Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-19
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IL 0,acr 10 max. GU g casa Of pubic utc;s
si'y for The Republication Ct ten millions CT tho
pub ic debt as provided 10 The ootcrious Rid
dlcberger till." Senator Mshonc 10 some Of the
many mapifos:cS he hiss put forth in behalf of
bis party has represented his State ss shorn of
her territory, stripped of her population and 50
"bi gsartl 10 slI her RESOURCES" as to be utterly
unable to mco. tho necessary expenses of GOV
ernncni, and pay the interest On thirty million
Of public deb. as provided 10 tho MoCullccA
bill. That the State has been shora of about
one third Of her territory ty 81 &C. Ct war
which no attempt will DO made to justly by
auy ssuo ard sensible rlau, al! tho world knows.
But all the word does 10. stop to reflect that
the public creditors. 10 view ct that ftc:.
egteed to sbste on. third OF tacir demands
against Ni:Sinia. es provided IN the original
fuadng bill. Nor is it we'll koown TO all Ito
world. though Ssnator Mshnuo vel! SuoWs, that
| the borrowed money ri i,h constituted that
deb was wholly experd3d 10 public improve
| ments, all of which, except some very ins'sai-
hcant aud utlnportaut ones, cJs:iog less than
| s. 900, OG0-Were, and still are. wholly Within
| the present limits OF the State OF Vreicis; aud
| these improvements themselves, aud tho valu
| directly created By them. furnish very largo
| portion OF tho present rcv!1u.s OF tho State.
That the State has been stripped OF her popu-
| laton aod has suffered macy things by tho de-
vaslsiiors OF var aud the HbtmiGstors OF re-
| constructions, ls, as eqcrybGd? knows. perfectly
true. Bus it is not true, as Sacaor hlshoae
! has stated, that tho population is enc fifth less
| 10 1881 than il 1850; but. Oh the contrary, OILY
| ST Is less 10 1880. whereas 10 1883. or two
1 - n al ~
| and outer then upon q period OF rat i Increase
over the highest hEuro attained before the var,
as rsioreuco to the ony su'htrity, tho U. s.
| c.rsus. vii, slow. S>uGtcr Mshone will scarce.
| ~ dispute the figures CT the census, there beirc
NJ other .ta in exi.tenc,. TIE cersus will
| show the following figures:
Population OF Vuglnis 10 1860, 1896 SIS
| Population of Virginia 10 1850, l,5l2 EOS
| LESS 10 1880 than in 1860. S4.llj
Ono fifth less ls stated by Malone, 3d. 62
So With oGicisl Gsurs sc.cs io;o SENATOR Ma
! homo UNDERSTANDS tic population ct his oTn
| State ty nearly quarter CT million.
lilo turthar dcclsrat l.! tan positive terms Of
man CT lidant of ii, asScr las thst the ress.
| sessment would show decl,n, in rsal estate
| which could GOT be less than ~ per cont.
| Auditor Massey he's since, 10 plac, CT nrtp.
or report. put tor:h from hi! Office, baratac; i
l 6uu luuCCoGl iGi'iCii p!'HDHttt, u O'0l0 TX.
pensc, 10 which he claims that whrn al. tic re-
duo.ions to b, msdc b; the courts are il, the r..
duction viii aggregate "sbjus" 5 pr Cent. 81
having lders stcd tho plpuli! "a by 225, las.
| Senator MshVnc uAdGrcs;imstcs tho assessed
value of roal estate by Is per ccn..
shall nov show thar he uaderassimatcd tho
average roVenua Of tho State by nc: lar iropl 81
Der can't or 13atEy s 600 600 liz ssii that 10
maet the iatersst on tho h1IC0uc!i s5;ilamnnt
| OF the pubic debt int ten years and ,ua III.
State GorcrHiuait i-c uiing The Schools, tbs
revsnue could not DO rel 4 on for moro thsn
81 100 600 per annum fot the year cuGicr
September 80 1850, Mas,ci STATES the rcveuro
from regular sou!els 20 b, s. .SjS 22j3, ard tho
average. Tor eight YAsGs p;tVi0u5 to hHvo b :r,,
$2.509 600; so tnst the rcC.1;s for 1850 wcrn
S3tS 600 n cX5t5s It tho average for eight
years. Bat be docs not slSo what nc kucw n
DO r1c, that thc'u was i2r those c;g'A years a
toloraby regular g:owjh Of tho rtveoua fran,
! lSI2'T3. when 1t was S:22.i2l 9tj 10 1879 so,
| when it was, as he s!a'es j., s2,Sj2 253. Let
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