The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-24


Total $4,000, 900
The accuracy of this statement was
not called in question Oh the floor of the
Senate, by any one. aud this silence is a
/ virtual admission Of its Truth. 1t is thus
shown, that the debt created by the War,
amounted, on the ID of March, 1S47, 80
One hmdred anil nineteen millions tmO
huadred Thousand dOLar8. Remember it,.
This enormous debt is brought upon the
country, in one year of MIR. Folks War.
Governor Brown Of Tennessee, the con
fdential and political friend of Mr. Polk,
and, though well Informed ontho subject,
not inclined to make the debi aud expen.
ses larger than they actually were, jnsti-
fed the war and declared to the people
in his late electioneering speeches, that
the expenses of it we're at least cight mil
lions IF dObarS per moatA. This would
make, for the six months from the Sd of
March, (thc time TO which Mr.. Miller sta.
ted the debt) to the Sd of September,
f0rty eight millions Of dollars! This sum
added to the 10000, 900, the amount'in
March, one huAdrcd Sirty-seyen miHions
tCO hundred M0"Sand d0hlarS, already ex-
pended in the prosecution of this war!
and for what benefit to the country? fol
what objectl No benefit whatever to
to the country; aud as to the object, we
can conceive Of none, except to find prof.
table places for Locofoco office seekers
aud to extend the area of Slavery. Enor-
nous and startling as is this amount Of
debt, there is still another item yet more
appalling. The Tires Of at least tmentJ
i M4usand men have already been sacri.
a feed upon the same unholy altar!
: How is this immense debt to be paid
tits in the contemplation of the leaders
a of the Polk party, to raise means TO
that purpose by direct ta1atiOn up
on MepeoPlc! In that event, the amour
. TO be levied upon the lands in Ohio Womb
y be not far from S'Eteen millions seOen hun
" dred and twcnty thousand doliayI Far
, mers Of Ohio -land holders-are yol
willing to be taxed in this frighlful sum Il
! support Mr., Polk and his war} Thinl
!, of it, and Judge for yourselves. YoI
- have the power, and if by your votes yol
y continue our present rulers in office YOU
i will do all you can to bring the overwheI
mining tax upon your farms, upon you
lands. lfyou want the TAX, vote to brin
it upon yourselves.
But what proof have you that it is tn
design of the Polk party To collect, by d
rect taxation, the amount required to pa
this debt? The declarations of Polk 's,leat
A. ing aud confidential friends in the Soutl
IL the more cautious occasional intlmatiol
among tho faithful at the Mouth, that thi
L. course has the sanction of the admins
Il %tration, aud therefore all true patriot
l. must support it-while mono but MEX.
can Wings" aud British Federalists
r. would think of making any opposition
h. it. We feel assured, that if the leader
l. of tho Polk party can they wiW levy d
ia rect tao TO meet the war expenditures
l. Not only have the Polk candidates ic
Congress in Tennessee proclaimed it o
C. the stump, but tho Washington Union
il wv N"ilhupbt'ul dllu pluI'dl oIBdh vi w
l. Polk, advocates direct taxation!
ID All these consequences have been owe
IN aud over again predicted by the Wing
le They warned the people against the col
g sequences of the annexation Of Texas
70 the war-immense expenditures of MOI
mt ey--and great sacrifice of life. Thos
in predictions have been verified to the 10
I'd ter--more than verified, Be again war;
20 ed, in season, aud do what is required
put an end to tho war aud to a course
administration destructive to the best il
10 terests of the country, which puts in in
T. minent peril even the liberties of ii
II. people, aud our free institutions.--Ci
no Gazette.
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