Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-14

close of the last month the collections SSS..-
S1s.237; sscertained cash deficiencies of collect
ors pointed in this period. 5s2. ls6. or about
g. 100 of per cent. of the amount collected.
As the balances for the last period mentioned
are Of comparatively recent occurrences and are
now in process OF collection. IL is believed that a
large proportion Of it will ultimately be recov-
cred so that the actual ultimate loss will be very
much less than herein shown. Respectfully,
ID. ID. pRATT. Commissioner.
Hon. j. s. Morrill,. United States Senate.
These letters and figures overturn noun
talns OF falsehood which ought to bury our
calumniators beneath them. The truth is
that although defalcations and malfeasances
sometimes occur, and always will, there is
more official integrity, the revenues are more
faithfully collected, and the public service
better performed than al any former pc
Rod.
GOVERNMENT NOT BANKRUPT.
During the last fiscal year ending the 30th
of June, 1876, the surplus revenue was So
249, 900. which was applied TO the reduction
of the national debt. In the last ten years
we have paid off 1913. 423 2s4 of the national
debt On the Both OF June 1866 the debt
was 5000 34S goo; now it is, n round num-
bers 81 06O, S25, 600. In 1866 the revenue de-
rived from internal revenue taxes was $309.-
226,Sl3. In 1876 il was $II6000000, a reduc-
ton OF nearly two-thrds, or nearly S200000,
600 per annum. This does not look like
national bankruptcy and paralysis.
STRIKING CONTRAST.
Contrast this with the last imbecile.
slovenly and veral administration of James
Buchanan. During his four years. in time
of pro found PEACE, the revenues tell short of
the ordinary expenditures $I5,2ll,1l9 which
sum was made up by loans and added to the
burden with which the Republican party re-
ceiyed the slxarproent in lSGl. To enable
the government to live from dav to day
during the last of these four years the six
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hawked about the markets of the world, and
disposed ef with difficulty at q discount OF
seventeen per cent. i. was during this adj
ministration, which was relieved from the
charge OF idioc,r only by being convicted of
treason that Hendricks was commissioner
of public lands, Floyd and Thompson were
in the cabinet the trust funds were stolen
in broad daylight and the national arms
publicly conveyed to the South, where they
were seized by traitors without opposition.
1t is a marvel of human audacity for any
one connected with the administration OF
james Buchanan to ask the confidence oil
the American people
ExPESsEs OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Mr.. Conant, the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, has carefully prepared from the
books of the department tables showing the
net expenses Of the government. excludins
war expenses and those growing out of tho
reDeiliOn, TOT every zen years, UckiuDing III
1910 and including the fiscal year ending the
30th Of June 1875.
According to his table the total expendi
lures for the fiscal year 1875 were 1914 623
1924. The total expenditures for the year
| 1860 we're $63. 025, 1855. Alter deductine
| from the expenditures for the year 1915 al
those growing out of the war and the rebel
lion. the net results for that year were sS4,
773. 49, 40 in currency. But the expenditure.
/ for ISlO were in syold and Mr. Conant ha
deducted 121z per cent. "a the premium on
gold for the year 1875, leaving net expendi
| ture IN gold for that year of sI4. 02S 6s809.
The Secretary shows that the expenses pc
capita. in the following table of dollars anC
| thousandths were, in