Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-04-30

GOVERNMENT ExPEEsEs-We give the fol-
lowing extract from an address of Hon. J. A.
Garfield, delivered in the House of Reprcsen-
talives at Washington, on the 18th day OF
March, 1870, for the general purpose of show
ing the difference in the collections and eXpen-
dtures of the country under the late ahd pres
ent Administration, and for the special pur-
pose of showing that the organs OF the Demo
cratic party msreprcsent the facts when they
assert that the expenditures of the Govern
ment are greater under the Administration of
General Grant than they were under that of
Mr. johnson. In the course of his remarks,
Mr. Garfield said
IL hold in my hand the official report of en-
pcndiurcs and receipts of the GOvcTnmcnt-a
statement showing what is taken out of the
pockets Of the people and put into the Treas
ury, on the one hand and what we pay out of
the Treasury ON the other. Now, what are
the facts Why, sir In the fiscal year that
ended June Both, 1867, Andrew johnson being
in power, the expenditures of this Government
were S346 000,000 What were they in his
next yeary Three hundred and seventy seven
millions Of dollars, an increase OF S3l 900 900
in the expenditures in one year. How was 1t
when the Republican Administration under
General Grant came into powcrp The year
ending June 30lh, 1869, which embraced only
about four months of General Grants Admin
israliOn showed expenditures OF $32l 900 ,000
ii falling Oft Of S56,O0O00O. And the ycar
which will close on the both of June next, by
the official estimates of the Secretary of the
Trrarury, will bring the expenditures down ia
$2D2 ,0OO COO, a further reduction of nearly
thirty millions of dollars last year. This is the
difference between the Administration which
the gentleman supported and that of the Re
publican party, From tbs time of Mr. John.
sons apUstacy 10 the close of his Adminisira
ton the expenditures were constantly inCrens
ing. From the hour of General Grants inau
gurdtion, till now they have been constantly
! and rapidly decreasing. Consider next the re
| Ccipts of the Government. We received il
1 1869, out of the peoples pockets in the way o
! taxes, $3i0,000,00 Without an increase al
one cent in the rate of taxation, We are rccciv
/ Ing this year, 1896, 100000. We are receiving
! S2G 600, 200 more from the same source Of rev
/ enue, without any increase in the rate of taxes
| tnan were receiving last year, part of which
was in President Johnson's Administration.
Let me ask the attention of my friend iron
Indiana, to two or three specifications. Take
whisky, lor instance. Andrew Johnson had il
| his hand II law requiring to collect two dollars
on every gallon of distilled spirits, and, during
the last half Of the fiscal year of his term, ht
| collected from that source Sl3juO,0O0 Til,
/ Administration of General Grant iOr the cor
! responding six months of his first year collect
/ ed S2l 5O0,000 an increase of Sli 900, COG
/ Was the tax the same? No sir; the tax wa
| reduced three tourths. General Grants Ad
minsiraiiOn WAS to collect about sixty -fiv
cents on the gallon, and, from that, they hav
collected S24, 100000, Us against l3,50O 900 il
the corresponding six months of Mr. JOhnsOn'
Admnist alton, when the tax was two dollar
! gallon ~