The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-22
What Is the size of our National
Debt?-WhO a tell?-WhO can
COfnDrchend ftp

NONlNEttltNu US
The New York Times, a Radical paper,
aud conducted by the Hon. Mr.. RAYMOND,
a member of the late Radical Congress, has
Just made an onslaught upon the cowardly
policy Of the leaders of the Destructionists'
in striving cautiously TO conceal from the
knowledge Of tho people what is the real
amount of the National debt-that heir
loom Of suffering aud sorrow which Black
Republicanism'has let rs q uight-mare be
quest. The Times gives the following items
which are not embraced in the monthly
statements Of the Treasury Department
bounty hill OF 1885 Ss00OOOl
Bounty bill OF 1861 @DOuuO
claims 3OO1OnOuJJ
Toau .. .... S3ss0OO0.OO
In support ofthcsc astounding figures the
Times proceeds:
These claims began to come in ut the be
ginning of the first session of the last Con
gress, and were referred to the Committee
on Claims, ut the head Of which was Hon.
Columbus Delano, of Ohio, one ofthc ablcst
and most considerate mcn In public life.
So startled was the Committee by the
amount Of these claims that they reported
a resolution. which was forthwith adopted,
that until otherwise ordered no claims Of.
this character from the citizens OF the
Southern States should he entertained. But
this was simply a TEMPORARY EVASION or
AN INEVITABLE DUTY. IL was like shutting
ones eyes to a danger too fearful TO be
faced. The Committee dif not dure TO let the
coRRtfu understand The extent Of these claims
which are perfectly just, and can no more
be ignored than can the Scycu-Thirties or
any other part Of the public debt.
NANhut tI. ot,,,ttnF OF tIn.n elaine ttrf11
prove in the end to be. the country has no
means Of knowing. Mr.. Dclano has init
pated two or three times, while urging
vigorous measures of taxation In Congress,
that they would be- large enough to tax TO
the utmost extent the resources OF the
whole country. Aud we have very good
reason to believe that the amount of such
of these claims as will be found to be per
fectly just, and such rs must be paid, will
approach very nearly. it 1t does not equal,
what is understood to be the present az
gregate Of the National Debt. This may
seem eXtravagant, rs it is certainly alarm
ing but we believe time will show that il
i not an ovcrstatemcnt of the actual fact
The present aggregate of the National
Debt is represented to be some $4,000, 0OO,-
600 so that, according to this Radical AIT
thority, who, by his prominent posi-
ton, having full facilities for reliable
information, Is worthy Of attention and
credencc. the Public Debt is in the range of
FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
The Newark lN. ~ Journal, goes be-
You'd these figures, in its estimate ofthc debt.
and says "the people have been deceived.
They have been led to suppose that the
total war debt of the country was about
two thousand millions, but now they find
that the sum total OF the debt funded. and
theju liabilities Of the country make the
s%tupendous sun OF nearly SIN THOUSAND
MILLIONS of dollarS-thc interest upou
which mt six per cent, would amount am
nually to three hundred and sixty millions
of dollars, to be paid in taxes, by a people
who can scarcely staggcr under the pitiful
load of one hundred and fifty millions"
Men and brethren, how do We like the
feast to which Revolutionary Radicalism
has invited you?
Men and brethren, what shall We do to be
saved from this mountain of sin and cor
ruption?
Men and brethren, will ye still clasp the
ballot, which keeps the thieves and plum
derers-the architects Of this s%tupcnduus
pile-in power; delvc. and pillow, and sow
and reap, and sweat and wear ont, that We
may be ready for the regular Sld sure
visits of the memorable TAx-GArnERER?
THEN BE SLAVES As w WILL DESERVE ro
BE!