Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-19
Reform or Ruin.

expenditures are at the rate OF thirty dollars per
year for every inhabitant of the loyal States.
nearly twenty dollars more per head than the ex
pendltnres OF Great Britain and ten dollars per
head more than that power expended during her
wars with Napoleon. he declares that ''our an.
nual appropriations will now be four times the
entire paper currency OF the country. and six
times the expenditure OF any previous yer OF
our Government since its foundation--more than
Great Britain ever expended in her contest with
Napoleon. lie then proceeds, after advising q
system of taxation. to tell some sensible truths.
which account for this enormous and unnecessary
burden which is now weighing upon the country.
Tie saws: Your assessments will be cheerfully
paid, but. ii so, they must be wisely expended.
You cannot take from the people their resources
and their earnings to pay Mr.. Morgan S1O.OO0
for four weeks work You cannot employ their
resources. collected in the form of t,xes to pay
E useless employees about the halls OF Congress "
, lie might have added that the people Will not
submit to pay their resources and earnings to
purchase or COLOMBO four millions of negroes,
u carry ON an abolition war. to support Congress
during weeks oi time lost IN mere abolition dis
cussions. 10 fateu spectators by raising regi
ments ike the Lancers, only to he disbanded and
to oil the pccketso Of the swarms OF contractors
and officials. who have gathered around the
corpse Of the public credit" and are stripping
il OF the last vestiges OF its former vitality.
The people in arrest in this They
intend to preserve the Union---to abide bv the
Constitution, but never To make themselves the
willing prey OF the harpies who have, by their X
travagance and dishonesty, swelled the public
disbursements To a sum unknown in former wars
sum which the despotic government in Europe
would not dare nfct upon Is subjects.
Why our expenses are 50 large, who is respon-
1 sible. must be decided The country will know
the facts because the country soon expects the
tax gatherer, because men who have grown gray
without paying a Federal tax, know that their
children children will grow gray be,ere the tax
gatherer ceases To come around All thinking
men see that in few months time IN entire
charge has occurred in our system-that there
has suddenly sprung up among all the evils
which belong to nations in decrepltude, and that
the danger is that the United States OF "A wear ago
Is henceiorih impossible To exist again. No cry
of secession will now arrest the stern spirit of
inquiry. We can fight as cheap as England can.
There is reason why We shall not We can
conduct the national affairs for small a sum a.
despOtc monarchs conduct theirs with There is
excuse for the system of plumber which has
tracked the steps of the government throughout.
We repeat that the cry of secession will not
arrest investigation. This not BE- prose
cHted unless t1e return 10 the most rigorous econ
Omy The nation is literally being stolen To
death. Its chief foes are in the ranks of its pre-
tended frends-in Congress. in the departments.
IN the army. among the contractors. A high
carnival of robbery Is being held from one end of
the loyal States To- the other. How else can we
account for the astounding figures produced by
Mr.. Sherman-John Sherman. OF Ohio, not Il
Democrat, but leader In the Republican party :
His testimony can not be doubted. and his test
mOny proclaims To the world that the peril OF the
country is only opportunity for an unblushng
traffic in her necessities This state OF things
can not continue If il is not Immediately cor
rected. il will be prelude to "A more serious ques
ton than the suppression of the rebellion IL
will force To- devote all our energies and re
sources 10 preserve any Government. any nation
al ldenttyt even IN the wreck OF the old Union
which shall be left To as. There must be finan
cial reform. thorough searching. honest
There must be retrenchment, from the
perqulStes of the Presiednt down to
the unholy gains of the contractors. Mem
bers Of Congress must reduce their pay
and mileage They must be content, in this
great agony of the country. To dispense with the
luXuries and iolhes in which they attempt To- im
tate the Courts of France and England and ffit
ter away the hours which ought To be devoted 10
the public good. The avortes. secretaries. clerks.
all the tribe of treasury "blood suckers" who
under the patronage of Senators and Representa-
tves, hang around the capital, leading lives OF
lazinesS and dissipation NJ the cost of the people
every measure. cents must be counted aud styed.
The small economieS which Mr. Sherman demon
strates will millions OF dollaIS per year, must
be res0rted TO. The nation must not die like a
spenuthrtt--must not utterly DESTROY the present
and te'IHeath 10 the future perjury which no
man can see the end of Mr. Sherman truly SAYS
that now the question must be met how are
10 carry on the financial measures OF the Govern
mentf IL i the all absorbing questiun--the
question of life or death. We must answer IL BY
sacrifices. reforms, economy, or il will answer
itSeli IN our ruin D.irof Free Press
"WHES You Is. ABouT, VIZ Is. The Boone
vile correspondents of the Cincinnati Daiig C.ni-
merciai writes:
These Missouri niggers know great deal more
than the white folks give them credit Tor aud
whether Missouri goes Tor the Confe,ieracy or tor
the Union. her slaves have learned a lesson TOO
much to ever make them useful a slaves | was
struck with the apt reply Of one Of crowd who
came from a bis house To the road To : pass
the other dav Saws !:
Bows. are you all for the Uuiony''
oh veS masSl when you's about. we is
Aud when price comes. YOU are secesh. are
yout"
''Lorl. YES. massa, yes good secesh then.
Can't allow de white folks get head nisgers in
dat way"
The darkey understood the whole question and
the game PLAYED.
Egypt. southern lllinois) has proved her
LOYALTY She has sent. according 20 population.
many more soldiers 70 fight for the Union than
the northern par, Of the State has sent. and more
Than INV other district n all tie ST.