The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-03-07
BRANDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1914.
Balance due on louisiana pur-

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4. Territorial Government of
Louisiana purchase, ...... 100000
5 Territorial Government of
Florida. :. 100000
6. Payment to Georgia for pub
lie lands, 100000
7. Mississippi stock redeema6e
at the United States Treasury, l,8923Y5
8 Expenses for salaries, survey
ing of southern portion OF pub
lie lands, .4,983,So5
9 Deficit of an equal share of
revenue from sales of public
lands, : 39,457,924
10 Expenses of Florida War,
six years, 100000
Courts, Ministers 10 Foreign
Courts, Consuls', Army and
Navy expenses for the espec-
ial benefit of the south since
l9l5,exclusivc ofFIorida War, l9, 100000
II. Capita Of U, S. Bank sunk
in cotton speculation and pock-
eted by Shareholders 100000
10. Lost by Post Office in four
teen years ending 1912, 100000
Amount since 1915 which the --
north have paidt hesouth, S2l2, 597,O85
Add to this the sum upto 1916. l6l, 445,586
And you have the sum paid by ----
the north for the south ofthe
national finances, S374 042, 673
Ia this estimate there is no ac-
count ofthe loss Of private prop
erty occasioned by the embargo.
non-lnte.course act and war OF
1912, You may add if you
please the following SUMS
ior the property was lost, and
somebody lost it. Mr.. Walsh
in the American Review esti-
mates the loss from one years
embargo at slxtyIhree mil.
lions, and estimates The loss
by one years war a. greater
amount than this. But put
The sum at fifty millions year.
from 1903 to 1915, is a period
OF seven years, and you have
the sum Of -. :. a5o,ooo,ooo
as the private loss OF the north
10 crafty the southern slave
holder. Now the loss since
1915, which the north has suf-
fered in commercial inter-
course with the slaveholding
states-not including The loss
of the capital OF the United S.
Bank, cannot be less than
fifteen millions year. New
York city this day has bad
debts against traders and traf-
6cers, mas. named merchants
for The term merchant implies
a trader in goods who pays
for them-of l00,000000 of
dollars, since the last war, no.
one dollar OF which will ever
be paid, and ten millions more
in mortgages on slaves. AT
fifteen millions per annum,
since 1915, you have the loss
in trade for % years, 420,000.000
In this view of the case, say
nothing Of the loss occasioned
by the miserable shutting poll
icy adopted in obedience to
southern dictalion, as respects
the tariff. In 1916. in 1922,
and in 1928, tariffs were all the
fashion. The father of the
American system, Mr., Clay,
lifted himself into the affections
of the people of the north by
his advocacy of the nrotective
or American system. In 1888,
scared out of all propriety, at
the threa: of J. G. Calhoun,
he compromised his principles
and went in for reduction of
the tariff TO the ruin of thou
sands of manufacturers. And
all this at the bidding of the
slave power. But let me bring
up my items and add them.
Amount paid by the north for
the south out Of the national
wealth, up 10 the year 1915, l6l, 445,588
Amount since the year 1915,
paid out of national wealth. 2l2,597, 065
Privat losses by embargo ,nonin-
;ercourse acts,& war 10 1915, $50, 100000
Loss of the north in trade in 20
years, Is millions year, D.. 42O,000,000
Sum total, Sl,l44, O42 .673
This is quite pretty sum out OF the
northern pocket. Mr.. Clay in his great
speech in the Senate, 9TH February, 1889,
estimated the value of the slaves at 81
200,OOO,000, and tainted the aboIiionisls
with their injustice in not proposing to
pay the Shareholders for the abolition of
slavery. Pay them Look at the sum
above computed land let him dispute IFS
correctness who CAM and then say on Mr..
Cl0ys Ooom proposition now muchthe north
ought TO pay the soulh before this heavy
curse should be abolished
There is one item which it may be well
to explain. 1t is that relative to the Post
naS.. looeon Trha Jo6,;t -, tho, 1oo,rt