The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-04-24
NORTHERN TAXES.
How they are Expended-A Candid
Statement of Facts.

lensed s.atement OF the tsxs,ion. incur.
ed BY the North for the support of',he
machinery erected bv Congress 'ou,side the
Tor subjec,ing the Scu'h 10 the
interest of the dominant political party
A fter recIting the scts OF Congress on the
subject Of Southern government. M. Til.
3en proceeded: spf
"How. my fellow citizens, has this work
been accomplished, and at what cost!
The msiD instruments have been the
Bureau and the army Of the
United States
The Fseedmen's Bureau 10 partly an ele.
moeynsry establishment, which dispensesI
aims TO the liberated slaves, and assumes to
be their protector. It 10, TO large extent,
q jo6 for ts dependsnts and hei, speculative
associates. Bu', in i's principe character, !,
u is a political machine TO orrsnizs and
manage the three milhons OF negroes.
lie cost, as sreported by itself TO the puo.
:ic treasury, to' the lsst two yesrs. 10 about
ten mIllions OF dollars.
The army 10 used 10 overawe the white
race, and someiimes TO work aud sometimes
TO shelter the working of the political sys
which goes on under the military govern
ment o[ the ten States.
You have seen telrgrams announcing the
reduction Of the army expenses. When
I was in Washington week before last / took
some pains 10 ascertain the truth. | am
able to inform you, from authentic data, tha,
The monthly payments az the Treasury, for
army expenses. Up 10 the beginning OF this
month 'xceed$12 600 COO / ss-erl that they
are now-io day y-running a, the rate Of one
i'undred and iny mi lIions per snnum. They
have. no. been less, but probably more, for
the two past years This does not include
pensions. which are ,hir'y.slx millions NOR e.
Nov. assert two facts:
Firrt-The main employ ment 0s the army
is in occupying the Southern States.
VIC OutOU WcTc IdlIN TtrtVICu
the army.expenses can be, sud ought TO be
reduced one hundred and twenty-five mil
lions year. The average for the ten years
prior ,G the rebellion, wns sbou, Fl teen mil.
lions; and our experience in raising volun
teers shows that u ttancing army 10 unne
cesssry.
You may safely count that reconstruction
carried on by these military govc,nme nts
cost you Of least one hundred m lions Z ear
in army expenses, unnecessary Tor Other
purposes. To carry on the experiment Of
negro supremacy in ten S,strs Tor two years
to bring in twenty Senators and firy Repre-.
senta,ives. deputies oi three mllions Of lib.
Grated slaves, sllies and :nstrumeL ITS Of the
party objects Of the Re Repubicsns. will Cost
you hundreds OF millions Of dollars in direct
expenses, created or permitted to continue
how much 10 future years / can only con
jectore. venture 10 prrdict that five hon
dred milIions will not co,'summste the sys.
TEN.
Theee imme nse sums have TO be wrune
from the people IN taxes W hich cost them
much more than the smount thus expended
az 4 time when the illus,ooe of paper mon ey
are passing away, and the country discov.
|ers Itself exhausted snd impoverished bv
war: when no commerce 10 profitable and
nearly all mnnu,seiures are carried on AZ q
loss; when labor 10 scap,'y employed, end
the cost OF living 10 high; when tsxsiiou
closely approsche to The whole net iacoms
OF all capital and oil the labor in The coun'
try; and when this condition 10 daily grow.
ing worse. and can ohly be sllevisted BY re-
ducing expenses, remittina taxes. liberatinl
trade and Industry, and restoring ,hem',e
their natural COURSES eil M iia ISL
II those three millions Of nsgvoes e,sc,
twenty .Sesa,ors! end fly Ssptesenta,ives
IsAey will have ten ,imes ~ much power IL
The Esnste Of The United S,stes ss the fon,
| millions in New. York State On ever
|qoes,iou which concerns the commsrcia
metropolis, every question Of trade, finance
Of currency, 'N revenue. and Of taxs,ion
these. thtes0 millions Of liberated AhicsI
lsIsyes will count ten times . much Ia III,
|ssas.s.p y -four milllions ef New Ysrksrs.--
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