The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-28
How the Money Goes.

. II the taxpayers of the country could form
any adequate conception of the numberlesS
ways in which Radical Congress squanders
the money collected from them by the govern
ment, they would open their eyes with per
feet amazement. Here is one instance among
q thousand. The Johnstown Tribune Of the
18th instant, under the head of "Laws of
the United tes,1publishes three columns
and half of closely printed matter, which
is made up entirely of appropriations to va
ulations. The following paragraph, relating
to the Miami Indians in Kansas, is a speci-
men of the entire series of appropriations:
For permanent provision for blacksmith and
assistant. and iron and steel for shop. per fifth
article treaty sixth of October. eighteen hum
dred and eighteen. and fourth article treaty
June fifth, eighteen hundred and ffty-four,
nine hundred and forty dollars.
This is the second iustalment of the kind,
for at the commencement Of the publication
are the words, continued from last tceek, +"
and we learn from the words at the bottom,
''to be concluded nsxt sCeek," that its readers
will be served with another dish of the same
intellectual food.
The real object of the Radicals in Congress
when they passed the act uuder which the
laws Of the United States are published in
certain obscure country newspapers. w"" 60
enable few Radical papers j-"' then started
in the Southern SsSres by Northern carpet
baess.s TO maintain their existence by sub
stRntial aid from the public treasury. The
benefits of the law have been extended,
through the influence of Radical Congress
men. to numerous Northern journals of the
loyal stamp. In the number of the Tribune
referred to may be found appropriations to
the following tribes of Indians The Makah
tribe, the Menamoncas Mold Indians, MIS-
qually and Puyadup Indians, the Nez Perees.
the Omahas Quapaws, the Qui-Ia-elt and
Quil-leh-ute Indians, the Goship bands, &c.
What manner of interest the people Of
Cambria county can have in these Indian
appropriations, apart from the taxes they
are compelled to pay for that among other
purposes, is not visible To the naked eye
Not one man in a thousand would read them,
nor would he feel any more interest in them
than he would in the domestic economy oi
the South Sea Islanders. In how many loyal
papers North and South these laws are pub,
lished we have no means Of knowing. o.
course the work is not done merely for the
love of the Indians. but the government ii
charged round sum for it, and the people,
money is taken to pay for it. Thousands o
dollars are thus annually flched from tbs
treasury to pay for a useless job and thereby
support and maintain RADICAL newspap pers
We do not attach any blame to the editor Of
the Tribune. He did not make the law, and
is simply availing himself of the profigat,
expenditure of the public money by his Rad
cal friends in Congress. The law is shame
less swindle aud cheat. Hundreds Of sin
liar instances Of reckless extravaganza nigh
be given. Congress legislates upon the the
ory that greenbacks grow upon every busE
by the wayside, and to be possessed neeG
only to be plucked. The people are restive
and impatient under the oppressive weight
Of taxation. They ask for bread aud cor
rupt Congress throws them a stone. How
| long will this endure? How long will the
patient taxpayers of this country consent tc
be robbed and plundersd by the men 81
Washington?