Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-02
The Pecuniary Patriotism of the North
GTatuitous Contributions for the War


The Pecuniary Patriotism of the North
GTatnitous Contributions for the War
Expenses.
The New York Herald publishes a state
ment of the amounts contributed by Legis-
latuTes, corporations, societies, and individ-
uals, in sums Of $1,000 and upward, as free
will offerings to the Government in aid of
the war. These are entirely independent of
loans from States or capitalists, and are ab-
solute gifts, eDtailing no future obligations
or responsibilities on the country. II should
be added that the list is far from complete,
apd includes only such contributions as we
have been able to hunt up from our files.
Neither does it represent the sum total in
each locality, as the subscriptions are still
being actively carried on. The aggregate
amount as thus presented is $Il ,239, 900, of
which New York city gives 81, ,l55, 900, and
our State Legislature $3,000,000. And all
this has been subscribed since the 18th of
April.
Large as the amount is, however, it is far
from rep;sssenting the extent of the free-will
offerings made to the GovernISeent ev tue
North in the brief interval which has elapsed
since the rebels commenced the war. OF
sums below 81, 900 subscribed by private iu-
dividuals, and of which no mention is made
in the statement to which we refer, ii Is no
exaggeration to set down the aggregate at
$5,000,000. If we take the average expendi-
ture of each volunteer of the $50, coo men
who are now drilling and under arms in the
free States at $40, it will give us further
amount of $2,5O0,OO0. Besides these sums
we may put down $5,000,000 more for the
contributions made by families toward the
more comfortable outfit and equipment of
such of their members as have taken up arms
in defense of the national flag. And of casual
sums given on the spur of the moment to
90 old -, ,-fH nW
clothing, and Of which no notice has been
taken, the total is probably not far short of
another $5,000,00O These different amounts
thus figure up:
Contributions Of 81 900 and upward ,239 900
SontT 5nnons helGw y 100000
Contributions OF families to out6t....... 5,OO0O00
Casual contributions in money and cloth 900 O0O
,739.O 900
Making an aggregate of nearly $29, 900, 900
spontaneously donated TO the Government
in less than fortnlghtl Could the people
Of the South but have foreseen this wonder
full unanimity Of feeling and patriotic self
devotion on the part OF the North, it is safe
to assume that the national flag would still
have been left floating over Fort Sumter.
What q contrast do we find 10 all this en-
ergy and earnestness in the fact that of the
6Tstinstalment of So 600, 900 of the SIS, 900 900
Confederate loan, issued more than two
months since by the Rebel Government, only
$4,000, 600 were bid. This does not show
that the heart of the South is as thoroughly
with the action Of the Montgomery Govern.
ment as it is represented 70 be. Here all
classes are prepared TO contribute 10 the last
dollar of their resources, not for purposes of
vengeance or determination, but for the sus.
tainment Of those glorious institutions, the
influence of which has done so much for hu-
man freedom all over the world.