The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-08-04

} expenses Of the government for the sever
years commencing June 80. 1853, ant
ending June 80, 1860, exclusive of th,
indefinite appropriations and deficiencies
Tor the last two years, amounting I,
S527. .969,232 81. or an average of S75,
424, 176 OF per annum, since the inau
guration of Franklin Pierce, During
this period it is estimated that payment:
have been made on account OF public
debt, principle and interest. and for re-
| demption OF Treasury notes amounting
to S65, ,966.O43 90, making the average
expenses for ordinary purposes $685.
OoO.455 so. For the four years of Mr.
Fillmore's administration intervening be-
tween that of Mr.. Polk and Mr.. Pierce,
the aggregate expenses amounted to
sl94,370, 492 IA; (of which S2S, $685.
$50 40. was on account of public debt J
or an average of S48, 5o2, ,623 % per an
mum and exclusive of payments on the
public debt S41 ,42l ,O12 621 per an
mum. Hence the administration of the
government by this Democratic party
has cost the people for period of seven
years, S24,57o,4i2 974 per annnm more
than its immediate predecessor. Since
the close Of the latter. on the fourth of
March, 1853. our territory has not been
increased except by the insignificant
Gadsden purchase. which is still desti-
tute of a separate Territorial government
the standard, and probably the CONNER
cial value of the dollar has not been
changed our population has not increas-
ed to exceed five millions; no change has
since been made in the manner of COM
putting the revenues of the Post Office
Department; no new Territorial govern
ments have been established, except
Washington, Kansas and Nebraska /;
hence the government has no element of
expense which did not then exist, to occa-
sion an Unprecedented increase of dis
bursements. And in this calculation
more than justice has been done to the
Democracy in crediting their expendi-
lures with the amount paid on account Of
the public debt; for they have created
new debts almost equal to the entire
amount paid on the old one.
This immense increase of expenditures
has occurred during period of profound
peace with all the world, if VIC except
-..--~ussxvrr0rrzeu war against Kansas and
Utah; and this increase is constantly
crease of service performed. This may
be illustrated by reference to the work
ings of any one of the Departments for
example, the Postmaster General says in
his last report, that the total annual trans
portation of the mails compared with the
previous year has been increased sill
per cent, and the total cost of service
l7.46 per cent: being net excess of
1885 { 125 per cent. over the previous
year although the cost of subsistence
and labor had greatly diminished. and
the relative value of gold as greatly in
creased.
5. BY uhom are these immense sans Of
money chiefly paids
From statement No. 81. page 3ll of
the last annual report of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, it will be seen that the
revenue for the last five years preceding
June 80, 1858, derived from all sources
except postage was.
Year Ending. From Customs. Public LDnds.
June 80. 1854. -$64. .224,l90 27 $S.47O,796 80
+" 1885,. SO, ,025 ,194 81 ii .497 049 OF
+" 1885,. 64,O32 1863 so 1917 .644 SO
&" 1857. 63,S75,905 05 3,S29. .4s6 81
1885,. 4l,7S9,620 SO 3,5I3,7l5 81
Year Ending Mise'rous Sources. Total Rec PTS
June 80, 1854. 81 ,l07 .3O2 "A $73 500 29I 40
:" 1885,. 62S, ,53l 40 65.35l ,374 6e
1856. l,ll6.39l 81 74.O56e99 81
I" 1857. :. I26s,s2o SO $500 PIP 81
(" 1885,. 25,069 ,32J l3 1892 Sos sc
Aggregate total, 49,. 1852 ass. .443 IS
OF this sum S23,7ei.l5O was derived
from loans, mostly during the year 1855
Deducting this from the gross receipts,
it will leave S67,742. .658,77 as the an
nua! average income very large por-
ton of which has been paid by the labor
ing people Of the free States.
The amount of money paid for public
lands in the free and slave States respec-
lively for five years. from 1853 to 1857
inclusive, was. in the free States. S24.-
O20. 957 /; in the slave States, S9.949, $50.
This ratio would probably hold true
for any equal period. But during the
year 1858, in consequence of the great
financial embarrassments, which oppres-
sed the North more seriously than the
South. the aggregate receipts from the
slave States surpassed those from the free
States. This may have been occasioned
in part by the operation of the graduation
laws, which threw into market large
quantities of land in the slave States at
reduced prices.
The aggregate cash sales in Iowa.
since the passage Of the law in 1854 to
June 80, 1853. period Of four years.
were 6.064. 2o6 acres. yielding S7.625.-
Sll 90. or an average of over 81 .25 per
acre The sales in Missouri. lying by tie
side of Iowa, for the same period, amount
to 8.l5o, 800 acres. yielding only S4.-
770. .799. 10. or about So cents per acre.
Since the passage OF the graduation
law. the sales of public lands in the slave
States have not yielded an average of so
ceuts per acre. In the free States. the
average has never fallen below one dol
lar per acre.
During the year ending June 80. 1855.
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