The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-05
Ritllunnh Dispattb.
SATURDAY mosu . ....APaILs m.,
ON The Es~ Oslssas prayune !
Bamo'tha 6poilor.

| from The Es~ Orissas p.esyune
Bafle'tbs spoiler
Tbs cry. which eoms. NJ rncst rysfoupdiy
from ths bottom Of he hesrts OF the psorie
ef the North, at the crtsis. ,s. that the Sou
| which 'aey fancy 10 he o. sne verge on oeins
| huein2a ted, must nr made 10 pay fae ros,s :, o.
| the war. II Is nct So mach aueeuohv, y, ~ ~,
| srnmeni, or AUTHORITY, or teonre, as iposm
1 nircauon, winch they think - oa't Ter 70
| ae settled by sets ot Cong ress, ana eHIoIcs"
| by sr,pits ot occupation iney s.s, neeorn.
ttnsiy sa,zIne the lands And the eot'on AZ ias.
| ca ,ssIY ,r,snys nd y .uce divestirR owners of
| THAR prnper.v and csrrrinx ttoH ter the
| beBef II ssovsrnm ment haa are en.erth'niaR
saca lave Of oonhscanoa as VIII suslscs
| nyerytatnx within me territory Ct the South I.
I an Stn.sz movable or frlmovabie, TO which
thsy ean make title by the rcbher plan Of
.esstrg IL by force. 20 he disposal OF the
1 Faeseral Government.
We hs We uore than once described 10 va.
| rous wa, 8 the ourden Of Federal indehted.
mess Il very distinct Idea OF the weight OF
that burden. and tho rein which SIS TO bring
| npon s8Fp body hereafter, msy be "a therei
| from reference to the taxable capacity
| which The United States have exhibited in
| thsir former history iAJ3Es their career as
SSoS arpmsnt and IL FINE. Of natic aat ri III
cni;r. q fsw hsures witt sxrnupd more
clearly inAl column of srecu'6t,sn how
| largely This :Southara Tar Hansnends in ils
| Costltpess all the pndertazaaes Of the Go.-
| AInrueot stEcs It's fon aiaticH. eveH lEGiHdtug
| all | expenditure Tor its own support frem
the flrst day OF I : xistei 90. eEd how moro
d. spers Be abe esrrssity Tor fns sibrr exceii
! ssts for relief Hs .aks for 3 hasis of the
exhibit he s.nzeuent of Sir. srald;ng. of
New YoTs, n psTn her of the Cotnmiftes Of
( Ways and Meens in Toe FessTal Rouse OF
| Representative In late speech on the
! finances, bs COM patad the eventual i. bt en-
| tailed un the fedsrai 3oTernmeEt by The
| war. ia II : most n vOts be event. nd by to
| sE'ic.e conclusion, III 81 so". Sea, 9oo- ara-
| Tsa fa9arfs ss:'t:oEs Il eot,Trt.
| Turning 10 the sfhciaI table. made up at
/ the & !, Treasury, n The nth June, 1850
/ the last year 3t the undivided Union. We
| nad that tee totat expsn di nTes of the Fede-
/ ral Government. from it, beginning IL
| March 1879, 20 5hat day, Hrnonn'irg TO
S2.lsl as,s2s~-frsntv cnf hazs-ca rrd efty r7'i.
| i,5 ls 1f deiiora.
| 80, the attempt tc sssia-e the southern
| States Will have cost, for the beginning OF
the var, as we estas ~ II, fem she moet ia
| vorable sgtimate of It's completion, as ina
| invaders cocDt II, six -seventhE nf'thc whole
amount which served TO support the whole
Federal Government, IL AL i'e branches, for
ssveatY-oDe year., d}iti - which IL Carried on
the war with Great Brltgin anu tha war
/ with Mexlco, 5ad Eapdry small, bat not in
| expensive Indian weIs iu FioriGa, in the
| Northwest, in Utsh, ard uIcn the Pacific
| ecast.
| The ysr Il, however, tut inst began IN an
| Ia uteTioipab:e career CT ccst. These are hu .
ih@ frs 4 expense Of he sTqerimsnt snd they
have already, hy cOntessi 10. reached an
amount which must Taridiy Transcend tbs
whole expenditure of the 9oysrnment Of ne
United States when tbs Union wes entire, tor
tArea quarters OF t;eI-ufy.
Row these sums Wsra - ise6 - ~ her iu-
| teres.irg i:st1 III tbs ttfte, NeasIs fotr a.
| d.ei millions were raised ny loans aad treas
ury no -. The ectnsi direct Contributions
from al o heT scUTCas ircm l7ea "a 1880 wef 81
| as f,llowF
custouas ........-...... 81 a3i,57u i54 2s
| Lands. ..-..-.--..... Ia, SAT 352 -
| M.sce lianeoas ..,..-.. a5iI3. I22 u
| - SGJ 40. .s5a RS
| Gil the receipt. OF ihs Federal Govern N ent.
bufins st& whole sNistanCe 10 the beginning Of
| lpts THr, and, therefore. icSt abont ca Ral 10
| Mr. spsidsnes estimate OF what the war will
have co.'s st 1t stogs soor.
| II IN ast be noted that this eighteen hun
| dred Ihtiiions Of dollars is oniy ,oe debt
| which tbs Federal Government will have
CONTRACTED syoGd It's available msaEs The
cost % ue ezpefiren IS therefore still sIeat.
1 81. This Is what H. IS com 90 te0 Kiii Ea1nB In
| - be P=id hy somebody, and tbs tede RAE are
| Ssnmiug &c decide Ina, i. Is 10 be paid hg us'
| Bui This sBu or G shteen hnrd cd miii;osra
| is 10 De first borrowed somewhere. Ioe rc9-
/ berry nd AaREa.laa OF the Soa.h Ii % Cume
| after ward, In Groer 20 make E f1rd Tor rs.
| deDpuon. They viii have 20 wait good
| while before taeY realize much cut of ;h.t
| s0It Of SUCCESS, hut such Ia Ehsir calculation
| The comparative magnitude ef the borro wip z
| 10 be done, may be estimatsd by reference TO
these tables. The tgSr. ( .ie amount which
the GoveInIent 5t he United States raised
| by LOAF and the Issue of treasury Iotes dur.
tlg It's entire term, from 50 TO lSs J, as $3.50.
| 81 ,l7o Y. This includes large amounts neso.
| tia Tod 1or the extension OF bonds already due,
| and the reissue Of treasury nots. The lars,
| est amount In any one year, eS5 o0o, 900, was
| raised IN lsla, under the impulses OF peace
1 but the disIressaa Of the 9oysrnment for
monsv, and the 81. IRENE d.fcui'v in borrow
ing during tie var, ara matters upon which
! HISTORIANS have dilatso, in order TO expose the
L faIa xxyith irH ,er
an PdsQua!s system Of finance and taxation 10
| secure pnnctual repay ment, All the money
| which the Government oei4ined during the
four years Of tbs war by leans. &c. were less
than hundreH millions of dollars. The
whole nm of S3, fec, 900. for tua ting debts
| renewing and repaying, was spre-d over the
seventy one years Now new debt is run
up by portion OF the disIointed Union IN less
/ be less than b We times the whole aggregate Of
| all the Gums borrowed and paid. ard rehcY.
| roved and repaid re gsin, for its entire exist.
| epoe OF seven ty>one ars
| Toget rid OF thls mountain of debt is new
! the general obisci Of the war Of the North
They are adding 10 ii with spendthrift
| reekiessness. because they know that they
can never carry IL by their own resources.
| that 1t N ust ban krnpt them inevitably and
| speedily. and thai their on.y chance for re-
lief is in the Who'll; 3 ale punder of the Sou III.
err people, the s6isure not ouiy of ia
| products Of their farms, their annual crops
And all the profits u their future industry
| bat taeir whole capital of lands and labor
| 20 be ths sposis Ut conquest, 10 aslp their
eAemies pay for thA expenses .. destroying
! theix Ii ieertiss, Cd,
! TRis plan IF warfare Is The resource oy a
/ condition of flpauoes eonfesssdly desperate
/ Thers ts nc object for the war hut that of
| IlundeY The sp0iiation OF the South Is the
| only refuge of lac North from utter ruin
| The fury which prompts it gives rise 10 dss-
perate exsftlons; but II produces, on the other
hand, corfespcndiR ~ energy OF resolve. and
q nzed purpose 10 mn the desperation o! the
assault with al Lfinchipg-audif ii the extrem .
ity should require IT, Of desperate resistance
Every man who has anytbing, or expects 10
have anything, IN the South, feels al add
Hoaai incentive TO ma he his lie. time strug.
gle, against the enemy who comes TO rob his
family of their hcNes. or his country of its
.iheYties a Whole pes pie viii keep their
ianGs TOR them selves with their : words, or
they Will m AXE these into which the rohber
forces his way burteu, which his sword
mas, be always drawn 10 keep-and III watch
she bulie, Of the rightfui heir, or his ssveDger,
may ind him, In the rnidet Of hts entreneh-
meats.
FSos IstAEp No. TBs.-The New Orleans
Esiso, speaks of the aEriya! in that city OF
Lieut.. Julius Eiee from Island No 10, and
says;
Lieut- Elbe coIf firms sll thas CORES poG.
dents have related respecting the operations
Ct the island, ana Its 81 lion and th4t of fts
.sA- n q tsx In 49,