Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-10-04
Put These Questions.

When you hear Grant man talking a.
bout Grants honesty, ask him why it is
the President keeps the Leets, Stockings
and Caseys in Office, who are known to be
VIGOROUSLY dishonest, and of whom Mr..
Dodge, a prominent merchant of New York
and Republican too, testifying before the
Senate Committee appointed to Investigate
the New York Custom House frauds, said
that from the standard of character in the
Custom House, he would not take the a.
verage of the employees into his store, I'M
der any consideration, or trust them in any
business transactions whatever. Tolerant
keeps these scoundrels in the New York
Custom House, where they have the handl-
ing of $30O,O00,000 yearly, and permits
them to steal what they want and levy
black-mail upon every merchant of the
country, without even making an effort to
turn them out.
: When you hear a Grant man talking a.
bout Civil Service Reform, ask him why it
is that the President has appointed forty
taoo of his relations to Office, and has quar-
tered them upon the people as if they were
the nations wards.
When you hear Grant man talking a.
bout the economy of Grants administra-
ton; ask him why it is that it costs $780,
600, 900 year more to run the Government
under Grants rule, than it did under that
of Andrew johnson.
When you hear Grant man talking a.
bout the integrity and honesty of Grants
administration, ask him why it is that Sc
cretary Robenson paid the Secor claim of
$4,000 without authority or shadow of
law to justify it, when the government did
not owe one cent of the amount, also ask
him why the Chorpening claim of $40, :
900, was recommended to be paid by Post
master General Creswell, when the claim
had been settled in full, and that Congress
had to pass law to prevent the admins
tration from stealing this amount from the
treasury and paying the claim again.
When you hear Grant man talking a.
bout the faithfulness of the officers of the
present administration, ask him why it is
that it costs one-fourth of the revenue ofthe
country to collect the other three-fourths
In 1871 the total amount of revenue re-
ceived by the government was $483,000,-
000-being only three-fourths, or $127 ,000,-
900 less than the books of the department
show the people actually paid. Now what
became of this one hundred and twenty
seven million dollars The administration
says it was lost-why, it was simply lost
in the pockets ofthe scoundrels and thieves
who collected it. 1t other words it was
stolen.
When you hear a Grant man talking "a
bout saving the public Domain for the use
of the actual settler, ask him about the
100000 acres ofland the administration
has squandered upon railroad corporations,
Ask him if this looks like saving the pub
lie lands for the poor men and soldiers of
the nation?
When you hear Grant man lauding
Grant as a second Washington, ask him
whether Washington received gifts, of Ii
braries, houses, horses and dogs, and ap-
pointed the donors of these things to high
and responsible offices in payment of the
same? Ask him whether Washington ap-
pointed all of his own and wife's relations
to office? Ask him whether Washington
spent his time at the seaside and horse
races, to the detriment and disgrace of the
national honor?
When you hear Grant man talking a.
bout the right offree speech; ask him why
it is that negroes who oppose Grants re-
election are mobbed by the GRANTEES and
not allowed to speak?
We will be much obliged to any Grant
editor, or any follower of Grant, to salts
factorily explain any or all of the above
delinquencies of this administration, and
if we have in the above charges done the
administration any injustice we will make
all necessary amends Who will refute a
single one of them? Who ?-Delauare In
telJigencer.