Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-10
NUMBER 3O6.

he mar u Of Christianity Tie spread Of fres nrn-
I pies AMI free institutions I belle that a. =
\ pes PIE are just honest, iust as econouical
/ just putiotie, and fully wise, as the people
wac seut th,ir representatives 20 the frst COaiasn
tsl COoersss. l say that We are "a wise our "a.
/ ihsrs and grandfs hers; AID We ought to be wiser
eaase We have the benefit Of their experiences with
our own added % It. I believe are living IN al
age Of wholesome aud substaatial pregress-pro-
sress Unaliair ed by thas corruption which many Of
/ our journalists aud public men would hsve q be
/ heve pervates every branch Of federal and
ate governments believe Tia We srs Quifs as
/ good end know much as the men Of those times,
which members this h1Or are 50 fond Of revert
ing -, and which have been reverted 10 during he
l'st hEe thousand years by succeeding gsner~iions
% reference 70 preceding ores. Fiuy years ago
/ Rev Sydley Sei,b wrote:
an this ean then, about eur ancestors is messy an shas CT
ceer 1Tt Us phrases trae OF c'emporeFy u-a TO- sue
$500 "assls o. living men TIE Oldest has the mist
S ~ ~ e s.s song9es' Ees edraa IN ehulby
IN ~, nc vac % BIS ard l. strpiings unsr Eiizheth
verheei aneents who have Ieasu Cd M and are 1890
to profit by all the experience which human H. cz ssv
10 vas we'll SAID in = report made to this Bssss AZ
The last session Of Congress By the eentfan,n fr,
South Carolina Mr. Boycel that "lbs Uui "a st,fts
have made the most astonishing advance nst,ts 4,
material progress Of ali the people in hsto.g. an,
Gent OF moeeTn- The true basis % ezPrniiiurs ia
cur government is populsticn exieDa At connfrz
y
The year $780, you will find that he eoacruneut Ia
As economically administered SO this time as was
At that peri'd To prove this have only 70 iasti-
tiie comparison tween lb sc tVo periods. and
To- the uaRse antthc country Jadge fer tbeus lvss
The rornstion of he United States in Isa0 s-ases,
Fahle Of real and personal estate belonging % fnli-
Extent OF ts4ris5ry tsqu.re niles 4s.,5
Tue expenditures exclusive Of 1he public debt,
Tie population Of the United s,,es in Iss vas s1,
lue value OF zeal and personal belonging 10
,t llli,' ,ai -. sll joo9oea1o
TIE expenditures Tor the fiscal year eaiiug June
go l-'a' as estimated by the secr-tlry Of he
-'-al'! = 0s5.515 90
This shoEs an increase in The expsndirur.s from
iov7 10 1893, exclusive Of paymeais on pubic DEBT
OF iUl9 Fer cCai increase in population Of Csc per
cent; increase in wealth 100 Tee cent increase in
extent OF territory, 80 per cent Thrss are the
'hree prine pal elem -nts which constitute he basis
OF expenditure; hut 20 them nav he aided the in
crease of 100 pr cent A. least in aim ~ very ar
Gle OF subsisteree, whieh has caused like incrtass
n the wages Of labor and OF the ltries Of al the
officers, men, aud lALorsrs engaged in TIE public
service.
In leOO our territory was snail. being oaIy seven
fu idred and IF y-f0ur fLou-and and s-vsn SQUARE
miles. 10 1893, We acquired Louisiana. with t,r-
utory stretching the Rocky Mountains T. he
Pacific ocean THIS territory vas Inhabited by
savsges, whose usuruct right 10 be ani had 10 Be
exinguished before it could be settled by the Whhe
Wiih-ah Hs responsibilities, is claims su ITS hos.
Tile indians. Ia 1915. We annexed Texas tak-n-
Ia al once whole republic large nearly as Tho
original thirteen States. with its debs lis Habili-
lies. and its hostile savage5 In 1918 We acqair-
ed New McKee, ard California end in 1854, ue
Purc1a ed the Mssua valley, or what is nov called
Anzona BY these acqt isiIions, We have ROW one
hundred and seventy i've distin5 tribes or bands Of
lUdilns in the United States The amount Of lend
70 which the occupant o. usufruct ieht o. these
lad ans has hre eXtigg ui- he'd by The government
rs i've hundieI and eigh y-Cae million one hundred
AID siz'y-'hrPe thogsaud one hundred AMI eighty
eight acres A. cost Of S49Sl6.3i4 The vi is
cost Of the lldian hurta il SUO was ST. % and
II did net reach 500 900 until ths year 1919. b.
r-ngt Fe Ietr nd ~ 30h Of Juae, 1856 l. was s..
OJJ 5cJ These expenditures may be considered
Ia he nlture Of permanent investments as ths gov
erumsn1 is yearly IN tie receipt OF mi lions OF dol
lars Tor the sul Of those lads to winch the Indian
tItle bas besu eGingiishsd Tue losing iaalrs
which have hsd prepared a The General Lad
once vii exhibit enO her item o. largely mere :
ed expenditures on accJunt OF the accumuln.ion OF
leriofy As Fe.l rs the rapid progress and de7slop
Area ia square ae. of the United s,a..7si 0S ssz H.
Naler Of surveyor. .r,t 9l,. ..ge-,. o7-
u e Of acres surveyed from lsoo to Sla tnal 4-I0oao8
lumber ofacrs sol and located uiitlr, bounty
warrants from l-o0 % isl1 -------.-.-- s,77Jsss
\ ulser Of lr'es SOLD and located with military bounty
"ufilss from loas 10 ie5s-- 90 Gsf 80
Ia 1900 We had ut one territorial eovernmtn,:
whIe "A 1883 se have SIX snl eli dependent on the
govsr1ucnt for support In 1851 We b I'd 70 sup IT
'crtH terri8l govern meHt5-m,re than haif as many
rs there were original ates Of The Union; and nov
we have three m1re knocking a. the 30 r Of Goa
gress.
shall speak Of ether causes Of increased ezpen-
iure in their proper plsees.
have stated he Weal;h Of the country from The
best d8is that could be obtained and as a esuse-
eqgence Of it, cur exports IL foreign countries have
increased from $50 OUO0C0. in round nun beers. in
1900, to 1867 600 goo in 1857, and 1924 100000 ia
1858. TIE tOn0sge Of the Uui,ed States has IA
creased from 972, 493 tons, in 1900, 10 5,04g SOS
-oBs IN 1888 From 1900 10 1870 the sm1uut Of
coinage ct the Mint, branch minis, aud assay Olfre
Mes York; was only SIS $40 SO7 IS From 1875
10 SIS it was S5l2, 23S lS4 81. Take into eousid-
srati n, then, the p0pul stion extent and wealth. OF
.he country now; The wages CT labor, and the cost
Of substance; the consequent increase Of the sal
Sre- Of all the officers and employees Of every de-
Darlmcnt in The governments. and compare them
vita that of 1900 and you viii ad that he govern
DeBt is as economically administered in 1859 as it
Mas al the former period
LCoEcLUDED TO MORROW.