The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-06-11
A CHEATED PEOPLE.

- liant 1SNiCtdiy vi tHS iN.tSdi y ,
Boutwell,, an honest man? pertinent
ly asks the ". Y. Day Book. Ii he is,
ne Is very foolish one, for in max ing
up statement of the present public
debt, he neglecto to add the interest to
the principal, a very considerable item,
and which is just as much a part of
the public indebtedness as the prinei-
pal itself. The actual debt on the first
of March was:
Principal ...................S So, els 54I, 1892 Of
interest. ......,.....,..-...... 45,49I, 500 08
Total. l.......................S 81, ,665 O32, 1888 y
Cash IN Treasury ury.....,......... I16, ,235 407 03
Actual debt. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 50 54s 797, ,39l 09
Deot on the lst Of April .,..... 2525, ,46I IA
Increase. .........a........ 1923, 800, ,O29 35
Now in Secretary Boutwel's report,
he deceives the public to the amount
of thirty millions Of dollars. Or, shall
we claritabiy say that he was HIM
self deceived? Ifso, then he is an un-
fit man for his place. And if his mis-.
leading the public is intentional. he is
certainly unfit for the post. There is
but one of the two conclusions to
which we must come-either he is a
fool or rascal. But this system of
deceiving the people in relation to the
public Indebtedness has been persis-
tently practiced ever since the Mongrel
party came into power. Every year
without exception there has been i'm
mense disparity between the appropria-
tions andthe actual expenses, and this
difference has always been made up by
new appropriations in the gentle name
of deficiency bills. There has always
been head and tail to these appro-
priations, and the tail is sometimes
the largest. But the people are all the
time cheated, with a public reference to
the head only. That is whenever the
expenses Of the government have
been referred to. only the figures
OF the appropriations are given, while
those Of the enormous deficiencies are
carefully left in the backgrounds. And
this 'honest" Secretary Boutwell, be-
gins the administration of the same
system OF cheating which has marked
the whole career of the party. His
very first act is an attempt to hide $780,
100000 of interest, so as to make the
debt just so much smaller than ii ac-
tually is. And, that the people may
be the more thoroughly fooled, Con-
gress cunningly reduced the appro-
priations thirty millions below Bout
wells estimates. Now, watch for the
end of the fiscal year, and see repeated
the old dodge of bringing up the rear
of this financial 'tomfoolery" with a
prodigious defiency bill. And these
bold rogues treat the people as though
they were fools. They have been a.
BILE to do this as through the discipline
of the party rule. Their papers and
their leaders unblushingly lie to the
people and then all the throng of the
party stoutly swear to the truth of the
falsehood. 1t has been held even dis
loyal" not to lie for the party. Nay to
tell the truth about any measure has
been to "sympathize with rebellion"
for the last eight years. Every man
who has not either been fool or a
scoundrel has had to confront this sort
of persecution. And the outlook is
not much better for the immediate fu-
ture. A dolt sits in the Presidential
chair, surrounded with cabinet of
rogues or fanatics, all backed by a Con-
gress infamous enough to shame the
devil himself. 0, for few active, brave
and honest men to rush to the front
now, and say to the disgusted, and al
most discouraged, MASSES Come on,
let us have an end to all this ~ The
awakening Of the people will he like
the shock of earthquakes, whenever
the true issues are boldly put before