Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-26

move them, and in some Instances he is
compelled 10 shield them 10 protect hii
party power. You all remember the
shameful action Of General Grant in
ordering the arrest and imprisonment OF
all New York merchants who dared to
expose the blackmailing process carried
on in the New, " ork CustOmhouse. The
public good demanded their exposure,
but the reelection of Grant demanded
| their protection. The public interest
| yielded to personal ambition, and they
/ still fatten and feast on the ill-gotten
1 gains that they daily extort from
/ the people. Why? Because they con-
troll the New York conventions. Such
conduct in Mr.. johnson would have
/ secured his Impeachment. Nor is this
1 all: The public funds Of the govern
I ment have also been used for the pur-
/ pose OF biasing the free will Of the
/ voters. The Marshals Of the State Of
! North Caroline received for United
/ States Court costs nearly as much money
as It required under Mr.. Johnston to
( pay the Federal Court costs in all the
States Of the Union. Five times as
7 much money has been appropriated this
I year to defTay the expenses of the
I Federal Courts as has been necessary
under other administrations. Why this
increased costs? The courts are about
the same. These facts show conclusive
ly that the one-teTm principle should be
adopted. Grants prostitution Of the
machinery Of the government for party
purposes, has made his administration
failure, and proved him untitled for the
Office. Extravaganza, corruption, par
tial legislation and Capitalization Of
power in the government, are the chief
features Of the present administration.
That il has been the most extrava-
CANT administration in the annals
OF history, will hardly be denied.
The payment in the First North CarOli-
ma district OF fourteen thousand dollars
to collect only ten thousand, serves to
illustrate a common practice in doubtful
districts and States. But like the bribe-
~ fund received by ROderick r. Butler
for o King cadet applicants, it was
used in the interest OF the party, and
therefore no wrong was done. Alden. a
retired Admiral, daily spent thousands
Of dollars OF the peoples money on a
pleasure voyage in foreign lands, with
the best ships of the navy, while the
General Of our armies has lust returned
from a foreign voyage as an attendant Of
Lieutenant Grant. The appropriation
OF two hundred millions Of acres Of pub I
lie lands and twenty-seven millions Of
dollars to Northern railroads, was a vast
swindle, and a reckless waste Of the ma
tiOnal resources. Just think of the vast 1
territory thus squandered-three times F.
enough to build the road, and eight times /.
az much as all Tennessee. The letter Of
Congressman Ames, recently published, /.
shows how he and Others sold them /.
selves and their country in voting away
all this public domain. The money in /.
the treasury has been wasted with the .
same prOdigality. The ordinary ex-
penses Of Grants administration is far
beyond all precedent. Exclusive of the 4
war debt, and the army, navy, ,
and pensions, it has expended, |
as shown by its own reports, /
in three years the sum OF SlSS,- 1
067 900, while Buchanan only expended |
for the same purposes the sum OF SlO2,- T.
465, ,375 for four years, or SIS, 81, ,S43 per .
year. Grant spent S62, SIS, 600 per year .
for the same purpose for which johnson .
only spent So, ,S53, ,666 per year when .
gold was forty per cent. premium, and /
the financial machinery Of the govern |
ment deranged by the jars and breaks OF |
the war. The last year of JohnsOn's .
uu1LnAsLIallOu Cost e0ot, "a 300. Inc ]
nnst year Of Grants cost S692 271 323.
Balance in favor of johnson and hon
esty, Sl07, 598, ,354 per year. Grants In
dian policy cost an average OF s, $50, 600 |
per year; Buehanan's Indian policy,
when the Indians were more numerous,
cost only 50, ISL, 800 per year; Pierce's
cost only -, ,7I4.02I; JOhnson's cost less
than S4,000,OO0. Grant is excusable for
this. You know he had to pay the In
1ians a large bonus to keep quiet, while
The troops were Withdrawn fru.l or
borders TO the doubtful States on the
eve Of elections II is a glaring fact
that the excess Of Grants ordinary eK-
penses over JOhnsOn's for the period Of
three years is greater than the entire ex-
penses Of the government in the year
1912, when James Madison carried on
-he war with Great Britain.
Let US come nearer home for a COM
Darison. Memphis is an inland port Of
sntry, and the relative expenses for
1860 and 1871, a. shown by the reports,
ire as follows: