The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-06
ORIGINAL
FACTS FOR THE FORTY MILL
IONS.

some corner of your paper, for lew
fact. which have collected with some
,l,bor, and which, think, seriously con-
cpru The working people of the Anglo
sSixon race!
Tha national debts of sixteen OF the
,Europear Governments, at the closest
estimate that can be made, amount, IN
our currency, TO SIC, ,305,0oo, 900; all
incurred Tor The expenses OF war. ms
sum. embraces merely the arredraSe'
,no,whs has been paid, for csrrying.on
war. The average of this amount Is
SG3 25 a head TO the whole population
of those IS na,,ns. The interest ol
This vast sum nearly equals lax OF One
D0ihr on every iuhabi'ant OF The
globe.
Since the Reformation ~ Grea
tBiitain las been engaged IS years, in
The prosecution Of seven wars; tor when
she expended, in our currency, IS, 9o2,
l2O 600. 1t has been estimated by ouI
Missionaries that a school OF so hes'hef
children, on the continent OF lndls
46yht f@tdcaifhh FADE Sihe Si}ha H.s Reslsn, sHaoF WooT,
have schoo ed46, ,o62,l54 children per al
mum for 65 years! Allowing S years tc
each scholar, then sos, Sos 900 Children
ming lhave been educated for the none,
'GreaI Britain drained from the sources
and channels Of h,r wealth and industry
10 waste in wars, every one Of which
degraded her people in every quality o.
their condition.
From l793 TO ISIS period of 90
years Great Britain, France and Austria
expended 1880 900 900 in war. The
interest CT this sum at six, per cent,
would have suppored3O, ssionare,
.mong The heather during the whole ne
iod ot 22 years. in which these chris
tIan nations were engaged in doing the
devils work on each o,ber. The ap-
Rregaie smoHn, would have given S
Yeara sch Joling TO 4SS, 666, 666 pagan
chlld;en on The Lancssrersn plan. The
interest for one mon'h at The above rate,
would build 1866 miles of railroad al
S@5,000 per mile.
Consulting The hes, authorities can
command, End thai The aggregate a.
moun, Of the expenditures of our own
Government, from 1889 10 March 4.
lsi3, is 81 sl,lll,375,734
Now patriotic Americans! will you
not read tn $ t0aclingy '--of this vssr
sun there have been expended only
Si4S, SEQ ,057 for cipii utposes, embrac
ing the CiyIl Li,', Foreign Intercourse
and M'csllsneoOs expenses. Then it
follows ha, s9G2 ,755, ESQ have beer
lsvlshed 0pon preparations for war in
time c! peSce wi!hin irule more
than hat centuty, by This model Re. !
public -! Another fscr; From Jan, /
1886, 70 Marc1 Q, 1913, The war exDen. |
se' Of Ihi' Government were 1853, ,o54:
sSl !--Fics mniions mare ibou am
'he ciff expenses IF the GoverumenI
from 1883 TO ls43 Another fact II
From 1860 1884, eighteen years, our
national eSpenees amount to S4S3.9f5, !,
80; and OF tbls'Snm nearly SAOo. oo0,. !,
600 went in one way and auclher for l.
war, and only S64 900, coo for all olbe,
objects! beIng twenty-five millions Ia
ryear for war. end about three million, Il
and halE-less lhsn one sslh Of The
whole--for The peaceful operations Of
government that pIumes itself on lis "a hi
ciic policy If We take into account all III
tie expenses end all losses Of war to III
This county, it WI be found 10 have ln
wasted for us, In sixty years some tvo
n three MOusand millions Of doIlars, :,
E. Z. IL.
Worchesler, Aug. 9, ls45. NJ