The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-11-14

end he has prepared some articles which
arc being spread over the country by means
Of the newspaper. press. One of bis arti-
cles follows, aud We give it an insertion
with great pleasure, hoping that lis state
menls Of facts may be productive Of good
results.
Facts FOR Forty Niliicrf.
NJ. Editor: Can YOU make room, IN
some corner .. your paper, for lie" lacts
which have collected with some labor,
and which, think, seriously concern the
working people OF tho An.I Saxon race
The national debt of sixteen Of the Eu
ropean Governments, at the closest est
mate tina, can be made, amount, IN our cur.
reucy, 10 Sl0,305 100000; all incurred
for the expenses OF war. This sum EN-.
braces merely the arrearoge, not what has
been pad, for carrying on war. The az
erage Of this amount Is S63,25 head 10
the hole population Of those 6 nations.
The interest Of this vast sum nearly equals
tax OF one Dollar on every inha6Iiant OF
the globe.
Since the Reformation D Great Brit.
ain has been engaged 65 years, 10 the pros
eculon Of seven waIs; for which she ex.
pended, in our currency, s., 9e2 ,i20,O 00.
/, has been estimated By our Missionaries
that school af so heather children, on
the continent Of India, would only cost
\ ! IA ~.
ded by a Christian nation IN 65 years IN
carving on var with other Christian IA.
tons, It applied to the education of the
heutLea, would have schooled 5000, Isl
children per annum for 65 years Al
Low ing ) wears to each scholar, then jyS..
SOS 600 children might have been educa.
ted for the money that Great Britain drain.
ed from The sources and channels Of her
weoln aud industry, TO waste IN wars, ey.
cry one Of which degraded her people in
every quality in their condition.
From 1893 to l5I5,-a period Of %
ycars-Great Britain, France and Austria
expended s., $3.50, 100000 10 war. The
interesto Of this SUN, at = per cent, would
have supported 30 600 missionaries among
the heather during The whole period Of %
wears, in which these christian nation.
we're engaged in doing he devils work o.
each other. The aggregate amount "oulc
have given 5 years schooling to ASS ,66G,
GO pagan children, on the Laneasterlar
plan. The interest for one month, at tn,
above rate would build l4G5 miles Of rail
rond at s25 coo per mile.
Consulting the best authorities | ear
command, find that the aggregate amour
Of the expenditures Of our own Govern
menl, from 1889 to March 4, lSl3, i
3llll,575,735.
Ngw-patrlotic Americans will yo
nat read this refecuug'y Of This vas
sum there have been expended only Sl4s,
@20 055 for cirti purposes, embracing III
Civil List, Foreign Intercourse, and To
Miscellaneous expenses, Then It follow
: that 1862, 7J5 $50 have been laylshed up
, on preparations for war IN time Of peace
within little more than half century, b.
this model Republic Another fact
From Jan /, 1886, to March 3, 1913. rhr
war expenses Of this Government Wert
SI53, 954, ..l fire millions more thai
all The ciri erPeHsss Of The Gorernmen
from 1850, to l-i3 l!-Another fact
From lslG to 1894, eighteen years, on
! national expenses amounted to Si63, 9l5,
! 156 and Of this sum, nearly $500, 600,
. OOO went 10 one way and another for wal
and only S54,00O,000 for all other OF
lrcfs bc,up tweutv.tVo millions n Yea
tor war, and about three millions aud
hl,f-less than one sixth Of the whole
n for the peaceful operations Of govern
F. ment that plume Itself on it, pacific poll
D CO : II We take INTO account all the eS
n peuses and all the losses Of war TO thi
o country, It wall be found to have wasted 70
t us, IN sixty years, some tuO or three hou'
3, and millions Of dollarst T.. 3.
4 Worcester, Aug. 9, l-l5.