Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-28
est on her previous debt, which, together,
amounted TO So, 800, 900 900, giving the

amounted 10 S6So1UaUO0lOOOI 6ANIuk SLo
aggregate expense which tell upon the
people during that time as tolloWss
War expenses. 900 600, 600
Peace expenses...-.:,.. s@,S2O' OOo,Ooo
g Total money expended ...SI ,S70, 100000
Thisis ednal to an average annual e1pen-
ditHre of over S342, OOO, 600 contipued for
twenty three years. Did it ruin the Eng
lish nation2 Did it destroy her CONNER
cial prosperity, diminish her population, or
essentially weaken any of the sources of
her material growth3 On the contrary,
her population increased t0eRty per cent.
during the war, and her advancement in
wealth and productive Industry kept pace.
with that Increase. The war had a direct
effect to stimulate her industry in NEARLY
every department., and the taxable income
of herapeOple was increased in cores
ltpondingratio, and rose from 1925, 000, 00O
in 1892, to $3.50, 900, 900 in 1906, and to
$40; OO0. 900 in lSl4-beiug reduced at
each period to money of the same value.
Thus, rs the expenses Of The s0ar increased.
the ability of the people tomeet them increased
also. How that was brought about, and
4 by what means these enormous expendiss
three were betrayed without imposing ex-
cessive burdens on the English people, we
shall take occasion TO show hereafter I;
and also, to show that the same causes
are operating in this country with still
4 greater vigor, to produce theisame results.
.lliiThe English nation commenced that war,
assWe have already stated !. with popula.
.tion of gut little over 10, 00O. 900 The
loyal States which are carrying on this
war against rebellion have population
ta0ice as great,-and the rate Of their in.
crease for the last seventy years has been
4 33a per cent A9r each decade-nearly three
fines the rate of increase in England dur
ing the period in question. According to
A the census returns of 1856? the aggregate
annual product of their industry-W6ich
sladords the basis for acknowledgements
tof 81, 684i00O,O00, or very nearly three
4 times that OF. England in 1892, and almost
'ttctce her amount at the close of the war.
i No one, we presume, will pretend for a
moment, that the energy of our, people is
/ inot fully eqnalto that of the English: or
that We are not quite as able as England 10
carry on any enterprise which the
honor ofathe country or the perpetuation
l;of the national existence may REQUIRE
Our war is one f1lself.defense- hers
was one of aggressionadtW fight to pre-.
serve our national life eto defend the
Government of our country; to secure for
yourselves and our posterity the rights and
4 .liberties which our fathers won for us and
which are the foundation of oil our pros.
Iiperity. England foughtto crush the lib
critics of foreign nation, and to- impose
upon France a government which the peo-
l;ple detested and had overthrow. Tie
English nationwide not sink under the bur
den-why should ours2 Her resources
twere DETERMINATIONS are much great.
er. Her courage did not fail--is ours in
ferior? ~, a saq &. aN
Lei US have an end to these dismal
croakings of fainting souls and tdisloyal
hearts, The Union is to be preserved by
4 yigorons war and speedy victories, if we
are fortunate enough to win them-but by
war g tie and; whenever that end may