The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-06-12
The Incrsa.. of aovsrnmen, E,p.n.e..


Mr.. Sherman, Of Ohio, in o recent
speech on the sppropri alton bills, has
made IN expose Of the enormous and
rapid increase of. the expenses of the Cen
eral Government. that ought at once to
arouse the attention of the country to
apply some means to arrest the alarm
ing extravagance. On the first of July
last, there was a surplus balance in the
Treasury of ST. 900, 900. That has been
exhausted. aud 100000 of Treasury
notes have been issued, and now a loan
OF $1,000, 900 is asked Tor. to snstain
the Government till Congress shall meet
in December. when it is intimated that
further assistance will be required to
meet the demands ,on the treasury for
the balance of the year. The expendi-
lures for the present year, ending on the
3oth inst, will be $s3. 900, leaving a
deficit in the receipts to cover the expen.
ditures Of about S42, 100000. The Or
nom jury 1000 rvvuCy'.~-@s-
ted by the committee on ways and
means, will be about s92 100000; this
calculation includes no payments for
pensions 10 the soldiers Of 1el2-nor to
the thousand private claimants who have
just demands on the Government, nor
the numerous incidental and unforeseen
| expenses. 1t is probable the whole ex =.
penditures Of the u. 8. Government for
the next fiscal year will be 500. .oo0. 600.
II seems incredible that the expenditures
Of the Government could have grown to
such an. alarming sum, when We look
back and see that the entire expen-
sss of the Government, under President
Adams. were only $4,000. 600, and dur
ing Gen. Jackson's term averaged about
Sic. 6.OOO.o 900.
These enormous outlsys are 70 be con-
tinued while the revenues will not, by
estimate, exceed S60,0O0,O00. Accord.
ing to the figures presented by Mr.. Sher-
man, and which are nos controverted
by the supporters of the administration
there will be deficit from July 1857 tc
July 1859, in the treasury receipts o
more than Ss2, 100000. for which na'
tionsl debt must be incurred in ysafs o.
profound peace, to the amount of $685.
000, 1000, Q sum equal to half the cost o
the war Of 1912. The entire expenses
of the the Government from its iounda'
ton in 1889 to January 1915, including
Washington's, Adams, Jeferson's, and
: Madison's administrations, were only
S172. 600, 900; less than the cost of Blu
: chanan's administration for two year
only. During Jackson's administration
the expenses Of the General Govern
, ment were equal to about one dollar 70
each inhabitant. They have increased
now to So for every citizen, or about 81
{ for each voter, or $50 for every fire.
!. family in the country; as this heavy tn:
is paid on articles of consumption, an
: not on property, the poor, who are con
sumsrs. pays almost as much as I'll
rich. If an attempt were made to rails
the same sums by direct taxation
would cause q rebellion that would ovel
i. turn the administration. As the han
4 of the tax gatherer is unseen, the burtl
; ern is unfslt, though it be no less real
The miscellaneous expenses Of ii
), Government. that underlined list of sui
e dries, in which all the unsnumsratsd f
+ Jobs and favoriteisms to partisans are il
al cluded, now exceeds in amount Il
:: :. whole expenses Of the Government pri
Il to 1892. They have run up from s.
10000 to 100000, in q few yeal
: Th. expenses of the civil list have go
Up from s2,7oo,oOo inls4o, to $3.50
900 in 1853. Although the navy q
. army have not been increased much
w. Numbers and force since 1s4o, the 9