The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-09-16
And .,be task % counting r,I,s deb, il

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And the task Of counting The debt, il
,ilver. dollars, would be one OF .aitnos
endless duration. Let ,us see I A ma,
,commencipg, .Augpst. lat. 1905, ,ans
working ter hours, eacl,lay ssnd copn.
ing sixty dollars each inmate, .awoals
accomplish the j2b A. ID. 420s.
,,.,,a From tho National Iutcllisencst.:, :. "a.
4 They have, by the manner in whicl
they conducted The war, and by pro
longing II for The benefit of The Radi,
cal party Years after Il might ana should
have been Closed, aud bv The most un.
necessary, reckless. and ruinous prodi,
gality OF the peoples money, cheated n
public dsbt whose .asceriained Official
*tnoun, IS about Two housahd .tive hun
dr cd million Of dollars, and which, when
dhe asce.taised is added 10 Il, viii, as
estimated y fhaddens Stevens, who
had charge OF tire sW.,ect of finance, or
ways and.smeans appropriations, for
several years IN The llouse OF Represen
tai'ves. including all the years OF the
war and since. and who, therefore, had
the very best means Of information on
th's SUBJECT, amount 20 the astounding
sumsoi zee fsorsa,'d n',ffaons doftirs.
rms estimate 1ot MIR. Stevens probably
'nciuaes me private Chains for the de
stfucuon OF properly NORTH and South,
deots arising arising out OF breach OF contract
ox tne S~oNe'hmeht, ~ ana spoiiailon al
nome ano aoroac, growing Out OF the
prosecution OF Tue war, and probably,
"a III, con'emp'anoh, Also. tho assump'
Ton oy The Senerat Government Of the
war aeo's OF .oe several States, coon
aef 'oNn %c, aothers aga'n, haro
eS'ina'ei 'ne oeo', all th'ngs incinded,
as n,gn es s'T thousand '.yst, ".'tf'on do!tors.
iney pave not oniy not iessened the
s'"pendd's debt oths have increased II,
curing He last two months, over thir~
Teen miItons OF dollars as shown by
I Mr., McOilloeh's o@ciai report.
First, to revenue:
/ They lave from the 3olh June, 1894,
10 JsnuSy lst, 1868, collected from
The peoPA revenue amounting in all.
as sci dwn in the official record, to
sccen 6tt4fons.- sac hundred and eighty
S,rrn na'1ions. cight hundred and one
Thousand and arty four dollars, in
cluding 'le i've billions six hundred and
twenty Sven millions four hundred
and siStYtwo thousand, three hundted
and clgli dollars from loans and Treas
ury note. = ~ 't- ,ss.tD7H1 hfHaas )
| as gSng 70 make np .hesc seven bill
lions, 81, are fui down, under the head
I q. " drft. taxes" tsoctos wiftions, ono
4 kandreddnd sirty one thousand, hree
huadrefPnd t~eity septn dollars, bav.
ing collefed in 1867 aI"ne. for direct
taxes. Jof m'tiions, feco hundred Moas
and, t'oof fundred and hirfy three dol
lars. .r ra t.tr .0a-,>ss
i /, undeTthe head OF 6 miscellaneous"
= too hun[reG and Mirf3 one miiliohs.
one hahRred and WIy.one thousand.
mine hu'tred and Jittyfhree dollars !:
4 having Sllec,ed in the one year Of 8
66-un9r this 'fniscelian-ous,' head,
mark yu-sirfy.seOen naiiiiOns. one
hundrcf ana nineteen. Moasdnd, three
huhdre| and s'rfy nine dollars,
!. TheI wrupg from the people in the
one yer OF 1865, total revenue, the ap
pallins sum. Of one b'lliop.. eight hun.
dred md i've m'llion', nine hundred
ana p5'y'nine thousana' 'hree nun
ofeo ina 'o,iy h'e ao''atf. 80 " "
ips n"cn on INC SnHJScp oi money
collec.p. Now' rev ngu!es as .0 70
? moneypa'u ou'--e1penses OF car carrying
ON IhefIoyefhmcpt' Taa -
ing nave expended. rom June 90
1851 o Sa,iua'y = isoo, io.a., sese'' s's
| o'taop, .foe Ra"drea ,a and JTfI SeVen zen
r muhfs; seven hanafea ara f!0riy one
honfna' ',eo Aanafea' ana nnefy e''
, Ed0ttfSt DaNtog spent IN 1860 htone