Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-29
More Falsehood Exposed.

More Falsebood Exposed.
The Greeley party commenced this
campaign, and have, thus far, carried it
forward, without any other stock in
trade but Misrepresentation, SANDER and
abuse. The Liberal Republican.portion,
of said combination, forget that for over
two years they were the avowed and de-
termined supporters of the very admin
istration they now condemn. There is
not single actEof Gen. Grant, or his
administration, that they now attack,
that wasynotiknown and approved of by
them. Some Of their leaders begin to
see this, and hence the storm of misre-
presentations, lies, ISLANDERS and abuse,
with which their campaign documents
and newspapers TEEN, and which form
the chief, if not the only staple, of their
campaign speeches.
TO give an example of their reckless
assertion and wilful falsehood, and it
was illustrated in the speech Of L. D.
Culver, last Friday, we give few eX-
tracts from n pamphlet just issued from
the Greeley Head Quarters, in New
York. The New York W0rM which, as
our readers will remember, made such a
tremendous gulph in swallowing Gree
ley, being such an Grceedtngy yeracious
sheet in figures, makes haste to copy it,
the pamphlet being filed with their
ki1d of figures. Now for some Of these
figures, The pamphlet says:
BY reference to the finance report for
1870, page 276, it will be seen that dur
ing the last three years Of JOhnson's adj
ministration he reduced the debt 1924,
1873, 398.63 In addition to this, during
Johnson's last year, the debt was re-
duced S147, 318, 48409. (See finance re-
port 1870, page 276)
An honest reading of the report shows
no such thing. The real reduction dur
ing his administration, with the heavy
war-taXes then still in force, was as fol-
lows: From March 1, 1866, (the date
at which the debt was greatest to
March /, 1867, S190,O14, 110.42; March
/, 1867, to March I, 1868, 500, 1872
26696; March 1, 1868, to March I, 1869,
S., 959, 71S.4G. So instead of $147, 00O,-
600, the last years reduction was less
than $6,000,000. We make one more
specimen quotation from the pamphlets
For the last year of JOhnsOn's admin
istration the total expenditure of the
government was (see Financial Report,
1871, page 367,) 1854, III, 996.11. For
the next three years, under Grants adj
ministration, the expenditures were as
follows: (Sec Financial Report. same
volume and page,) 1872, 907, $40. So;
for 1871, 1861, $50, 1853. 80; for 1872,
(see Registers hooks,) 1862, 525, 270.21;
for 1873, SO, or, 11S, 971. 99-an average
expenditure of 5000, 81, 1898 90 The
cost under Johnson was 1854, III. 99G. II.
The amount in excess of Grant over
Johnson, $107 593, 3278S.
Now look at the Juggling resorted to
for the purpose of making this decep-
tive exhibit. The year given as under
Johnson was one-third of it under
Grant, and in the expenses of the latter's
administration is included the money
paid out for the redemption of the pub
liN NCDJ, NLlCI 10 liCG = II GIJiilldtC gov
eminent expense. Thus presented in
gross, the expenses under Johnson were
as follows: For 1866, 81, 139, 344,
0S1.95; for 1867, 1903, O79, 655. 81;
for1S6S, 81 ,069, $3.50, go. 74-$3, 3O2, 3d.
707.9G The average annual eXpendi-
lures under johnson were 81, 100, I'll
$3.50 Deduct from this average the
expenditure under Grant-including pay
ments on the national debt 5000, ST.
1913. 80, and it shows a balance in favor
of the latter of S408, 300, 912 per annum.
Now, the real expenses Of the last year
of Johnson's administration were $377,-
310,28f86. The expenses Of the last
fiscal year under Grant were 8277, ST.
932. 67-showing a balance in the lat
ter's favor of 800. 1922, 800. 19-and this
with vastly reduced taxation.
Thus do the Tammanyites, or Greeley
ites--which names mean one and the
same thing garble and falsify official
reports for the purpose Of deceiying the
unwary and ignorant, and those who
have not the report at hand so that they
can compare the figures and detect the
cheat.
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