Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-27
shall we Have nm Etrht Years, war,

shall we Have Eight Years Wari
l. the Union worth an eight Hetr- wsrl Ex-
eepi tor Illustration tis i AZ de mtefrog1tup
for II i cert4in the cannot at q zht years
its present gigantic scale without IN uihng the
country in hopeless bankruptcy
i he war has already lasted two years and SIX
months, and in that time we have accumulated
national debt amounting 10 about y 600 600 900
Each year of the must cost more thar the
year next preceding, for the constantly increas-
ing inauipa of the currency viii cause cores
popdihg Increase in the cost Of military supplies
With the SINE number Of men IN the held u i
pr1btble thtt. tikug one year With another, AZ
least thirty per cent will tee annually adde, TO
the cost OF supporting the var 4 simple cacu-
lation will show the mp0~-ibility of the var con
tinuing eight years without bankrupting the na-
ton. IL my firly be doubted whether u can
continue five years from its commencement. or
double its present duration. without prostratng
the credit nf the Govern uient.
As an Offset to this, may be told that the
rebel government being so much weakened IN
resources, Is certain TO break down financially
much sooner than ours. This j. true: but
the rebel war debt will never be paid, and the
accumulation of a great debt Is very different
thing where il is 10 be wiped out with sponge
from debt no part of which is to be repndlated
Whatever may be the result of the war. the
United States, rs long established government
bound in honor TO psy lis debts or at least the
interest on them. will rem ain. 1t il absurd to
areue this question rs IL the United Suites were
running financial race against the rebels We
not To Judge of our debt by comparison with
debt that will never he paid, hut by our ability
To paw the interest on IT, II i clear that "A war
even for the Union cannon be indefinitely pro-
longed. and consequently TINT an administration
which spends much and accumplIshes little. will.
IL continued ia power bankrupt the nation and
fail to restore the Union at last.
The Union at any cost" is we'll sounding
cry till you come To examine il. Do we want the
Union al the expense OF national honorf Ought
We TO purchase the L mon by national binkruptcN
We are shocked by such questions; we recoll
from the alternative they present. But ii the
thought OF either part of the alternative Is into
cradle, what shall we say OF an Administration
that is managing the to threaten Sis
with the accumulated horrors OF b0thl Ii the
continues TO be ms ged as IL has been
that is say, if the Republican party continues
in power another four yeats--we shall have Il
nation bankruoted ani dishonored, without the
conversation of Union restored
But the war has made considerable progress F"
If YOU look only AZ the credit side of your bal
ance sheet. and shut your ewes to the debit side,
you may easily fancy yourself rich. 1t may be
satisfactory To have an omeiet on YOUR breakfast
table but il YOU have paid enough for The Omelet
To buy house and lot. YOU have really yer, lit
tie show tor your money. In proportion To the
number of men called into service and the amount
of debt accumulated, the Administration have
accomplished very little. Nv a~hingtoE IS
safe"-and so is Richmond "Vick,hurg is
ours'-but a cry comes from all the W estern
cities that the Mississippi is no more open to
commerce than when VckSburg was in posses
sion of the enemy 1.-The Army of the Cumber-
land is in Chattanooga but il was driven there
defeated. and stands there oil the defensive The
Administration has called successfully for 10 600
men; for 5D0 .O00 men to end the war early by a
single overpowering effort; for 500 900 men 10
save Washington and repe' the invading rebels;
for 800 OU0 men again to serve nine months and
end the within that time beyond reradven-
ture; for 300 ,O0o men still again To replace the
nine months men who were mustered out with
Washington again menaced and the North again
invaded; aud now the President calls for still
another 300 00O men. be allowed for, he tells
Us on a future draft!
Unless the war makes more rapid progress-ln
proportion the colossal scale of exEen'ii
tcreS-our resources will give out before The reb
els give up We shall have lost the knife and
have flung the handle after il Our only security
against losing not only the Union but the emu
nous expenditures Of blood and treasure are
making To recover it. is in the election of new
administration which will prosecute the war with
more skill and success. not requiring the cOuntr,
10 ply pound for a ten penny loaf. nor taxing
the poor mans comforts to enrich 'shoddy'
aristocracy i New York World.