Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-03-26

Abraham hard names, yea he lletl
most Vil1ainously about those naer
who strive nightly to save the
Union. EM
"Aud now that they ERepublicausl hay.
a man at the head Of the administrator
whose imbecility enables them to contro
the Affairs Of the country, they have plung
ed us into most desolating war, into deb
and taxation from which we will not recov
er tor ages to come. IL Gazette, Of Marcel
10th.
Thus reasonably and falsely discourse.
that contemplate tool Of traitors, the edito,
of the st. Clairsvile Gazette, in a rcceu,
number Of his paper, 10 speaking Of the
constitutionally elected President of the
United Suites.
Let us weigh his reasonable assertion in
the scales of truth, and see where 1t will
lind this man who would be considered q
disciple OF the Most High, yet repudiates
the teachings of ine.tenths of the ministers
of his church, an overwhelming majority Of
its members, and every one of its organs.
without exception.
lst. He asserts that ''they," meaning
the Republicans, share plunged us into a
most desolating ,odr."
This charge has been made and repeated
SO Often by the party to which the Gazette
editor belongs, that in charity we might
almost think that he believed it true. But
as this wouldbe entirely too great stretch
OF our credulity, we cannot think but that
he knew it to be false when he penned and
printed it.
The country has heard of the "Critten.
den resolutions" which if only adopted by
the party in power, said the Democracy
would prove the oil upon the troubled wa.
tiers Of this civil war, and peaceful times
would soon bless our land again. This same
editor has time aud again quoted these reso-
lutions as evidence conclusive of the true
position of his party on the war question.
Let us look a little into these resolutions
''The present deplorable civil war has
been forced upon the country By the disup-
ton,sfs Of the jSoutitern States, now in re.
volt against the Constitutional Government.
and in arms around the Capital"
That's what the Crittenden resolutions
say about the authors of the civil war
Either John j. Crittendea or Stepbep
Gressinger has lied about the cause Of the
war. We do not like to make any inyidious
distinctions, but we do not believe il was
Crittenden
I'd, The party that brought about the war
is unques tionably tho party that is respon.
sible for the "debt and taxation from which
we will not recover for ages to come. -
Crlttenden says the 'disunionists of the
States" are responsible for this
debt and taxation. Again arises a question
of vcracity between Crittenden, and Ores.
singer, which we are compelled to solve in
favor of the former.
This disposes Of Stephens bare faced M.
scrtion relative to the causes, &c.. of the
war, but lot us examine this terrible debt
that haunts his imagination with such fear
ful visions OF taxation, down through alll
the coming years Of his life, and the bav.
ment OF which must deprive his cli2lyra of
their patrlmony, and in turn entail ON them
q burden Of taxation. 7ssT''t-T : II,
Our National debt on tho lst Of July. |
1862, was S5l ,00O, 900, and the entire *
pense Of onr Army and Navy for ali plr.
poses for the year ending juno 3Oth. ls62
was $3l4, 3l3,6l2 This last sum Is munh
greater than it would have been, but from,
Tho fact that the friends of the Gazette.
prior to the expiration of Mr. Bnchanan's
Administration, had stolen not only our
'orts and arsenals, but nearly all our
ordnance stores, compelling us to 20 into
he open markets, at home and abroad md
purchase arms at whatever price they could
10 had. 0"
Suppose the war lasts for two years from
July lst, 1852, then at that time tho public
iebt, at the same rate of increase, will be-
IN the lst July, 1864, 81, l 80, ,627, 224. This
what irlghtens our nervous Gazette friend
'ow' and which he tears will haunt him
hereafter. -"
But take tho debt at the beginning of this
ear, which l presume was not far from
'6I0, ,OOO,OOO, and compare il with our
ebt at former periods Of our history.
In l190, with a population of less than
our millions, with our resources almost en-.
rely undeveloped, with no commerce and
ut light exports, our debt was $75, 900, 600, I
about tioenty dollars for eacli inhabitant
In 1900 with population Of little over i
We millions, our debt was $50, ,OOO. 600. or 1
.cteen dollars for each inhabitant.
in 1916, with population Of about eight F,
'illions, our debt was $l27, ,OOO, 600. or
bout sixteen dollars for each person.
On the LIST day Of January, 1862, with n I
opulation OF thirty two millions our debt |
as say 500, 900, 900, or little over t,osntu r
ollars to each person; the same debt pcr
tpita as in 1900 f 8
Our loyal fathers in those good old times =
d not charge upon President Washington i
at like an i,becils he had brought upon S
em heavy burden of taxation which Il 8
ould take ages to overcome, but like true o
,arted men they thought their successes 0
the Revolution had been cheaply purchas p
at any price. But there we're ''butter. /,
IT" in those days who eroaked at the o
xes, and the enormous debt; the same o
On they were who had '.f6wyht w6 de- -Hss. ! !,
ms" during the war, as the "butteruuts', q
1862 are doing. b
OUR resources are somewhat better de. Q,
Hoped than they were in 1890, however. Il
ID We are in rather better condition to nav II
\. debts than We were then. In 1890 the p
tire resources Of the Government, ex.
isive OF loans, was 4,399, AS, while in