New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-09

we are sending fleets aud troops 70 diiiefoh.
points; We arc giving real generals ORNAMENTAL
commands and ornamental stalls therefore,
the accumulation continues. although az .
smaller ratio.
iii. To prevent this accumulation OF oplg
lions, let us reduce our expenses to at least
one.half of our receipts Let Us adopt MIR.
Micawber's maxim: "Income twenty-One shil-
lings. expenditure twenty; result-happiness.
Income twenty shillngs, expenditure twenty
one: result-msery." The war will leave US
unavoidable debts in the way Of pensions and
bounties claims for losses, injured commercial
and manufacturing interests. But the fancy
part of war should be abolished. II q
newspaper correspondent sends some nasty
news, or a Copperhead Congressman talks
treason, or giddy woman makes love to
Rebel raider, let the constable and O
common jury settle the business with them.
There is no necessity for half.dozen generals
with salary, rations, servants, horses and quar-
tcrs all paid for, to be assigned to such work,
particularly when tho demand for good, stout,
able-bodied generals and privates is so great IN
our Western Territories. There is military
court in philadelphia, now trying contractor
which in this one case has no doubt cost the
Government more than the alleged amount oil
the accused's populations. Put all end to this
business and thus take one step toward paying
the National Debt.
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ships according TO some) to spend three years
in European ports. This fleet at the very least
calculation, will cost the Government hundred
thousand dollars day. We understand it Is to
show Europe what great country we are, ana
how well we look after thrashing the Rebels. This
is not a new feeling. When Heenan fought
Savers, he travelled through England and the
United States, 10 show how well he looked alter
bis humping. But we, nation, should cer'
tainly come out of this war with feelings some
thing different from those Of Mr.. Hccnan. ii
We must make an exhibition of our strength to
Europe let us send Leo and Beauregard and
Cobb, and the captured Governors, and even
Davis with his skirts. Europe is satisfied with
what she has thus far seen; and we cannot help
her powers of observation by gratifying the
vanity of certain naval commanders. Put
these ships out of commission; give the merit
orious regular officers half.pay and opportunity
to 90 into other professions, and let the seamen
have chance to enter the needy merchant SER
vice. This will be second step toward the
payment of the National Debt.
V. Having done this, let the colored Union
ist-thc man who has has done so well with the
bullet-havo an opportunity Of showing what
bs can do with the ballot. His bullet has
served us in war; his ballot will reconstruct
the South. Give him the right to vote, and Welt
eel may come back from Texas, Thomas may
he recalled from Virginia, Candy svll be found I'M
necessary at New Orleans for no longer VIII the
sword be required to sustain the Union minority
against conquered but still earnest and insid'
ious majority. Give him this right, and the
Union minority becomes majority, the South
ern armies OF occupation are useless ana
another hundred millions of accumulatng debt
will be- saved. This viii be a third step TO-
ward the payment Of the National Debt.
! VI. Let us stop the work Of accumulation by
bringing our expenses down to our receipts, or
if this is impossible, by bringing our taxation up
to the paying point. Let us end this constant
dcbt.contracting, and, having found how much
we stand indebted to the world, convert 1t into
the 80 loan. This has been, to great measure,
done already. Jay Cooke is row disbursing
the third series of the great 100 loan, and gives
us promise that it will be the last. Let us
hope so; and in organizing the debt keepit
among ourselves. Place q 100 bond in the
hands of every poor man, tell him that his in
dustry and energy are required to pay 1t OIL
and in twenty years the debt will pass away
like a great snow-drift before the sunshine Of
national prosperity.
VII. First seize the debt, control and confne
it. bv retrenchment and reform make 1t man.
ageable place it in the hands of the nation, and
let the nation go to work. Instead of fancy
subscriptions to fancy sums let our eager
friends send their names to Jay Cooke or his
agents and receive the 7.30 bonds. 1t will be-
come their interest that those bonds should be
paid, and that the credit Of the nation should
DO protected aud defended TO tho end.
We can best pay the debt by first assuming 1t.