The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-03

We End the following in the New York
Express. It would be difficult to crowd
more startling facts into the same space
The statements should not only be read, but
the reader should preserve them for refer
ence
lat. That by taxes on the people, IN all
the northern states, money enough has been
raised since the war to pay more than halt
OF the national debt, or a sum equal to
$4,000 for every one Of the 7lj,O0O
negroes made voters.
"a. In 1861 democratic administration
left the government debt $7O,OOO,O OO.-
From 1861 to ls6j, four years Of war, the
radicals increased this debt TO $2,OOO,OOO,'
600. From 1868 u 1868, three years OF
peace, IT king up, with four years OF war,
seven Years Of 'ad.eaI supremacy, the coun.
try is more than two thousand million OF
dollars worse off than il was in 1860.
I'd. The navy before the war cost less
than thirteen millions per year win the
Shipping interests Of the country fully pro
tected all over the globe. The average cost
for three years since the war closed, IS over
forty millions per year, with our SIN pm
| interests swept from the ocean by taxation
aud high tariffs.
ih. To show he practical elect OF cJu.
| ,res,Onal recon structlOn, six carpet.baggers
| in the United States senate from Florida,
! North Carolina and Louisiana, vii balance
the united senatorial representation OF Ne"
| York. Pennsylvania and Ohio The last
can only represent an aggregate pOpu,ation
| Of in round numbers) ten millions OF tree
| Americans, constituting Just onethird OF the
entire population Of the Union, and owning
nearly oue.half Of the taxable property Of the
republic. Their votes Rre now neutrHIized
| by ak "senatorsn under military DONNA
.ion, and representing population oil about
.. ROC. 900, owning about one.thlrteenth part
of the taxable property Of the United States.
Of these 100000, more Than onohalf are
ignorant negroes, while Of the remainder
! constituting the American population proper,
| lhrec.tourths are refused permission to par
! ticipatc in selecting their federal delegates
9Th From June to July the public debt
| increased at the rate Of over SJ3,OOO,OOO a
| month over Sl3,OOO,OOO u week over
$L,7jC,OOO II DAY over $4,000 an hour
over S 200 a minute over $50 a
second. Another fact for ready democratic
reference.
9Th. For four years the people Of the
Union fought secession, and put down the
rebellion. But the radicals in congress
turned around, and have ever since been
trying to cgalile secession, and prove thai
it was successful in taking ten states out o
the Union,
7th. The constitution of Alabama is a
negro constitution to the extent Of $1,000
negro majority In Georgia, Florida, thu
Carolinas, Texas and Virginia, where thu
whites had some 10000 more registered
voters than the blacks, nevertheless, owini
to the chronic discomfort, the vote showed I
negro majority of 25I, 496 And this Orde
ofthings the radicals seek to make perpet
ual.
9Th. Ia Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi
Virginia and Louisiana, every voter mus
swear that he recognizes and accepts tn
civil and political equality Of the black an
white. The Mississippi convention numbaI
one hundred, of whom seventy.fye al
whites, and only five Mississippians.