Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-09-03
TNH Enquirer.
LITCHFIELD, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916.
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY-THE
PRICE OF TEXAS.

DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY-THE
PRICE OF TEXAS.
In all matters Of business. it is we'll to "couht
the cost" beforehand, in order that we may
form some definite calculation whether the ar
ticle or object to be acquired is worth the price
which we must ray for it. He would be es'
teemed miserable economist-one Tho would
in all probability soon turn cut bankrupt
who should purchase mortgaged estate with
out even inquiring the amount Of that mort
gage; and we should regard him as wanting in
common sense as we'll as in common prudence.
| If he were to purchase an estate, having in ad
dition to such an indefinite mortgage. no fired
boundaries, and no established title to oacaer-
ship, aud should even assume The debts of the
man with whom he bargained without knowing
the extent Of his LIABILITIES Yet the course
QUESTION of Texas, is perfectly analogous to
this. Such was the headlong zeal Of the Presl-
dent and his friends in and out Of Congress to
possess themselves Of that great "slave market"
that they scarcely stopped to inquire what it
would cost. Decciving themselves and labor
ing TO deceive others, both as TO the value OF
the acquisition and the actual price at which il
could be obtained, they hastily accel. ID the
terms proposed by Texas herself, and thus con.
summated the great scheme Of trcachery and
iishOnesty-to say nothing of the blood and
treasure which have been end are yeito be sac
riGced on its altar to the moloch of bondage!
But if our Government failed to "count the
cost" before the bargain was struck, it cannot
always postpone the day Of reckoning, Sooner
or later the bills must bs footed and the cash be
forthcoming Even now the Executive is be-
ginning to reap some Of the " first fruits" of
Annexation; ana very soon the tax-paying PEG"
pie will discover that they cannot gather
"grapes Of ;horns, or figs Of thistles." Facts
and figures are sometimes very useful and
5 on, thew will not certainly be out Of place
In addition to the usual army and navy ap.
preparations, Congress, during its recent ses.
sion. appropI lated "for the prosecution of the
tions," $l,llO,OOO; "ceran defences." s TO-.
600; "pay of volunteers" $ll $751; 900, Sc
Notwithstand>.g these extraordinary appropri.
atons, the officers at the seat OF war, having eX.
hausted the funds which th4y have received
are constantly involving the government u
) debt, for provisions, sunnlies, &c, These arr
|, but items of the sum tn.A which will be eX
V pended before the war is ended.
Eve" p,s,r%!HHH sp8i tbs war is being wage
e.,,,r,r.> OF the Government and its agent
n &c Unparalleled. Almost every mail bring
. with it facts which convey some faint idea o
3 the manner in which the peoples money i
!. s1uandcrrd. A New Orleans correspondent o
the Baltimore American, writing under date o
August 18th says:
ga large shpf n Phladel phia brought a
cargo Of transportation wagons, which were
landed some time since, ant ~fter laying expo
sed to our tropical sun on the Lcvee for eight or
ten days. splitting and cracking, the same ship
is chartered to reload them for the Rio Grande,
at freight double that from Phiiadelpha-at
least double what it ought to be fiom thence,
though think it probable there, as we'll az
here. the Government pay at least double what
individuals would. II is really enough to dis.
gnst any body to see the manner the whole af-
fair is being conductor and the way they are
going on, the Treasury, even after issuing the
ten millions Of Treasury Notes, will be bank
rupt before Congress again meets"
The government agents, few days since,
Army of the West. This pork is 10 he trans
ported TO Santa Fe. 1t CO.. zen dollars per bar
rel The government agents are now paying
$l5 per hundred pounds for transportation from
st. Louis to Santa Fe. A barrel Of pork will
average 800 pounds. The amount paid for
transportation, the.-Eor amounts to $4S per
Dbl. Add TO this the original cost and the ac-
tual expense Of barrel Of pork at Santa Fe, is
$5S. In other words. the government, pays
t,renty-nine thousand dollars for 500 barrels
OF pork
But after all these sums have been paid--and.
be II remembered. they all mast be paid out of
the hard earnings ut the laJOr,ng classes
then will come the national debt of Texas, and
who can tell the amount?
nTHis Excelency, Gov, ToUcEY, pass
ed through this village on Monday after
noon last, westward bound-probaby on his
way to his "head quarters" at the Wood
vile tarern. ~ Did Mt. Tom nod with
the weight of gi..y as he rode by, or when
he halted beneath its shadow? The evil
spirits" of the valley had dance that night,
no doubt.
A Mournful Providence JOHN PAGE
aged I'll years, son OF Mr. Roswell Page, of
this town (M;lto,, .->.:. $500