The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-04-12
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From tie Ill xandr,a Herald.

NATIONAL u sBT.--.S.veral Of our
friends having expressed wish 10 see corr
rect state ot the public dob, together
with It's increase since the declaration " VAR
we addressed q letter to trend al Washing.
ION, who has polite y favored US With the in
formation, We rejoice therefore that we havo
IN opportunity Of correcting the many fslso
! assertions which have lately beepm In the
| uti i - ing districts Uy the opponents ofths
government, whore II has unbiushingIy been
sold to the people shat il exceeded one hun.
| dred and forty miihons.
Extract Of letter from gentleman in Wash.
,ngfon TO The editors, dared March II, 1915.
The pressure of business has thus long de.
layed an answer to your inquiries touching the
national debt, the navy, and the internal i'm.
provcme nts occasioncd OF accelerated BY the
war. The same cause will necessarily pre-.
vent strict accuracy in my STATEMENTS but
there will be no material nac curacy in them.
The con ments on the facts, you must your
selves supply.
On the ist of January, 1890, shortly af
ter the commence meut Of Ger. Wash
iDglons admirlsti alton, the nationai
deb, was S72,2s7.so1
At the commencement Of NJ. Adams
adninis,i alton in 1877 the public debt
b.ving decreased upwards ofeight mil
lions, was SSO,S33,O23
At the commencement OF Mr. Jefcr-
sons administration 1901, the debt
amounted to Ss2,ooo.i6,
Al the commence cment Of Mr. Madison's
adninistr alton, in 1869, the debt, hav.
ing been diminished or paid of by
the republicans 10 ,be amount OF near
thirty millions, was only S53782,O20
During Mr Nadison's administration.
.bout fnos si,e ptfLous m of the debt
have been paid Of and the then ma.
tionai debt, at this time amounts on.
lyto S39, 1905 l8J
|, thus sppccrs, that while The federal adj
ninisirations inereosed tho public debt, tho
Republicans have eringuished more than
tory fsuo miyiyns Of it, brsidcs having pur-
chased Louisiana, the brilliant theatre of A
nericsn glosy,s ssSd Jesii0sd 20 be the greaa
-mpofup OF western commerce. and wealth.
The debt created by The war, as ascer-
tsined AZ the Treasury, amounts 10 S687S3, l23
Bot this has happened in most mo-
mentous and extensive war, Of nearly thtco
years duration, against oil the power OF tho
British empire, great part Of the time. lt
IS fact, too, worthy of remark, and which
.hews the econom, OF Republicans, that tho
expenses Of Great. Britain, in the year 1918,
a solitary twelve months, were ass millions
Of collars, more than six times the amount OF
the whole expenses Of our three years war
But this is not sIl When the war com.
menced we hid q navy Of only 90 vessels, OF
all sizes below 90 gun ships We had none
Of tina, class, nor any 7Ps. Now, we have a
navy of eighfy.ene shihs among them arc
three 74's neatly ready for sea |; two ninety
gun ships at Ssckeu's Haroor, one 60 gun
ship there, one frigaic and fourteen otber
ships 10 fine srigaies, and 3 corvcttcs,
sloops, briggs aud ke,ches, re0dy for sea be-
sides le vessels Of war, on Lakes Erie and
ChsmpIsin, the great part Of them the splen-
cid trophies Of the two splendid naval vcio-
ries on those Lakes. II 10 to be observed,
lha, ,hc Lake fleets ia the possible oyent ola