The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-11
CIVIL LIST FOR EIGHT YEARS.
Total expenditure since 1861 s255, ,I64, ,s54


Showing an average annual expen-
penditure of $50, ,6I7, ,459, Thirty five
million six hundred and seventy
seven thousand four hundred and
fiftyn nine dollars, (and an average
annual saving, as compared with Bu-
chanan's last years, of $40, Il, 500,
(ten million one hundred and twelve
Thousand five hundred and ninety
n.ne dollars) or more than eighty
millions in eight years since Lin
coins election. There is another re-
mar kable fact connected with this
table, besides the evidence it fur
nishes of Republican economy and
honesty. A comparison of the ex-
penditures during the four years of
Mr.. LincOln's administration, (who
had no use for the tribe of McCrack
ems, with the four years OF Mr..
Johnson's, will reveal a very remark
able decrease during that period, and
still more remarkable increase after
his death; when, by the treachery of
the latter, the administration went
into the hands of the rebel Democra-
cy, and Congress lost control, in a
great measure, over the disburse-
Hents of that branch OF the Govern
ment.
While the average expenditures of
the Government for the civil and d.
rlomatic service during Lincoln's
four years is only S2I,3S6, 900,
(twenty-four millions three hundred
and eighty six thousand dollars, J
for the four years under johnson
they average $47, 100000, (forty-
seven millions dollars. The whole
eighty millions of dollars was by n
Republican President, while John
son, with true Democratic prodigality
and disregard of the peoples rights,
increased the expenses fully up to the
old buchanan standard.
REDUCTION OF INTERNAL REVENUE TAX.
But all the time the Republican
Congress has been paying Off the
principal of the public debt, the In
terest, pensions, etc, amounting to
about s 800, ,000, 900, 900, Zone thou
sand six hundred million dollars y
and while reducing this burden by
lessening the interest to be paid, they
have also been abating the Internal
Revenue tax. BY act of February 3,
of this year, and of March 30, taxes
upon various branches of industry,
upon incomes, etc, were abated TO
the amount of siXty-seven millions
two hundred thousand dollars. The
following table, showing the amount
Of revenue annually received since
the passage of the law creating the
Internal Revenue Department, will
show how rapidly the taxes from
that source have been diminishing:
1868 s4I ,OO3,I 1872 % | 1866 .3lO,sG6 .ssl II
1864 Ii7,l45, ,s4s 50 1861 Dos, $50 ,l74 65
1865 I'll ,l29,52s IL 1865 l9i ,OS7,5S9 IL
Mr.. Commissioner Wells estimates
that the various laws passed by the
Republican Congress since the war
closed will diminish the taxes of the
people annually S167, ,269, 900, Zone
hundred and siXty-seven million two
hundred and sixty-nine thousand
dOllars.)
By the system of internal revenue
which prevailed at the close of the
war, taxation may be said to have
been almost universal; agriculture
produce, manufactured lumber,
breadstuffs, and few other forms of
property or products only being ex-
cepted. An aggregate of ten thou
sand distinct articles OF products
made available as sources of internal
revenue in July 1865, would probably
be an under rather than an over es-
innate. At the present time, of all
manufactured articles of products OF
industry, the following only are sub
iect to specific or direct taxation
Distilled spirits, fermented liquors,
manufactured tobacco, gas, matches
and playing cards Since July lS6s,
the additional tax of five per cent. on
incomes in excess of 50, 900 has been
repealed, and the exemption in all