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he Treasury in.
MAKING a total OF. 81 IS. KS, 9s1 96

Making a total Of. 49,. s., 6S1, 443,9S1 Sc
"According to report Of the same off.
Ger, sent into this Congress, in answer to a
resolution offered by ar. Wood, of New
York" continues Mr.. Hereford, che shows
us that there has been received into the
Treasury from June 80, 1871, the date last
referred to, up to March l, 1872, the addi-
tional sum of $3.50, 500, 98s 80; making, &C
cording to the reports of the Treasury De
partInent, the enormous sum of $780,
O53, go 46 since the close of the war. But,
large as those receipts seem to be, we must
not stop there. The Secretary of War also,
in answer to a resolution introduced by
Mr.. Beck, of Kentucky, March II, ls72,
shows that there has been received
by the War Department in excess
of appropriations since June 30, 1866,
and which amount has never hereto
fore appeared in any report as received into
the Treasury, the sum of $l07, 959, 1852;
which amount, added to the previous re-
ceipts, as shown by the various Depart
ments themselves, makes the amount re-
ceived into the Treasury since the war
closed, all of which time the Republican
party has had the control of the Govern
ment, the enormous sum of S3,0S9, $685.
3S7OS, which is S266, 757 ,213.39 more than
the whole debt of the United States amount
ed to July 1, 1866. Now, in the name of
common honesty and common sense, what
comes OF all this Boosting and parade of
the decrease Of the public deb? By
their own showing they have sold $780,
093.l3 worth of arms to the French gov
eminent, which has never been accounted
for in these reports. At the close of the
war, as shown By the NdUy Register of that
year, we had belonging to the navy six hun
bred and eighty-three vessels; now, accord
ing to the same authority, we have only
one hundred and seventy-seven; making
five hundred and six that have been dis
posed Of by that department. Nearly
three times as many vessels have been sold
or in some way disposed of, as are now in
the navy. What has become Of this vast ar
mament, this mighty fleet of vessels? Sold!
What has become of the money? Who knows
how much they are worth? What answer
is it to the people, whose agents you
are, to say that you have decreased the
debt since the war S494, 7l6,575.15, when
they have paid you nearly seven times as
much, namely, 1903, 993, 3S7.08? What
answer is it to the people when you not
only have received that amount besides the
S, 2S0, 093.13 received for the arms sold to
the French, and also the five bundled and
six vessels sold from the navy? You can
no longer deceive the people; they will hurl
you from power as unworthy agents."
Mr.. Hereford then proceeds1o show, from
tables furnished in the official reports, that
whilst the legitimate expenses Of the Govern
ment, as claimed by the administration, are
beyond all precedent in our history,
hey are still not large enough to account
for the use of the enormous sum collected.
What has become Of the immense balance
Of millions and millions? Where has it
gone? Who will answer? The argument
is clear, condensed and able, iand its con-
illusions are from figures and statements
by the official reports of Execu-
i've officers, and cannot be denied or an
swered. The magnitude Of the sums
,Casted by the prohgacy Of the Administra-
lion is certainly startling.