The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-09-12

and thirtynine cents.
Senator Sherman III his Canton
speech Aug. 20, and published in
Browns papOr of the same date with
the article we are noticing, says, that
the Public Debt Of the United States
ou the 1st day ofAugist last amount
ed to the sum ofs2. 51l 800, ,43G
Sherman therefore makes the Public
debt s172,3O7437 less than Brown,
Both statements VIII bc found in the
paper of the same date.
Mr.. Tbadous Stevens, momber OF
Congress and Chairman ofa Finace
Committee ofthe House OF Represent,
tatives, when in a speech urging tho
payment Of the National Debt IN 'Le-
gal tenders" said that the Public debt
of the United States was between 'tour
and ire thousand millions Of dollars"
Here We have given Browns state
ment Of the Public Dobt-tho state
mcnt of Senator Sherman, and the
statement OF Thad Stevens How
greatly they differ as to tho amout of
Public debt the reader will SEQ. But
great man Will some times differ, and
that too widely. Why not then, tolcr-
ate difference Of opinion Gu such ii
question, among such great mon as
Brown. Sherman and Stevens.
Brown puts the Public debt Of Ebg-
land at q, 3,564, 522, 693, dollars Stevens
puts tue United Suites debt at from
four to fve thousand millions Of dollars.
The statement then claimed to have
bee II made by the Democratic Speaker,
when comparing The amount Of the
debt Of the United States with that Of
England does not very much from the.
estimate OF Brownand Ste vtrs The
speaker alluded TO by Brown is
not lar wrong IN saying that the Pub
lie Debts owing by tlc people Of tho
United States is greater than that Of
Eagland and France combrcd.
Ityou add to the Oh 5,OOO,OOO,OOO,
of United States debt as estimated by
Mr.. Stevens the large debts Of all the
States, ,ofail the Counties, CitIos, Towns
and Villages to say nothing Of the
debts OF Rail Road companies and 9th
regrcat corporations Of these United
! States, we Will find the SUN to exceed
that ottho English and French debt
Upon this enormous indebtncss OF
the United States the great comcrcial
manufacturing and agricultural inter-
ests arc annually taxed to pay the in
tercst. ... .I .....
By tho official report oftho Socrota'
ry of the Treasury of tho United
States IT appears that the rate af taxa
uNn in Great Britain on the one hun
LIred dollars is ninety cents. Tho
|, rate of gencral-taxatio by our Gov.
ernment alone is 50 SO cents, on the
500; moro than four times tn,
rate of taxation IN England. Now
ad d to- that, our State, County, anC
others taxes, Corporation, Township
sc, the fact is apparent and must b
acknowledged, that, our debts upol
} which tho people pay taxes, must II
|, tho aggregate be ~ great or groatcj
than that of any other people.
s Our advice toour geullomanly fricn'
I. Brown, is this, that when he agar
d essays to notice general deellratioi
n made by u Democratic SIP pcakcr, AN
should strive TO make him ont "a falls
c fer" that he should post himself wit
h facts not somuch contradictory Of tn
d same. facts presented by his politics
: friends, and endoavor not TO show =
: much venom and cowardice. Dt
i. Mr. Brown come down from your exa
c tation and reason the case as a sen-ibI
= man should, Your readers, or at Leaf
the hes. part Of them, no doubt desn
:, and would like to have this question I
pubic debt and taxation discussed
any other way than that Of a parti2al
The tax payers want light not SLAM
G. gas and abuse. If yod do not fo
'c yourself competent to the undertaken
u let some one bo employed who ca
- appreciate the Importance of this gre
- question and theconsequences involv
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,e You are Treasury eater, you b.