The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-09-17

the hour and it will be IN vain tnat INC
designing or the guilty will attempt TO turn !.
the people aside from . CONSIDERATION oi
these issues.
CHARGES OF Mr.. DAWES AGAINST GRANTS
ADMINISTRATION.
Ever since, in January last, the country
was startled with tie bold declaration made
on the floor of the House of Representative
by MIR. Dawes, Chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations, and leading memb sr
OF the radical party, that, Notwithstanding
the extravagant appropriations made for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1870, the esti-
mates Of the departments for the following
(now currert) year we're $4,000, 600 in ex-
cess of those appropriations; that the ten
dency everywhere in making expenditures
was upward, not downward; that notwith
standing all the professions BY the admins
tration eft economy, the tendency every where
was alarmingly in the other direction; and
that after going to and isboring with Oil the
departments, and finally the President him
self, he could get no hope of cooperation IN
the reduction of expenditures. Ever since
these charges were thus made, and proven
beyond ell controversy, the radical leaders
alarmed for the effect this exposure nsy
have upon the taxpayers, have been iaoo,i"e
and publishing from time to time Jueghne
columns OF figures, te prove that ufan'
odm;n,.tration is . model of economy and
fdslitv And every day or two the tele-
yrspb informs US that Mr. Colfax or some
other leader has appealed to Mr.. Boutwell, to
set his clerks to work 10 get up some new
iuggle on the subject.
1t is sometimes said that Figures won't
lie This is very true, and the same may
be said of words. They are both, in them
se.ves, very honest and innocent instru>
ments, and certainly will net lie. But,
unfortunately, the men who use them do
sometimes lie most villainously, aud use
these innocent instruments for purposes OF
deception and fraud.
ADDRESS OF THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE.
hold now in my bands publication
made from Washington by the "union
republican congressional committee, which
they facetiously call "a brief, com preheDslve
and pesfectly reliable review of the hnsncia
measures aad policy OF the republican
congress and ad min istrstion, since these two
braDche of the government have been
brought in harmonious relations" Thu
''peI tectly relnAble" document is certainly q
most wonderful production, and furnishes .
remarkab Bile Instance of <he eudaclty viii
which some men can presume upon the
ignorance and gullbihty of the people. L
out Munchausens Baron Munchsusen so far
that that distinguished romsncer, of living
would not dare to hold up his head sgsir
could he once see this production. lts
misstatement are to glaring to mislead any
but the most ignorant. | can here only
notice one or two that are amusing y
absurd. | need not pause to remark upoI
the absurd attempt to compare the expepdi
lures of Grants administration with the
democratic administration OF Andrew
johnson Mr.. johnson Was certainly no
in harmony with his party on the question
OF reconstruction, and on that question the,
managed to get up very noisy quarrel
But to attempt to hold the democratic part,
responsible for the expenditures of hi
administration ia too preposterous to impos
on the most ignorant credulity. The repub
4 lican party elected him, in spite OF tn
Opposition of the democratic party. Hs
inherited his republican cabinet from MI
| Lincoln. A radical congress bound hin
| hand and foot, SO that be could not remov
| from office a member of his cabinet, hes
of bureau, clerk in the departments, al
assessor, collector, or any other officer in tn
government, or appoint one of those officers
without the co operation of a radical senate
A radical congress voted every dollar of tn
public expenditures, and Johnson dared not
at peril of impeachment, touch one dolla
that was no. first appropriated BY law. !
radical congress ls responsible tor ever
dollar of these expenditures, whether grea
or small. They have had absolute oontro
of appropriations and expenditures since tn
9th of March. 1861, and they cannot shirl
the responsibility therefor, either by misre
| presentation or evasion.
TO Re CONTINUED