Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-21
Partisan Expenditures.

We have TO shoot so many lies on the wing around
home that we can only afford TO spend our powder
on distant game when it is very large A Mr. Eden
who Is running against Gen. Palmer for Governor
OF illinois, somewhat as bull would run against
locomotive, has discovered that the revenue Of the
Government for three years have been $4,000
o0G year, and he calls on the Republican party to
explain what they have done with the 81, 500, 600.
600 OF Che peoples money. Tho question displays
the Same charming modesty which Judas Iscariot
might have shown bad be demanded of the eleven
in what manner of dissipation and deviltry they
had squandeFed the apostolic treasury when Judas
himself carried the bag. But the minority apostle
did not venture to put question which would have
placed him eternally on par with the modern De-
mocracy. However, as Mr. Eden probably does
not know what the money paid for, and as the
Chicago Times asserts that it was "sauandered for
partisan objects" it is well TO see what objects the
Democratic party regards as being of interest only
to the Republicans. During the three wears Begin
ming July l, 1865, there paid out of these rev.
enues for interest the public debt an average of
$l4O,Oo0000 year, or for the three years exactly
$4l9,4S5,s95. Therefrom we infer that TO pay the
interest on the public debt is Republican partisan
object in which Democrats have no lot nor sympa-
thy. They loaned no money TO feed clothe and
pay our soldiers; they own no bonds and would pay
no interest.
In the first six months after the coso of the war,
there were paid $233 49l 77s as back pay and trans
portation to send our soldiers 10 their homes This,
LOO dCCOEQinR 10 kIOV. EQen ana the DGnOcrhIc
journals, was a Republican "3quandering of money
on partisan Objects In order to make it Demo
cratic or non-partisan soldiers should have been
sent home beggars and penniless, or the amount
paid should have been equally divided between the
armies of Grant and those of Lee. Still more Dem
ocrate woald it have been to lump the Union and
rebel debts into one, and then repudiate the whole
Out of the same sum $49,3S2, ,S59 were paid in
bounties TO Union soldiers only. Clearly Repub
lican "squanderng of money on partisan objects
as no bounties were paid to rebels.
Eleven million dollars more we're paid to Union
men for property lost and destroyed during the war
As none of this intentionally paid to rebels for
property destroyed by the Union armies, this also
was money "squsndered on partisan objects"
Should the Democrats come into power they
would rectfy the injustice by paying rebels for The
devastations committed by the Union armies on the
property of rebols. ibis Is what the Albany Argus
means by saying that the unascertained" debt Of
the United States amounts TO about two and half
times the ascertained debt, $1,000 00O 900. The
balance of the debt will never be ascertained I"
until the Democrats come into power.
Ten million three hundred and thirty thousand
dollars were reimbursed to Northern States for
sums advanced by them to aid in suppressing the
| rebellion. This is clearly partisan and Republican,
rs not dollar was reimbursed TO the rebel States
nor to the New York rioters nor the Sons of ii b
erty. nor the St. Albans raiders, the Confede-
ratio bondholders the English pirates and block
aderunners, for the losses incurred by them in
tanning the Democratic rebellion.
| Sixty million dollars were paid To the navy, the
| brave sailors of Farragut, Porter and Foote for
| back pay, and contracts made during the war. As
| nothing was paid TO Semmes, Lynch and the rebel
| pirates this is evidently "money squandered on
| partisan objects"
| So are the Sls5, ,446, I27 paid in army expenses
including those of our Indian war, and the $780,
| 100000 paid in PENSIONS and S73,O0O0Oo paid IN
the expenses of the navy, and the $2i7 600 paid
! towards reducing the principal of the debt.
! 1t is rather more difficult TO explain how the
Sl4737S969 paid during the three years the or
binary expenses of the Government OF civil list al
most wholly to JohnsoD's Al, 900 Democratic Office
| holders who are now contributing TO pay the ex
penses Of buying votes for Seymour and Blair can
be regarded ss money squandered for partisan OBJ
iects" though doubtless some of t may inadveTtent
ly find its way into political channels.
| Then the expenses of reconstruction, S2,3f4,I 200
were so equally divided between the Democratic
"polcy" governments set up by President John
son, and the fnal State Governments authorized by
Congress as to render the pickings moderate, when
il is considered that the officers of both governments
have stood nearly as much chance OF being mur
dered by the rebels and Ku Klux as of being paid
Finally, 1914 $50 has been expended in removing
tho exposed bodies and bleaching bones of both thu
Union and rebel soldiers without distinction OF thu
cause in which they fell, and burying them decent
ly Ia the National Cemetries
Having answered their inquiry, will the wise
acres of the Democratic party inform us what ar
the other and Democratic objects on which the
would have expended the same money.-Nel7 Por
Tribune.
Msior A.. II. Pettibono and Colonel A. A. Kel
Electoral candidates for the First COngressionS
District recalling other appointments win addres
the people on the issues Of the campaign at the fol
lowing times and places
EHzabethton, Wednesday October n.
Rheatown Thursday, October p.
Clifton, Saturday, October "a.
,Ionesboro Monday, October 26.