The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-10-03

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aer ]aausa collected sa3 pad ats ;he
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COLLECTORS aa8ei Gfat h tAfa years
0ilesiel and paid into tat treasury
tlau tobacco % che same &4ie so. o0o.
098 Tho totsl amount collected from
tobacco Ia tie ssno time was nader
johnson SIS SOS 80 and under Grant
tgl1l9,es8. Tie total REVENGE from
sflrts during the last three years u
jahussus administration was SOC 49,.
o5l Daring The three years gfGr4bcs
administration, with a tax reduced
from 500 L. 50 cents Twas $751;,
aS2 6ls
Search isF Tbs deiaulters aad you
will hud Ia the internal revenue bureau
that OF all the internal taxes assessed
since ten Grant came into power
charged to collectors as % much cash
81 baird only one tenth part 81 one per
cent d Gle amount paid ID remains un-
paid today Deduct from this one.
tenth part If enc per cent what is good
and will bic ultimately paid, aud there
will be lelt Of all, good, bad and iudif-
tercnt. only oue,ditietb Of one per cent
0fthe customs ouo.6liy-fhh part Of
ono per cent only has as yet failed 10
reach the treasury, or $4,000 only,
cut 81 $55s,00O,010 collected under
this administration up to January LIST,
1872 A republican treasury receiving
and paying out through hundred
clerks. dufing eleven aud oue-half years
S55, zoe. 900 zoe, has lost by the dis
honesty of two Of them, now in the
penitontiary, only $4,000.
This administration has grappled
with the public debt and extinguished
$350,0OO,0OO oft in three years aud a
half-a period Of iorty-two months
more than was paid by the British gov
eminent Of their debt in forty-fye years
and this has been although our debt
was only Sls,655, 6Gs.9l smaller at the
end Of Johnson's administration than it
was at the beginning.
Let me here answer specifically the
inquiry publicly pressed in the col-
umns Of the Republican, What does
Mr. Dawes mean by saying that john
sons administration paid only 3d.
600 600 oi'the public debt" ! am told
that until answer this question, l
"should not be accepted by any party
as an authority on the subject Of the
finances Of the government"
So / proceed, Andrew Johnson be-
came president after the bloody murder
Of Mr., Lincoln, April 10th, 1868. The
first public official statement of tho
public debt thereafter was on the Both
day Of the same April, as follows
Debt bearing iutorestincofu, 1909, 6s3, cil so
lawful money, sI892g, O62 81
on viii il interest has ceased, 3sl, G2Oo9
bearing 10 interest by nciud-
ing acquisitions and dedncting
cash in treasury, 56l,I6i ,2i3s3
Total debt, ess cash in treasury 81 5Oj, 055 573s2
The last official statement Of the
public debt made during Johnson's adj
miuistration was made March LIST, 1869,
three days before he ceased to be pres
ident, and was as follows
Debt bearing coin interest, 32,l07e5 ,O5O.oO
interest in lawfulmoueH7l ,l40,0 10000
on which interest has ceas-
Cd since maturity, 6,4j2,463.6t