The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-03-04
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nulnolc WOIk DtnCh Ol lha WctNJhlC, NHS Woth- (
ul his way up to seat in the Senate Of The
United States, has u,idc speech upon the Army |
Bill, full Of the most astounding facts.
We make room for the following extract from |,
which our tcuders may bu abb, 60 take birds
eye view Of the imm,nse expenditure required |
TO keep up the army and navy Of the United |
St4tcs. 1t ia high time that he attention of
the people was call to these matters, aud os Mr. |
Johnson is friend Of the Administration, we |
trust that his voice may be listened to, and that
some means may be devised TO mcdy The great !
aud growing evil
Now, let US see where we are going on th! 1
subject of expenditure. And first as 10 the ar |
my. viii divide our history into decades. .-
At the end ct the first decade in 1900 the rx.
prnso OF The army was @9 $50 OO1 ln 1910 il!
cost S2,29l 600. In 1920 IT cost ~ go OOg ...
in 1880 the war department cost ~ TG7 600. be-.
From 1910 TO 1880 it Jumped up 10 double la
1910 it cost $7G01OOQ, nearly dOuble again Gee
1t ran up from %16g5 900 in 1870 to g,Gs7,.
900 in 1880. You will mark that al the cua Of
oil these decad,s, in the year fer which the cal
cuiation Is made, no war existed but these
sums embrace all the expenditures Of the war
department. IN 1887 what DO we fad them to
bo They reach the pretty little sum of $40.
lJ9,UOO IhiS IS the woy We are taycliug. -
Whittier are We gong7 What deStinution shall
we reach at this rate!
,,r.s nr , ,aI' ,'o 9PB"Sa'e rX9endi
,rs,Io II''n'','' 'Hu 'Hu no" uots tli mat
o,o'n we ll' uot III 'ae year lSU0 TIE
mo H. Ns'aeS W ,oi, e'G soH'tnln,nt M were @IilL.
d,cr,,so ',L, ' ,y, No 90 IoJo--lueIe was
OF the government were %l3S6l 900 81 ve
find that from 1900 to 1890, the cxpen,r, never
cot above Sl3OOO,OOO Then we find in lslD
300 loo 0o0 in 1e,n ,Io,G5 Io oon ca"''sHl "'te
IS57 49,, d. 80 ~ l'V'''oVo' NOV, III
n,Ys Va" ~ ~ oIw,ltt % I u''ale' lhe eN'
,ha , iIeI0 -,2,I w. "'''o'''VOu 10 o9,V0- -uuV,
e. 0ci 00n ''y1 ','t exp 'nSes are estimated a;
Gnn, -, " ~ '' - an increase OF ten mil.
a'''' Al unt !ea'' AZ '"ls rate ire s. all We
g. iii; '"'' '"'co' increasing etNpen ltures
c,ro"di,,,, tJf u,i'u' IN onol'rr decade the
,Ia o,,', -, ','S bo,rlnrnI 1,- men WIl' 20 np to
- Wv i'''u' su'' ~ e 'o'UuVuJu II we III
'"s" "a 1--WE m''''ohS per ahhum, III ten
W, s','' sU" li" VNlrhd''ucS ol The gov
l." !, - ,, ~ ~ T'-o, ,'oo'UVo'
,,;r, - ~, .'',e ~ P'"'. Is itnoi time to
I"'', "",!u we ,' are Go'nS' ana how much We
- ~, ',"'e 80 HH" corresponding M
''"Sv w. ,,'ua wlioh ! nave traced N the war
=, ,r,u' rE,',,'' '"Ilu'E '.l'" ''' navy, r0hning in
w., r,,'' W.lN,,"'o"'' running through all the
leI,,'"'vS ,ne.i u ", 'or so'rlhm'Hi. have added
S,"' ",' ,-nn -In expenditures OF your govern
c;rn 'Su v',''oc'i'S u'r army the navy
oc nnr,,.it,; Gu" I1" az '"e oWer oorc'S
Ssl III G5S mo r,I TGI my u, sum total 20 oa
1870, '"'S - '"' iFf&e sum which
n,uen, a" i, ,i, ,,Jui Wv ,"G Pe3Pe since thls gov
bos h,nn o',i, w"S va.1"'>"c"i no" WVrh OF lhai
I,, oo,,,> '."Su "pp" '"c army ond navy :
,,I ,ha ""C'I Wv F'JWlCes OF ihe people
, ~, o. "'"' :! U' 6"'eInmtht are against a
i6 ,,'nr hl6. I,"y' ~ county where the standing
nn;!, h,,, rTi' wv" 20 ,nI ,oWtN' possih'e
N'"', mum "'I'n u U,.' NIdij,poSUOO, have
~. 'ut,"."," 'o' "'l'Hil purposes Here
,,',, ,, 49," 'I, !'u' "'"y IS III M mature Were
clo,b., ~ I'i a'it QUE o' US SWao Ll'hS
,,.a I,.,,n "IS ,, 'N'h 'NPthH" on tle"e
ssvo, ,n;,I;o, G', hS'' hundred amt SIXTY
,ho,'i "',''i" i,I Ivy "''HLt" ana StVnnty-'h'ec
,o''" ,Tn "ot,Ls r a., na'G Uocn expended on these
viii, r'",'r ~ ''I' T"" 'io'' ZOO
thc ln,yss nnn, 10 ",,", '',n I''" Nyp' HoNn 10
,hc cn,;r o,',, ." "u a'p io,u' i"o-'h'FIS u,
tbo tTn;,ob S,a,' Lo,i Wv" "'"' vac Pe"P'e, OF
army ana r,,.'. i, ,,', o,," ,NlT"''N upon 'n''
until thry beco,n, ,", ",,"'I''' , ,hn NV ',,u E,o"
r., thsm ,ot G,Il st, ,", w. 'T,'' wv m''u!vH
m'o,i,"s . ,V,' ,,,' ou' no" n"c0 ol .n'
prNs ,',,,'o W.. i" 'aN' ~ sustain 'hls
thc, ~, s tge, ~ nHI t,",'' u "e' "lVT2uS
OSi 0n1 T., h, o,, II w. wv '"H |''''
oC W oa - P"~' W It" us "'"' purposes
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