The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-05-04
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Ifrot' else siil open tie eyes Of the
people as to lie character and utter UNI
worthness Of those who have coEt oil Of
he destines Of the country, few fac:s
aud the figures to forlify them, will be apt
TO DO 50.
Let US begin with he co,trac'o 5, fay
ori'es and jotbers Of the war department
at Washington and see how the peoples
money IL sqnabdered to go to enrich these
h' ar,less and Herceparl vu.iures who pre-
Oil The woes Of the country which we're
brought upon it by their own tanaticisn
and greed for power and gain. The New
York World thus show, up TO the people
how they were ard are yet swindled by
hi, class;
An examination Of the advertisement
OF government property offered for sale at
all the forts, hospitals, and military. co nd
naval stations in the south, will show al,
aggregate Of accumulated now and never
used stores that la perfectly startling.
Millions Of blankets. still unbroken from
the bale: thousands OF tons Of uncut camp
canvass thousands of tons of iron, COZ
per, tin, lead, shot, shell /; almost untold
quantities of cloth. shoddy, ea'her har-
hess, powder, laboratory stores, chemicals,
and indeed everything that could be used
end much tina: could not, by any posi-
biity, be used in war. OF these articles,
unused unbroken, in the original pack
ages as they came from the contractor.
peace found on band sufficient quantity
10 carry on war, probably. with the COM
bned armies of Europe for at least five
years. What do these Wings Indicate
Why simply this: That to favor party
pets rho Ial.ened upon the var 10 con
troll state elections BY means OF the PAT
towns and generally, as large part OF Tie
grand scheme OF public plumber the radl,
Gals managed to add to the actual expense
Of the war. at The very least, one thousand
millions Of dollars by these means alone"
We next have the treedIneu's bureau, a
premium to id,eness, lazlness and crime, a
bureau that costs the hard working men
Of the country sl00.000,000 year 10
maintain. A cores ondent Of the Chicago
Times, after describing the operations OF
the bureau at the capital and the general
idleness Of its proteges, closes with the
toilpWinp nartinant remarks
How long the bard working white
men Of this country will submit to be tax
ed as no other people on earth are taxed,
that three or four millions Of idle negroes
may be fed and clothed al their expense,
is a question worthy little passing con
sideIation, to say the least Of it. " e
have been realizing the truth Of Sydney
Smiths picture of the effects Of wal, -
sitting in taxed chairs, down to taxed
table TO ca, taxed beef, cooked on taxed
Goals, and carved with taxed knives. &c
The burden was borne patiently 50 long
as its Of jact was he restoration Of the
government, but it is at least matter OF
grave doubt whether the hard-fisred f,r>
mers and mechanics OF the country ought
10 submit to have 100000 900 a veal,
wiuug from their sma, earnings. in order
that tie negro race NAV ha indul4ed in
tie ,aXnry 4 vagabond ileress The
lieeGmei's bureau s bile il exists Ill he
tine heay'es. drag upon the TAX paving
people Of tie United State. rs auy :uan
aith sense enough t. compute its cost
must at oUCe admit