The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-20

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and vhakisI showed in my BelleviIls
remarks was that the extravsxance under
the firstsix years of Gratis AdmiaIstra-
ton exceeded by almost threa to one khe
|fecklessS sxtfavagance during Buchanaxl'f
time. This Gen. Logan does not deny.
but goes OH abusing Buchanan. Hear
what he says: ------
There was o decided difference in two men and
their sdministrations. Rnshanan was n
with the south Gen she pans Tss ioVs IN word
and deed. Buchanan said In ais last message that
mere was no power In the government @ coefGe
Lincoln coeree eleven States and unfurlsd the Gag
once more over all OF them. VIII Senator Trum.
James Buchanan With that of any Republican
SINGER
Pray what has Buchanan,s Imbecillty. or
his denial of want of power to coerce O
state. to do With the extrayagance. fraud,
and corruution which prevailed under tie
publican rnie in fhe days or Grantlsm as
compared with that nader BuchananI L
was no supporter of Buchanan as den.
Logan was. 10 bis reply Gen. Logan says
still further:
Senator Trumbun here employs soph1stry by
penditure dufihg s5rant's administration, was Q
greater increase over the 45s 40, expended
would warrant. That may DO trne, placing it on
snch bssi. Bpt viii any far mInaea s maj TAX a
e sss expense q
strusting the states recently IN Dem asee,
lion against the government Then there was the
Interest on the public debt,
Does not GEN. Logan know. that the
reconstruction acts were all passed and the
states restored to their former relations 10
the union before Grant came into power
Does he not know that the interest on the
public debt was not included IN the $40,
800, 1926 Is, the ordinary annual expenses
during the first six years OF Grantisml
Had the interest 90 the public debt been
Included. the annual expenses of those
years would have amounted TO more than
$27O 600, 900,
With this exposure of part Of the mis-
takes. fallacies, and illogical deductions Of
Gen. Logsn's attempted reply. will leave
him, merely promising that it Is only
want OF time that prevents the exposure
Of others.
NOW FOR GOV. cULLoM,
who has also turned his attention to my
Beleville speech. A man who attempts
to correct the statement of facts made by
another should be sure that IN making
the attempt he does not himself biunder.
Among other facts stated by me to show
that il was not Republicans alone who down
the rebellion was this:
The Democratic state of Missouri alone in which
Mr.. Lincoln received but 17,02s votes in 1880 fur
nfshed f109, III men 10 the IN ion army, greater
number than was furnished by all the Republican
states of Vermont, Rhode Island, ,Minnesota, Neb-
raekR, and kansas put togel her. Neither Michigan
Wisconsin, nor Iowa furnished as many troops 20
the union army as Missouri.
This statement which was strictly true
Gov. Cullom undertakes to controyert and
says:
There Is serious difheutay in regard to this
statement and that is that IL will not bear exAmin-
alton. The fact is that the state OF Missouri
In the union army but sixty-nine regiments OF in
dsnsfy snG sfe.y All s9gsrnSs Lsis sae
fact that these regiments were composed OF vol.
unteers from Illinois. Ohio, and other states, aud
hocked into MissS ur. where vol 1ntee-ing was not
so iactiye. In some cases entire companies and
regiments were organized in and credited to Mis-
this way Missouri furnished about $4,000 soldiers
the union army. The remainder Of the 100000
stated by Judge TrumbulI, were made
ap Of nineiy-day men of the Missouri stase mliti.
and Home guards s.a
The same number OF the Chicago Trs-
baRe which contained report of Gov.
Cullom's speech contained the copy of q
statement. issued by the adjutant general,
Of the number of men furnished by each |
state from April Is, 1851, TO the close Of |
the war. which showed the terms for |
which the men served reduced to the |
hree-years' standard. This statement
hows the number of men furnished by
Missouri TO have been 109.lll. precise
y as had stated it. and not 69.000. as
Iov, Cuiiom mistakingly asserted. The
'tatem ent further shows that the
otaI number OF NTH furnished by
Miss ,uri on the three years standard
vas $500. which differs widely from Gov
H.. 4. = \
rot be we'll for the governor to employ q
book keeper" ard inform himself of The
acts before he again attempts to correct |
ny figures? The governor claims credit
or he reduction OF our state debt. sBd
nodestly says: II will call in aud take
lp. on the ist OF January next,the balance
# the debt. What has Gov Collum had
o dc gith raising the money or paying the
iebtf About as mitch as a bankers por-
or who carries the money OF his em ployer
lcross the street to take up the bankers
lote, and no more. Neither Gov Culium
lor the republican party has been instru-
mental in the passage OF laws by which
was made for the payment oil
he state debt
ALL THIS WAS DONE UNDER DEMOCRATIC |
AUSPICES
tUu yet o"N. Nuhuu naG Tue .CAiOukCAJ
10 say that be Twill call in and take up1
10 the first of January next. the balance |
If the debt" ''Whewi how make this
steamboat goI" as the mosquito said
when be lighted on the guards OF the boat. |
A gain. Gov. Callum says that forty OF the |
ifty-one millions of dollars owed by coun-
lies are by counties which gave q majority |
or Tilden. How was it then the debt
vas contracted? This is the more import
mt question, and nat what the present
political com plcxion of the counties iR
TX pect more of the counties who owe debts
20 give democratic majorities in 1880, but
hat will not relieve the republicans from
he responsibility of having created them. |
While on this matter of exposing mis-
statements, | will
CORRECT A CALUMNY WHICH HAS BEEN |
CIRCUL ATED ABOUT NE PERSON.
ALLY.
In the Chicago Times of Sept. Is there
10 L.