Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-26
THE NATIONAL DERT


the receipts and expenses of the Government
Tor the last three years, submitted by him at
the Republican Convention at Worcester. IN
which he claimed TO show that in that time we
have reduced our war liability by the amount
OF one quarter of the total debt incurred, ex-
cited great attention; and he has followed it up
by letter in the New York Post. containing
financial exhibit to show the entire cost of the
war, and to prove that we had paid three
eighths of it's cost already. All his statements
of revenue and of debt are taken, he saws. from
the finance reports of Secretaries Cobb, Chase,
Fessenden and McCulloch for the years 1s6l
and 1s67 inclusive, and for the year ISIS from
the official estimate recently made public. The
war began In April, 1S6l. during the next
quarter the whole revenue, other than from
Ioans' was less than s6,0OO,OoO. which sum Is
included in the following statement:
The total revenue of the United States from
April 1, le6i, to June 80, 1865, being seven anu
quarter years of actual war or of quasi
peace, has been as follows:
From internal revenue, s1,I23, 1OO,i6S; from
customs. $50 s04, 49, from land sales IS, Iis213
from direct taxes, Sl2.s3l ,6i5: miscellaneous,
being premium on sales of gold, sales of aban-
doned property, and sales Of surplus material
Of war, S24l ,467,672. Total, in gold and chr.
rency, 1928, 3i9, 4S6. On the Both of June 1865
we owed s2,5ll ,OO0, 600; deduct bonds advanced
TO the Pacific Railroad, 900; leaving
s2'is5,0c0,00O. Total expenditure made neces-
sary In seven and quarter years, in conse.
quenee Of the rebellion, a, go, 3i9,4s6.
But before declaring the actual cost of the
war 1t will be proper to deduct such sum as
would have been ample for all our expep ses
had there been no war.
The result will stand: Total expenditures
~ years, i,69o, 3i9,is6. Allowed for peace ex-
pendlture, say s6es, 3is4s6. Actual cost of the
war, S4,oOO,OOOOO0. But as we owed on the 3Oth
June. 1S6e, only S2.4S5, OOO.OOO, il follows that
we nave actually raised by taxation and paid
toward the cost Of the war the sum of s1,5I5.-
OOO,OOo, besides paying all our peace expenses.
ms payment has been made in seven and
quarter years. and amounts to three-eights the
entire cost of the war. The taxes from which
the payments have been made have been levied
almost exclusively upon the loyal States and
curing four OF the seven and a quarter wears
the most elective portion OF their population
was wltndrawn from productive industry and
engaged IN the destructive occupation of the
war.
MT Atkinson calls attention 70 the fact that
these statements show that we have raised nv
taxation, in seven and a quarter years of ac-
tive and passive war. the sum of S22l33i2i ss
In gold and currency; in ether words. that the
revenue from taxation was nearly one-half OF
the expenditure, and asks Should we not
take courage from this and speedily nplete
the payment of our debt, which we have so
gioriously begunl Since the termination of
the war more iron furnaces have been erected;
more pig iron smelted; more bars rolled: more
steel made; more coal mined; more lumber
sawed and hewed; more vessels built upor our
inland waters; more houses constructed; more
MANUFACTURES Of different kinds started; more
cotton spun and woven; more petroleum COL
iected, refined and expofted-than in
any equal period in the history of IN
country, either before or during the war.
Snail we falter now, when we have IN,
whole production of the late rebel STATES To
contribute to our revenue! OF the sum OF
s2,2l3,OOo,Ooo raised by taxation since the war
began, the larger portion has been paid since
the war ended. In three and a quarter years,
from April !, 1865. TO June 30, 1S6s, we raised
sl,oiO,Ooe,5o3- But as this burden Of taxation
OF nearly S5OOOOO a year proved too great
Tor our present condition, the taxes have been
reduced 10 but Little more than s3OoOOo,oOO a
year; and such has been the reduction i'm our
expenses that this sum is ample TO meet all
expenses and interest and a moderate amman
payment Of the principal. If we continue the
same system by which we now raise that sum
tne normal increase of population will so en-
nance the revenue thar the rate per capi.
L. which now yields S3OO,0O,O0Q, will in the
next twenty years increase the aggregate in a
sum sufheient to cover all reasonable addition
al expenses and pay of the entire principal of
the debt within that time We can paw
ssSo'OCO,oOO a year and hardly feel it.
Miss OLIVE LOGAN ON woNAN's RIeHrs-
Under the title of aus" Miss Olive Logan dis.
cusses the woman question in Packard's Monthly
Tor October, and among other things says:
las Tor voting, wouldn't think of doing
such thingi No; unless were fully s.risffe3
my vote would be received, 1 would never,
never wend my way 10 the polls. Because as
You say, gentlemen, how unfeminine for
women 10 meet the rough crovd-to come into
contact with horrible men-who would push
us and squeeze US, 1t is true, We meet much
the same crowds al the theatres, and in the
stages and horse cars, and, so far as nv obser-
walton goes, think women get as much squeez-
ing IN aSixth-ayenue car, on a rainy afternoon
as they are likely to get at any roiI thai aver
was raised With myexperience OF New York
horse cars / stand prepared to meet the rude
democrat IN DIS native shirt-sleeves, al the
polls, or elsewhere After liberal course of
morse car, any woman who survives is quail.
fed TO yote.'' = =
From Spain our dispatches report a force of
Royaiist troops concentrating for an attack
upon Seville. The Revolutionists are sand to
o. very strong On the seaboard, holding several
important towns Two regiments of Royal
troops, sent from Madrid to Cadiz to ouelI the
resurrection there, are reported to have reyolted
while on the road and gone over TO the Reyo-
honists. The Royalist account Of the fight az
Santander states that after a short engagement
the Revolutionists were worsted and took
refuge in the fleet in the harbor.
The trial Of the Pew M IT.IS.-,
cry, Rhode Island, for violating the Canons
OF the Episcopal Church. commenced i'm Proyi-
dence on Tuesday last. A statement of facts
agreed upon by the Council was presented IN
the Court and accepted. The statement adj.
mits the main facts. John w. Strnsss ESQ
counsel for the conpiainants, offered to waive
further proceedings If Rev. Mr.. Hubbard
would confess his error. This was declined
and the case was opened by Mr.. Stiness, who
wss followed by the counsel for MT Hubbard
~The Hannibal MOI Sonth and West saws
int Missouri continues TO in
crease.
~The Oregonians are enterprising shin
builders and traders. One firm, Simpson Bros,
OF Coos Bay, owns twenty-four sailing YES
sells. They freight lumber 70 Australia, and do
a coastwise business.
~The Episcopal Convention In Maine last
week, IN structed their delegates to the general
convention of all diocese 20 favor action looking
70 union with the methodist Episcopal
Church.
scThe commissioners TO survey the Poin