The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-09
The .Profiigacy Of Lincolnl's Adlnin1-
tstr;ttoh-1ts Expenses as Compared
with those or FORMER .Ailmtnts:r:,-
1iOna.


; with those or FORMER .Admtnts:ra-
liOns.
One of tho Subscribers of the Bridgeport
(Conpechcut) Farmer sends it the following
. slip clipped from the New York Ledger Of July
IL, 1856, which is curious when contrastcd
With the expense account of the present day.
The editor of the Ledger expressed alarm when
he footed up the expenses Of the Government
under Mr. Pierce, and emphasized his alarm
with platoons Of exclamation points, us is seen
III the extra referred to:
LIBERAL ExPEND1TulEs. expenses of
tho Government of the United States, undor
the present Administration, are AS follows:
:. s75;ee6, 400. year!
e.3o7,2oO a MONTH!
: -. l,452,5eU't q waok -!
gar :: .s, ... 2a7,560 4 day -!
- -. q $500 Al hnlrl ~!
- l,4Ac a minute III:
II S,itw va dollars and forty cents at everv tick Of
o'clock! THAT will do for Young America.
But where does the money go2 For what is it
applieds Under Mr.. Polk's administration dur
ing the Mexican War, when we had hundred
thousand men under arms, and largo armies
apd numerous garrisons in Mexico, the annual
expenses Of the Government wore little over
forty-four millions year. =.
After producing this tho Farmer shows the
"other side Of the picture ss follows.
Look ON this picture The expenses Of the
Government of the Upitod States under MIR.
lAncoln's administration arc as follows:
S1.oO0000,00o year
s3,333.3s3 ~ month |!
III 49,. 20,e33,3es a week -!
100000 day!!!!
l25,o00 an hour I'LL!
1888 e. minute !.!!!.
...l<..,.. { 35 a second !!!!!,
Thirty five dollars every tick of the clock
There Is no use Of asking whcrey1h money
goes to, for what it is applied. Some Of it is
used in making war'iko Implements, vessels and
mlsslles-millions OF It to enrich contractors
and office 'holdors-alI Of it worse than wasted.
MORE OFFICIAL M1sMANAeEMENr..-A few
days ago, previous to the meeting of the i'm
,pressment commissioners in Virginia, you could
purchase wheat in that State for ten dollars pe;
ousheh, .S'nce the adjournment of the commits
sloners, the price has gone up to thirty dollars
per pnsheL Ibis advance has been caused by
the action fthat body Of men, This certain
~ Is pretty picture to look at! The price of
one OF the nccessaries of life enhanced three
fold by the very parties who ought to do oil ir
their power to keep it down It apDesrs as u
some Of our incompetnt officials we're ;la;,o q
- tae'r 'p,|er to ruia our canse bv their tHo;
lsh c: insane deods:--C Chronicle & i,;,,;,,.;
low 7t:i, Ho*EY f1oEs.--:f'e ;19y" :-cs us;,t
!" sacn statements o:t'le great WEIGHT s. lea
required 70 oe fred in tue battle Of ;;,; ,;Il;r..
Or wonnding Of single man. But does auv,
body ever reflect that to free the negroes eman-
ciipated BY this war, we have expended more
than double the weight of every individual es-
tlmated IN hard silver money? Such is the
actual tact Tho cost Of the war MP to the
present time would amount to over sixty thou
sand tons Of sterling silver Average the
weight OF negoes,, big and little, at seventy
pounds, and double it in silver as the cost of
each darkeys "freodom," and we find that our m
war expenses would pay, at the rate, for ooo,-
ooo "cit'zcns OF African. descent" That's the
way the money goes Bostuu Courier. WV