Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-20

ernment, Inc oOlect OF the table Wnlch
has been Published, and which was annexed
to . speech delivered 10 the House OF Repre-
sentatives by Mr.. Dawes, of MASSACHUSETTS,
Chairman of the committee OF ways ana
Means, AID is also annexed :"
. speech delivered by my colleague Mr.
Logan 10 the Senate, was 70 show tnAt the
expenses of the Government during the
year 1871 we're less per capita than the ex-
penses Of the GovernmenI IN the year 1861, |
The year before the war. The purpose OF
thatis TO create the impression among the |
people that the finances Of the country and
The Naturalization OF the Government are |
economically mSnaged, that th9 people may
be made to believe that economy Obtains
aud abuses do not exist.
IL was astonisbed when I read the state
menI, knew il could not be true, and |
wondered that such . statement should be
made up and published. have since taken
occasion 70 compare the table with the ofie
iAl report Of the secretary of the Treasury,
and have satisfied myself that, 30 far from
bei0g true, the expenses Of the Government,
per capita, in 1871, we're nearly double What
they we're in 1860. You have my statement
against the one that is published as 9 part
OF the speeches OF these gentlemen, but
which was never read either in the House or
the Senate, although il was stated in the
speeches that there was such table, and it
Is published in the Globe Will you attach
any importance or give any credits to this
table If il is shown TO be erroneous to the
extent Of many millions? Voices, "No "
mo Well, now, l propose to show that,
/ in round numbers, the expenses Of the Gov
eminent Of the United States, as stated 10
the table, in 1862 were SOB 100000, and
in 1871 they are stated At 1922 900 900. IL
is not fair, however, 10 charge the whole
Of this expenditure Of 1922, 900 900 to the
ordinary expenses Of 1871 and | will d.
reclly tell you why. But $292, 000. 900 10
not the whole expenses Of 1872. There is
one mistake, aud how do you think il occur.
ed7 IL you will look at the official report Of
7 the Secretary Of the Treasury, which | have
in my hand, you will End that he, Also, in
one place, states the expenditures OF the
( GoveFnmen for 1871 at $292, 900 600, aud
gives the amount 10 each branch Of public
service, go much for the Civil Service so
+ much for the Navy so much for the mill
( tAry establishment, and so on, and you will
find opposite the amount Of expense set
I down for military esta blishment, TO Wit, $3j,
/ 799, 99l 80, a star, which refers TO q note at
the bottom Of the page, in email type. which
reads as follows: Amount after deductlng
! $4,000, 093 l3 repaid into lhe Treasury as
the proceeds of the sale of ordnance. etc.
The true expenditures were $44,00S, 0S4 %
instead Of $35, 799, 99l 50, as stated above.
T Nov, there 10 a small difference of more
than IS, 000, 900 not taken into account.
Why? Because the War Department de-
rived the money from the sale of the proper
ty Of the United StAtes-its ordnance
which consisted, in part, Of arms sold Ehe
French. The Government received for
your property more than $4,000 then
spent it, and then did not take it into &C
count 10 the general statement Of the ex-
penditures Of the year.
A Voice. Did not any go to the PruS-
slams.
think most Of them went to France, and
: they only got to Prussia when the Prussisus
took them out Of the hands of the French
men. Laughter But it is no matter
where they went. do not propose to dis.
ouss that. Ny object was to show that the
War Department and the Government of the
L oited States, in the year 1871, expended
more than $500 10000 instead of 292, 900,
900, and the testimony is conclusive.
10 order TO impose upon The country the
idea that the expenses in 1871 we're not great
I er than 10 1860 in proportion to population,
various deductions are made from this 1922.
600 900, as the table states it. In the FIRST
place, SI2j, 900 900 are deducted on account
OF interest paid upon the public debt That
was right. The present Administration is
NOS responsible for any extrAvagAuoe in pay
Jog the legal interest upon the pubic debt,
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gross expenditures Of the year 1871. All
agree that that is proper. But, would you
believe IL? the interest paid in 1860 is not
deducted from the expenses of that year
We paid over SO 00O, 900, 10 interest on the
public debs 10 1860 which, 10 Mr. Dawes
table, is included in the ordinary expenses
of tina, year, but the $l25,000 900 is taken
OIl OF the expenses of 1871. IL this fair ?
In 1871 We paid $34, 00O. 0O0 in pensions.
do not thick that ought TO be charged to
the eIIrAvAgEnce of any Administration, be
cause these pensions are provided for by
law and must be paid, no matter who 10 IN
power. The $4,000 900 is deducted prop.
erly, but if you deduct the amour paid for
pensions in 1871, does not common fairness
say you must deduct the amount paid for
IN 1860? And yet in this table it is not
done. So, when you make the proper de-
duotions, il will be found that the ordinary
expenses Of the Government in 1871 are
more than double Wtat they we're 10 1860
The amount paid by every man, woman, aud
child for the ordinary expenditures of this
Government, last year, was 50 40, while 10
1860 it was 81 IS instead of the amounts
"a stated in the foregoing table. Other de-
duotions made from expenses of 1871, as
ohargsabls TO the war, are prsposterous
such as : l6,607 ,973.S5 from expansion of
military sstAb ments. Not to detain you
With these details, which, although import
ant for the information OF the people, and
necessary TO understanding and exposing
this attempt TO misleAd them, have said
enough, trust, to call the attention of this
Intelligent audience to the unfairness and
unreliabillty of this table, which you will zee
scattered ell over this state as q campaign
document by the friends Of the Adminislra-
ton. When you see it, look at these items
and examine for yourselves, and see if the
interest and pensions are deducted from the
expenses Of 1871. and left IN as a part of
the expenditures OF 1860. You will not see
IN the table the facts about the money real.
lied from the sale of ordnance. That little
sam, Of over $4,000 900, is omitted from
the table altogether.
Was / right when, With q knowledge Of
the transactions l have exposed, / took
ground against their continuance? Should
| sit still, as the representative of the peo-
pie of this great State, who have often hon
ored me with their confidence, aud suffer
such plundering of the Treasury as | have
exposed to you tonight, to go on?-such false
statements to 90 out uncontrAdicted p? And
when | found it was impossible to make q
correction through the Republican orgaui
cation, because / was borne down and voted
down, ana denounced BY the Senatorial
Ring, was l wrong in my resolve to 90 to
the people aud call upon them to denounce
and 10 put down the Senatorial RinR2 lap.
plsuse. A voice, "You did night Hence
favored this Liberal movement, and in-
tsnd to favor it until the end, until the peo-
pie, in November next, vita floating flags.
beating drums, and booming cannon, shall
proclaim the triumph of honesty and purity