The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-03

y ,s'.,ovn. i'uv' Friday Nigh, November 81
go'sS1S g.lo'ss.o"S, Preston county, SATURDAY
y,,tl I'll November 4.h. ;..,,, vovomber 9Th.
cation, Monday NlgnL NO
Tbe National Finances.
IT.. ,,,lement Of the government pub
e,tJ in the ISrELIlGEScER yesterday
s.'i D'.niny ., ,bOws that during the month o
eso5er' rs,l,, just closed, the National deOI
y. .,,y,s ,sJuc,d s3838,lSO. This reduction
=, ~ one month alone saves the people .dn an
,spual payment Of in'ore'! Of sloSOVV' ";
Til. i. ,be way in which the finances O'
10 country are managed under I've,
,"bIic.O NJ rule. This Is the safe and
.'sornbIO way to restore the eOun'
~ to prosperity. There is no plan
4 having debts except to pay them
n. homes. intentions Of our government
'.5., the auspices Of the Republican par
,,t,,s restored its credit from the point
4. which il fell under. Democratic rule TO
+, r,,,cn, enviabIe standing throughout
A.. world, We are thus enabled to call
!, our 6 per cent bonds and replace them
,i,b bond. bearing only a! per cent in
,,,.,, thu, saving an immense amount OF
s,ssy to The taxpayers Of the nation
During the present canvass the most
,,n.DJou, and rascllly efforts have been
AIDE by Democratic writer's and stump
o,,,or, to mislead the people on the sub
nj Of the National finances. But facts
q. stubborn things, aud they cannot be
,iDed out BY those who seek to play upon
tbe passions Of the people on a subject
,l oupch concern to them, for the mere
a.e Of getting possession Of the Offices
,f the government. A large number OF
tie most respectable men Of whom New
York city can boast, foremost bankers
,5I business men, have set their names
% statement as to the actual status OF
n. National finances that no man--not
,,,n that profound tinancieF, Henry
G. Dayis-cun galnsay. The'e men
rtify that the following record Of
tie Republican party is true, and that
/, stands, like the walls Of Gibraltar, iia'
yreEnable to any and all attacks that the
ste would.be destrOyers Of the National
,,edi. and OF tile Government itself, can
make upon il:
I, 1855, Aug u. the National
utbt reached It's mlxImun -
iuount 1885, i5l, ,jJl u
gelsri June ~, 1876, tO.......... 300? iJJ,3H ~
A leIustiOn, during thIsperiO,l ....-
0. elsTen yuIrs slbCe the W4rOI sCG. G.HS. .?l6 "
n. GnnuIl Interest charge for
Ii, aSAl year ending June 81, ..
ls6, ..s....s.... l1JUJI,H Hl W
j. u.isiG............"...".......~, IOO,?IS 27I 81
gbla1Es 10 the annual interest
tAIiSt since 1865 Ol,........"."... J3R?l yiI0 10
ILs ln1ull expenditures Of tho
GOVERNMENT Ia 1876, rs c0nl-
plrei With 1866 show 4 reduc-
tIn VI ............ ~, 5VOI VI
ksl In Fettnl taxation more
W
Among The men who certify to this
statement are James Lennox, John Jacob
A,tor, and Noses Taylor, who are moi
cIu+d as Republicans, but who in CON.
mon With thousands OF the business men
otihe country are alarmed at the gravity
oithe crisis that now threatens the gov.
snusat. These men, among whom Mr..
Iilden has lived for more than genera.
Iiol, believe that his election would be a
ultioual calamity.
10 addition to the figures quoted above,
IS.s responsible and reliable men &C.
company them to the country with the
following statement:
Other Srea! results Of this financial
P9ir! have been that, despite an indebt.
sineS Of more than two thousand
millions, and while diminishing taxation,
ae credit Of the country has been raised
TO The unprecedented point, that It's four
adj hall per cent bonds, issued in re-
dt1pilOn Of the six per cents, have been
ceiling rapidly, at home and abroad, above
PE IN gold; and the Government has been
'nAOIed every year since 1866, not only to
LsP within its income, but to apply an
l'erlge annual sum Of $56,743, ,2S4 90 to.
HlFdihe payment oiis Indebtedness.
The conclusion to which these gentle.
asn come, after surveying calmly the
.'s'.-' ., Is m iO'IoW''
iadisions nannHaUoS, ot 'nfSe ne IRE results w.
loual Treasury during Republican
tmlniStration Of the Government, in.
'cs' the undersigned to express their
2nhdcnt belief that a continuation Of
Se sane general policy which has 30
'sll sustained our commercial honor,
ID 'Id'd SO powerfully in the preserva.
ion oil tho Union itself, would be best
''oaOteSl by the election Of Gen. Ruther.
9d ). Hayes and William A. Wheeler to
Ias offices Of President and Vice Prcsi.
at11 oil the United States"
Its not only in New York citv that
y.,jD.,, man a. H., .I wy 'AI'
Mr., .tlI r', "'.ueu ~ 'ne posi-
'''.'' o' AF' IIIdens election. In other
.''ia tho same feeling is plainly mani.
.t!el in the cb,r,c,or ~ Tim moe,irgs