The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-09-15

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Decrease of expenditures. Sa,S53,06O
Before commenting upon this, we must
bear in mind,
1st. That the Andrew Johnson, was
Republican administration, created by
Republicans, with w. FL. Seward, a life
long Republican, the premier OF thst Ad-
milistratiOn.
I'd. That the Democrats have not been
in Federal power since March, 1861, and
that for over nine years now, the Repub
hcans have administered the Government,
by granting Lincoln unlimited powers, or
by ASSUMING all powers under Andrew
johnson. The Senate and House have
been sll the while Republican and no
money could have been appropriated, or
expended, which they did net sanction, or
order.
Thus Congress, by this very statement,
has run up the Congress expenditures,
alone, three or four times what they were
them In IS months under Grant, over
Is months under Johnson, thus:
JOHNSON. GRANT.
5,G644f7 639S 235
Indeed, the chief, if not the only reduc
ton, has been in the expenses Of the War
and Navy Departments, which, as the
war was ended, or ending, it became all
the while necessary 10 decrease. The War
Department row ought not to expend
fifty millions, in lieu of the eighty odd
millions here set down.
The statement of the decrease of the
expenses Of collecting the Revenue from
Customs is fraud, IS Mr. Richardson
U.uSt have known, If he has ever read Mr.
Bout Wells reply 10 q call from Mr Beck,
OF the Appropriation Committee Of the
House.
The next fraudulent statement is the
io.icWlng:-
For amount OF interest paid
from sept I, 1867, 10
Atrch !, 1863. S2i1, 221, TO
Fer amount OK interest paid
iron March l, 1869, to
SSpt. !, 1otU- 1"3 42l,l5
Saving Of interest 81, 500, 56l
For reduction Of he Public
Debt. fToEi Sept. J. 1861,
70 March I, 1869 ........ 81 3S3iG0
Fog reduction Of the Public
Debt from March I, 1863.
to Sept l, lS70............ Sl69, 542 10
and to provide this, in spite of the re-
mOnstrances or all the Democracy, the
Bounty Taxes have been Kept up, on iron
Woe and woOlens, leather, hides, lumber
salt, coal, provisions, &c, and upon tea
coffee and sugar, and these payments have
been made, and taxes kept up TO make
tnein-as II purpoSe.y to raise u g. bond,
to premium, and TO keep them at pre-
mt nall IN the interest of capitalists
The reduction Of debt by the heavies
sort CT taxes upon the people, in order Il
Taise the vslue Of property to which tn,
people are IN debt, has been the grea
esrd OF the Grant-Boutwell financial sd
fniuistr2tion.
This is now the heaviest taxed couDtr,
on earth, and the people here pay more
Tor government than any people on earth
except the Tugks or Persians-snd al
this, too. IN . time Of profound peace
ms Grant Boutwell, administration G
The finances has also been doing all it ca
u hide the taxation, it has been unneces
sarlly mflicting upon the people; AT
what we pay IN taxes, have not gone
half to support the government, Will
over half haze gone TO pay bounties, O
20 create and support mOnOpOlies, to exal
cap tai AMI capitalists, &c.
vi The double prices we pay on iro
and steel, and ali the manufactures there
OF, only One-Lalf go to the government
The other half to iron-m oDgers, paten
right steel mOnOp0lists, &C.
The increased If not double prices W
10y toi Oui CIotntSI our carpets, our hat
our shoes, 90 not to government but t
the lew VINO are protected from CON
pttlng in their productions by extrem
LariH legislation created for them alon,
We raise annually four hundred mi
liona per abnurn III taxes for the Govern
ment, I'VE redllv p1y sIx HUNDRED MI
LIONS. or more, OF which the GoVernmeI
gets bat four hundred millions.
Inc Grant ROut well c. afenept If q r.
duotlon or the debt thus cOnfesses in fac
That Tor eighteen months we have bee
unnecessarily taxing forty millions of h,
man beings s169,OCO,OO0 for few bon,
holding capitalists in Wall street, or els
where
And this taxation has been imposed
behalf OF iron, wooden, carpet, lumbe
coal and salt manufacturers so that IL
1853 100000 Of debt paid have cost II
taxed people s300OC0,OO at the least.
Ma York HgDress.