New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-04-11
sgyuoUR AND HIS PEr1Ir0GGER.

| Conn, on the evening of the Sd inst, did, with
| intent to defame the Republican party and Sc
cure COpporhead triumph in Connecticut
utter these two gigantic, deliberate atroclouS
| hes:
'Now whom the Republican party inaugurated the
policy Of governing the South by force, 1t involved the
necessity of maintaining great 0rmi05-great standing
armies IL involved great NATIONAL expense me wor
ceased nearly four years and yet io cot hs year
bic Of he SonI in subecor-a people that ought rather
20 be helping to bear the cost Of governing the nation
my friend Gen. sces says nothing is better than the
dUTS b Their ass but can you Afford
TO that state OF things exist when we snow you tat
,ph0I nus policy Of reconstruction ask you, is the
public faith safe III there no danger Of greater desos-
nuedi What DO you sayi The taXgatherer calls upon
YOU and you complain Of your taxes These taxes are
HS for h az are p1 fas our and o Of
creditor gets only tlOOOoOoo Where do hetOooVO goF
We proved these statements false, 10y eta
tons from official and other documents rs
follows
/. Gen. Grants annual Report Of Last Noyem
Der "a Secretary of War dd interim. wherein
he states that
The TOTAL estimate Of Military Appropriations for The
fiscal year ending June So 1869 Inert yearl E7i2I07
IT. The Military Appropriation BILL rs il has
nearly passed both Houses of Congress tall
the items being agreed upon appropriating
So, 9S7, 1913 in all to the support Of tho Army
for the next fiscal year
III. The World Almanac. giving the total
appropriations made by the last Congress for the
support of Government at S155S9O.Oie at the
first, and S14, 1850 at the last session-total,
$3Ot ,O29, 588 for the last and the present fiscal
years. Instead of expending S1JO,OO0,CO0 per an-
nun for the Army alone, Tie World Almanac
shows o total appropriation for this fiscal year
of Si45, 1889 $50 and of this total Sl9,l33,OoO
are for the Post-0flice Department, which
nearly or quite supports itself, S3S2oO.OOO for
Pensions to our crippled volunteers or the
widows of those killed in the service, Si0,a9j-
AS9 for deficiencies in the previous years ap-
propriations (Which were doubtless overbalanced
by unexpended balances of other apprOpna'
tons remaining in the Treasury, St,7G,7Sl for
| Repairs and Completion of cerfain Pnl'ii'
,-.s.,--, .-..,s urely S2J6I4,1J4 Tor the support
of the Army This last item we presume, Is
considerably less than the cost Of the Military
service-probably because large unexpended
balances remained over of the previous years
! appropriation. 1t is absolutely proved by The
| Worlds own figures that--counting Military
! Pensions and War BOunties part of the Public
Debt, as they really are-the total cost of sup
porting the Government for this present fiscal
year, instead of being SGO0,0O0,0OO, as Gov.
| Seymour falsely charged is less than Si0o00O.-
900; while the cost of maintaining our Amy, in
I stead of being $ij000O,0O0, as Gov. Seymour
asserted, is less than SJ0,000.0O0
| In tho face of these official 6gUres--part Of
| them quoted from its own AimdnGcIhe World
rrishes to the rescue Of Gov. Seymour. 1t might
| lust as well attempt TO refute the Multiplied
| ton Table or denounce the Equator. "There
" they are, gentlemen look at them" was Mr.
! Webster's answer to Cboato's pyrotechncs in-
| tended TO prove two machines radically differ
ent when they were substantially the same
| And FIVE hundred glib-tongued lawyers, accus-
toned to prove black white, could not shake
our demonstration that Seymour deliberately
| and wickedly falsiied the most conspicuous
official records in order to detame the Repub
| llcan party.
Let us look a moment a. The Worlds lodges
and prevaricatiOns
l. IL asserts that Gen. Grants estimate of
| &77,124,707 for the entire annual expenditures
of tho War Department is inconsistent with the
Military Appropriation bill, which assigns a32,-
1929 mainly FOR the support Of the Army.
| But the only inconsistency here ~ between
| The World and the Truth. Pensioas alone, 70
our crippled volunteers and the wldpws Of tho$e
who were killed by the Southern Democracy,
in its attempt to break up tho UnOn, called
| for S33,2S0,O00 last year. according TO The
! World Almanac; and there ore other large
items of expenditure through the War Depart
ment for Public Works. &C., which have
nothing TO do with the annual cost Of mah-
tanning our Amy
| II. But Tho World asserts that Gen. CRAFTS
estimate is fG the atus fiscal year, aud pro-
| ceeds 10 eanimnlate him AZ follows;
10 deoirs he oonSy False esisakS far nc snsping st6t
gear are cooked up for esonesrg vfosss. with the In
kntion Ia supply the residue by deficiency bill after the
presidential election. The Gsoa year mr. which these
fase estimates cobkBe up begins ON the lot on July,
and IL tie appropriations suffice 10 carry tho army
Though the nsstGarsr which ends 70 October the ps
Inents tho end OF tho noIt quarter JANUARY l vii
not DO due until Congress has been month 10 sesalon,
which affords ample time for supplsncnta7 appopia'
4 U0aA-
This is utterod by The World whilo look
ing 10 tho face this extract from Gep. Grants
| official Report:
! The nTeeoilg estimates for the apprcaehjsa fiscal
year are oxen from Ve sstni1cs ~ We difcct Bsre0b
et.es winout change Of Mt Hen1. 7hty bgs,d apo,
ms spehdhmes% me cirreil pcar AND viii ob1Nt Ss
esea Ws dnlc,.t Shteh fk BE- rsqed season 81 peace
wtl tho lndiaps tbs Pains Will OF ltself materially
oiminsh tie expenditures OF the Afay aud just!y
ouction In the number OF enlisted non ia company"
| --|ThpSe oetiuAtea nft,ftn Mpl,cpa on Mil.