Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-29
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In The first ueriod, The Southern tam" ia.! not quit"
twice a. much II support o ila General Go"crnmen ~
The Northern family Of the sac in the lrd lt"
more than three timc- uch IN The fourth five fines
much. and in The fifteen yca", from 1881 10 lSi5 about
six times "a much
Tn. next item in the account The distribution Of the pro-
cccds .: he sales of tho public lands Is which appears
that there coal of 1925 100000 given hv Virginia and
Ceorgia 10 the Satc- Even dednc,ins from this
enormous SUM the share which The slave States might
otherwise hive had the General Government and
there still rnlins he handsome gratui:y Of s7soVoGCO
which the slave Siaes. rattle! Virginia and Georgia. gave
the North in order 10 form the Union J"
Bu, itmay be asked How have all these taxes been SPENT,
We have only for The annexed extract short bnt
reveals concusivcy The immense advantages which The
North has enjoyed hs respect II shows that the South
paid millions into The pubic .feasnry and received
ay,hngs and that the North h.s paid lrlhngs and received
millions
We 'TGce all the expenditures Of The Federal Go
lion There published documents Ia furnish tle
ces-ary data But fortunately Tie distinction nc made
branches al Federal disbursements usually classe
misc. lcous, and ifoI these judge of In,
report "f tn Secretary oi the Treasury iGO EX. Doe.
1873 shows 'hat IN The iive years 1855 OF l02
millions Of expenditures only 81 millions in IL savc
states. Yet during Tie .cars, liable shows that
they paid SO millions of duties II and half paid BY the
free States Therefore while all that the North contributed
10 the su port OF tc Union spent within her Dor
or Sl0600000 year. levied on the South.
An examination III the Secrciays report wall show that
this statement does give jnst idea of the nequa
". bette! roon may be formed By investigating in d.
tail some branches oi expenditure Of which we have full
counts.
The collection Of the customs revenue IS iarre and in
crcasin item in the Federal expenses II gives salaries
great number of officers; Boston, New York and Phila
dciphia alone, There 23 and il is the indirect source
subsistence six times persons. These expend
lures have amounted in all, fron The formation Of hc G.,
;ic year lSi9 Ia 50 millions of dollars Of which
only 10 millions have been the South Yet the slave States
have paid least ninihs or IL millions nf these ex-
pcnscs that the free States had the benefit their citizens
in cus'unoGsc offices, cutters &c. nos only III
their payments II millions but Of 81 millions paid l.,
the South.
enumeration here follows Of 4eyera u The more mpor-
tan, branches OF The public expenditure all showing that in
the disbursement OF the public fund.- than three fours
of which contributed by the souh, the North comes in
for the larger share In four years be IL remembered New
England reeed in pensions ,hsn paid in trres
In five The tree States New England course nclnd
ed pald seventeen and half and received sixty five nil
lion of doara How easy q get rich this rate Well
may Ne conclude with Mr. Garnert
When we regard this Of taxation and disbursement
We cease - wonder a, the growth the cities OF North
or ic palaces her comparatively barren SOIL
ne. u,ch remarks that .ngients enormous expenditures
during me great European i'll the beginning of this
fury, a''..ed new employment and rewards hundreds Of
her people tin, he heavy only served stimulate
he industry ana nseaon and that nearly all the pub
!c Geo! Was due al hone, l.y we'll be doubted whether
me whole eject was not 70 increase her wealth. However
this may be. W. easily imaain, haw ,asf would have
been sr profits and prosperity had these taxes MI been
PAD ~ eo:. foreign nation while she had the ady,n
age al their disbursement, hcw wrctchcd and m. r
able would be her eoi mad the sums levied nom
them been cNcndc! for The henefi: of Strangers in far
distant countries Yet the FIRST ia bnt 4 r;ctnr,
OF the state OF the North under Union as Tie LAST woui
te OF the South hut r her great natural resources and Tho
ecnfera,ve energies o her pcoc and her institutions In
inns Government forcing SYSTEM the genial climate and lux
riaii growth o the Sou are Trans ported Lrne vnt1v
skies, the RACKS III Ae.. England. The n,s, ~ - =
pa oblllcraied for them By feiea agency, Tie com
aand is changed into Thou shalt live BY the sweat of IA,