The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-09-14

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% Even the arithmeticai summing, the
addition of the Cooked table, is incor-
rect, but let that pass. 1t will be seen
that nearly one-hdzf the entire erpend-
ttures of the gear 1870 haze been omit
ted from the Cooked Radical state
Inent. 1t is so with all the years lit is
so with all the sums. Every thing is
distorted, twisted, magnified or di-
minished as occasion demands. The
yeras are broken into uneven parts,
and odd periods are selected for COM
parsons, while in other comparisons
different periods are employed. In
short, fraud of every kind is used to
conceal the fact that the Federal Treas
ury is being literally PILLAGED, and
pillaged, too, in the sacred names of
Freedom, Union, and the People.
To completely nullify these bare
faced exhibits and expose these col.
lossal frauds, it is only necessary to
state the plain facts of the matter.
The people can then judge between a
corrupt party that plumbers and de-
ceives the country at the same time,
and the young and vigorous Democ-
racy of the West, which is pledged to
put an end to this CARNIVAL OF
FRAUD and restore the Government
upon the basis of retrenchment, econ
omy and reform.
Two words of preface. The sums
given herein, unlike those furnished
for Radical summaries, bear prinea
fdcte evidence of honesty and correct
ness; for the total amount is first Civ
en-, then afterward the details to make
up that total. Tn this eDGy there IS nc
room for deception.
| The precise dividing line between
the johnson and Grant Administers.
tons was March 4, 1869 but since the
accounts of the Federal Government
can only be shown by fiscal years
(there being no monthly publication
of receipts and expenditures and also
because large portion of the revenue
assessed or collected previous to March
4, 1869, were not paid an until after
March A, 1869, and mp to June 80, 1865
this dividing line has been fixed al
June 80, 1859, the termination of the
last fiscal year under johnson, and the
! beginning of the first fiscal year under
Grant. Between March 4, 1869, and
June 30, 1859, no change was made in
| either the revenue laws or the appro.
| priations, and but few changes in the
personnel of the Government, and the
receipts and expenditures could there
| fore not have been affected in the
slightest degree by the mere nominal
change of President and Cabinet. II
was only after July 1, 1860, at the
earliest, that the tremendous measures
of extravaganza which have charac.
terized the Grant Administration, be.
gan their destructive course. To be
quite safe in the deductions we shall
draw from the facts, we give the
present Administrator all the benefit
of the three months and twenty-siz
days that elapsed between the moment
of President j Johnson's relinq
of Office and the commencement o.
the fiscal year of 1S69-70, the first o.
the two years that have now passed
under the military, nepotlc and Treas
ury Ring regime of Grant. One othel
/ little item, and we have done will
preface. The pennies are omitted il
all cases, in order to save figures
| When sum amounts to fifty cents Of
more, it is counted as dollar; wheI
it amounts to less than fifty cents, it il
omitted entirely. These trifies o
omission and superplusage substan
TALLY balance one another in the end
/ TOTAL EXPENDITURES FROM 1860 TO 1871.