New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-03

crushing exposure OF their MASTER laisehoOuS
and calumniesP
l. The World characterizes our calculation of
the actual financial situation as "disgraeeiui
business 1t sees nothing disgrieeful in
Seymour's falsehoodS-it IS their exposure and
humiliation that moves 1t toNituperatlOn'
Some people have queer tastes. OBJ srrl..s sl5..I
II. 1t assumes that Mr., Allison was Ignorant
of the facts set forth in Mr.. Weiss report. This
is mere reckless assertion. Mr. Allison may
have been perfectly familiar with the facts. yet
prefer that they should be set forth by an of
dcer of the Treasury whose position and duties
constrain him to understand them perfectly
and whose statements no one WIZ venture 70
dispute, I ..lD.lors aI.r,,I .ru9y, a. tcftir
Ill. The World wonders why these facts
were not so set forth at an earlier day. AS
the fiscal year closed less than five weeks ago.
and as il is somewhat difficult TO state the out
goes of a year tin after that year has expired,
we need say nothing on this. head. ",% 81 'l .
Nv. The World tries to befog the expense of
the Freedmen's Bureau, and to put Mr. Weiss
accounts into conflict with those OF Gen. How
ard. But Gen. Howard had smashed this juggle
beforehand by stating that the aggregate pay
ments from tho Treasury expressly on account
of the Freedmen's Bureau, from Jan. l. 1860,
to Jan. 1, 1868, we're S5,955SSs; but that certain
Con,nissary and other stores had been fur
nished to the order of that Bureau from the
dopots of the Regular Army, while certain Mil
itary officers, who were administering or serv-
ing the Bureau, were paid with their respective
commands, as though employed in the regular
Military service. If the Bureau is charged WITH
these stores and tho pay of these oihcers' as IL
fairly may he, then its total cost from the. out
set, to JAM /, 1863 including millions OF ratlons
dealt out 10 furnishing White Rebels, is SO,9A,-
$40; otherwise, it is less than Six Millions, rs
aforesaid Mr.. Wells, of course, takes these
accounts as they stand on the Treasury books,
having no alternative The Freedmen's Bu-
reau might fairly be charged with more; but
every penny added to this must be subtracted
from the cost of maintaining the Army; hence
we have added them together above, so as to
leave no room for cavil. The cost OF maintain
ing the Army, including that of the Indian War
ON the Plains, supporting the Freedmen's Bu-
reau and enforcing the Reconstruction acts
aggregated, was less titan Sixty-three Millions,
as is shown above. I'D ...... -....a.1. ...r 80.
V. The World wonders why we have to pay
! S3S, 100000 for Military Bounties in 1878.
AnSver-This money was long ago due to our
! Volunteers for helping to put down the Demo
cratic Rebellion OF 1896. 1t ought to have
been paid before but the scrutinizng OF so
many claims and accounts has required much
| time. Suppose the money was honestly due IN
| 1866, but unpaid: is there any reason for not
paying it since9 .a' .li.J -'.......
VI The World asserts that the British
Pension List ia far less, with an army of 1B,l3a
men, than ours, with an army of $1,000. But
our Pension List is not for an army OF 10000
\ men, but for the several armies of over Two
Millions, first and last of Volunteers who put
] down the Shareholders Rebellion; doing more
solid fighting in four years than all tile British
armies have done within the last century.
! VII. The World contrasts the cost OF the
British Engineer service with ours, aud worders
how our Engineer Bureau spent over $G,ooo,VVD
last wear AnstCe1.--It spent nne-tenths OF 1t III
constructing steamboat canal around the lower
falls of the Mississippi at Keokuk, and other
works of Internal Improvement which have
nothing to do with Military affairs, except that
they are prosecuted under the charge OF the
! Engineer Bureau in order that the work may
be well done and the public money not stolen
! Why thus expose your Ignorance IN vain at
tempts to crafty your malice . - '
Friends of Grant and COlfaxl try TO have
! Weis's report on the Finances read by all yOul
neghbors! --- '... +" d..