The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-30
Making totalof 50 6sl ,443 9sl 96


According to a report Of the same officer,
sent into this Congress, in answer to res.
oluiou offered BY my friend from New
York, (Mr. Wood lie shows us that there
has been received in,o the Treasury from
June 80, 1911. the date last referred to up
to March /, 1872. the additional sum Of
$3.50, 500 9SS SO; making, according TO
the reports Of the Treasury Department,
the enormous sum of So $50 .053 $40 .46
since the close Of the war. But large as
those receipts seem to b., we must not
stop there. The Secretary Of aralso, 10
answer to q resolution introduced by my
friend from Kentucky, (Mr Beck, March
IL, 1872, shows that there has been re-
ceived by the War Department in excess
Of appropriations since June 30,
1865 and which amount has never, hereto.
fore appeared 10 any report as received in
to .bc Treasury, ,hesum ofslO7,959 4l6
81; which amount, added to the previous
receipts, as shown by the various Depart.
menis themselves. makes the amount re-
ceived into the treasury since The war clos.
ed all ofwhicb time the Republican party
has had the control Of the Government,
the enormous sum Of So, O99 993 3S7.O8,
which is S266,757,2l3.39 more than the
whole debt Of the United States amounted
to July ]. 1866. Now, 10 the name Of
common honesty and common sense, what
'comes Of all this boasting and parade Of the
decrease of the public debt? Nor do |
stop here. BY their own showing they
have sold So. $50. O93 II worth Of arms to
the French Government, which has never
been accounted for in these reports.
Nor can | stop here. AT the close Of
the war. as shown by the Navy Register
Of that year, we bad belonging to the navy
six hundred aud eighty.three vessels; now
according to the same authority, we have
only one hundred aud seventy seven; max.
ing Eve hundred and six that have been
disposed ofby 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 fthis vast
Al
armament, this mighty feet of vessels?
Sold. What has become Of the money?
Who knows how much they were WORTH
No wonder We have not sufficient navy to
protect our citizens in foreign lands! No
wonder the eloquent voices Of the dis'in-
euished gentlemen from Indiana (Mr
Voorhees) and from Massachusetts (Mr
Bauks) and other fell UNDECIDED the other
day in this Hall in favor Of the release of
DR. Ilousrd, who is now confined in chaius
by Spanish authority! '.".4.
What answer is it to the people. whose
agents you are, TO say that you have de-
creased the debt siece the war S494,7l6..
575.l5, when they have paid You nearly
seven times as much, namely. $3,O49,993,.
387 OS? What answer isit to the people
when you not only have received that
amount besides the IS, $500 93.l3 received
for the arms sold to the Freuch, aud also
the Eve hundred and six vessels sold from
the nayys You can no Longer deceive tue
people; they will hurl you from power ss
unworthy agents.
Mr.. Hereford then proceeds to show,
from tables furnished in the official reports,
that whilst the Legitimate expenses of the
Government. as claimed by the Admins.
tra,iou. are infinitely beyond all precedent
ia our bistorty, they are still not large
enough to account for the use Of the enor'
NOUS sum collected. What has become Of
the immense balance Of millions aud mil.
lions? Where has it gone? Who will an
swer! The argument is clear. condensed,
aud able, and its conclusions arc from
figures and statements furnished by the
official reports Of Executive officers, aud