The sun., 1872-04-27
False ProtCnccs.

False Protcnccs.
The Administration party OF this coun-
try, rs now managed, is emphatically
party Of false prctcnccs. 1t professes To
be Republican,, but is so neither in n
party sense nor in the broader meaning of
the term. II makes the only test of fidelity
to the party blind and uDreasoning
fealty to an individual who was never
Republican until he was taken up by the
organization as u candidate FOR office its
policy tends directly TO the subversion Of
Republican principles, and the adoption
In their stead Of a serVile obedience TO the
rule of one Iuan, who is alike regardless Of
the obligations of the Constitution and the
laws, when they stand in the way of his
ambitious designs or conflict with his pTcju-
dices.
But Of all the false prctenccs under which
the people are urged To vote the existing
Administration now lease OF power, none
l. more glariuGly absurd than the one 20
persistcutly urged, that GRANT is making
remarkable progress i'm paving of thepuhilc
debt. In the first place, the President has
nothing to do with the finances of the
country, except TO oppose economical re-
forms. That matter j. in the hands of the
Secretary of the Treasury ANA Congress.
who levy taxes and dispose OF the proceeds,
while GRANT talks horse. smokes. and en-
cages in schemes FOR depicting the Treasury
FOR the benefit OF his Cronlc. and his swarm
of worthless relations. His obsequious
newspaper organs speak a- il he wits paying
of the debt cut of his own pocket, when
I'm fact he does not even pay N income taX.
Still, il is urged that To GRANT should I've
ascribcd all the credit arising from the
financial policy of the Government.
NelN wrll. GIVE GRANT al the credit, if
his supporters insist upon it, but before the
people make up their minds TO re,'lect him
on the ground of his prudent management
Of the nations money, " would be well to
examine into the matter n little, and see
what that management really amounts to.
This Is rather n difhcut thing 10 do, as the
figures presented by the Treasury Depart
ment reveal some astounding discrepnn-
cies, suggestive Of gross cuIclUssncss, If not
intentional Misrepresentation; but, taking
the figures rs they are given 10 us, what
is the result! We are told that GRANr has
paid $219 0O0O0J of the public debt in three
years. Admitting this to be true on the
authority of Secretary boutwell,, il is
equally true, on the same authority, that in
two year aud nine months ANDY Johnson
Paid slOGC 100000 of the public debt; 50
that if this is 10 be made tie one test Of
merit ANDY was nearly tour tuue- rs good
IA Pre- idrut "a, GRANT.
Because Il large reduction of the public
debt is made annually ly rAtortmg cnor-
tu Il
public are asko3 10 believe thpt the finances
are economically managed. The truth Is
that no Administration has ever existed
which could compare with GRANTS for
reckless extravaganza. Leaving out of the
question the stupeudous subsidies which
have been granted u corporations by the
Administration majority in Congress, the
moneys misappropriated by the Depart
ments, and other occasional eXtluYa-
ganccs, the regular expenses Of Govern
ment have been enormously increased
under GEANl's Administration. For cX-
ample in the two accounts of ciyil service
md indian expenditures for the fiscal ycm
ending June 20, ISL, the expenditures m-
der GRANr amounted TO nearly double
what they dil in the last year of President
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