New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-06-24

ions day!- Six hunarcl snl twenty
Ave thousand dollars an hour!! Two
thousand eighty three dollars q min
uten Do these figures startle onr
readers? They are founded on facts
inaisputablc- undeniable facts. We
should, if possible. try and. mako our,
selves familiar with them, because they
cannot be shunned.
Add to this the annual interest upon
the $4,000, 100000 already spent, and
for which the country is bouna-$2lo,
900 900 !!!-and see what the debt of
each man, woman, and child Of the Free
North stands. 100000 people
men, women and children. a debt Of
O),00O.000 makes the share Of
each in the principal debtS2.00o and
each is liable, to the full extent Of all
the property in the nation, for this and
an annual interes; Of $12o. Just
think Of it. Every man, woman, and
child in the once free States Of the North
liable, in proportion to his property and
income, for debt no less than So 900
each, and an annual charge Of $120.
And, this too exclusively for Federal
debt, State debts, state taxes, county
debts. county taxes, individual expen-
ces, house reat, food, clothing for wife
and children, doctors bills and al! other
liabilities to be addel. What a pict-
urc! And yet all, all true. This is
our condition now, and every day Of
this war adds $3:000,0o0 to the prin-
cipal debt, and 31S0,00) to the interest. /.
Every hour aids $4,000 principal
and $37, 500 interest; and every min
ute s2,0S3 principal and 1925 iaterest :.
Yet the undertakers Of this JOB Of des-
trcying estate rights" s"-Lincoln, Chase
Seward, Grcelv Stanton & Co.-say it
is reasonable to pray for peace and
criminal to oppose war. Nc wonder,
But the cost in dollars and cents
the certain financial ruin, is but dust
in the balance when compared with the
blood that has been shed, the loss Of
life, and the inevitable loss of civil lib
erty which this wicked, unconstitution-
al war has brought upon the States in
the North,
The least estimate Of the loss Of life
in the Federal armies up to this time,
is five hundred thousand men. Not
less than half of these were killed in
battle, and the rest destroyed by dis
ease. Estimating each Of these slain
in battle to have shed a quart Of blood,
and we have an estimate aggregate Of
thirty one thousand hogsheaIs Of hui
man gore shed by gallant soldiers Of
the North to aid the contractors, LIN
coin, Seward Greeley Stanton & Go. :,
in this job Of destroying the Govern
ment of our forcfathers, and the princ;-
ples Of Madison Jefferson and the Dem
ocracy. Thank God, our hands are
not REDEEMED By the blood Of these men;
for, from the start We have, whenever
allowed, always advocated Ieace.
But this hy the way.
Who can estimate tho SORROW, TIE
grief, the desol2t,on occasiouea by the
terrible destruction IF life! D. tnese
heartless contractors care .or tae walls
Of the widows, tAe cr.es Of the father
less little ones2 Look at the accounts
furnished Of the gayety st NJ Lincoln's s
palace--thc heartless testiyity at " ash
ington. Talk about the sorrow Of the
desolato households to the authorities
at Washington, and you are furnished
with some vulgar or obscene aneciote,
Tell the officials about the distress
and grief Of the deceased soldiers ianol
ly, and your voice is stiaed by inquiries
about Presidential prospects. Ask i'll
is not possible to stay the ruthless con
scrjption, and thus save to the mourn
ing mother, or widow, or sister, the
dear sons or brother, yet remaining
and you are insulted by, threats Of I'M
prisonment, or coolly asked if sthal
can't raise the exemption fund.
But worse, worse than oil this is the