The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-25
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These are the figures furnished by official
documents for the two years commencing first
July, 1861, and ending Goth June, 1865. They
embrace the expenditures of the Government
for period of two years, togetherwith those
Of half Of April, and May, and June 1851, the
first months Of the war. OF the period thus
covered, only the expenses Of about six
months are definitely aseertained /; those OF
the residue of the time being conjectura1 and
six mo nths for which they are ascertained,
exceeded the estimates submitted to Congress
In July, $2l4, 000, 900. At the same ratio of
excess, the real expenditures for the next
eighteen months Of the period estimated for,
viii require additional appropriations to sup
ply deficiencies, Of six hundred and forty mil-
hons ! and the aggregate shown By the above
table viii be swollen to seventeen hundred
and twenty millions. 1t would be very
moderate comp utation 10 assume that the ae-
tual expendis ures for the two years, estima, ed
a. ten hundred and eighty millions, will be from
twelve hundred and fifty to fifteen hundred mil
lions, or more than ak hundred millions year
Thus, the expenses of the Federal Govern
uent are 1t the rate of sixty millions of dol
lars q month, or two millions of dollars day.
Considering that this OK penditurs is disburssd
almost wholly within the Northern States,
whose population is twenty millions, the ave-
rage amount of money which is thus paid the
Northern people by their Government in pur.
chase Of their support to itself and its mea-
sores are nearly fay dollars to each man,
woman, and child, per annum; which is the
largest capitation expenditure ever yet re-
corded in the annals Of finance. ~e5
This enormous amount Of expenditure, were
1t not officially disclosed, would seem incredi-
bic and 1t reveals the most stupsndous sys-
ten Of largessss disbursed to corruptible,
money loving people, for supporting an unhoiy
measure, which the history Of mankind af-
fordA 80 ss aFss
These official st ate ments remove all doubt
- 70 the means by which the public sentiment
Of the North. q large portion Of which was
onss 10 strongly In favor of Justice 10 the
South, and 80 siolsntly hostile TO measures Of
coercion. has been wholly changed. II can
no longer be matter Of conjectnss why
Vallandighan, Pierce, and Bright, are the
solitary voices among twenty nillions to re-
fnse thsir sanction TO this war u can no
longer b necessary TO surmise why 20 sudden
change vss wrought IN the ssntinsnas of
sush ksscs fire. eaters q Dallas, Guiding, and
ticayuns Bntlsr; is can no longer adult of
coujsctore why aoch tims. ssrvsrsss Duchanas,
Fillmore, Everett, aud Cas-, hcary and griy.
sisd vorshippers Of the seven prinniples Of
ne iosses and Gshes. bseans sash zsalo,is
advocates Of tie Union, right or wrong.
ne aAss that six hundred sniliisps Of doa
aass pss annum are expsndsd IN ths psossca
uon o. this MAJ. coupled y Il Is MD thS sud.
dsn eonysrsion from bitter opponsutse a. NM
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