New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-01

irtinated thft slavery and the Union, were in
compstible," and that in the event Of Slavery
being ensrosched upon, "he did not care
"how soon bsunon came" II has probs-
bly never entered into the heads Of these gentlemen
"a bo are go fond of calculating upon the blessings
that would attend separate aud distinct Southern
rout,derarv the cost IN dollars and cents Ia them
of such government as compared with what ii
costs them under the present coniederscy. The
Southern States being 10 favor OF tree-trsde ss
n,ipcinls in government Of course would resort 70
direct IA xatiou for support. and desire merely 10
show the cost 70 their people OF one single item oi
their expenses under n Southern coniederacy ss
compared with the present cost: L aliude 10 the
mail service-that $, ryce in which all the people,
hob and low. rich and poor, feel more direct IN
teTest than in any other branch of the Government.
For the facts and figures which are gwen, reier
10 the last report made TO Congress by MI fost'
master r-(euer,l Brown of Mississippi, who, hope,
antar,s;ns different sentiments from the other
Mississippi Brown, before quoted. According TO
this report, the expenditure, IN round nuinoeas,
f n 1857, was... e0s2 a,I
Beipg less than the expenditures by the sum OF
&3I53,1l9 OF this expense account the sum oi
SO 533. OF is found in the items OF transp0rtion,
compensation tO postmasters ana lncluent'i "a
penses The balance of the expenses Tor the
steamship lines from New-fork, New-Orieans, ~c'
/ omit from these calculations, as my object is TO
show the receipts as compared win the expenses
in each State of the Union.
The total expense in TIE fifteen Slave States -
for the mail service during 1857, was....Si,W.sSi
Total revenue from same. e.....-.......''..' Iofofo'
Excsss Of sxnsnse over revenue. s., 446. .473
ne ,o.a. expense ~ 'A' 'e s5. .4iO l53
ro,si revsnne from NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1916 i9&
Excess Of expense over reveDue....... Ssooo'
.Miuue sofa il included in he calculations
Thus demonstrating that the seventeen free
States only lacked the sum of S93,o59, IN paying
for their mail privileges, while the fifteen Slave
States lacked S2,446,473.
During the year 1857 but five States in the
Union Welded a net revenue to the department,
viz. Massachusetts,. Rhode Island. Connecticut,
New-York and Pennsylvania. 1t will thus be seen
that the National Treasury pays dehcit 70 the
Post Office Department in its receipts for servlce
performedin in Il Free States Of only ~ %,
and for the IS Slave States Of. ,Ho;i.o
If therefore Southern Republic should be
organized and the same mail facilities be granted
their people that they now ENJOY, direct TAX
would have be TO levied on them for the following
sum- ~ o
Present cost Of mail service in the States Oe2 93t
Add cost OF steamship service half) )-..-... 4oo1
Total. $40 IN
Deficiency. ......................$2,90 s., 903 Dot
Let the Southern fre-eaters then calculate
the cost to their people Of going out of the Union,
and they will find that not only in the mail service,
but in numerous ways, the Free States pay all their
own expenses of government, and have to pay out
o the joint Treasury of the nation the Deficiencies
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