The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-02-28
NO. 4.

The hard earned money Of our people 10
is recIessly voted away and squsnde,ed as
If our resources were endless and The means
and patience OF the masses inexhsustsble.
Nearly three long vesrs have passed sincs
the surrender OF The last army Of the con.
fedrates brought gladness and hope, to the
hearts Of our people, II the men who had
control of our Government had permitted
the Constitution Of our fathers 10 extend
its protection and begin infnen ces 10 every
part OF the land and had at the same time
a system of strict economy in
the administration OF the government, ~e
would to-day be the hsppiest and most pros.
porous people on earth. But this would
not snswer the ends or purposes Of the rsd.
ical faction. The founders Of their sect
had denounced the Constitution a. a "cove.
nant with death and an agreement with
hell" and now, drunken and de5auched
with their i'll gotten power. our rulers tram
Piled that sacred instrument under their feel
and insugurated their most wrelched and
wicked system of revolution aud subversion.
And this wicked scheme naturally and in.
ev!sbly led 10 the adoption of messures
that have qusdrupled the expenditure of the
Government. A bureau, at 6h enormous
expense to feed. clotha, and prosely,e to
radlcalism horde of lszy. vsgabond se.
croes; a large standing army; an expensive
military despotism 10 the South, ex,end ding
i's wi,hering and bligh,ing inhuencences 10
every part OF the land; q horde Of federal
Office holders spread all over the land 10 spy
out and seize upon The substance Of The peo-
Pile; these were sppropris'e eeqnences OF
this wicked purpose to destroy the Cons,i.
tuition, and establish 4 radics! despoiism iu
it's stead.
We hnve had profound peace. Bfr. Speak.
er. for nearly three years. From the sur.
rspder nf the ecnfede,ats armies in As,iI.
1865, tu the present time, there hss no, bean
an arm raised sny~here sgainsr The power
Of the Federal Government. Whv. then.
these enormous expenditures. that sre crusl,.
ing the very life on, OF the people, WHY
should The ordinary expenses of the Gov.
ernment now greatly exceed those OF The
years immedia 'e'v preceding The war. Mr..
Buchanon's sdministration has always been
characterized by the party now in power 90
most -echles and exusv1ssar. an not
here now for the purpose OF defending it,
But let Us compare for a moment The last
and most exravsgabt year Of Bucha n ans
with the expenditures now
naueoraied under radical rule. Mss NAV
nislead the ignorar, by frothy ecIsms,ioo.
but figures ore stubborn things, and when
ised fsirly never misIead. In The fyures +
now give do not include the public debt or
he in'erest thereon. nor The pensions and
'oun,iss to soldiers ard The families, sll Of
which the people will cheerfulIy psy.
the Secretary Of the Treasury asks fcr
for this ye ar, ns follows:
For the War Department, ex.
elusive 6f bouniies and pen.
sions fs5. 900 900
For the Navy Department 3S coo 600
For civil service 51.OOOOOO
Total <Iaa Oou oon
There can be no doubt that the sc,ua de-.
nsuds ard expenditures Of the Govsrnmene
under existing legisIa NON will greatly OK.
ceed even this enormous sun. For who sv-
Ct hssrd Of Cc-trsss in these days with.
onta series OF deficiency bills, The OK.
pecdhures invariably exceed greatly the e.
limstes. ~
The whole expenditures Of the Govern.
ment Tor The same service in 1860. the. lace
year Of Mr.. Buchsnsn's Adu,nisus,ioo,
we're: fr H
For civil list &C or 600
For the War Department Is 56s 90
For the Navy Department l15l4,ooO
Total S34 l54.OOl
Difference between the est.
mates for 1868 and actual ex. s.
pendi,nrss ior the sstne items
In 1850 $l47 ,sl7ICo
Thus tits demonsi rs,ed,l,st the ordinary
x Expenditures Of The Government uudeP rad.
a. I,vla - suov.r,h.u a. q ,;,.ss -. c...s =.