The Cecil Whig., 1871-09-30

more for plumbing and gas-fitting, in one
year, than the expense attending all the
public buildings and grounds in Washing
ton City. There was paid more money to
three men for such expenditures, in one
year, than was paid for the collection of
the entire internal revenue of the country
| in any year of the present Administration;
more than double the expense of the Uni
ted States courts for two years, and more
than all the expenses of the Forty first
Congress.
"With such policy as this transferred
to Washington, the Democratic clamor that
the national debt must not be paid off now,
would be found full of meaning and full of
danger. Public credit would fall and dis
trust of all public securieties be openly
avowed. The Government could not long
survive such mismanagement'
The New York Tribune of September 2,
1871, shows that between March, 1869, and
December 1870, the New York Printing
Company, for county printing alone, re-
ceived 81, 500, 521.76, and that the chief of
the public works els one of the principal
partners in that company!'' 1t is also
shown that carpets for which $3.50, 900 of
your money was paid could have been pur-
chased for $1,000. Do you suppose that
the men whose names appear on these bills
kept the larger portion of this money? OF
course not: They are silent.
That it may not be said that the New
York Democrats are exceptional, further
extract from the speech of Secretary Delano
is appended, showing some of the beauties
of Democratic
KENTUCKY FINANCIERING.
elf it shall be objected that Democratic
financiering in New York does not cor
rectly represent its average ability and
integrity, then propose briefly to refer the
objector to one other example. Kentucky
has never been corrupted by the control or
direction of Republicans. It has been and
is the refuge and asylum of those who,
like the Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby, are
compelled to leave other localities for
sake. l will therefore, pre-
sent the condition of financiering in this
State, as it was recently stated by the
Republican candidate for Governor:
''The Republican party charge the
Democratic party with squandering the
public money of the State of Kentucky
1 desire to say something to you about the
State debt. 1t is a question you are all
interested in. make this statement, and
my friend will not dispute it. You pay
over million dollars annually for the sup
port of the State government. The sher-
ifs collect it, and it is paid into the State
treasury. Since 1867 the Democratic party
has been put in power. They have COL
lected this vast snm of money annually,
and spent it each year, and to-day there is
not dollar in-the treasury. Not dollar.
They have not only collected million dol
lars annually, but $3.50, COO from the school
fund, and spent that, and at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature they passed an act
the Governor to borrow $780,
600 more out of the sinking fund to defray
the ordinary expenses of the General
They have collected over
81, 900, 900, and spent every dollar of it;
borrowed 100000 more, and authorized
the borrowing of an additional $500, 1000.
ask my competitor, what have you done
with that money? How have you appro-
priated it,"