Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-01-02
The Harlships Of the Union.

A few days j q We alluded to the def
cheney occurring every year in the cOttun
States in the matter Of postal revenues.
amounting to over a million Of dollars Ter
annum. Here is another item. BY acts
of Congress passed in the years IS56 and
1857 grants of land were made to the fol-
lowing States to aid in the construction of
railroads, viz:
AlapAna .... .....i So 9 ; acres.
tlorlda- -....-.r.-.-..-s -------.-i 80 6n
Lonislt te,.+9
Mis-iss Ppi---.-. --.------.. -. al So
Every one Of these States owe its whole
existence to the ,reat confederacy which
eaci is now seek ing to destroy They
were formed Of territory belonging To the
Union. protected 10y its army and navy.
nurtured by its revenues. furnished with
postal. light house, and other facilities
which they could not otherwise have enjoy
ed. and fed with population by cmigrants
from the rest of the Union, For one Of
these irate States. Florida. We have the
following little account
Toe United States pa'f to Spain for the Ter.
r tory 81 Florida (~nae-tlirI of - 81 nd
been pr VIC 'sI, granite to individuals ~
the Spanish Cow rntnent-...- .-..-- so o ono
The CO t ofthr ~ rIdS war, md The nnaI
removal Orthe Sen nOIes exceeded. 80. ), 100 ITO
sO'OO coo
Tae uzNFr Of cor n'ssicaed ofkcrrs Of
the REGULAR army kidd after thr ecm-
menesmentO of h~ostilties -.-..-...... p
On es vino died in Florida ava else
where. Of dise.se c r. Sctcd in The
Seminole eanpsigns ...--.-. 90
And here we're wounded ....--... -
Alking =, aggregate % ..--. ~ "A %.
The nHnher { men l lied /; hattlS from
CnIteH StSFss arm. Ma kals Nari.-
aao
Ana the member ~"uRd.d o., De In
$50
The martsii 3 amoIz r,dr re.u A troups
from rni'sirs aDI diseases - TN eli
mae etirot % sxAc IL : tel ut 1t
s.t'eN d nEm5-I h { asf4iIel
---.S U
zip. the foregoing. it will be perceived
ths, militia and volunteers are not taken
! into the account. Of whom. however. up
wards Of $4,000 e,e engaged in that
war. This class Of to rs. fI"m Y rious
cau'es, Suf,r gre1ter III 'rtality than he
Tn ted States army. An accur tie Ii. o
their dead would add hi .d:eds IT 10
thousands to th.se a ready namei."
FloridI n 'vp ropO1es to 20 out IF the
Union W thOut paying oil T of til s
debt, or assuming 4 cent of the national
debt We have ~ ujt that it y nil be
cconomi al for Us to let her z even on
su b terms: tu C ) ate bclo Is to t e
Onion aid not to the few planters ani
SOU tiers o cupy ing 1t For good or for
evil its lot is in the cOnfedcrIcy. and therc
- 49, -o,,., NJ ~, - , a..
wrongs of lcxas. a coIresp ndei.t of the
New Orleans Picayun, sets them fort :,
cnnrisely that We avail u selves f this
work:
'.ln 1915. when Texas was annexed t.
the Union. he owed a debtU vi Sll UJ0.2Ul.
Subsequently the United states ;a.d her
$4,000 600 for her Santa Re teri to
besides assuming her pnhiic debt Of the
su Il paid her s2000,00J We e set appa,t
as 4 sc COL fund. which il n,w leaned to
her railroads at the rate Of S 5000 per lie.
a. operation that has been 0 i .mense
advantage to her industry AMI population
The gov rnment has a line of military p SITS
ali along the frontier of the State. 4 d
buys a million dol ars worth annually of
the produce of her citizrus. besides paying
them $4,000 for collecting its revenues
In 1873 it pail for mi services more
han it received S1lS.9It. AMI in IS59-j0I
$500 900 more. Bel ;es all this. it enI g
ell in a dishonOrdble war with Mexic' :.
which cost the lives of $4,000 brave men.
and 100000 900. Since I547 h r pop
ulatioa has increased from l43.320 to
432,076. These are the wrongs Texas has
received from the Union. nj for which she
has resolved To destroy it,"
Having bought Texas by gold and blood
so dearly, ", must no. of course. alloH
her spare population, which is less than
that of PHILADELPHIA alone, to march GU:
of the Union with oar gold in her treasury
and our sons buried in her sUil, -IhLa.
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