The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-07
General GranI's work.

UUHCEal UEnHbS WOEhs
Democratic papers are gradually
being forced to admit that the public
debt is being rapidly diminished with
out any corresponding increase in the
burdens of taxation. This is owing
to the fact that retrenchment and
economy have everywhere taken the
place Of reckless expenditure in the
administration of the Government.
Added to this is that other important
item, faithful collection Of the reYe-
nues, the stoppage of Government
leaks, and the plundering Of corrupt
officials. How this has been done, we
learn from recent speech of Com
missioner DELANo, at Harrisburgh,
Pennsylvania. That official. accord
ing to the Pittsburg Commercial, gave
an interesting summary of that part
of the work of the Administration
which has come under his official no.
tioe, and it abundantly supports the
general statement made above. The
striking fact stated by Mr.. DELANo is
embodied in comparison of the reVe-
nue. receipts from January to June,
inclusive, for 1868, with those of Jan
uary to June, inclusive, in 1869 The
receipts for the latter period, under
the GRANT Administration, ex-
oee1ed those of the former pc
Rod, under the JOHNSON Admin
istration t1oersty one and halt
millions Of dollars. This shows a
gain of this amount under the new
Administration applicable to the pay
ment Of the national debt, and salts
factorIly explains the gradual shrink
age of that mountain of indebtedness,
in regard to which our Democratic
friends arc in such sore trouble. We
gain in revenue in the six months of
1869, compared with the last six
months of 1868, as follows:
On 49, 900
On TOBACCO ........................... ,O62,OO0
on fermented liquors.................... 10000
On gross 4l,000
On 600
On 1 So, 0e0
"a ll2OCJ
If the two dollar tax on whisky
had been collected on 100000
gallons in 1868, as it should have
been, Mr.. DELANo says that item of
revenue alone would have yielded
$4,000, 900 instead of less than $14,-
00,000-the amount collected. But
the whisky ring" was all powerful
with the JOHNSON administration.
For the year ending June 80. 1868.
(undeT President JoHNsoN) taxes
we're paid only on 600, 546 gallons of
whisky; while for the year following,
ending June 80, 1869, the enormous
amount of 62,0O9.331 gallons of
whisky paid taxes. This marks the
difference between an honest and
dishonest collection of the revenue.
Again: Mr. DELANo states that
the internal revenue receipts during
July, August and September of 1868,
(under JOHNSON were in round num-
bers less than $39.OOO,OOO. The re-
eeipts of July, August and the first half
of the current month of September,
(under GRANT, have been $43, $780,
600. And the Commissioner promises
that the receipts. of the entire quar-
ter. July, August and September of
this year, will reach S49,000,000, CT
ten millions in excess of the same
three months of last year. This is
increasing the revenue at the rate of
forty millions per annum. is done,
too, without any increase of taxes,
but simply by the honest enforcement
of the laws now on the statute books,
Mr.. DELANo asserts that the reve-
Rues of this Government may be in
creased over past receipts by the pres
ent year SO. 100000 per annum;" lie
declares his belief that the expenses
of the Government will be decreased
By a similar amount; and he con-
cludes, therefore, that, as under the
previous Administration. we paid off
S50,000,000 a year, now, under Gen
eral GRANT, we can pay S100,000.000
of our national debt" He contends
that with eight years of a similar gain
our national debt will not be more
than 81 ,20O,OOO.OOO." This reads like
something substantial, compared with
the financial quackery of PENDLEToN
and his party.