Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-08-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Tho Rate of Losses I'm the Different Adminis-
traiions-sunset COx's Bxcess-Rebels at Heart
yet-WaSe Hampton.

II
A table was recently prepared o.
the Treasury, showing the total loss
es during the period of zach Admin
istration, from Washington's Il
Grants, C. years. inclusive, giving
the ratio per $1,000 OF such losses
From this table it appears that in
the 8 years of Jackson's torn of Office
tho losses amounted to 1851 per 81. !.
900 disbursed. During Van Buren, i
term, a years. they amounted &c
Sill per $1,000 during Folks, q
years. to $4O8 per $1,000; during
Buchanan'a, a years. to 1881 pei
$1,000, during Lincoln's, a years,
to IS cents per $1,000, and during
the 6 gears Of Grants to the COMPARE
tively small sum Of 81 cents per one
thousand dollars.
1t has been aptly said that "hg-
ures won't lie." The very "welkin
has been made to ring." with charge
upon charge against the present
National Administration that ii
has eclipsed oil its predecessors in
amount of defalcations of officers
having charge of public funds. The
official record shows that, during the
first six years of Grants Administers
ton, the disbursements amounted to
tim emo rmous sum of eight thousand
millions of dollars, and tho total do
faloations only two millions and
eight thousand dollars, being, as stat
ed, 81 cents to the $1,000.
Another astonishing contrast is
the amount of disbursements and
Losses, respectively, prior to and
since the commencement of the war.
From the organization of the Gov
ernment up to June 80, 1861, the dis
bursem ents were in round numbers,
four thousand and seven hundred
millions of dollars, being $5.17 per
$1,000. From Juno 80, 1861, to June
80 1875, embracing the whole period
of the war, the disbursements were
twenty five thousansd and five hum
dred millions of dollars the losses
were fourteen millions and six thou
san dollars, being tho comparatiV-
~ small sum of fifty seven cents per
$1,000, or only one ninth of what
they were prior to the war. Now,
sham Democratic reformers, put
that and that together, and then put
it in your pipe and smoke IT,
The efforts of the Democratic
press to smooth over the ruffianly
conduct of Sunset Cox for advanc
ing upon Mr., Kasson and hurting tho
llo into his face on the floor of the
House, shows to what depth the
people are bong stirred by tho rep
otition of these scenes. Tho attack
of Brooks on Sumner was precc-
dent, but that upon Potter, Of Wis
cons in, had too much "business" in
it, and the characteristic paltroon
who offered the attack 'subslded'
only as braggart could. The ex-
cuse of Cox that it was ga la Blaine,
piece of parliamentary grand strait
egy" the granger faileth to accept.
The excuse is q lie. 1t was to REIN
state himself sitter being "bottl5d
up" by Morrison and his lights put
out" by Saylor, to rein state himself
with tho roughs and shoulder-hitters
of his district, and with whom ro-
election was impossible, and despite
the assertion of himself and friends,
tina, is the only light in which the
people will be willing to view it.
The "gilt god" "carpot- bagger"
of the country should exercise great
or circumspection, for somo future
immaculate statesmen" may step
on him permanently.
That q large number Of prominent
a. y
yielded as conquered to conqucrors
with the intention to DO faithful to o
future allegiance To the Government
is patont TO tho whole chuntry. Since
the close of the war, on many Occa>
sio&s, this fact has been manifest. 1t
has developed itself, time and again,
in the shape of fiondish outrages up
on that class which, as the result OF
the conflict, has been invested with
tho privilege of free citlzons. 1t has
been made manifest by assaults upon
the purity of the ballot-box, thereby
destroying fair expression ofpret,
erenee in choice of candidates for
office. In many othor ways the
animus of tho old disloyalty has ex-
hibitod itself since Lee's surrender.
Now comes an open and defian.
attempt to place the Executive
power in the Southern States in tho
hands of mon who have never even
avowed IN intention to DO loyal in
the future, but, on tho contrary have
porsistantly proclaimed to the world
that rebellion is patriotism, and that
during life, they will hold themselves
in readiness to do, undor similar cir
cumstances, what they had done
and again rise the banner Of revolt
OF this character is the nomination
of Wade Hampton, as the Democrats
candidate for Governor of South