New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-02
FIem the above abstracti Of expenditures We


but very little omttbaiers). si6oSoee
This, for a population Of I7,0OO, 900, gives tie
taxes at very nearly the rate " 50 333 per lodi
yidua-at frst sight an sppallips sun when con-
pared with each persons share in the squanderiogs
efJ Is & Co, at Washington. But tbs s. 33}
per capita c"mprehebds not oulI the taxes fur ~hI
n our couutry are national, bat for ali Seate.
county, aud in so far AS schools, roads aad
churches are concerned, even town expenses.
Now, # | recollect aright THE TRIBUNE brought
Ge the interesting news, some weeks since, teaS
the city estimates Of New York alone are mach
higher per capita than the entire expenses OF this
nonarchicsl Government in "downtrodden, effcte,
a. decaying Europe"
In our couttIy, canals and railroads cannot b
CONSTRUCTED by the Gencrsl Government; while II
PRUSSIA. all the canals and improvements Of water
con, municstion, with q very large propytiss of
the railroads are the work Of the State. Prussia.
bas a project now proposed to spend n million OF
two ~ improving tfe navigation Of the Oder; while
in our country from the Goepel, according To-
Cobb it appears to be unconstitutional to improve
the ST. Cair Flats or any other nsvigable streams
where cotton is lot to bs transported; IN the
Slave States il is of course constitutional to spead
ANY amount Of money on Red River rats, and the
like. In our country, nearly all tho expenses oil
Justice arr borne by tn. States, aud Only tho sx-
penses Of great national Judicial injustice come from
! the crib of Cobb.
Prussia has built since 1915 some g. 900 milas Of
rna,ls every II lie of which will compare with the
best nscsdamized street IN New York or Boston;
but j. b & Co 80 years soce, stopped all appro-
prhtiUAs for the great Nat Onal road then pro-
lected, and Slavery aud " Democracy" Hill, ssssioa
after sessiVD, every proposed asenuo to the Pscidc
if it eau be 0f any use to tree labor.
II, with tb.ss thoughts 10 miud, ono examines
the statistics " hch have given, he will be struck
with the fact that, compared With the revenues de-
rived from various sources, aud for all purposes,
by the General, State aud County Governments in
the United States, say from the State of New York
or Ohio, for instance those Of Prussia are not OK
travsgant. Two items ooly, do 6od which Dc
not compare, on the whole, ftvOrsbly with tho
same items in our c0untry-the army, and tae OK
peuses Of royalty. The army cost last year, 10 our
money, S22 67e coo, in round numbers, which,
considering that the whole civilized world has for
Years supposed the French tyrint's aim to ba the
extension Of his limits to the Rhine, stealing Prus.
sias most beautiful province, is certainly not .
large SUN. The Other item Is the expense of sas-
taniuR Royalty now 3, 900, 900 thal-rs per annum.
(2t million dollars), which certainly seem. dear,
though whether il be much dear~r than Pierce or
j. b. at $25, 900, may be questioned. Hut there arc
tv @ ooints which should be remembered IN regard
TO IT. frat, that this money is drawn from domsins
and forests, producing between three ana tour tunes
this sum- which the PIusslan kibgs might have ro-
tanned ia their own bands; aud secondly. tho
the people derive great benefit from it. All Royal
buildings, WORKS Of art iu the palaces, parks aad
gsrdebs, are open TO the people for their smuse-
ment and instruction. TIE merely psrsonal ex-
pen.es Of the Royal family are on decidedly fru-
gal scale oil things considered.
The Prussians are not allowed freedom OF the
press freedom to meet together 10 public ssseni-
bies. freedom Of conscience nor freedom Of travel
The censorship Of all printed matter Is severe,
though much ameliorated since the nisefably
despotc aud bigoted MaDteufe Ministry wa:
crushed out; the police can say, III the Language ot
Ser pture Where two or three are gathered 70
petb.r / am in the midst of tnem;" everyb dy
but the Jews must be baptized and must JON too
church ar6 psy their fees for il; and nobody can
stir from home without bis passport. Here the
shoes pinch; but when Loco-FVco brawler, talk
Ing of down trs aiding and crusbiog the Poos asses
Prussia with the Papsl States aud Naples, he oaly
,tows what an intense fool be IL. There are many
abuses Of old times .tl in being but in macy cases
thry are retained by the will Of the people toem-
selves. lot By that Of the Gosernment-they are
ike the "vested rights Of Engiand.
cherish no particular lose for the Prussnn
Government; but / should choose It 10 prefefence
to that Of an olgarchy of Shareholders, or their
tools hna hcksplttles.