The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-01-29

ditiOnal taxation on the people. We
can destroy the confidence Of the peo-
! pie in the wisdom, integrity and purity
Of the Republican party BY yielding TO
the insatiate demands Of the coFmOrants
who have gathered about US and who
make requisitions upon US which, if
yielded to, viii destroy, and ought to
destroy, any party. By our reckfessness
and extravaganza We can make appro-
priations of land and money which viii
destroy the national credit and make
our country an object Of scoEn 70 the
civilized world. With neither money
nor credit unable to command respect
| at home or abroad, we viii be held in
contempt by the weakest and most Pusil-
luminous nations. Never has ths cOun-
try, in time Of peace, looked to Congress
with more intense interest than at the
present time
The demand of the great masses Of
our constituents, the bone and sinew Of
the country, the men who have no
schemes Of plunder, and who desire
only honest administration Of the gov
eminent; who fought the battles Of The
republic and poured out their blood in
its defence, require Of US decrease Of
our expenditures, and reduction Of
taxation. Regardless Of the mysteries
of finance, they see that our credit can
be improved, the public faith vindicated,
return TO specie payment made certain,
a reduction Of theiuterest on The public
debt secured by keeping down the ex-
penditures Of the government to the
lowest possible point and BY the honest
collection Of the revenues. Il is for
Congress to keep down the expenditures.
and It is for the President to see that
the laws are faithfully executed, and
that the revenues are collected. But it
is for Congress to see, also, that they
do not keep the fstters upon the limbs
Of the President so as to render it i'm
possible for him to faithfully execute
the laws.
It is well TO recur to the total expeDdi-
lures Of the government for Che last
three years, and it is encouraging to
observe that they have been gradually
decreased:
In isss-ss they were................. 100000
IN l5a65l they yFere-.-..---..--....... 5l6,0oqOoO
In IN Iss-- ISS.Ss ts,S1 5ey ser
In ls67-6s, or exclusive Of bOu1ties gti5-
p09sOO9ls.. ....-....... ,00s,ooo
In ls6s-s9 they are estimated, exclusive
o. 0ounSles at. ........--.-- .-JlQ0oO,9Q
In ls6s-69, or inclusive Of bOunties 926-
geO,050l. ....... 5560oo,00O
For the next fiscal year ls69-70 these are
estsnated st........... 30, 100000
And this latter estimate the Committee
believes viii be materially reduced. The
amount fer bounties is not properly
to The expenditures Of the
and it is a mater Of con
graduation that there are no bouuties
estimated for the coming fiscal year
1s69-70. The amount voted for de-
hcincies for the year 1s67-6s was SI5,-
000, 200, and that amount is included
in the total Of expenditures for that
fiscal year. The amount called for as
Deficiencies for the present fiscal year,
and which is included in The total Of
expenditures as given above, is S2l, ,O0O,-
O00. It's worthy of note that on the
I'd day Of December, 1867, the Secre-
EsEy Of the Treasury estimated the ap-
propriahons required:
For the fiscal year ending June 50, 1883
On the 6tn Of December, 1865, he states
that the expenditures for the first
quarter Of the same fiscal year
were: -. '.s...-.s. ...-.ss. slaosOOOsooo
threeq quRrtersan expsndi- 5
ture o.. &23l 000,0od
Total, including interest and DEFICIENCIES So 0a0o0
less than estimated By the n
Secretary ,0OlOOO
now proceed to the consideration
If the question Of what this Congress
viii be called upon to appropriate for
deficiencies for the present fiscal year,
sndiDg June 80, 1859, and to carry on
he government for the next fiscal year,
ending June 80, 1870.
First as TO the estimates made bv
he Secretary of the Treasury of addit-
onal appropriations required to com
,lete the the service Of the fiscal year
ending June 50tb, 1869, aud previous
7ears. It IS for Congress to enquire
igidly into the necessity and pfoprietV
# voting these deficiencies, which the
Secretary estimates at the enormous
um Of s21, 600, 500. Of this amount
'l3,oOO,O0 is for the army, necessila-
ed in great measure, By consul
ming Indian war, which is eDtailing
Extraordinary expenses on the govern
nent.
The next current amount is The esti-
mated deficiency for the PostoHice
Department Of over $4,000, 600 incur
ed BY extravagaHt contracts for uBius-
i6sbly extended mail service.
Then there is tie scandalous estimate
{ nearly $685., 900 for Deficiencies for
ubhe buildings, when We wers PROM
'ed that the large amounts We appro-
rated last year should finish the
uildingS Add this amount Of $685.
90, demanded as a deficiency for This
seal year, TO the amount demanded
u the same purpose for the next fiscal
ear Of S2,434, 900, and it makes
S,099,0OO, which We are asked TO
Ots for public buildings at this session
Congress, and at the present state
the Treasury, or, indeed, in any
ate Of the Treasury, feel bound to
enounce it as the most extravagan.,
and prodigate expenditure
the public money ever asked Of Con-
ress.
There are other deficiencies which
ave been made, and which we are cal
d upon to make up, that are without
if it be considered that
ongress has any power over the Treas
y in view Of the state of our finsn-
IS, and deeming it indispensably nee
sary to reduce our expenditures for
Ie present year in every way possible,
ID in the full light Of all the facts,
ongress appropriated a given amount,
hich was $45O,OOO for Che coast sur
y this year. In contempt of an ac-
IN Of Congress a deficiency IN that
preparation Of S1OO,OOOis now de-
anded, not one dollar Of which, 1
ast will be voted.
The Columbia Institute for the Deaf
d Dumb, a private institution in this
strict which has obtained nearly
If million dollars out Of the govern
sDt was given SI2, 500 for this fis-
! year for instruction, &c, which
IS deemed SIMPLE, and even -gsnerOus,
t with a familiarity with the whole