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

eyes Of mankind. We find the office holding
class have become so numerous. powerful and un-
scrupulous that they assume to control the cleo.
til rs and. il tie people are Indifferent or ut all
equally divided. are iisble to exert q corrupt in
fuence sufficient 10 perpetuate their own power.
AT last We are reaching the worst condition
ment no logger exists for the people: the people
exiet only Tor the government. Our Centennial
product Is the evils. license and wrongs to
escape which ancestors abandoned their
homes in the Old World and planted themselves
in the W wilderness.
The fact that a candidate for President
should have made such a speech Is the strong
est evidence that can be produced OF our
all business is ruined, that the wolf is at the
door OF nearly every house in the land.
gaupt and hungry, and that our Centennial
product is the evil, license and wrongs to
escape which our ancestry abandoned their
homes in the Old World. he uttered ISLANDERS
shameless and enormous.
The nearest approach to the condition OF
things he describes is TO be found in the city
OF New York under his own administration in
those Democratic purleus and among the
people who gave him his large majority.
The CRYING evil of the day Is malicious alse-
hood which covers alike the President and
the humblest citizen and permeates public
and private life.
HAVE OFFICIAL MORALS DETERIoRATED?
So far from official morals deteriorating
the public service becoming bebauched, and
the country standing on the brink OF ruin, /
pronounce this and all kindred statements
which make up the body and trimmings OF
Democratic platforms and speeches, to be
unmitigated bosh and demagoguery, and
that the very opposite IL the truth. On the
9th OF February last the Senate, by resolu-
ton. called nron the Secretary of tho TrsAe-
ury Tor a statement OF all the Balances due
the United States from dcfalcations or fail
ures to make settlement, beginning OF the
LIST OF January. 1854.
DEFALCATIoNs GREATLY DIMINISHED.
The answer was sent to the Senate few
weeks ago, and i submit an extract from a
statement made by Mr.. Anthony, Senator
from Rhode Island, chairman OF the COM
mittee to whom the document was referred:
Mr.. Anthouy-''The aggregate statement of the
paper exceedingly creditable to the American
Government do not mean to any particu ar
party. but to the financial history of the United
States. There have been disbursed since lsa-l
can hardly read such big fgures-sl3 go .s70. :
c72.05 oil which is marked upon these books 81
2no.,o0. being about half a million OF dollars a
year. and great part oil this Is nominal. not
real.
The losses on the 81 .o0p of disbursements were.
in the administration Of Jackson. sos: Van
Buren,. 81 Is; Harrison. s10.37: Polk. Ss34; Tay-
nearly s6.es. L ncoln. slil: johnson. IS cents:
4.
four years. d showing . constant decline.
wh.ch Is owing in a large degree to the improved
manner OF keep ne the accounts; and that Is due
very largely to the Committees on Finance and
| Appropriations. who have introduced legislation
| here which has compelled much greater accuracy
and responsibility. The average percentage OF
losses during this whole period ON the dis5urse-
msnts is -5y on the thousand. do not believe
| that the aggregate OF any class OF corporate OF
| private business. banking. commercial. or any
| other kind, can show so small a percentage OF
loss this. and IL Is ying that the percent
age OF loss Is continually decreasing. comins
Gown from SCI So in tie administration OF Van
Buren, to an average Of twenty-t.Iree cents on the
| thousand dollars or only about one-sixtieth 4:
much under the present adm nistration This
is exclusive of the Postofiice. which administer,
/ Its own revenue. In the Postoilce the loss ha,
gone down rom 81 is on the 900 in Jack son
"a sam "a nis'raten. and 500 IN Van Bnren 5. I,
second; with an average Of $751; Tor the whoi'
| period"
From the foregoing statement it appear
| that the losses during Grants first four year.
were only l-26 part on the l.oOo of wha
| they were during the second administration
of General Jackson; only 1-52 part o.
what they were during the admins.
| tration OF Van Buren,; only lis part
of what they were during Buchanan's, the
| last Democratic administration. The losse
during Grants second term, now more thar
three years gone, on the 81 900 are only Al
part OF what they were during the admins
tratlon Of jackson; l-sl part of what the,
were during Van Buren's administration
and l 70 part of what they were during Blu
chsnan's administration. These figure
which are mathematical deductions from tn
itemized accounts taken from the books o
the Treasury Department reveal the hideou
character of the lies which are being pouret
out upon the government and the Republi
can party. They show what "A vast improve
ment has taken place in the adIninistratic,
OF the government since the days of til
"Glorifed Jackson" and how greatly tn
tone and purity of official morals have bee
elevated by the Republican party, and shoul'
silence with very shame the "croakers' aD'
libellers of the day.
/ present the official analysis made BY tn
Secretary OF the Treasury of tine defalcation
and failures to make settlement, taken iron
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