New-York tribune., 1868-10-09

Vnt fhp aufLOTr OI fhe
currency defend the country and in the samo BREATH
now that the Rebellion Is crushed they propose 10 nau-
girate tenfcld Initiation TO rum the country.
with equal faith in the credulity OF the pub.
lie. aud with more Ingenuity, they hrst beiool
their owners and then when he and ms heads Of Depart
Inens after turning apostates have giving themselves
up 10 nalpractces, which would have led to military rev
ouOn any country but Ours the prOcurers Of the de-
bauchery turn round aud charge TO us The Secretary
of the Treasury, holds his place vt the will pleasure
Of the President alone he Is wholly Independent OF
Congress- and feels for the Republican party not only the
antagOnlsm Of an adversary, but the maignty OF be-
trayer Beyond the control nsepaTabe from his position
he has been upon his own representation OF its necessity
was ever before welded by Minister Of Finance. He
sells gold when and he pleases. lie holds 100000 Oo
ether He bys bonds when he pleases 10 cancel put
out again He continually manpulates the market with
out notice to the public. He bOrT0ws money when he
pleases, and upon such terms as he hmseil MAKES
He has power by express law 10 Issue
bonds on any time not more than 40 years,
and at any interest not more than $40 IN currency or
or principal or interest alone III coin, and to
negotiate them here abroad for the purpose of refund
law reduce the interest every hour If he can lie does
fund at lower interest, but continues to Issue the
could be borrowed at per cent, that Canada Dor
at per cent and that the Republicans arc guiiy
making II still obligatory than IL Is upon the secre'
tary OF the Treasury 10 lessen the interest we pay e
Veto and the Democratic party ndorse the President at
the time camorng for cheaper interest Inc sec
ant deputies and agents who make up the buk or the
army and the President upon the say OF the
Secretary, selects nearly all the residue OF that
army Congress does not and cannot appoint
one revenue officer Worthless, knayish men in
and faithful men are removed make worthy
favores. The consequences OF all TINS are charged on
cIeck The eyil and prevent the removal Of faithful
officers without cause the President ovaded and derd
H. and the Democratic leaders denounce IT, Tie secre
tary OF the Treasury pays ichp oi is ~, ~ T'd
days services IN selling god; the Presden OF lhe uhu
States faunts official household regal IN Numbers ana
expense; he has under pay twice as many oncals -" m
convenience as Mr. Lincoln ever hadeVen dlhg the
wal and the executive departments swarm win Foltts
many of whom came from the Rebel service Measures
OF retrenchmont proposed by Congress- meet WIN
and siH bear Witness Of he Things Know as
OF the Committee on Appropriations. Not only the EN
ecutive Government but the Democrats IN Congress are
found opposing hls to reduce Tue p9mc eAIehSes ~
me Illustrate The Democratic platform complains mat
the navy large and ought to be reduced MI Hon
man also makes this special point Let me tel you the
facts Before the had 1000 men IN the laNy-s
washe largest actual number the navy reached IN peace
ana Is remained there only single year W, ma tne.
aoa 50 ships and s6l Last Winter we found that
we had but 90 ships atodt, and only $40 guns NotWHh
standing ths we had upWai1 u lVv ioII va ~, I'm Is
The House proposed some reduction When the b came
to the senate u Stcheu 10 hV We iisn. c,' w. t -
down Still more and prOppscd 20 lahS e'u
siderng had only about two thirds the number Of sln
aud less than third the number OF guns aoa before
the war, seemed To me enough Ater great ueu! Vi
struggle In which the amendment was sometimes i,l II
carried ana the navy was Drought PACK 10 70
the old peace footing But TINS Is only preliminary 'nlhe
particular fact wish 10 state 4 reduction OK the navy
resisted
than the Secretary OF the Navy, ana senators pi te
strictest anti-Repuhlican sect long COMMUNICATION
from thc Secretary W9s pIoauceu w suy" .o i
ETY. and the impossbiity OF reducing INC navy ana Ie
wrong Of attempting H. This paper VIII be found III me
Congressional Giobe The same lne OF objection was
adopted by Democratic Senators. Mr.. Gerut DAVIS al
most forgot his courtesy IN the heat OF ms opposition aud
Mr. Hendricks not only publicly opposed and denounced
10 Senators To vote against H. Every Democratic setm
tor voting did vote against H. and every andrew Johnson
man. excepting one ~ the ttce or ths I''otu' luA ui
opponents raising hue and cry because te navy Ahs
not been reduced, ana putting n h thelf hhlohh
The footing on which they placed 10 m Ola
peace times, aud when this has been done by Re
pubicans, IN spite of the votes ot btnocIal7' ana III
spite Of "A Democratic renegade Administration Every
Excess Of expenditure real and Imaginary, is charged To
Congress This \ new ttick, ana quite ougnh. pa
hear before Of charging the expense of an Nd
ninstrauon or crcditing the economy oil an Admni,i
on. to any body bnt the Admni-tfaon tseii We n,aI
talk now of the economy of Air buchanan Adnnlsra
on. just here LET me remind you that the total appo
patiohf Tor the cNpent- o e Government Tor 'h' ,ul
rent fiscal year sdsisAT which reduced TO gold Us
about Sl,0DOo0 less than IN hr. buchanahs une rue
President did before u' much ai ger siaes Dut my
were cut down hy Congress 20 tie sum just stated c
turning 10 Mr. Buchanan's Administration, the lIepnh
cans then during hall The time cnniohtd ihr i"u' :"
Representatives, where revenue ana Appropriation bnlH
originate. and why don't We hear oi l~pnuhcan, OF
Radical, or Congressional economy al lLat unc
Because. every child ought To know the cstlmaiees
all prepared the approp1bons are al asked Tor ihc
made and the moneys all drawn from ihc Treasury
and paid cat, not by Congress but by thr Executive Dc
parmcnts, all of which are uhd,r Tue contIo u r i-
dent. Congress has nothing To 40 with u except 10 Ia-
the money aud have u ready. II too much l. provided
by Congress. The Executive Department hc"d h"l shu
IT, But, you will say COngrcss may Withhold "pPfopn-
aons, and 80 stop the ousO Ihs uscd To- DE- 80 10 ,om
extent though snort hpp4 4opIiations us,''y '', 49,,
IN deficiency bills bus under the present Adinlh fdtou
this check amounts 10 hoihihS contacts "te o.e IN,
tered into, aid large tApondtutts lhcuiIeH' hut "ny
when appropriations were not made bhl Wh'il ihn Jaw
expressly said that 40 more wat 10 oe eAlthIc "hhl
do You think Of the fact that t"ngfr.s was AZ
length driven, last Winter, 10 make u hi-le-
meanor punishable by hns ana if5gnme1, son ,,.,1, 70
OF Xpen0ed Appropriation previously made There
Is bat one way tmt congress ca. sven th' .o', VI tc
Government and that Is by creating oi iis own motion,
new extraordinary objects OF expenditure ana, "y
law Obging the Executive 10 see them maintained Has
tins beeu done in inc present instance We are lold
Congress provided the "Trcedmau's bureau mot the
Bureau Of Refugees and Abandoned Lands. that part
OF 1t n always lett QUIZ ana la the laApdJtIs hsN9
been burdcucd by it This bureau has run ~ race ana
been abolished. bEt thing OF the past though 10 be- u II
well 10 understand s9melI!hg oi ~ ~ was oiEaml,d,
not upon the mere motion Of Congress but n accordance
with the Judgment OF the Executive branch of The Gov
crnment, ahd oI Inc Dcst men hi tho army AhuIo"
johnson helped perfect the bin Its purpose was to AUS
band properly IN the South, abandoned during the war.
and To assist IN saving from freezing ana Starvation the
destitute Of both cOlors Up 10 July j. 1867 congress
10 that time receive anything from the treasury u wa.
sustained by money realized IN the south from fent- on
property sale of crops ana DINER sources
IT rescued RON waste ana ucsltucuoh hucn PivgIy'
and fed ana clothed many men, women, aud children,
whom the war had sifpt ana eit hungry. Ihey were
not blacks alone VINO were cared Io nor were tey o-
publcans or Union people alone. Far from ~ Women
and children OF Rebels, ana Rebels lhenscyes giady
sought It's shelter NO longer ago lhab III March 1907,
there came up wall from Georgia--Georgia which now
behaves well, that the wolf was at the doors Of the
Rebesthat drOuth added To other caamtics had left
them wanting bread, and hated Radical Congress
appealed appropriate money 10 send down food We
did IL the despihed Bureau distributed tho pToyls-
ions; and | Of tile items for which
we are put trial by Rebels IA the
100000 which these provisions cost. This item
alone IL about Ill Of the entire public cost OF the
Bureau up to July /, 1868 Since July l. 1861 two ap-
prOpriaions have made by Congress IN aid Of the
Bureau aud sJGl7 WAS up 10 July last It's entire cost
To nation. Five million dollars great sum- but IL
has done work Of charity and mercy and question
money merely Will return To the nation and 10 the
Treasury than has cost But suppose the whole
sum host suppose IL had been needessy spent What
Is IL compared the losses inflicted upon the country by
those who encouraged secession and rebellion and pro
onged the war by hindering the Government What is
IL compared 40 the prOhigae squanderings OF Andrew
Johnsons Administrator Men magnify the cost OF the
FreedInens Bureau who think that the tax due
from Whisky alone 500 OOOO0 and that only