The weekly clarion., 1876-09-27
ISSUES OF rHE CANVASS.

Reosezy asd Redse- u
dos Of Taxes. ysrs-s Radical .o
Ex1ruvagaaee and EEor- ur
orbItant TaxaGIOs.
Notwithstanding the Democratic Leg =,
islature has reduced the tax for the ordi- Z,
nary purposes Of the State government,
from CT mills on the dollar in 1875, to p
81 mills on the dollar in 1876, pro- !
hibited the boards Of county supervisors e
from levying, for State purposes, tax, q
which, added n the State tax, would :
exceed $500 on the 81 900 valuation, !
against unlimited taxation under Radical '
rule; notwithstanding it cut down the I
numberless sinecures which we're created
by the carpetbag spolistors for the beneht
Of dead beats, aud reduced expenditures
in every single department Of the State
government, without exception, the Rad
ical leaders have the assurance to pretend,
before the people, that there was no ma
terial reduction after all. Hon. George |
Z. Harris, Attorney General, after jus
tifying the defeat Of the Republican State
Administration last year, on the ground
Of its corruption. proAigacy and encour-
agement Of lAwlessness and crime, is
in the habit Of indulgiBg in this sort OF
humbuggery. And note only 80, but he is
in the habit Of undertaking the in
debtedness left on the hands Of the people
by the wreckers who were swept out Of
power in November-he almost alone
having been left spared monument for
time. In n speech in Jackson, not
long since, he said thsf csc S~"s-.y,
f" 1875, the outstanding Indebtedness OF
the State was only 81 ,O44, 900, and in
"9O days Of Democratic rule it was in
/" creased by 1927 ,OOO." Now mark
what a plain and simple tale will put
him down. At the last session of the
Legislature, a Joint Committee Of the
Senate and House, composed Of Demo
Gratis and Republicans, who we're charged
with the duty Of investigating and max
ing a statement of the States financia
condition, reported: (It will be born
in mind that carpet-bag rule commenced
in 1870, and terminated in January
1850
RECAPIrULArIoN.
On January /, 1870, the state indebted
!. ness over current funds and available asset
was t22l ,522 IS.
On January |, 1876, the state indebted
ness over current funds and available asset
,. was f2,6 ,7O4 ~.
And the following is the exhibit show
ing the accuracy of the above figures, viz
that the actual Indebtedness of the Stat
when the Democrats came into powel
was 81, ,63l ,704, instead Of "Sl ,044, 900,
a. stated by the AttorneY.General:
On Jan. !, 1875, the State debt
:. was. ................-...... s3,Al,l62
on Jan. l, 1876, the
assets were. F09,55S 65
Less one counterfeit. 100 90
- s7O9,45s
Leaving Indebtedness over as
sets. acknowledgements. f2,63l,7Q
OF this there is due:
To Chickasaw School Fund &c.. aSl4,743
To Common School Fund ...- 769.45l
Amt bonds due Jan. l, f250OOO
. Less bonds
paid aud
not aud
tied. &l23 460 90
Less cur
Don, rency
80 set apart
balance, SO 5s5 75
OBS 70
m $500 zoo
Aunt bonds due Jan. I, 1879. 66,964
Amt ChickaSaw School Fund,
Interest due counties, (not
ecue drawn) ...................... 2,3Ol
Och Amt Railroad tax Of 1875, due
'"' counties, mot drawn. ........ l2,384
der. Amt Certificates OF Indebted
ness ...... . $l7l,9 90
ews. Less Certificates in
Treasury .......... 12l,444 90
sun. Amt State warrants
'1P outstanding. .. 3 600,l2S 2s
Less war
rants
4 of paid on
, the rail-
jom- road
,len- settle
ments S1s5,lsO O7
ana Less war
I'M of rants
paid
vest and not
-. entered. H,775 80
P0A' Less cur
rency
set aside
to pay
sher- on bal
silly, "'' 80 s2lss75 10