The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-09-16
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sTRlKfNo ILLusrRArIoN:

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THE statement .cf the public debt,
published August ist, 1868, confesses
that the amopn: OF tkat great /" nation
al Blessing foots np ,t2o billion, fiye
hundred and twenty three million, five
hundred and thirty -four, thousand, four
hundred and eighty dollsrsl These
figures represent ans amsupt1o of indeht
edness that Few can, eompiehendi Its
imnensity issbaYeiy within tho bounds
Of human calculation, and would prove
appalling 10 a. nation of Roihschilds
Balings aud Peabodyssitaus -, ~ ssi'
s,Itslaads upon the raids o. the Cons
siilu,ion, amidst the efdiHbling pillars
Of the American Eeppblic, a ihonu,
meat Of Radical misrule, incofnpe,encys
Silainv and despotisma While IL reps
rtsents the price of.our national ruin
and degradation, ]; is eloquent of ma
ttoha Bankruptcy, iutolerable and eier-
nal taxation and of self.h ttul jngstion
of, the poor TO the iicb! ytSssf''I szN,'''
The, lax gatlieiers. of whom il is the
FERTILE parent, are now buay, in every
slreet, lane, highway and bywas in the
land !, and are as disastrous TO t6e pros,
peIity of the country as tile seven
plaques, TO which Pharaoh was CONS
PEELED 10 spccumb. They demand taxes
ior- ~. r. sssii lsy.f,4gy sk.fss a3t .as
The hat on your head, @a''l ~ ~
The boots on your fee:, ~. -. o. ..
The clothes on, y3ur person,
Thefood YOU eat, sat.iso q ,r~,Ns 3
The tea and coffee you drink,
The pot il is cooked in, - E..sE
The cup you drink il out of, ~ rg'sc
The implements on your farm, =, 80, -
The tools you work Nth, .r.,s,,,s,,sI-,
The paper you write on, So
The pen and ink you use, 's.,'st aga p
The papers ata bceks .yoo read, -,s<.,
The furniture in your house, -r.s-itT.l
The gas or oil yop burn,
The coal you conspme,
The stove you bni,ii il il, rsz.s r
The match you lightit with, ,ar
The ,Dedicine you take, - s' gsss
The tobacco you smoke, - ~ !, = COZ o !
The pire you smoke I; 10, =. !. ~.
The dishes on your ta5le, and sgI
All you eat of them. si-ye- ui 2. -l
s.sThose Of our readers who deal in
money and who are in the daily habi,
Of inspecting piles Of greanbacks. may
he interested with the, following illus
trations, which we fnd,in the Frankfort
Yeomap: :aSs.r-ssa.s..s 'rs,t. -.sas's--,s.a-
The highest, mountains in The world
is q peak Of the HiInaiaya Mountains
in India, which tescRes the altitude Of
es,178 feet, or very little less than
fya and q half miles. y
THE public debt-of the United States.
according 10 the official statement Of
the Secfetsfy of lie Treasury, amount.
ed, nsthed hrst Of the pressS. month,
TO the sum Of two billion, Eve hundsed
And twenty ltses million, five hundred
and thirty,fonr thousand, foul hund,e'l
and eighty dollara. Now, let us, foI
iilnafatiou, suppose il 10 be one edsllai
bills, and piled mp befofe us. Do you
imagine Il wonId reach moun,ait
height y Let US see: b3- saell s,I
p Allow one hundred notes TO the inch
ahd we have its height ~, ,.gl.,,,
10 be..... ....~... 20. 1885, gtt .........i Inches
Sel.....!i...:: ....s,..... ,102, \ ,
or......... 80. ..... zoo, ,9Sl -,
or................... 1854 !,...miles ~
OF, II the notes were Of the denoniha
tion Of one hundred dollars each ,Sin
stead Of one dollar, We should have
pyramid Of money reachipg about fou
miles highl whilst the highest moun
tain peak 10 North America (Aiount 81
Elias, in Rossian America, J Il but sew
enteen thousand nine hundred feel, o
. less than three miles and half.
Sill further: let us suppose the det
20 be III silver instead Of notes, and O
timas;ng sixteen dollars to the pound
we have weight Of debt. amountin
10 Just one hundred and fifty seven mi
lion, seven hundrld and twenty thou,
sad, nine hundred and FIVE pounds !
nine thousand eight hundred and 6fty
seven car loads (at 1900 pounds to .h
Carl which would make q, train Of Cal
So miles ia length, allowing but ,hirt
feet to the car II
.~1Buts lst No sillsstrate n little further
aands suppose il were necessary 10 tai
the silver dollars from The mint, en-
pioying poriers for that purpose, reqni
Ing each man 10 carry forty pounds.
that case, il would take four millions
men, who, standing three feet apar
would make line about three thou
and miles long aud marching at u
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