Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-22


then most powerful Europoan empire. lasted
three years. and -ss concluded BY an honorable
pesce a. Client The debt incurred by that
struggle vas finally paid OF in 1896. juss twenty
years from the close OF the war. The annual
Expenditures Of our government. during the In
tervening period. were considerably under fifteen
millions, and when JAcxsos left the presidency.
In ls37, the United States Owed no public debt
Of any kind. In is47. when The var with MeH-
leo vas proclaimed. our public debt rose 10 t3e,
900 900; in le4s to t4e 900 900. and 10 le49 il
reached its maximum. and vas. in round mum
bers. S6< ,000. 900. In ls57 our national indebt-
sdDe.s vas reduced to sos. 600 900: but the
Mosmon rebellion and Indian disturbances on
our border sweied il 70 s64 900 900 in LEGO. and
that MAS It's condition on the 9TH Of March, 1861,
when Mr.. LIScoLs assumed the rens OF power
In the war With Mexico. the eontes, was on
foreign SOIL and the supplies for our army had 10
BE transported in ships across seas and gulf
Our armies paid for all they drew from the enc
my. or at least from the inhabitants Of MEXICO.
They took nothing from non -combstants, and
paid IS they went for all the supplies no, found
in camps or Notifications. The military chests
Of Generals TAYLOR and scoTr we're full Of gold,
and that gold vas paid out for army supplies
Our men fought CALAMITY. and destroyed nothing
but what was contranand of war. They marched
upon the works Of the enemy, captured them.
and sent the foe Keeling to their capital. When
that last citadel was csptured, an honorable peace
vas accorded TO the vsnquisbed. and our army
sithdrawn. The fruits of that war was the ac
quisition Of Csifornis, New Mexico. and finally
Arizona. IL added vas, empire to our terri
tory. and renown to our arms The cost IN
treasure was smsll--not as much as Mr. LINCOLN
now spends in forty days, Tha, war. and the
var Of 1919 also. were conducted By democratic
administrations. aud. being waged for high
tional purposes. neither hate nor shoddy directed
the prosecution OF It's campaigns. The fus,isn
generals and fustian statesmen Of New England
had nothing to do with the armies In those days
The Yankee people, or the ruling class Of them
were then the "eopperheads"- anti war men
Nov and then to be sure, these fellows would
"hurrah for King George" or invoke upon our
armies in Mexico "the vengeance Of the God OF
battles" The presen, isthe frs, of our var
tast New England ever favored. She opposed
the other two. Her fsns,icism on the negro
question inspires Der now. II the south had
Abolished negrG slavery after this war began. II e
Wilson's and SurSERs. the wApEs and the
cHssEs-the shoIe abolition tribe. indeed
would have declared for peace long ago. and
"let the union slide
lie, US look at the preseu, war debs calmly and
dispassionstelT. There is no use in a whole peo-
pie turning fools or insane National madues ,
always precedes national death Men avert their
eyes from that which is unpleasant 10 the sight,
and fain look TO the bright side OF things that
might annoy them in the future: that may do for
TO day, but IL viii not suit the day of 6nsl reck
oning. This people owe TO DAY, in adjusted and
unsdiusssi debt. not farthing less than rouR
THOUSAND MILLIONS or DOLLARS: We believe il
Is much moro. but that sum is sufficiently appall-
ing. We csnnot close this war with debt less
than ak THOUSAND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, the in
tsress on that debt (every year rememberD will
be three hundred and sixty millions. and that
does not include the annual expenses of the gen
sral government, which. under republican rule,
!, is utterly impossible to estimate.
We may safely assume that it will not be IN
der one hundred and fifty million. presumine
that the same extravsgancs and plundering will
prevail during the ensuing four years that has
marked the dark history OF the presidential term
Just closed. II so. our annual expenditures, after
the var Is closed. will be the frightful sum OF
Eve hundred and ten millions and that will not
include the pensions due to those gallant men.
their widows and orphans. who have been
wounded and killed in the service Can this
debt be paid without hsrdshiPs and suferingsi
Can IL ever be paid at sill without the most rigid
economyi Can il be discharged without at once
cutting down every expenditure not absolutely
required TO maintain our nations integrity
Those men who vote millions upon millions TO
make ship canals at Chicago and around the falls
Of Niagara. aud in feeding and encouraging in
idleness thousands of negroes, and score Of
other kindred ou,lsys Of the peoples money
these men, and sll ike them, must be eIed
from the halls Of Congress. and from the heads
of departments, and from the Legislatures of the
various states, or TINS nation u undOre III tnere
is one thing more 10 be feared than another, il
is that the people will become diseouraged-ihat
this debt, being piled up mountain high. will ap-
pal them by its magnitude. and that, having no
hope. they will seek in Reputation a relief from
the expressions of the present day /. is the last
feather that weighs down the giant. The men
Who tribe with the cred, Of nation are its worst
enemies. Posterity rill hold them responsible
for all its woes
whea will this deb: be paid That question
must force itself upon Us II is took twenty
years 10 paw OF the debt incurred bv the var of
1919. amounting to only ore hundred and tv. n.
ty seven millions. with the annual expense of
our government less than fifteen millions, how
many years will 10 require TO discharge the
principal Of debt Of six thousand millions. vith
an annual expenditure Of FIVE hundred and ten
millions TO carry the government and pay in
ssrest on that debt : This is capital sun 10
cipher On. and the boys. old and young. should
get down their states and 90 81 it. When they
conclude their task. profitable reflections will
crowd Upen them. They will End What the pec-
PIE have 10 pay By taxation. direct and indirect.
AID Il sil then plainly occur TO them vho vas