The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-28
WHERE DOES TIE MONEY cor
The Public Debt Increased $40, $780,
9iB the Last Year.
THE HIGHER TIE TAKES THE
GRRA TER THE DEBT

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furnished by the Secretary Of the Treasury,
cannot fail to attract the attention Of the
country. During the month Of August the
national debt has increased over TWELVE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS and has been
gradually rising higher and higher during
the past year. The following official figures,
show the amount Of the debt on the first Of
September, 1867, and the first Of September,
1868.
September ], ,53J ,bl4Sl4
september !, l5t1".".,......,,...,., 2,4'z,'s5ooo
Increase, $42, $50 94s
These figures cannot be denied are not
denied by any radical newspaper. They are
published in the New York Tribune, correct.
y, as above. And yet, Mr. Draper, the rad.
zeal speaker, in Darts Hall, Saturday night
had the effrontery to tell the large and in.
telIigent audience there assembled that the
public debt had not increased within the
last year In no campaign during the last
thirty years has the opposition to the de-
mocracy ever resorted to such bare.faced
falsehoods as in this. But we did not think
any man who claimed intelligence enough
to make a speech in country school house
would have the unblushing eilrontery to say
that the debt had not increased during the
last year. Ia has increased nearly forty.
three millions of dollars -
Mr.. Draper said you couldn't tell much
by these monthly statements because they
did not complete the fiscal year, and q good
| deal Of revenue was in the hands ofthe inter.
| nal revenue oficers,on its way 10 the depart.
ment, but not yet received" Was it not just
the same in September 1867? Is it not fair
to make the same comparison with the same
months in each Year, OF course it is. And
what was true Of revenue on its way to the
department in August 1868 was, Of course,
equally true in August lS67--so you can
tell, by these monthly statements, when you
compare the same months, one year with
another
The public debt is, under radical man.
agemeut, increasing between forty and fifty
millions year, This is fact which may
well startle the people. They have been
paying taxes to the utmost limit, in the ex.
| pectation that the immense burdens impos.
ed at present would tend to tighten those in
the future. But with all the great sacrifices
that have been made from September LIST,
1867, to September lst, 1868, the debt has
increased nearly FORTY-THREE MILL.
IONS OF DOLLARSl
What becomes Of the vast sums Of money
paid weekly, monthly and yearly into the
Golfers of the tax.gatherer? Nearly FIVE
| HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
has been paid in taxes the past year, and
yet the debt is increased nearly Forty.threc
Millions
For eight years the republicans have has
absolute coutrol of the government. The
two thirds vote in congress fastens the re
sponsbility Of the corruption that is ram
pant throughout the land upon that body
1 With such a record of proaigncy and mis-
government do the people want to Civ,
them another lease Of power? BY endors
| ing congress now,the people makeIthe crime
they have committed their own, and virtual
ly tell them TO go on in their career of reck
less extravaganza and waste. The true rem
edy is to VOTE THEM OUT OFPOWER
Farmers, mechanics and laboring men, tn
real tax payers Of the country, should see tc
it that this reform is accomplished now!