The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-08-08

termed, makes the state
ment that more Of the debt was paid,
under johnson than under Grant,
and proves il by that spOtiess SAINT
Gov. Ashley who would he loud
mouthed in praise Of Gen. Grant II
he had been allowed to retain the Gov
ernorship of Montana.
But we have the statistics Official
" prepared by Mr.. Young, than whom
no more faithful or honest man lives.
In 1860, the population being 81, ,443,
32I. the expenses were 81 % for each
person; 1871, population oS,322,S 20,
expenses 81 76 for each person. lnere
is one great difference between these
two years not shown by the figures
In 1860, the whole amount expend-
ed for public buildings, improvements
of rivers and harbors, and other pub
lie works throughout the country,
was onlv s., 2,9I3,37l, As
In 1871, such public Improvements
were made and paid for, to the
amount of SO, ,733, ,T59 o..
Ifallowance be made fer these last
ing improvements, greater during the
last two years than before, the actual
cost per head Of governing the coun-
trv under Grant, is as small ~ IL ever
was since the foundation of the Gov
ernment.
In 1855, the War Department cost
S25, ,679, ,I2l 6S. In 1883, it cost SS', l5i,-
20 So.
In 1860. under Floyd, the accounts
of the Department were not closed,
but went over in part to LincOin's Ad-
/ u1iniStratiOn
In 1871, the War Department cost
S25, ,376, ,9S1 %.
Taking the whole running expenses
/ of the Government, for the Executive
Legislative and Judicial Departments,
| including the Army and Navy, and
| Foreign Ministers, COusuls and Agents.
the cost in 1860 was 81, ,4O2, 4OS Oh
The same account in 1871 was $685.
6S4, ,613 %.
/ With new States and Territories,
with seven millions more population,
with new Courts, and the Internal
Revenue establishment, the whole eX-
cess of costs in 1871, over 1850, was
s., ,282, Dos %.
Here is an increase Of thirteen per
cent. of cost, with an increase of twen-
ty-five per cent. of population, saying
nothing of increased demands.
The reformers had not looked up
these facts, when they stated that the
expenses of the government aside
from its interest and pensions, ought
not to be more than SO per cent. great
er now than before the war; it turns
out that the increase is only about
one third as much as refOrmer Trum-
bull thinks it ought to be.
Ihave only this to say of the tinan-
ciaI policy of General Grant. Under
It, the country prospers as never be-
fore. Labor is better rewarded, all in
terests, are doing well. a policy that
brings such results may well challenge
our admiration, and with it, for one,
| am perfectly and entirely content.
In common with n great many, l
may have entertained notions about
how our finances should be managed,
different from the one adopted, but
with the splendid results of the policy
adopted, aud in practical and benefi-
cent Operation, / think the country
would be very unwise to interfere with
IL at all, much less adopt Mr.. Gree
lley's ruinous theory of the 'way to re-
sumo is to resume"
B tSOAANJ VI
ting the country to grow up to specie
payments, two thirds of the apprecla-
ton of paper mony over gold has DIS
appeared, and 1 hazard nothing now
i'm predicting, that before Grants sec
ond term shall close, the growth OF the
country will be such, as to bring about
the (by many much desired) specie
payments, while the present 'ho0d
tide" of prosperity will continue.
a LIE ANSWERED.
"Grant is a gift taker" say these
liberals. Yes, he is a gift taker. He
took Belmont, and DonelsOn, and
Henry, and Vieksburg, and Lookout
Mountain, and Richmond, and in all
these gifts the parties making them
flung in all their furniture and proYl-
siOns, and he never stopped taking
gifts, so mercenary and greedy was he,
until under the apple tree at Appomat-
toX he took all the rebel cOnfederaey
had left, except some $780, 900 in gold,
that jeff Davis had hid under his pet
tieOats. While he couldn't get that
himself (being n modest mani he sent
Wilson for it, and the story goes tlat
he stripped JEFF. (how indelicate y
and got that too. These liberals have
been trying to get that gold away
from General Spinner, but the 'Old
Invincible" won't give it up, although
under Andy Johnson and these iber-
ais, three orders were made on him
for it. His answer was he would "die
in the last ditch" first, or in other
words they would have TO turn him
out of office to get it. And there it is
to this day waiting for this liberal
triumph to return it to Davis.
A grateful people knowing that his
compensation Was>barely sufficient tC
maintain himself and family, did fol
him whom they thought had render
ed his country inestimable services
this mind you was before the liberals
found out his bad qualities) what haC
been done for such heroes in all cOun'
tries before. What had been done fol
Mcclellan, and Sherman, and Sheri-
dan, and Farragut and others. They
presented him with money and prop
erty to the value of perhaps S2O0, ,OSO
Not anything Of UGLlte has he Te5615,oeo
since he aCGS q candidate for diG FreS'
idency, and none but a 'fioeral' Ial'
sifier will say so.
/ ANOTHER LIE AND " ElsLD'
"He appointed relatives to Office n'
He did, to the number of eleven, nc
more. Two were in Office when he
was eICcted, his father Postmaster al
Covfngton, and Kramer, brOther-in-
law, Minister to Denmark. OF the
whole, tlUO were appointed on his own
motion, the balance were appointed
on the recommendation of members
of Congress. No one pretends but
that they are competent and are faith
full and honorable officials.
The liberals undertook to blacken
Kramer's character, but the MethO-
dist Conference at Cincinnati, "a re-
spectacle body no one will question,
of which Kramer was member, took
the matter up, and thoroughly inves-
tigated it, and report the whole story
O fabrication of the bassest kind.
/ will not attempt to answer all the
charges against Grant, but will say
this, that my opportunities for know
ing the facts have been pretty good
and give it as my candid opinion
that they are all as baseless as the
ones / have alluded to.
Mr.. GREELEY HELD UP To THE MIR
ROR.
Now as it is conclusive that the
campaign is attempted to be made a
personal one. it is right and proper
for the people to examine Mr.. Gree
ley's record and qualifications for the
place he aspires, claiming as he does
that he is "nO less a Republican than
be always was" and that his "DemO-
cratic supporters are no less Demo
Gratis than they have always BEEN"
Are We to have a Republican or q
Democratic administration which is
it?
The Fremont Democratic MesSea-
ger recently said, that if Greeley car
ried out his life long principles, no
Democrat could vote for him. If he
was dishonest and would betray his
life long principles then no man
ought to vote for him. This was good
reasoning then, if it was made by q
"rural rooster" and it applies with
equal force now.
HIS UNFITNEss FOR THE PREs1DEN-
] CY.
OF all the public men in the country
Horace Greeley is the most unfit for
the Presidency--that he has shown
great ability as a writer and editor,
none will deny; that he possesses
goodness of heart and is q man OF
correct morals is equally true.
But for all this he has ever been
vacillating and unreliable in his Opin-