New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-25


Total srpsndtars mad, neee,.,r in n year, oou.s .
duenee Rebnon southern DsmecrAs si6p $40 40
have given the total expenditures, but before de-
clarng the actual cost Of the IL Will be proper to de-
duct sch sum AS would have been ample for ali
pcnses had helo been no war n We take az our basis
The cxravagan expenses OF the last Democratic admins
traitor Of james buchanan, when all the preparations
for rebellion we're being made at our cost, We shall nbd
that an allowance OF about 900 will be ample 10
cover all probable peace expenses had there been only
peace expenditure To be made under the honest admin
filtration OF Abraham Lincoln during tho last years
The result will stand: - 49,.
Allow sI Tor peace eigtadafe sa.............. c396
lp,l eo.. a, the
sgt a. We ed or The Jlb Juse 1893 .... 90
IL follow. actually RAISED BY tAIauOH, ssi
pal tosAtl the eSs d the ssr toe sun Of
beside paying all our peace expenses
This payment has been made In seven and quarter
years and amounts 10 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 during four Of the and quarter years
the most effective portion OF their population was with
drawn from productive Industry and engaged in the de-
structiye occupation OF the At the time the
dsoyd States we're expanding their whole force IN re
sistauce under the lead OF Wade Hampton, Forrest
Toombs Cobb and stephens, who leaders OF
the Democratic party attempting to naugurae another
the states from obtaining the means 10 pat
them down. they have forced the financial Issue into the
country. For this purpose. they propose what they
call tho payment OF our bonds In other bonds bearing
no Interest awaiting themselves Of what they asse 70
and the refusal Of orato Seymour aud other rich Demo
crate TO subscribe or our nod,, ade ~ necessary LOT
they did BY the issue OF the egender notes. Pendet0n
and his dsOyal associates opposed the act because they
knew II would enable tho Government 10 conduct the
10 successful issue. Now they ayall themselves OF
that Same act destroy the power which maintained
by In this attempt they openly aided aud allotted
BY southern Rebels, with the connyance of orato sey
mOur who is too weak and mld TO take tho lead, but
submits himself to be the puppet In the hands Of holder
or the OF t22lsoooOOO raised by taxation since
the begun, tho larger portion has been paid
since the ended In three and quarter years
from April ], 1865 TO June 90 1868, We raised N,4O
O5s 583. But this burden OF taxation Of nearly
$500 900 n year has proved too great for
our prcsent condition. the taxes have been reduced to
but little more than s3000O00O0 year, and such has
been the reduction In that this sum is ample
To meet all our expenses and interest and moderate
nual payment OF the principal.
ask, should we not take courage and speedily com
pete the payment of debt, which have 30 glor
iousy begun II In the time o: war such has been our
record shall falter aud sink disgraced and dis
honored into fraud and bankruptcy
Has this contribution been at the cost OF our
prosperity far from It, will again cite the evidence
Of David A. Wells as did In my former speech:
the have been
pig smssd rolled steel
mined lumber saved and hesed vessels bu
constructed manufactures Of different
started aud petroleum collected
and eIporedthn equal period In the history Of the
country either before or daring the war"
Shall falter now when we have the whole produc
ton Of the late Rebel States 10 contribute TO our revenue