Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

France. SJ5 UO0UOO S29O6 YOU OO0 Sll0O000D SO Ob
CT Britain 20 3347S3 3.9lT945,93 l27 s65 Tul IS
U. S....-.. 2O,OO0OOO l,97274,3 800 S3790,0O0 4 Is
Thus the actual debt now exceeds that of
France 81 10 per head, aud nearly equals thatof
Great Britain. At the close of the present fiscal
year. the debt, if the official estimates are not ex-
ceeded, will be s. 00O 900 $50, or $40 900 900.
or 81 per head per annuml or S35 per head for
every family of five persons. 1t will be borne in
mind that these are the lowest actual figures,
without taking into account threatened foreign
wars or possible new disasters to the army
THIS immense debt is now in process OF crea
ton. The Government is paying out paper that
is yet in good credit for labor aud property. The
people are giving their goods for The paper. and
investing il in bouds. Who is to paw that paper
and bonds? The labor of the country-preciselv
the people who are now in the or Tsp OF the Pro
voSt Marshal, torn from their emuloyments and
families to 60, and destroy and devastate the
property and means of industry which were once
the source of national wealth 1t is not the
property of the country that will bear the burden;
it is the farmer ard labOrer The present nt0l
cradle vexatious income and interest tax Yields
very little in proportion TO what ex l'ected
from il: and it ever the debt il paid at all, il
must be quadrupled; and what means will there
be of paying? IL will be difficult TO show that
there will be any.
Before the war the 5000. 900 of the people in
North, in round numbers, 800 000. 900 per an
mum in food. clothing, manufactures, &c They
paid for these in equal value of cotton tobacco. ma
val stores &c. The indursty of the south produced
equivalents for the industry Of the north. and
mutual interchange produced national prosperity.
With the war that ceased The trade was cut
Off Neither side could make its accustomed
sales and purchases, and on the first trade
was parslyzed. Gradually the expenditures (
Il.
per annum thus aiOrdng substitute for the
Southern trade The government. however. does
not pa,-it only promises 10 pay. II does not
give cotton. &c Tor the goods; il gives pieces OF
paper These. 10 is said. answer the purpose of
money, aud pass from hand to hand They do
SO, no doubt; but the real wealth of the country
is thereby consumed. The wool, the clothes, the
food. the irOnware OF the country. are consumed
by the govern ment, and the owners hold paper in
return. for which they eau find no use and they
lend it back to the government which herewith
buys more goods at higher prices As long
this process lasts. 900 600 in uniform 20 on To
destroy. The time must come when the process
must cease; O0O. 00O men will be turned out of
employ. The government expenditure will Cease
War business will be At AZ end The blood
drenched fields and desolale homes OF the South
will offer no trade The crippled troops, the idle
manufactures. the impoverished farmers and es
tUute laOpferS Will be chlieu ulOu 10 piN SS,buO,
QUO .D00 held by few New England SIates that
have driven on the war for their own benefit.
II will be borne in mind that thesix New Epg
land States, with their twelve Senators. have
heen the oligarchv which has driven on this war.
Thus:
Population.
Six New England states.... 3 352 s3. u Senators.
Six Middle and Western 3T0 u Senators.
The government of the country. under our
system, il is well known. exists in the congress
sional committees which govern in each de
partment. These committees are controlled as
follows:
or Chairman.
Charles Sumner. Mass Foreign Relations.
Henry Wilson Mass .-.. Military An irs.
j. p. Hale. ...........N. H.........N Naval Affairs.
w. FeSSenden- Maine. 49,. inaDces.
Clark. n H..........- Claims
Foster. .... ....... Conn $1,000. Pensions.
Thus the New England Senators govern the
finance. the navy. the army and the foreign rela
tons Under their government the debt is rolled
up s. 500 900 per day, and men are dragged
from their families to feed armies whose mission
i TO desOlate the best customer of the North.