Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-10-23
Hear Llihu Burriii.

Read the following lnconic exposition Of
fpcts Then answer me these questions:--
Are the 81 chilled Christian nations worthyto 3
be so calledi Are their governments Chris
tnn governments? Can Christians swear 10
support such goycrnmenisf If yea, is not
Christianity iaiurc? Alb.
The mercantile shipping Of the civilized
world amounts To about eO00OO0 tuns, which
is worth, new aud old, $50 per tun, aud nets,
clear of interest insurance, Sc, 10 per cent,
or Fl1 0000O0 per annun. The nppropria- d
ton OF the British Navy for the current year,
is S:e},G2O2O0.l u Is not this n sober fact?
that the annual expenses of one nations navy B.
exceeds the net profit oi all the mercantile
shipping owned 10y the civilized world
Tile Nar-debis Of the European nations
amount to SlG0 O00,000,000. IL would re-
quirc the labor of four millions of men, ut
SlJO per nnnum, 10 pay The interest of this
sum nt per cent To puy the principal, IL
would hc necessary TO levy u tax of ut least
$40 on every iuhabitant of tie globe! An
other fact rendering this more impressive,
may lc found in the 'scrOps of curious ini0r-
nation" that 10 healhen nu'ions arc in mr.
rcnrs for the buicheres they have perpo,ra-
ted on the human race. They pay cash down
/ Tor all TINT is done for the devil under their
! hands. Christian nations alone go on tick
/ for that kind OF service.
From March 4, 1889, to June 80, 1874, our
! government expended Oh the War Dopart-
! ment S6G3l3o,S5l. Tie interest olihis sum
nI 6 per ccnt., would build Nhiiney's great
| Railroad from the Lakes to the Pacific, of
/ 2,jO0 miles in length, at Sl5,O00 per mile,
aud Illus erect n highway for the commerce.
/ aud communication of the inmily of nations,
which should he rcrkoned ia all coming
tine TO be one of llc greatest enterprises thai
ever blessed the race.
IN 1912, there were produced in the Unit
cd States 100 ,O00,CO0 bushels of wheat, and
/ lI,0OO,0O0 bushels OF Indian corn: winch at
5 per bushel for the former aud % cents
tor the latter, were worth Sl3J, ,j000OO.--
fitecn per cent. clear OF the interest OF the
/ capital invested Ia lands, implements, hired
'uid personal labor, is a llbeIul estimate of
/ the profit accluIug To tie wheat aud corn
1 gtuwtr. 1hen the profit of this amount Of
/ grain would bc S20325IU00. The appro.
! prlNion 10 the Army and Nnvy, during iho
same year, was $40, l50,50l. Ia other words,
ihc Army and Navy ate up the whole harvest
oi wheat nilU corn Though tile Union -
WI hol tlie hard working farmers think Of
this fact?
! The Government though carrying on cx.
/ trnsIye arnUrics of its own, has recently
contracted with private company in Com
/ ncriicnt Tor Tie supply Of 100000 pistols, az
/ $3.50 each; or Si95,C00 worth of those
Weapons 50 much IN vogue with duelsis aud
Hssnssins. The Amercnn Bible Society
congratuIatcs itself on receiving, the past
year, $l66,G52 tic aggregate OF all that lius
been given through the Union for the dis
scminaton of the Word of Life al home and
abroad so il goes; Chrisieudom expeuds
more in one year on the means aud iiisrll-
nents Of human slaughter than has been
given to the PRONUNCIATION OF the Gospel
siucc Jesus Christ died on tlIe cross.