The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-08-12

strain to be borne was unknown in 1861
but the party in power never weighed
the value of the Union in the scale O.
dollars and cents. Its preservation was
cheap at any price of treasure or blood
1t was priceless, not only to the genera
tion which undertook its salvation, but
to the countless generations which were
to follow. Its defence and preservation
were sacred duties which no loyal citi
| ty, intelligence, all depended upon the
issue; and with its successful termina-
ton, each of these elements of human
civilization became more deeply rooted
in American soil.
We have already shown the material
I prosperity which the Union has devel-
oped This far outweighs the money ex-
| penditures made necessary by four years
of war. The compensation for the blood
shed cannot be found in dollars and
cents. The elevation of the human race,
the extinction of human bondage, the
erection of free States throughout the
world, and the future preservation of
hundreds of thousands of lives which
would be sacrificed in the defense of sep
arate nationalities-are among the legit-
innate fruits which will spring up from
the graves of the Union defenders.
The value of the work being conceded
let US look at the means made necessary
to accomplish it; the revenues and eX-
penditure of the nation during its strug-
gle for existence.
A careful estimate, made in 1872, of
the expenses incurred for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1871, showed that the
expenditures growing out of the war
such as pensions, interest, premiums,
claims, collection of the internal revenue,
Il ,o1 6
ments for illegal captures, suppression of
disturbances in the Southern States
amounted to $2l4, ,642,0Sl 03. This
amount, deducted from the total expen-
ditures of the nation, 1922, III, ,188 25,
left $77, ,535, l07 % as the ordinary ex-
penses of the Government for 1871 on a
peace basis. Reduced to a gold basis
the average price of gold during 1871 be-
ing l123-it was $69042, S3S 49, The
expenditures of the Nation for the year
ended June 80, 1860, were Sol ,402, ,40S 64
The population of the United States Jan
uary l, 1860, was 81 ,030, $50. The popu-
lation January l. 1871, was 38,911,6 SIG
This would make the expenditures per
capita in 1861 81 90, and in 1871, 81 II.
If we accept the result of this calculation
as fair average of the ordinary expenses
of administration, or those which exclude
the extraordinary expenditures growing
out of, and justly chargeable to the re
bellion we shall have for the fourteen
years prior to June 80, 1874, 1906, $780,
733 80 ordinary expenses, instead of So
465, ,897, 922 S4, the actual amount requir-
ed for those extraordinary expenditures
growing out of the war. The difference
between the two items, represents the
financial sacrifice made by the nation to
defend the Union, and to resist the fatal
doctrine of State Rights as preached by
Calhoun, fought for by the Southern Con-
federacy, and practically maintained by
the Democratic party of to-day.
The following table shows the net rev.
enue of the Government from 1889 to
1860, and from 1860 to 1874; also, the
net expenditures of the Government
during the same periods:
NET REVENUE OF THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUD-
ING PREMIUMS AND INTEREST RECEIVED.
From March 4, 1889, to
June 80, 1S60............$I,8 ,806, ,354 $50 SO
From June 80, 1860 to
June 80, 1S74............ ,437, ,1S7, ,765 y
Total ,243, ,542, AIS 65
NET EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING PAYMENTS FOR |
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