The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-06
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FACTS FOR THE FORTY MILL
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FACTS FOR THE FORTY MILL.
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Mr.. Edifor--Can you make room in
some corner of your paper, for few
facts which have collected with some
j ,bor, and which, think, seriously con.
Germ the working people Of the Ang To-
Saxon racer
Tba national debts Of sixteen Of the
European Govern merits, at the closest
estimate tha, can be made, amount, in
cour currency, 10 Slo,3o5,ooo, 900; all
incurred for the expenses OF war. This
sum embraces merely the arredrage,
mot what has been paid, for carryingion
war. The average of this amount is
500 25 a head to the whole population
of those Is nalions. The interest OF
this vas, sum nearly equals tax of One
DJkiar on every inhabilant OF the
globe.
Since The Reclamation (H) Great
Biisin has been engaged Us years, in
.ihe prosecution Of seven wars; for which
she expended, in our currency, IS, 9S2,
100000. II has been estimated by our
Missionaries that school OF so heather
would only cost Sl5o per snonum. -
'rhen This sum expended by Chis,isn
nation 10 65 years in carrying on wal
with other Christian nations, if applied
10 the education Of The heather, would
shave schoo ed46, ,o62, l54 children per an
mum for IS years! allowing s years 10
each scholar, hen sos, sos 900 Children
ming ihsve been educated for the none y
Great Britain drained from the sources
and channels Of her wealth and industry
10 waste in wars, every one Of which
degraded her people in every quality ol
their condition.
Ftom 1893 10 1873 period of %
cyesrsdreal Britain, F,ance and Auslris
expended 81 $3.50 900 900 in war. The
interest o! this sum at six, per cent,
would have upporled3o, ,ooomssiouar Q,
%monE lhe heathen during the whole pc
rod o! e2 gears, in which these chris.
iian nations we've engaged in doing the
devils work on each other. The sg.
gregste amount would have given
years sch ,olog 10 ass, ,666 666 pagan
children on She Lancsslerisn plan. The
interest for one naonh at the above rate,
would build 1866 miles Of railroad al
S25, 900 per mile.
Consulting the best authorities / can
command, ! find that The aggregate a.
mount Of lae>expendilures of our own
Governmeni, from 17S9 10 March 4.
ls43, is sl,lli 375,734
Now patriotic Americans! will you
mot read tn $ r, necingly ?--of this vssr
som there have been expended ONLY
si4s, 62o,o57 for civil purposes, embrac
ing The Civil Lisi, Forego Intercourse
End Miscellaneous expenses. Then it
follows thar $962 ,755,6So have been
layishedupon preparations for war in
time Of peace within q little more
ihoN ha'f y ce0uiy, by This model Re.
public !! Another f4cl; From Jan, J.,
1886, 10 Marc1 9. l5a3, The war expen-
ees Of lh- Governmen, were Sl53, 954,-
Ssl !!.-Fiee millions mare Than all
ihe cirii fTpenSeS IF The Government
from 1888 to ls4S Another fact;
From 1860 1884, eighteen years, our
'national expenses amount 10 $463, ,9I5,
1856; and OF this sum nearly S400. .oOO,.
600 wen, in one way and another for
war, and only S64 900 600 for all Other
Objects! being twenty-five millions o
year for war. and about three millions,
and half-iess than ons sixth of The
whole--for The peaceful operations of
gevernmeni that Plumes itself on It's pa.
cfc policy, If we take into account all
the expenses and all losses OF war 10
ihis country, il Will be found TO have
wasted for us, in sixty years some tw0I
or thee housand millions Of GoHarsl
L. g.
Worcheser, Aug 9, ls45.