Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-06-25


ments which have been made from time to
time on this floor and especially by the
chairman Of the Committee of WAYS and
Means, Mr.. Stevens. who has a right TO
speak on that subject as one in authority.
From that source we learn that orr eXpen~
ditures have, for many months past. exceed
ed the enormous sum of S. ,O00. 900 per
day One years expense at this rate
reaches the sum of Sl.095 900 600. That
our indebte mess 1t this moment Is equal
to that vast amount will hardly he denied
by any intelligent and candid person who
has had the opportunity to observe the pro
fusion and TCckesSHcsS with which The re-
sources and the credit Of the Government
have been used since this most unnatural
strife fell Ike a blight upon the land. \
little more than one year ago we hehrld the
lnhamed and wrathful visage Of civil war
for the first time disturb. like a haIeful
comet. the peace of this Republic. Since
then battles have been fought. equal in
nurl hers engaged, in hrroiSln Of conduct. and
in the cha-t)y heaps If the slain. 70 the re-
nowucd conflicts uf ancient story Victory.
too. under an overruljnG Providence has
chosen the standard Of the Government.
and our armies are steadily penetrating that
intense scope If country in which the ban
uer Of revolt las been reared.
But assuming that the smiles Of fortune
will continue 10 rest NJ on our arms. and
that no rcv"r~aS are in sto.e for our troops.
vet nothing Is palmer to the thinking mind
which resolves the future by considering the
mast than the fact that the expenses Of this
Government for the eusuin. Y, ar viii fully
equal. and most likely surpaSS. what we
| have witnessed in the wear that has iUSt
/ closed. hS Cur armies push forward their
I
/ and IMPOVERISHED and hostile cor'ntrv- the
/ difficulty ani cost of their support viii "a
/ rfJilv multiply The value Ct rranSDorta-
| ton will almost double the rrice Of the stores
! transported There has been much undi>
| aested and crude defamation on this floor
| in regard to subSiSting our forces on the pro
| ducts # the country we inva'e This. how
! ever. i simply ore of those unSUhstantissl
| theories which uuhapilv for the country.
| have =, beautifully ahounded in this body
since our national calamitieS came upOn rs.
| All the great authors on the art Of show war
| its ahSrrditv. and our own experience has
/ already explnIed it. 1t has already been
! found that where one army has swept over
| the country but a barren reception awaits
| another: and especially Is this the case when
| a ret-eatiug army IS impelleA by the strongest
military reasons 20 leave nothing for Il . SrII~
{
! tim then marks every irl3. and war. wi-h
! iroa-maiIed hanr1. SOURCES the bosom Of M
/ -rrr,. herself int" ~.e-iiitv- tttla fhC fierce
/ barbarian cru0usror. At the head If his rlr-
.,g7r,a I.r~l,S ann au.0asl - atfrig' tel En-
rone that grass would never grow a-ain
"a here Inc ir. is e Is var horse had ieff fF0fr
| mark. S,t~-n@v lc>S high;ed will he the
track of defeated and rctrr3tiug southern
F.r-f.-. Wien un lrngcr able - meet us IN
..e-cral engagements. B1t little VIII En I,rt
srer fhcir orvu wants arc met AMI that IT.
re will ic DESTROYED. OUr SIMPLY trains
! will have - move with our armies from the
{ luvaI States thus aUgn"ntiug the public ex
rpuIitmcS at every step. II i safe. then
to conclude ;lat the year that Is to come
and ON which we are iu~t entcring-rhs
second wear nf war-wili swell the indebted,
ness Of this Governments tn q e alarming sum
IF =. .OO0. 600. 600 This amount VIII hav,
accrued about the time the tolir~ citizen !.
fairly called urnn - commence the weary
task of meetiug its awful proportions hy
/ taxation II is a task. sir. that no eve whiCl
now nclold~ the sun viii ever see completed
The child Is uot horn. aud viii not he fp
, ! mare than q hundred wears who will cscant
| the visits nf the FEDERAL tax gathcrer IN th
fnccssaut llbnrs of future generations t,
, wear away the steady dropuirgs of pCr
, UctuaI tax this mountain Of debt. This i
, mo- high wrnUght OF eXtravagant statement
/ but a sad and melancholy truth. rs each sue
ceeiiug year f the approaching future bu
{ viii but too truly bear witness.
Ii Is said. however. here and elsewhcr
J throughout the country. that VIC are na
, tiun of inexhaustihle resources, almost fahu
. laus wealth. and that burdens which w0ul
cause other Governments to reel and staggcr
= are ~ light as feathers 10 us. This Is
? pleasing tribute to cur national vanity
e sounds well in our self~cnmplasent car. W
have been so long exalted in happiness owe
2 all other people 80 long blessed in ever
/ euiavmeut above what God has ever voucl
= Safed u aEv other nation. that we are eve
h now unwilling or unable 70 realize the fac
! that the hand of af1iictiOn has at last falle
= upon us with a force almost as cruel as ths
q which visited Jerusalem xhen Titus oncaml
: ed before her walls. II IS true. hOweve
: that we abound in wealth. 1t is true tn;
h our lap has been filled with treasure: h'
: things in this world exist principally l
,. comparison. That which constituted in
-e mense wealth a little more than year ag
le in view of public debt Of less than fit
is millions, diminishes rapidly when brougl
% to bear on debt of fortv times that amour
II By the census report of 1850 we find tn
the assessed value of all the real and pc
ne sonal property of the entire Unitei State
he Doth loval aud rebellious, is Sl2.eO6, I5f
he 5S5. Thus it will be seen that our pub
m debt is now equal to one twelfth OF all {
k taxable property Of the Government, IL