The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-08-20
ss . 4. 4 gsTIIU HsDA Y J. AUGUsT 40 1888

brilliant success. 95lia! u y
II what old Noah Webster sAys il
true, to-wit: that zone who declares
what he knows to be NOT trne, and
with an intention TO deceive, isa Ii.
ar; then in addition to other brilliant
qualities, We may put down the
Great Decliher u = most extrsodins.
~ success in this role also. II. 81
TO prove this apparently harsh
assertion, let facts be submitted TO 4
candid public.
i In his New York speech immedi.
stely preceding his nomination, Sey.
mour,the great stAtesman, : made the
following deliberate statement:
L aSince the war closed in 1866 the
Governmsnt; has spent for til exr
pepses, ID addition to its payment
on the principal and interest Of the
public debt, more than one Thousand
million of dollars. OF this sum there
has been nearly eight hundred mil
lions spent on the army and navy
and for military, purposes. This is
nearly one third Of the national debt,
This was spent in time Of peace" !"
Now mark this stement; observe
tho Language closely, and tho eonclu-
sion is unavoidable that this dcma-
gogue intends TO convey the idea to
the people that the Republican Con
gress, and the extremely loyal and
Republican Commander-in-C Chicf Of
the Army and Navy-Andrew John
son-have spent eight hundred mil
lions of dollars from '65 to '68 on
tho Army and Navy in times Of pro
found pence, being st the rate Of
$27O, 900, 900 per annum.
Upon this point Hsrpor's Weekly
says
"When the war ended there were
nearly q million of men in the Union
armies, and nearly FIVE hundred yes
sells, with their proper crews. blocka-
ding three thousand miles of coast.
This immense force was mustered
out Of service as rapidly as possible.
Months Of pay were due to more than
half the army /; the closing bounty
was due to al; and the sailors, besides
back pay, had millions Of prize-money
to receive. This vast sum was to be
provided at once, and the people sup-
piled it. Thus, within one hundred
and seventy-four days after Grants
closing victory, the Treasury dis
bursed $625, 600, 900. That is more
than three -fourths of the sum stated
BY Mr.. Seymour as the war and navy
expenses Of the last three years, and
intended by him to convey the i'm.
preston that such was the cur.
rent rate Of those expenses-and these
three-fourtbs of the whole amount he
mentions, were disbursed in one sum
at the close of hostilities, as the nee
essary expenses Of mastering out the
vast forces Of the Union. These
$685.. .000, 900, being deducted from
Mr. Seymour's total of $500, ,Q0O, 900,
show that the current legitimate ex-
penses OF both branches have been
$173, ,000, 900, or a little more than
458, 8,000, 600 for each year. Now, as
to comparative Democratic economy,
it appears that in the year 1858, I'M
der Mr.. Buchanan, the expenses Ofthe
navy were $l4,0OO,0O0 in gold, and
Of the army nearly $26, 100000 IN
gold: for both nearly $4O,0O0,0OO 10
gold, for . smaller army and navy
than those which the rebellion has
rendered necessary. That is to say,
the army today, under the manage
mont Of General Grant, costs much
less per regiment in paper than it
cost per regiment in gold under the
last Democratic administration"
Now, reade you think that .
man who wo' Aus wilfally per-
vert the facts, l0f the basost partisan
purposes, to secure the nomination,
10 worthy TO succeed Lincoln or
Washington?