
and ten millions Of dollars, or S5.11 per
capita. an crcess Of nineteen millions er the
expenditures of the preceding gear, aud of
moro than one hundred and forty eight
millions and 1918 per capita over the ex-
peudtures Of 1861. If the sum estimated
for the further payment of boun'ies be in.
cIuded in the above, the total annual expen-
diture, other than for interest and 'he re.
demption of the public debt, will be consid-
erably augmented.
Fur the fiscal year 1860, the apprnpria
tions requisite TO meet the ordinary expendi
lures of the government have been estimated
by the Secretary of the Treasury, erclusice
of 6ounties, at two hundred and sixteen mil
lion, five hundred thousand dollars.
The above figures, DO it remambered, are
from the last annual report Of Commissioner
Wells. They form frightful exhibit of
Radical extravaganza. corruption and ml>rple.
Yet the Union has the brusen impudence TO
give Figures showing that the government
has been more economically administered
since, than before 1861. II this is Radical
economy, the people may be pardonel for
wishing return uf Democratic extravagance.
which a, its greatest height only cost them
TWO dollars and six cents per capita,
To show tho absurdty of the Union.
t,eic and Of the manner in which it figures
dora the Radical expenditures, after making
Us o,c,s statement of the aggregate expendis
lures far three years, it says:
From hs aa. however shall deduct SIS, 900 600
handed oveg hy the Navy beparte on Stenloer So
fSe As tue Pre- Scis OF sales OF spS, g"no ats, etc;
alan 90 IS, He proceeds of sars by tie War De
lSrts4en, during tho latter halt u lSpo, AMI similar
cntg kulia ~ Sg9 lSo srul the lateIiW Department
rhes. t,S,theg reduce sbe seraal cuSt by sS 9sSoSo
This is certainly u new way 10 reduce
expenditures, and the Unton shorlj obtain
"a palen, for it. Jhis listis item Of nearly
seventy four millions might with propnety
be- deduf,ed frum the average expenditure OF
the war period, which was over seven hundred
millions year. Bu. while il might leave
more cash in the Treasury. 1t no more redu
ces the expenditures Of the governnsnt ;han
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