Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-05-26
a cheated p,op,..

nicrctt TO the principal. a very con.
siderable item. and whirh is Just rs
much part Of the public Indebtedness
rs the prinripal itsclf The nctual
debt on the first Of March was:
Principal ,eissii. $50 O.
lnfrrt .............. f5.ill SOC OS
Total 81 cas- 0S2,sss ~
Cash In Treasury llo,3S5,ioI %
Actual ais, ,iA7agl %
Debt % let OF Aprii......,..... -,323, ia6fdl "a
rease-..........,,.,........... s2s.soe.o2g IS
Now, in Secretary Boutwell's re-
port, be deceives the public 10 the
amount of thirty millions Of dyiidrs
Or. shall we charitably say that he
was himself deceived 7 II so, then he
is an unfit man for his place. Aud if
his misleading the public is intcn-
tional, he Is certainly unfit for the
post. There Is bat one Of two conclu-
sions to which we must comc--either
he is a fool or a rascal But this sys-
tenn of deceiving the peopie in relation
to the public Indebtedness has been
persistently practiced ever since the
Mongrel party came into power Ev-
ery year, without exception, there has
been an immense Disparity between
tho appropriations and the actual ex-
penses, and this difference has always
been made up by new appropriations
in the gentle name of deficiency bills
There has always been head and a
tail TO all these appropriations, and
the tail is sometimes the largest But
the people are all the time cheated
with a public reference 10 the head
only. That's, whenever the expenses
Of the government have been referred
TO, oLly the figures Of the appropria
tions are given, while those of the
enormous deficiencies are carefully
left IN the background. And this
ahonestp Secretary Boutwell, begins
his administration with the same sys-
TEN of cheating which has marked the
whole career of the party. His very
first act is an attempt TO hide 100000,
900 Of interest, so as 10 make the debt
show Just 80 much smaller than il
actually is And, that the people may
be the more thoroughly fooled, Con
grcss cnnningly reduced tho appropria-
tions thirty millions below Boutwel's
estimates. Now, watch for the end
of the fiscal year, aud see repeated
the old dodge OF bringing up the real
Of this financial "tomfoolery" with q
prodgious deficiency bill. And thes,
bold rogues treat tho people as though
they were all fools. They have beer
able to do this through the disciplm,
Of the party rule. Their papers an,
their leaders unblushingly lie to ID,
people and then all the throng o
the party stoutly swear to the frUtl
of the falsehood. II has been bel,
even ''disloyaly not to lie for the party
Nay, to tell the truth about any pub
lie measure has been to 'sympathiz
with rebellion" for the last eight years
Every man who has not been either
fool ora scoundrel has had to coniron
this sort Of persecution. And the out
look is not much better for the imme
diaie future A dolt sits in the Pros
dental chair, surrounded with Cal
met of rogues or fanatics, all backo
by Congress Infamous enough 1
4 shame the devil himself. And, 10 th
Q midst of this woe of our country, IN
7 leaders of the Democratic party, IL
stead of rising up 10 the magnitude Z
E the demands OF the country, are nil
r erably monsiag about, like rats in n
! old barn, to see il there is anywher
5 LEFT grain Of plunder that has escape
0 the long reign of universal thiever,
Q O, for few active, brave and hone,
s men to rush TO the front now, and sa
to the disgusted, and almost discou
r aged ,masscs-'Come on. let us hay
+ an end of all this" The awakenin
4 of the people will be like the shock (
r earthquakes, whenever the true issu,
+ are boldly put before them.---N J
!, Day book. H