The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-11-04

80 ffollois ing able and interesting lei
ter from Rresiden y Johnson; the pub
die debt and expend ditnreso of this govern
smenB issad areaaed,so Gen. .Thos. Ewing
); one of the Oldest living statesmen of thi
country -; !:s<9.y1I
,,.s: -: 49, -. ExEcuT1vE MANSION,
go, 81 2 .1YAsHINGToN, D. Co., Oct. "a, 1863.
- Uedr Str: In O. recent conversation
upon the subject Oft The finances, you ex
pressed a. desire SO be- furnished with some
: .ss heleading facts then menti oned, touch
: ,thes national expenditures and ths
spubliic dsbt: I now comply with your re
! quest, re- grottingg, however, that7other and
enleres pressing have prevented. me ne
rom more clearly illustrating the absolute
necessity for immediate reform in the
,tfinanciaIS ationssof the Government:*
=. I7TGs Gsour national independence v as
sSlie sjpEee l;arnsd; and, after an exhaustive,
Blood struggle oi seven years, was. I'm
& 7Ss, snoWl dgsesdd BY ti; parent Coy
.seTi:amaIst. IN T5S tass Federal Sonstitu:
: ton! Mas framed, and ia I759 the Govern
llent went5.inte operation under: its; pro-
!: Visions. bnrSlenod ssWith q debt of seventy
5a tnllalons oIaS.l;sts olessteq uu.!i: .ne
ar 9f 3aeYolaEsef, s,iaaeeiy
tue epssanizat on ot GOD gress, meas
ares efo devised Tor the yment 5ed, Of Inc
;iiissfi5na obi issss l0ns and the reatoration
hliea csedi ts and .swhen, ia 1872,
.tra sTsis declared against Great Britain,
::stlio. iiebtS aiaff aiready: been reduced TO
81 ISsii ions of oiiats: It was then
saFgs iEincTe by: the three years
fstfligssles .thaslensaed between isitet t.so
snatD8a anti ,tiR 1916 bad reached II the 70
s ;ssnia ,oif one hundred and twenty seven zen
ions g again established pro
;: risiom as made for: the earliest actica-
iesliiaui8aaien of ) this sindebte ednesa; In
,oflles st ilt + not become perma-
: .iie iae ulbrance upon the people. Under
ssnt olnieal Legislation, the entire
paid in n period OF 4tweoty
affd tiies,e xtln ssti!shment OF the
essTati opaf debt He'd the ]and With rejoicing,
: ind S:is QUO The great events OF Pl:esl.
slna strait Even Of.
tss4fg large tund renamed e1 IN
s:ttIe re:is.lirgaf3 glach, torsssaie keeping,
MIS- deposited with tiie several States, ,eon
:, ,c9igitian that 1t should be returned when
acquired by the public wailfs:tn sf849,
:sisie :9earf :lfter the termination of an ex-
},eiISi xe var with Mexico, we found our
ssefseS iny0tyeds siitsss debt or sixty-foqr
hons tiissNasi tlleS'tn'ount owed
. ty -ti,e {ioyerlinlent J. IN ls6G, just prior 10
II he ems ele.ik OF the sbeilion.
liies s!,:.i.s55Zsf .lSSE the war OF the
eesfsii,enced s. Escs year of.its .
intiance made an an enormous adlition ION
dabt $50 that when 10 the spring OF
1865, l,ei,atia ion successfully Is emerged from
the dread the obligations OF
: ties GovenliI,,elit i:ad reached the vast
sS:fllloant oi .t@enty.siA% bundled millions:
'atd g & tainct they
highest lsills sttat: tie army ano
irlyss had 5eeil naid, the volunteer forces
dish.lhtl aid The navy. largely s .rcduced,
In lelit.;lf4:,n. VI o06, that. our
hess Xceeded twcnty,elgiit hun
iienssof dollars <: Z -: = ~,
referred TO The indebted i !.a
liosss0f Tie at various periods
.s0;ffsits existence, :itmay be we'll to call at
tchtioIpsto brlet state einents OF tacts con-
i,ectct with It's eSpendltnres. s's;, 49,;
From: the fogrslslaX,'oi :; alarcn: ito9. 70
: the fliirtlsth :ot ,ille: 1861 tho entire re
, eSpe,:dltnTes s. were seventeen nun nun
Tired mlliions OF dollars: Aithonsh cover
lug isl,etdod sof sseyen1y-twos years, Inns
,lillasiiit seems small when compared With
ctljeseSpenscs OF the eGoyeinuent during
:. esrccent war of four years. duration;
/. lfol, from the frsts of-July, lS6l,do the
sthirtieth o. une, 1855, they reached M tho
/; .sIorMous aggi'e gate of thirty-three hun
j dred- millions OF dollars An investiga-
!. tions into the disbursements since the first
daysaf July, as65,sfurther shows, that, by
.lddingfo sthosexpenqltsres 81 T. sae "a 5iast
three years me g aam,i1,s,