The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-12-26

EUI llAANilsk tVNDlilDN UT TIE COfkInr
 The condition of our finances demands,tbs
 early and earnest confederation of Conpros.
 Compared wit the growth of our popula,io,
 the public expenditures have renched .,
 amrunt unprecedented in our history. The
 population of he United States in I7ee v.,
 nearly i,0O0,Oo of people, increasing in eacl,
 5ecade about x per cent. It reached in lsco
 3l,000,O ,OO0- ari'ntroasc of TOO Der cent o,, the population I7O0. In 1869 it is estirns' ted that it will rach 3s,000O0O. or nm in.
 crease of SGs per ent. in seyenty-nine yean | The annual cxpnditurcs of tho Federal
 Government in l1srwere s4,2OO GOO, in lseo l Sls.2O,000; in 1850, S4l ,0o0,000; in 1890 l SG3, ,0O000U: in lSB5, Si 300 OtpOC0. an 1 1869 it is estimated bythe Secretary :, | Treasury in his annual rlort tlnlt the
 be S312,000cO0. By imnriug the
 disbursements of lsCl ss ,S;ima,s
 those of lTel, 1t will beseen tEtth
 1 of expenditure since tle hcz4s.tl
 Government has been s6ls yfrS
 the increase oi popua, on fof sane period
 was only sGs percentum.
 Again, the exfenses of thl tpvernrncnt in
 lsOu, the yearsl psacc imsibdintaly preced-
 ing the war, were ohiy sG3vofoU, while in
 isoS, the yvsr '" T'rsre threr yrars after the
 an increase tsy fsster ssssss shile the in
 crease of popslation as only zI per ecntum
 Tor the saai. p.riCd.
 } These statistics further stow that in lTql ] the annual national expenses, coeapared with
 the population, wera little mire than one dollar per capita, ard in 1860 but two dollar ! per capita, while in 1869 they will reach inc ] extrpyassnt sum of so,7s per cssita. It will , be observed tha, all of these statements refer z 10 and exhibit the disbursements of peace 8 l periods t may therefore be of interest ,o E compare the expenditures of thrsc war peri z ods--the war wHh Great Britain. the Next ' can WAT, ard wa cs rebellion. ln 1874 the !, annual expenses incident to the sar of 1872 }. reached their highsst amount, about s3l. coo e GO, while our population slightly exceeded
 HWntN1, showing an expenditure Of only n S3.s0 per capita In ls4T, the expenditures n growing out of the war with Mexico, reached ,. S50ON,U1, sgd .ne population wAs about a 2l, ,0O0doe, giving only $2,6O per capita for !. the war espeases fog that year. Ia lsG5 the i expendtaTes called for by the rebellion | reached ths yast amoant of $l 2p0.oo0Oo0. n which cosunase8 with . populatioRpf 34 OO0,- of p10, gise' spA2l per capita Ffon the 4ta s af March lTt9 to tlic Glita of Jane isfl.
 ' he entire expenditures of Government wcre or el.TOeN0,0p. During that pyFisi we were .. engaged ia war with Great Britain and Mex sd so, asssl laguisel in hos;lities witk powerful rA Indian tfibez. I.0uisian2 waA pnrelased from ' France gs a soss cF EI5.O00Op0; Filsiaa was br cts,> Il to the Uaitrd States by Spain for s. ra l60oO04 California was acquired fnsm Mex. =. iea for s5 ,Dlzl ags, and the 1crritorF of New r.l Msxico whs ob.ninrd frum Texas fos the sum an os Sl6noo, 70, Early in 1881 the war of ,, tho rshelliea camfneDced, and from the isi of -, July of that y~xr to the 20th of Jsss, 1885, 5r. 'Ng T1ef,Hc rvf Frfsf''.-rr TrarAef IF q
 npSs ass sks f aMN00. Ihe | at sse4st st.t f t. e, fa& as flew sar N sn Sf@s819G38 ts4kg MAJ Ma. M3at nAUt asiesnx t thess X. e asr.nta tsn ssi.a ,faAsA8 rs4srusted as nee N. q .agy ksr lhe ts-Ri eas elssiinf tie ssh d x,i June 1882 we obtain total expendfurc q ,an Sl.oOWo,0ssl during the four years irnme ern eiaiey seesessling ths war. or nearly ss mnci mai ss wzs e&psHlsa during the sswHty year tbv that preceded the rebellion, and tAe two em acs brace the extraordinary expenditures alrcad, .;vs named.
 live These startling facts illustrate the neces tbe sity oi retrpnrhFncnt in ali the branches . -uc- public service. Abuses which were tolersts' q of during tbs for tie preservation of ft e.d nation sill not he endured by the people ns' lory that profound peace prevails. The rcreir; ,ess from internal revenue have during the y&s feet three years gradually diminished, snd tk Init continuance of useless and cAtrsvagant si lon penscs viii involve ns in national bank ruptr :is. or elsa make inevitable an ineresse .f taxs that already too onerous and, in many respects d ma noxious on account of their innuisitorl hss character. Ore hundred millions are yeafl 1e1t expended for the military force, large pol , in- tion of which is employed in the eaccnsio coI- ot laws 10th unnecessary and uBeonsiits how tional, and sl50m0n00 are required eac .ufh year to pay the interest on the public deb l. or An army of tax gatherers impovprish the nl ,,i- tioD, and public servants being placed , tue Congress bcyond the control Of tbe kteet tSai tive nerarsment turn from their legitns, ' -. rHrpgses gbe lsfgn snfus oi ussney aaf. tlhy H9'lsei srgn tl'e pasefle n she nate ,sav fae saoYerHmtfit 3srlirinus kgisiatloa sa si,ls Fruefnt eca@ofny can aose gsgDeiis t.ies q
 aas feets na3 avert e'sis shieh, f sstbfpd ts g
 ffie B., ga nnk is.l C diiai sh eef lencc n Q
 fai A epnne, aud wgzkrr tt att1cAaf' ,s5sa ar, fts9a4 At fhpr etasiT tssN. i.saa fgs ksasisas Withaut tse3f Car
 ~ knAaii 3alassht which it k estimated xill <
 s2s mafain the Tressory at ths eloss ci
 asssf fg aNt rseai year Niii not % reiipYef- N
 nee additional millions sill hc added to 2
 ioD al,ieh s esi'uate1 l.s millions.
 lpro- lt is shown by this table, ana the e1
 tbe hensive report of tiss Secretary oi the
 fi,sT sss@, safs4 ssss zaess55sss fF siss ifsrc Ing in june last wtre &405,G5 iSa S2 ad fioas hI'snat'ifes lof the same pefige Ne,s de 2402bi, leaving in the Treasury Q sgfpiN pro. S2s lsi TO. It < estimated thst thf r.iH c1lpia during ihG present latai ssaF. ea
 an. June 3e. l6G0 will bc S54 2n2tgs Hnd tss of expenditures S336. la2, ,ATo ehssing an -. l..a -la4.4 a s .i